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DEBT
 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT DEBT
Below is a summary of the Company’s term loan balances, including current debt and deferred financing fees as of May 31, 2023 and 2022.

(in thousands)May 31, 2023May 31, 2022
Total Outstanding Loan Balances79,4417,324
Less: Deferred Issuance Costs(3,012)(94)
Less: Current portion of Term Loan(7,950)(1,333)
Less: Long-term related party loan(35,257)— 
Long-term portion of Term Loan $33,222$5,897

Below is the weighted-average interest rate for the Company's term loans as of May 31, 2023 and 2022.

May 31, 2023May 31, 2022
Weighted-average interest rate13.4 %5.0 %

Remaining Principal Payments

Below is a summary of the remaining principal payments due over the life of the term loans as of May 31, 2023.

(in thousands)
YearPrincipal Payments
FY24$9,394 
FY2546,586 
FY2610,780 
FY278,550 
FY284,131 
Thereafter— 
Total Term Loan Remaining Payments$79,441 
Starion Term Loan

On July 25, 2022, APLD Hosting, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a loan agreement with Starion Bank and the Company as Guarantor (the “Starion Loan Agreement”). The Starion loan agreement provides for a term loan (the “Starion Term Loan”) in the principal amount of $15 million with a maturity date of July 25, 2027. The Starion Loan Agreement provides for an interest rate of 6.50% per annum. The Starion Loan Agreement contains customary covenants, representations and warranties and events of default. The Company is not subject to financial covenants under the Starion Loan Agreement until May 31, 2024. At that time, the Company will be subject to a debt service coverage ratio. Deferred financing costs related to the Starion Term Loan total $0.1 million.

The City of Jamestown, North Dakota and Stutsman County’s Economic Development Fund provides a multimillion-dollar economic development program, available to assist with expanding or relocating businesses. As part of financial packages, the Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) makes direct loans, equity investments, and interest buy-downs to businesses. The Company has entered into an agreement with JDSC and Starion Bank which buys down the Company’s interest rate to 1.5% for a period of 13 months through a loan and community bond (the “Starion Term Loan Buy-Down”). The loan totals $0.2 million and bears an interest rate of 2%, and the bond totals $0.5 million.

In connection with the Starion Loan Agreement, the Company repaid all of the outstanding balance on the March 11, 2022 loan agreement between the Company and Vantage Bank Texas. This loan agreement included a promissory note agreement for $7.5 million for a five year term with an interest rate of 5% per annum.

Vantage Garden City Loan

On November 7, 2022, APLD – Rattlesnake Den I, LLC, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into a loan agreement with Vantage Bank Texas and the Company, as guarantor, which agreement provides for a term loan in the principal amount of $15 million (the “Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement”). The loan pursuant to the Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement will be advanced in 16 installments, with each installment not exceeding approximately $0.9 million for the costs and expenses of a building at the Company’s hosting facility in Garden City, Texas (the “Garden City Facility”). The unpaid principal amount of the Garden City Facility will bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.15% per annum, and the Company may prepay the Garden City Facility, in whole or in part, without the payment of any fee or penalty. The Garden City Facility matures April 26, 2028. The Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default. As of May 31, 2023, an aggregate amount of $10.3 million has been advanced under the Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement, with the outstanding balance totaling $10.1 million. Total deferred costs related to the issuance of this loan total are $0.2 million.

Starion Ellendale Loan

On February 16, 2023, APLD ELN-01 LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Loan Agreement with Starion Bank and the Company as Guarantor (the “Ellendale Loan Agreement”). The Ellendale Loan Agreement provides for a term loan in the principal amount of $20 million with a maturity date of February 3, 2028. The Ellendale Loan Agreement contains customary covenants, representations and warranties and events of default. The Ellendale Loan Agreement provides for an interest rate of 7.48% per annum. The proceeds of the loan under the Ellendale Loan Agreement will be used to fund expansion on the Ellendale, North Dakota hosting datacenter. Total deferred costs related to the issuance of this loan total are $0.2 million. As of May 31, 2023, the total balance outstanding under the Ellendale Loan Agreement was $19.7 million.

B. Riley Loan

On May 23, 2023, Sai Computing LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the "B. Riley Loan and Security Agreement") with B. Riley Commercial Capital, LLC and B. Riley Securities, with the Company as Guarantor. The B. Riley Loan and Security Agreement provides for a term
loan of up to $50 million in the principal with an interest rate of 9.00% per annum (the "B. Riley Loan"). The proceeds of the B. Riley Loan will be used to provide additional liquidity to help fund the buildout of the Company’s recently announced AI cloud services platform and datacenters by the Company, and for general corporate purposes and working capital. The B. Riley Loan and Security Agreement contains initial fees of approximately $1.5 million that were reduced from the initial funds remitted to the Company. The B. Riley Loan and Security agreement also contains a term fee of $1 million that is due upon the Company's initial principal payment. Finally, the B. Riley Loan and Security agreement contains a commitment fee of 3% on any balance outstanding as of each quarter end beginning with the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2023. As of the date of May 31, 2023, the total outstanding balance of the B. Riley Loan was $36.5 million.