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DEBT
 6 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT DEBT
Letter of Credit

As of November 30, 2022 and May 31, 2022, the Company had a letter of credit totaling $7.5 million. As discussed in Footnote 3, the Company is required to maintain this amount in a separate cash balance, and therefore the cash is restricted. Further, the Company has no unused lines of credit as of November 30, 2022 or May 31, 2022, respectively.

Starion Term Loan

On July 25, 2022, APLD Hosting, LLC (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Corporation, entered into a Loan Agreement with Starion Bank (“Starion Lender”) 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 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 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 agreement between the Company and Vantage Bank Texas. This 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 (the “Borrower”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Loan Agreement with Vantage Bank Texas (“Vantage Lender”) 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 Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement will be advanced in 16 installments for working capital needs for the Borrower’s datacenter in Garden City, Texas, 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 Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement will bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.15% per annum, and the Borrower may prepay the Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement, in whole or in part, without the payment of any fee or penalty. The Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement matures April 26, 2028. The Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default. As of the date of this report, an aggregate amount of $6.6 million has been advanced under the Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement. Total deferred costs related to the issuance of this loan total are $0.2 million.

Below is a summary of the remaining principal payments due over the life of the Starion Loan Agreement and Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement notes as of November 30, 2022.

YearPrincipal Payments (in thousands)
FY23$1,537 
FY245,415 
FY255,783 
FY264,033 
FY273,373 
Thereafter526 
Total Term Loan Remaining Payments$20,667 
Below is a summary of Starion Loan Agreement Vantage Garden City Loan Agreement term loan balances, including current debt and deferred financing fees as of November 30, 2022 and May 31, 2022.

(in thousands)November 30, 2022May 31, 2022
Term Loan Balance$20,667$7,324
Less: Deferred Issuance Costs(240)(94)
Less: Current portion of Term Loan(4,076)(1,333)
Long-term Portion of Term Loan $16,351$5,897