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Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt | 9. Debt Senior Convertible Note On April 4, 2012, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with CVI and completed a private placement of a senior convertible note, (the “Initial Note”). After fees and expenses, the net proceeds of the Initial Note were $23.2 million. The Initial Note had an initial conversion price of $48.50 per share, representing a premium of approximately 20% over AMSC’s closing price on April 3, 2012, as adjusted for the reverse stock split. The Initial Note was payable in monthly installments beginning four months from issuance and ending on October 4, 2014. Monthly payments were payable in cash or the Company’s common stock at the option of the Company, subject to certain trading volume, stock price and other conditions. CVI could elect to defer receipt of monthly installment payments at its option. Any deferred installment payments would continue to accrue interest. The Company registered 1,026,231 shares of common stock which could be used as payment for principal and interest in lieu of cash for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) as required under a Registration Rights Agreement with CVI. The Company accounted for the Initial Note as an instrument that has the characteristics of a debt host contract containing several embedded derivative features that would require bifurcation and separate accounting as a derivative instrument pursuant to the provisions of ASC Topic 815 – Derivatives and Hedging (ASC 815). The Company elected not to use the fair value option for the aggregate amount of the Initial Note and recorded the liability at its stated value on the date of issuance with no changes in fair value reported in subsequent periods. The Company identified the following derivatives associated with the Initial Note: holder change of control redemption rights; issuer original redemption rights; sale redemption rights; and a feature to convert the Initial Note into equity at the holder’s option. The Company valued these derivatives at $3.8 million upon issuance of the Initial Note. (See Note 10, “Warrants and Derivative Liabilities,” for additional information regarding derivative liabilities.) In conjunction with the Initial Note, CVI received a warrant to purchase 309,406 additional shares of common stock exercisable at a strike price of $54.50 per share, subject to adjustment, until October 4, 2017. Due to certain adjustment provisions within the warrant, it qualified for liability accounting and had a fair value of $7.0 million upon issuance. The Company recorded the value as a debt discount and a warrant liability. (See Note 10, “Warrants and Derivative Liabilities,” for additional information regarding the warrant.) On December 20, 2012, the Company entered into an Amendment and Exchange Agreement, (the “Amendment”) with CVI, which amended the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company and CVI exchanged the Initial Note for the Exchanged Note. At the time of the exchange, the Exchanged Note had the same principal amount and accrued interest as the Initial Note. The Exchanged Note was convertible into the Company’s common stock and had the same scheduled monthly installment payments as the Initial Note. The Exchanged Note provided the Company with additional flexibility to make monthly installment payments in shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company retained the ability to repay the Exchanged Note in cash. The Company assessed the changes in the Exchanged Note and accounted for it as a modification of the Initial Note. Therefore, the Company determined the incremental value of the derivative instruments, as a result of the Exchanged Note, as having a reduced conversion price. As a result of the re-valuation, the Company recorded a $0.5 million increase in the value of the derivative liability and additional debt discount. At the modification date, the value of the derivative liability was $1.5 million. The total debt discount, including the embedded derivatives in the Initial Note, the incremental value of embedded derivatives in the Exchanged Note, warrant and legal and origination costs of $13.1 million was amortized into interest expense over the term of the Exchanged Note using the effective interest method. Under this method, interest expense was recognized each period until the debt instruments reached maturity. Given that the maturity of the Exchanged Note was accelerated due to prepayment, the amortization was accelerated. On October 9, 2013, the Company entered into a Second Amendment and Warrant Exchange Agreement (the “CVI Second Amendment”) with CVI. The CVI Second Amendment further amended the Purchase Agreement, as amended by the Amendment (collectively, the “Amended Purchase Agreement”), that the Company previously entered into with CVI. Pursuant to the CVI Second Amendment, the Company and/or CVI waived certain provisions of the Amended Purchase Agreement and amended certain provisions of the Exchanged Note and exchanged the warrant (the “Original Warrant”) for a new warrant (the Exchanged Warrant”) with a reduced exercise price of $26.10 per share of common stock. The Company assessed the changes to the Exchanged Note included in the CVI Second Amendment and accounted for it as a modification of the Exchanged Note. Therefore, the Company determined the incremental value of the derivative instruments, as a result of the CVI Second Amendment, specifically the Exchanged Warrant. (See Note 10 “Warrants and Derivative Liabilities” for discussion of the valuation of the Exchanged Warrant.) During the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense for amortization of the debt discount related to the convertible notes of $4.1 million and $8.2 million respectively. Provided certain equity conditions were met, the Company could elect to repay principal and interest in shares of the Company’s common stock. If the Company elected to make a payment in shares of the Company’s common stock, the number of shares issued was determined by dividing the amount of such payment by 85% of the lessor of the average volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the 10 consecutive days immediately preceding the payment date or the VWAP price on the day preceding the payment date (the “Market Price”). The Company recorded the difference between the closing price of its common stock on the day preceding the payment date and the Market Price as a discount on the fair value of its shares. During the years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded $2.9 million and $3.6 million, respectively, of non-cash interest expense related to installment payments made by issuing the Company’s common stock at a discount. On March 2, 2014, the Company entered into an Exchange Agreement with CVI, pursuant to which the Company exchanged the Exchanged Note for approximately 663,000 shares of common stock and extinguished the debt. As a result of this transaction, the Company recorded a loss on the extinguishment of debt of $5.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2014. Senior Secured Term Loans On June 5, 2012, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with Hercules (the “Term Loan”), under which the Company borrowed $10.0 million. After the closing fees and expenses, the net proceeds to the Company were $9.7 million. The Term Loan bears an interest rate equal to 11% plus the percentage, if any, by which the prime rate as reported by The Wall Street Journal exceeds 3.75%. The Company made interest-only payments from July 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012, after which the Company began repaying the Term Loan in equal monthly installments ending on December 1, 2014, when the loan was repaid in full. In addition, Hercules received a warrant (the “First Warrant”) to purchase 13,927 shares of common stock, exercisable at an initial strike price of $35.90 per share, subject to adjustment, until December 5, 2017. Due to certain adjustment provisions within the warrant, it qualified for liability accounting and the fair value of $0.4 million was recorded upon issuance, which the Company recorded as a debt discount and a warrant liability. The Company paid an end of term fee of $0.5 million upon the maturity of the loan on December 1, 2014. Initially, the Company had accrued the end of term fee and recorded a corresponding amount into the debt discount. In addition, the Company incurred $0.3 million of legal and origination costs in the year ended March 31, 2013, which have been recorded as a debt discount. The total debt discount including the First Warrant, end of term fee and legal and origination costs of $1.2 million was amortized into interest expense over the term of the Term Loan using the effective interest method. Under this method, interest expense was recognized each period until the debt instrument reached maturity. During the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense for amortization of the debt discount related to the Term Loan of less than $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively. On November 15, 2013, the Company amended the Term Loan with Hercules and entered into a new term loan (the “New Term Loan B”), borrowing an additional $10.0 million. After closing fees and expenses, the net proceeds to the Company for the New Term Loan B were $9.8 million. The New Term Loan B bears the same interest rate as the Term Loan. The Company made interest-only payments from December 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014. If the Company achieved certain revenue targets for the six-month period ending March 31, 2014, interest only payments would continue through August 31, 2014. The Company did not meet these revenue targets. As a result, the Company is repaying the New Term Loan B in equal monthly installments ending on November 1, 2016. The principal balance of the New Term Loan B is approximately $6.7 million as of March 31, 2015. Hercules received a warrant (the “Second Warrant”) to purchase 25,641 shares of common stock, exercisable at an initial strike price of $19.50 per share, subject to adjustment, until May 15, 2019. In addition, the exercise price of the First Warrant was reduced to $19.50 per share. (See Note 10, “Warrants and Derivative Liabilities,” for a discussion on both warrants and the valuation assumptions used.) The Company will pay an end of term fee of $0.5 million upon the earlier of maturity or prepayment of the New Term Loan B. The Company has accrued the end of term fee and recorded a corresponding amount into the debt discount. The New Term Loan B includes a mandatory prepayment feature which allows Hercules the right to use any of the Company’s net proceeds from specified asset dispositions greater than $1.0 million in a calendar year to pay off any outstanding accrued interest and principal balance on the New Term Loan B. The Company determined the fair value to be de-minimis for this feature. In addition, the Company incurred $0.2 million of legal and origination costs in the year ended March 31, 2014, which have been recorded as a debt discount. The total debt discount including the Second Warrant, end of term fee and legal and origination costs of $1.0 million is being amortized into interest expense over the term of the New Term Loan B using the effective interest method. During the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded non-cash interest expense for amortization of the debt discount related to the New Term Loan B of $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively. On December 19, 2014, the Company entered into an amendment with Hercules (the “Hercules Second Amendment”) and entered into a new term loan (the “New Term Loan C”), borrowing an additional $1.5 million. After closing fees and expenses, the net proceeds to the Company for the New Term Loan C were $1.4 million (The Term Loan, New Term Loan B and New Term Loan C are collectively referred to as the “Term Loans”). The New Term Loan C also bears the same interest rate as the other Term Loans. The Company will make interest only payments until maturity on March 1, 2017, when the loan is scheduled to be repaid in its entirety. As a result of the Company’s equity raise on April 29, 2015, the maturity date of the loan was extended to June 1, 2017 (See Note 19, “Subsequent Events”). In conjunction with the Hercules Second Amendment, the First and Second Warrants were cancelled and replaced with the issuance of a new warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 58,823 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.10 per share, subject to adjustment. The Warrant expires on June 30, 2020. (See Note 10, “Warrants and Derivative Liabilities”, for a discussion on the Warrant and the valuation assumptions used.) The Company will pay an end of term fee of approximately $0.1 million upon earlier of maturity or prepayment of the New Term Loan C. The Company has accrued the end of term fee and recorded a corresponding amount in the debt discount. The New Term Loan C includes the same mandatory prepayment feature as the New Term Loan B. The Company determined the fair value to be de-minimus for this feature. In addition, the Company incurred approximately $0.1 million of legal and origination costs in the three months ended December 31, 2014, which have been recorded as a debt discount. The total debt discount, including the Warrant, end of term fee and legal and origination costs of $0.3 million is being amortized into interest expense over the term of the New Term Loan C using the effective interest method. During the year ended March 31, 2015 the Company recorded less than $0.1 million of non-cash interest expense related to the New Term Loan C. If the maturity of any of the Term Loans is accelerated because of prepayment, then the amortization will be accelerated. The Term Loans are secured by substantially all of the Company’s existing and future assets, including a mortgage on real property owned by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, ASC Devens LLC, and located at 64 Jackson Road, Devens, Massachusetts. The Term Loans contain certain covenants that restrict the Company’s ability to, among other things, incur or assume certain debt, merge or consolidate, materially change the nature of the Company’s business, make certain investments, acquire or dispose of certain assets, make guaranties or grant liens on its assets, make certain loans, advances or investments, declare dividends or make distributions or enter into transactions with affiliates. In addition, there is a covenant that requires the Company to maintain a minimum unrestricted cash balance (the “Minimum Threshold”) in the United States. As part of the Hercules Second Amendment, this Minimum Threshold was amended to be the lower of $5.0 million or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans. As of March 31, 2015, the Minimum Threshold was $5.0 million. As a result of the Company’s equity offering on April 29, 2015, the Minimum Threshold will be reduced to the lesser of $2.0 million or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans (See Note 19, “Subsequent Events”). The events of default under the Term Loans include, but are not limited to, failure to pay amounts due, breaches of covenants, bankruptcy events, cross defaults under other material indebtedness and the occurrence of a material adverse effect and/or change in control. In the case of a continuing event of default, Hercules may, among other remedies, declare due all unpaid principal amounts outstanding and any accrued but unpaid interest and foreclose on all collateral granted to Hercules as security under the Term Loans. Although the Company believes that as of March 31, 2015, it is in, and will remain in, compliance with the covenants and restrictions under the Term Loans, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to be in compliance. Interest expense on the Exchanged Note and Term Loans for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, was $1.7 million, $9.7 million and $14.9 million, respectively, which included $0.5 million, $7.7 million and $12.4 million, respectively, of non-cash interest expense related to the amortization of the debt discount and payment of the Exchanged Note in Company common stock at a discount.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for information about short-term and long-term debt arrangements, which includes amounts of borrowings under each line of credit, note payable, commercial paper issue, bonds indenture, debenture issue, own-share lending arrangements and any other contractual agreement to repay funds, and about the underlying arrangements, rationale for a classification as long-term, including repayment terms, interest rates, collateral provided, restrictions on use of assets and activities, whether or not in compliance with debt covenants, and other matters important to users of the financial statements, such as the effects of refinancing and noncompliance with debt covenants. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 19, 20, 22 -Article 5 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19,20,22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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