LONG-TERM DEBT	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
LONG-TERM DEBT	NOTE 7 – LONG-TERM DEBT Avenue Capital Credit Facility As noted in Note 1 above, on March 21, 2023, the Company entered into the Avenue Credit Agreement and the Avenue Supplement. The Avenue Credit Agreement provides for a convertible senior secured credit facility of up to an aggregate amount of $40 million, comprised of the following: (1) $15 million in term loans funded at closing, (2) $5 million of additional committed term loans received on September 26, 2023 in conjunction with the Avenue First Amendment and (3) $20 million of additional uncommitted term loans, collectively referred to as the “Avenue Facility”. The Company issued Avenue Warrants to purchase $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.24, subject to adjustments. The Avenue Warrants have a term of five years. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants upon closing was $873 thousand. In addition, Avenue may convert up to $2 million of the $15 million in term loans funded at closing into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time while the loans are outstanding, at a price per share equal to $1.49. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants was recorded to debt discount and is included as a reduction to long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023. The Company incurred other fees associated with the Avenue Facility including: (1) a $300 thousand financing fee, (2) a $200 thousand upfront commitment fee of 1% of the total $20 million in committed capital and (3) $27 thousand in legal fees. The total debt discount recorded of $1.4 million will be amortized over a forty-two-month period. Total amortization of debt discount was $334 thousand and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company received gross proceeds of $15.0 million at closing (net proceeds of $12.3 million after repayment of the $2 million outstanding CRG loan balance and various fees). The Avenue Facility matures on October 1, 2026 and interest is based on the greater of: (1) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Supplement) plus 4.75% and (2) 12.5%. At December 31, 2023, the interest rate was 13.25%. Payments are interest only until November 2024. The Company may prepay the loans, subject to a prepayment penalty of 1.00% to 3.00% of the principal amount prepaid, depending on the timing of the prepayment. Proceeds from the Avenue Facility were used to repay the Company’s outstanding notes payable balances with CRG Financial and are expected to be utilized for general corporate purposes. On November 15, 2023, Avenue converted $1 million of the principal amount of the outstanding term loans into shares of the Company’s common stock. This resulted in 672,042 shares of common stock issued to Avenue. Additionally on November 15, 2023, Avenue exercised 96,773 of the Avenue Warrants on a cashless basis resulting in 79,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued. The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants under the Avenue Facility, including the requirement, beginning on the closing date, to maintain at least $5 million of unrestricted cash to be tested at the end of each month, and beginning on the period ended September 30, 2023, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, a trailing six-month cash flow, subject to certain adjustments as provided by the Avenue Credit Agreement, of at least $2 million. As of December 31, 2023, there was $19 million outstanding under the Avenue Facility and the Company was in compliance with the Avenue Facility covenants. Total interest expense on long-term debt, inclusive of amortization of debt discounts, amounted to $2.0 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

LONG-TERM DEBT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

NOTE 7 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Avenue Capital Credit Facility

As noted in Note 1 above, on March 21, 2023, the Company entered into the Avenue Credit Agreement and the Avenue Supplement. The Avenue Credit Agreement provides for a convertible senior secured credit facility of up to an aggregate amount of $40 million, comprised of the following: (1) $15 million in term loans funded at closing, (2) $5 million of additional committed term loans received on September 26, 2023 in conjunction with the Avenue First Amendment and (3) $20 million of additional uncommitted term loans, collectively referred to as the “Avenue Facility”. The Company issued Avenue Warrants to purchase $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.24, subject to adjustments. The Avenue Warrants have a term of five years. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants upon closing was $873 thousand. In addition, Avenue may convert up to $2 million of the $15 million in term loans funded at closing into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time while the loans are outstanding, at a price per share equal to $1.49. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants was recorded to debt discount and is included as a reduction to long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023. The Company incurred other fees associated with the Avenue Facility including: (1) a $300 thousand financing fee, (2) a $200 thousand upfront commitment fee of 1% of the total $20 million in committed capital and (3) $27 thousand in legal fees. The total debt discount recorded of $1.4 million will be amortized over a forty-two-month period. Total amortization of debt discount was $334 thousand and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company received gross proceeds of $15.0 million at closing (net proceeds of $12.3 million after repayment of the $2 million outstanding CRG loan balance and various fees).

The Avenue Facility matures on October 1, 2026 and interest is based on the greater of: (1) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Supplement) plus 4.75% and (2) 12.5%. At December 31, 2023, the interest rate was 13.25%. Payments are interest only until November 2024. The Company may prepay the loans, subject to a prepayment penalty of 1.00% to 3.00% of the principal amount prepaid, depending on the timing of the prepayment. Proceeds from the Avenue Facility were used to repay the Company’s outstanding notes payable balances with CRG Financial and are expected to be utilized for general corporate purposes.

On November 15, 2023, Avenue converted $1 million of the principal amount of the outstanding term loans into shares of the Company’s common stock. This resulted in 672,042 shares of common stock issued to Avenue. Additionally on November 15, 2023, Avenue exercised 96,773 of the Avenue Warrants on a cashless basis resulting in 79,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued.

The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants under the Avenue Facility, including the requirement, beginning on the closing date, to maintain at least $5 million of unrestricted cash to be tested at the end of each month, and beginning on the period ended September 30, 2023, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, a trailing six-month cash flow, subject to certain adjustments as provided by the Avenue Credit Agreement, of at least $2 million. As of December 31, 2023, there was $19 million outstanding under the Avenue Facility and the Company was in compliance with the Avenue Facility covenants.

Total interest expense on long-term debt, inclusive of amortization of debt discounts, amounted to $2.0 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.