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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

NOTE 7 – DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES

CRG Term Loan Agreement

On April 17, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into the CRG Term Loan Agreement, by and among the Company, as borrower, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Guarantors”), CRG Servicing LLC as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”), and the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “CRG Term Loan Agreement”), providing for a senior secured term loan of up to $55.0 million (the “CRG Term Loan”). The CRG Term Loan Agreement provides for (i) $15.0 million of the CRG Term Loan that was borrowed on the Closing Date (the “First Borrowing”) and (ii) up to an aggregate of $40.0 million available for borrowing in two subsequent borrowings, provided that each such borrowing must be at least $5.0 million or a multiple of $5.0 million and occur between the Closing Date and June 30, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including that the First Borrowing having previously occurred and the Agent having received certain fees. The Company used part of the initial proceeds under the CRG Term Loan to extinguish the Cadence Term Loan described further below.

The CRG Term Loan is due and payable on March 30, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”), absent any acceleration. Pursuant to the CRG Term Loan Agreement, the proceeds of the CRG Term Loan shall be used to repay the Cadence Term Loan, to pay fees and expenses related to the CRG Term Loan Agreement, for certain permitted acquisitions and similar investments and for general working capital and corporate purposes.

The CRG Term Loan bears interest at a per annum rate equal to 13.25% (subject to a 4.0% increase during an event of default), of which 8.00% must be paid in cash and 5.25% may, at the election of the Company, be deferred through the 19^th quarterly Payment Date (defined below) by adding such amount to the aggregate principal loan amount, so long as no default or event of default under the CRG Term Loan Agreement has occurred and is continuing. The Company is required to make quarterly interest payments on the final business day of each calendar quarter following the Closing Date, commencing on the first such date to occur at least 30 days after the Closing Date (each, a “Payment Date”). Interest is payable on each Payment Date in arrears with respect to the time between each Payment Date and upon the payment or prepayment of the CRG Term Loan, ending on the Maturity Date. In addition, the Company is required to pay an upfront fee of 1.50% of the principal amount of the CRG Term Loan, which is payable as amounts are advanced under the CRG Term Loan on a pro rata basis. The Company will also be required to pay a back-end fee equal to 7.00% of the aggregate principal amount advanced under the CRG Term Loan Agreement. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company paid $246,667 of interest in cash and recorded $161,875 of interest paid-in-kind related to the CRG Term Loan. The paid-in-kind interest was applied to the principal balance of the CRG Term Loan. The Company recorded $52,500 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 to interest expense related to the back-end fee. The back-end fee is accreted and amortized to interest expense over the term of the CRG Term Loan. Paid-in-kind interest and the accreted back-end fee are included in “Long-term debt, net of current portion” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Subject to certain exceptions, the Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the CRG Term Loan with the proceeds of certain assets sales and in the event of a change of control of the Company. In addition, the Company may make a voluntary prepayment of the CRG Term Loan, in whole or in part, at any time. All mandatory and voluntary prepayments of the CRG Term Loan are subject to the payment of prepayment premiums as follows: (i) if prepayment occurs on or prior to the date that is one year following the applicable borrowing (the “Borrowing Date”), an amount equal to 10.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the CRG Term Loan being prepaid and (ii) if prepayment occurs one year after the applicable Borrowing Date and on or prior to two years following the applicable Borrowing Date, an amount equal to 5.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the CRG Term Loan being prepaid. No prepayment premium is due on any principal prepaid if prepayment occurs two years or more after the applicable Borrowing Date.

Certain of the Company’s current and future subsidiaries, including the Guarantors, are guaranteeing the obligations of the Company under the CRG Term Loan Agreement. As security for their obligations under the CRG Term Loan Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a security agreement with the Agent pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors granted to the Agent, as collateral agent for the lenders, a lien on substantially all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ assets, including intellectual property (subject to certain exceptions).

The CRG Term Loan Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type, including limitations on the Company’s and the Guarantors’ abilities, among other things, to incur additional debt, grant or permit additional liens, make investments and acquisitions above certain thresholds, merge or consolidate with others, dispose of assets, pay dividends and distributions and enter into affiliate transactions, in each case, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, the CRG Term Loan Agreement contains the following financial covenants requiring the Company and the Guarantors in the aggregate to maintain:

	●	liquidity in an amount which shall exceed the greater of (i) $3.0 million and (ii) to the extent the Company has incurred certain permitted debt, the minimum cash balance, if any, required of the Company by the creditors of such permitted debt; and

	●	annual minimum revenue: (i) for the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 31, 2024, of at least $60.0 million, (ii) for the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2025 and ending on December 31, 2025, of at least $75.0 million, (iii) for the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2026, of at least $85.0 million, (iv) for the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 2027 and ending on December 31, 2027, of at least $95.0 million and (v) during each twelve-month period beginning on January 1 of a given year thereafter, of at least $105.0 million.

The CRG Term Loan Agreement contains representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors customary for financings of this type, and also includes events of default customary for financings of this type, including, among other things, non-payment, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, covenant breaches, a material adverse change, bankruptcy and insolvency, material judgments and a change of control, in certain cases subject to customary periods to cure. The occurrence and continuance of an event of default could result in the acceleration of the obligations under the CRG Term Loan Agreement.

Cadence Term Loan

In connection with the entry into the Applied Purchase Agreement, on August 1, 2023, SMAT, as borrower, and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a loan agreement (the “Cadence Loan Agreement”) with Cadence Bank (the “Bank”) providing for, among other things, an advancing term loan in the aggregate principal amount of $12.0 million (the “Cadence Term Loan”), which was evidenced by an advancing promissory note. Pursuant to the Cadence Loan Agreement, the Bank agreed to make, at any time and from time to time prior to February 1, 2024, one or more advances to SMAT.

The proceeds of the advances under the Cadence Loan Agreement were used for working capital and for purposes of financing up to one hundred percent (100%) of the Cash Closing Consideration and Installment Payments for the Applied Asset Purchase and related fees and expenses, including any subsequent payments that were due to the Sellers after the Closing. On August 1, 2023, the Bank, at the request of SMAT, made an advance for $9.75 million. The proceeds from the advance were used to fund the Cash Closing Consideration for the Applied Asset Purchase.

Advances under the Cadence Term Loan were scheduled to begin amortizing in monthly installments commencing on August 5, 2024. All remaining unpaid balances under the Cadence Term Loan were due and payable in full on August 1, 2028 (the “Cadence Loan Maturity Date”). SMAT was permitted to prepay amounts due under the Cadence Term Loan. All accrued but unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of outstanding advances was due and payable monthly, beginning on September 5, 2023 and continued monthly on the fifth day of each month thereafter until the Cadence Loan Maturity Date. The unpaid principal balance of outstanding advances bore interest, subject to certain conditions, at the lesser of the Maximum Rate (as defined in the Cadence Loan Agreement) or the Base Rate, which was for any day, a rate per annum equal to the term secured overnight financing rate (Term SOFR) (as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) for a one-month tenor in effect on such day plus three percent (3.0%).

The obligations of SMAT under the Cadence Loan Agreement and the other loan documents delivered in connection therewith were guaranteed by the Company and were secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the existing and future assets of SMAT.

The Cadence Loan Agreement contained customary representations and warranties and certain covenants that limited (subject to certain exceptions) the ability of SMAT and the Company to, among other things, (i) create, assume or guarantee certain liabilities, (ii) create, assume or suffer liens securing indebtedness, (iii) make or permit loans and advances, (iv) acquire any assets outside the ordinary course of business, (v) consolidate, merge or sell all or a material part of its assets, (vi) pay dividends or other distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, interest in an obligor, including the Company, as guarantor (vii) cease, suspend or materially curtail business operations or (viii) engage in certain affiliate transactions. In addition, the Cadence Loan Agreement contained financial covenants that required SMAT to maintain (i) a minimum Debt Services Coverage Ratio of 1.2 to 1.0 as of the last day of each applicable fiscal quarter and (ii) a maximum Cash Flow Leverage Ratio of not more than (a) 4.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2023, (b) 4.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending on December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024, (c) 3.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024 and (d) 3.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter. Pursuant to the Cadence Loan Agreement, in the event that SMAT failed to comply with the financial covenants described above, the Company was required to contribute cash to SMAT in an amount equal to the amount required to satisfy the financial covenants.

The Cadence Loan Agreement contained customary events of default. If such an event of default occurred, the Bank was entitled to take various actions, including the acceleration of amounts due under the Cadence Loan Agreement and actions permitted to be taken by a secured creditor.

On the Closing Date, the Cadence Loan Agreement was terminated and all outstanding amounts under the Cadence Term Loan were repaid in full and all security interest and other liens granted to or held by Cadence were terminated and released. In addition, unamortized debt issuance costs as of the termination date of $53,438 were included in “Interest expense” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

The table below presents the components of outstanding debt for the periods presented:

As of June 30, 2024, the interest rate on the CRG Term Loan was 13.25% per annum and as of December 31, 2023, the interest rate on the advance under the Cadence Term Loan was 8.3%.

SCHEDULE OF LONG-TERM DEBT

	June 30, 2024			December 31, 2023
Cadence Term Loan	$	-		$	9,750,000
CRG Term Loan		15,000,000			-
Paid-in-kind interest		161,875			-
Back-end fee		52,500			-
Debt		15,214,375			9,750,000

Less: debt issuance costs		(887,253	)		(61,658	)
Accumulated amortization of debt issuance costs		44,363			5,138
Net debt issuance costs		(842,890	)		(56,520	)

Debt, net of debt issuance costs		14,371,485			9,693,480

Less: Current portion of long-term debt		-			580,357
Long-term debt	$	14,371,485		$	9,113,123

The table below presents the aggregate maturities of the Company’s outstanding debt as of June 30, 2024:

SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OUTSTANDING DEBT

Year	Total

Remainder of 2024	$	-
2025		-
2026		-
2027		-
2028		-
Thereafter		15,214,375
Total debt	$	15,214,375

In connection with the CRG Term Loan, the Company incurred $887,253 in debt issuance costs during the six months ended June 30, 2024. Debt issuance costs are amortized to “Interest expense” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations over the life of the debt to which they pertain. The total unamortized debt issuance costs were $842,890 and $56,520 as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Debt issuance costs are included in “Long-term debt, net of current portion” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amortization expense related to debt issuance costs was $100,883 and zero for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.