Facility Loans |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2016 | |
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Facility Loans |
6. Facility Loans 2013 Term Loan Facility On September 30, 2013, the Company entered into a facility loan agreement with Silicon Valley Bank and Oxford Finance LLC (referred to herein as the lenders) for a total loan amount of $10.0 million of which the first tranche of $5.0 million was drawn as part of the Company’s September 2013 financing, referred to herein as the 2013 Term Loan Facility. The loan had a fixed interest rate of 8.75% payable as interest only for twelve months and a thirty-six month loan amortization period thereafter, with a final interest payment of $0.3 million at the end of the loan period. The second tranche of $5.0 million became available to the Company upon its February 24, 2015, announcement of the achievement of positive Phase 2b data for the Company’s product candidate arhalofenate and remained available to the Company until June 30, 2015. On June 30, 2015, the second tranche portion of the loan facility expired unused by the Company. At the time the first $5.0 million tranche of the facility loan was drawn down, the Company issued warrants exercisable for a total of 121,739 shares of the Company’s common stock to the lenders at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. Upon issuance, the fair value of a warrant liability was recorded and is being revalued at each balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire. 2015 Term Loan Facility On August 7, 2015, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement pursuant to which it refinanced its existing 2013 Term Loan Facility with Oxford Finance LLC and Silicon Valley Bank, for an aggregate amount of up to $15.0 million, referred to herein as the 2015 Term Loan Facility. The first $10.0 million tranche of this new loan facility was made available to the Company immediately upon the closing and was used in part to retire all $4.1 million of the Company’s existing debt outstanding under the 2013 Term Loan Facility, and to settle accrued interest and closing costs with the lenders. The remaining $5.0 million, referred to as the second tranche, was made available to the Company until March 31, 2016, for draw down upon the announcement of a qualified out-license or co-development arrangement for arhalofenate, the Company’s gout therapy drug candidate, which includes an upfront payment of not less than $35.0 million (the second draw milestone). Because the present value of the future cash flows under the modified loan terms did not exceed the present value of the future cash flows under the previous loan terms by more than 10%, the Company treated this refinancing as a modification. The remaining debt discount costs will be amortized over the remaining term of the Loan and Security Agreement using the effective interest rate method. As of March 31, 2016, the $5.0 million second tranche expired unused as the second draw milestone was not achieved. The first loan tranche bears interest at 8.77%, a rate which was determined on the advance date as being the greater of (i) 8.75% and (ii) the sum of 8.47% and the 90 day U.S. LIBOR rate reported in the Wall Street Journal three business days prior to the funding date of the first tranche. Under the first tranche, the Company is required to make 12 monthly interest only payments after the funding date followed by a repayment schedule equal to 36 equal monthly payments of interest and principal. Upon maturity, the remaining balance of the first tranche and a final payment equal to 6.50% of the original principal amount advanced of the applicable tranche are payable. At the closing, the Company also agreed to pay a facility fee of 1.00% of the 2015 Term Loan Facility commitment. In addition, the Company issued warrants exercisable for a total of 114,436 shares of its common stock to the lenders at an exercise price of $2.84 per share, and with a term of ten years. Upon issuance, the fair value of a warrant liability of $0.3 million was recorded in the accompanying balance sheet and is being revalued at each balance sheet date until the warrants are exercised or expire. The 2015 Term Loan Facility contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to the Company, and also includes defined customary events of default. As of June 30, 2016, the Company was in compliance with the term loan covenants and there were no identified events of default. |