Convertible Notes |
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Convertible Notes [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||
Convertible Notes |
The Company entered into a series of unsecured convertible note financings (the “Convertible Notes”) with certain investors beginning on May 25, 2018. The total issuance of Convertible Notes amounted to $8.5 million (see Note 7 - Related Party Transactions). On November 4, 2020, all of Ocuphire’s outstanding Convertible Notes were converted into 977,128 shares of Ocuphire common stock as adjusted for the Exchange Ratio in connection with the completion of the Merger.
The Convertible Notes accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum, calculated on a 365-day year basis. Interest expense on principal during the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $138,000.
The outstanding principal of, and accrued interest on, the Convertible Notes were payable on demand, in the absence of the Merger closing discussed above, at any time as of the first to occur of (i) September 30, 2020 or (ii) an event of default (each defined by the Convertible Notes as a Payoff Event). If, prior to a Payoff Event, the Company (i) completed an initial public offering (“IPO”), (ii) completed a change in control (“CIC”), (iii) completed a sale and issuance of its capital stock resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of at least $5 million (“Qualified Financing”), or (iv) completed a reverse merger transaction (Reverse Merger), then the outstanding principal of, and accrued but unpaid interest on the Convertible Notes would have automatically converted upon the earliest of such events to occur as follows:
The Company was not permitted to prepay the Convertible Notes prior to a Payoff Event. The Convertible Notes contained default provisions, and when triggered, the holders of the Convertible Notes could have immediately accelerated payment of the Convertible Notes and the outstanding principal and interest would have become payable immediately. During a period of default, interest would have been assessed at a 12% per annum rate.
Redemption Features
The Company determined that all of the conversion provisions, except for the conversion provision upon Merger close, were redemption features that qualified as embedded derivatives. The qualifying embedded derivatives were collectively separated from their debt host upon the issuance of the Convertible Notes. The bifurcation of the embedded derivatives from the debt host resulted in a discount to the Convertible Notes in the amount of $0.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The embedded derivatives were accounted for separately on a fair market value basis. There were no outstanding premium conversion derivatives as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020 given the conversion of the Convertible Notes. The Company recorded the fair value changes of the premium conversion derivatives while outstanding to fair value change in derivative and warrant liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss which amounted to a benefit of $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
The note discounts were amortized to interest expense over the term of the Convertible Notes using the straight-line method which approximates the effective interest method and amounted to $0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
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