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SENIOR TERM LOAN

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SENIOR TERM LOAN
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Senior Term Loan  
SENIOR TERM LOAN

 

11. SENIOR TERM LOAN

 

On December 30, 2020, Legacy Airspan, together with Holdco, Airspan Networks (SG) Inc., Mimosa, Mimosa Networks International, LLC, Airspan Communications Limited, Airspan Networks LTD, and Airspan Japan K.K., as guarantors, together with the other parties thereto, entered into an assignment agreement, whereby Pacific Western Bank (“PWB”) and Ally Bank assigned their interests in a loan facility under the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Legacy Airspan (the “PWB Facility”) to certain new lenders (the “Assignment Agreement”), and PWB entered into a resignation and assignment agreement (the “Agent Resignation Agreement”) pursuant to which PWB resigned in its capacity as agent under all of the transaction documents and DBFIP ANI LLC (“Fortress”) became the successor agent (as defined in the Agent Resignation Agreement), replacing PWB in such capacity under the PWB Facility. The Assignment Agreement and the Agent Resignation Agreement, along with a Reaffirmation and Omnibus Amendment, resulted in the amendment and restatement of the terms of the PWB Facility and a credit agreement with Fortress (the “Fortress Credit Agreement”) with the new lenders as the lenders thereunder. Fortress became the administrative agent, collateral agent and trustee for the lenders and other secured parties. At Closing, on August 13, 2021, the Company, Legacy Airspan and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries who are party to the Fortress Credit Agreement entered into a Waiver and Consent, Second Amendment, Restatement, Joinder and Omnibus Amendment to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents relating to the Fortress Credit Agreement with Fortress to, among other things, add the Company as a guarantor, recognize and account for the Business Combination, recognize and account for the Convertible Notes (see Note 12) and provide updated procedures for replacement of LIBOR. On March 29, 2022, the Company, Legacy Airspan and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries who are party to the Fortress Credit Agreement entered into a Third Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement and Other Loan Documents relating to the Fortress Credit Agreement with Fortress (the “March 2022 Fortress Amendment”) to, among other things, amend the financial covenants included in the Fortress Credit Agreement.

 

The Fortress Credit Agreement initial term loan total commitment of $34.0 million and a term loan commitment of $10.0 million were both funded to Legacy Airspan on December 30, 2020. Pursuant to the Fortress Credit Agreement, the Company may expand the term loan commitment by $20.0 million subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement. The maturity date of the total loan commitment is December 30, 2024. The Fortress Credit Agreement contains a prepayment premium of 5.0% if the prepayment occurs during the period from December 30, 2021 through December 29, 2022, and 3.0% if the prepayment occurs during the period from December 30, 2022 through December 29, 2023. The Fortress Credit Agreement also contained a prohibition on prepayment during the period from December 30, 2020 through December 29, 2021. Subsequent to December 29, 2021, the Company may prepay this loan but will incur a related fee in the amount of a make-whole amount of interest that would have been payable had such prepayment not been made.

 

To secure its obligations under the Fortress Credit Agreement, Fortress was assigned PWB’s security interest under the PWB Facility and the Company granted Fortress as security for the obligations a security interest in (a) all of the real, personal and mixed property in which liens are granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any of the collateral documents as security for the obligations, (b) all products, proceeds, rents and profits of such property, (c) all of each loan party’s book and records (d) all of the foregoing whether now owned or existing, in each case excluding certain excluded assets.

 

The Fortress Credit Agreement contains representations and warranties, events of default and affirmative and negative covenants, which include, among other things, certain restrictions on the ability to pay dividends, create liens, incur additional indebtedness, make investments, dispose of assets, consummate business combinations (except for permitted investment, as defined in the Fortress Credit Agreement), and make distributions. In addition, financial covenants apply. Prior to the March 2022 Fortress Amendment, these financial covenants included (a) minimum liquidity of $4.0 million as of December 31, 2020 and $5.0 million thereafter, (b) minimum last twelve-month revenue and (c) minimum last twelve-month Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (“EBITDA”). Pursuant to the March 2022 Fortress Amendment, the financial covenants included in the Fortress Credit Agreement were amended to increase the minimum liquidity requirement to an amount between $15.0 million and $20.0 million, depending on EBITDA performance levels and whether a default or event of default exists under the Fortress Credit Agreement, and decrease the minimum last twelve-month revenue and EBITDA requirements. Revenue and EBITDA financial covenants are tested quarterly. As of December 31, 2021, the Company was not in compliance with all applicable covenants under the Fortress Credit Agreement; however, the Company was granted a waiver from compliance for these covenants as of December 31, 2021.

 

In connection with the Fortress Credit Agreement, the Company granted Fortress entities party to the Fortress Credit Agreement a warrant to purchase 55,284 shares of Legacy Airspan’s Series H Senior Convertible Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $61.50. See Note 16 for additional information about the Series H Senior Convertible Preferred Stock. These warrants were recorded at fair value and recorded as a discount to the debt and will be amortized over the term of the debt instrument.

 

The interest rate for Tranche 1 is based on the level of the Company’s Net EBITDA Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Fortress Credit Agreement. The initial applicable rate for Tranche 1 is set at Level V (see table below). After the initial applicable rate period, the relevant rate is as follows for Tranche 1:

 

             
Level   Net EBITDA
Leverage Ratio
  Base Rate Loan   LIBOR Loan
Level I   Less than or equal to 2.00:1.00   The applicable rate is the Base Rate plus 6.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 0.50%   The applicable rate is LIBOR plus 7.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 1.50%
             
Level II   Less than or equal to 3.00:1.00
but greater than 2.00:1.00
  The applicable rate is the Base Rate plus 7.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 1.50%   The applicable rate is LIBOR plus 8.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 2.50%
             
Level III   Less than or equal to 4.00:1.00
but greater than 3.00:1.00
  The applicable rate is the Base Rate plus 8.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 2.50%   The applicable rate is LIBOR plus 9.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 3.50%
             
Level IV   Less than or equal to 5.00:1.00
but greater than 4.00:1.00
  The applicable rate is the Base Rate plus 9.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 3.50%   The applicable rate is LIBOR plus 10.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 4.50%
             
Level V   Greater than 5.00:1.00   The applicable rate is the Base Rate plus 10.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 4.50%   The applicable rate is LIBOR plus 11.00% per annum, of which the Margin Cash Component is 5.50% and the Margin PIK Component is 5.50%

 

Interest with respect to Tranche 1 is payable monthly in accordance with the Cash Component/PIK Component split described in the foregoing table.

 

With respect to Tranche 2, the relevant applicable rate is five percent (5.00%) as of December 31, 2021, and is payable monthly as interest paid in kind.

 

The Company's senior term loan balance was $46.8 million and $44.0 million, inclusive of accrued interest of $2.5 million and $25 thousand, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Deferred financing fees of $5.9 million and $7.2 million are reflected as reductions of the outstanding senior term loan balance at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.