Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

CONVERTIBLE DEBT

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CONVERTIBLE DEBT

 

10. CONVERTIBLE DEBT

 

On August 13, 2021, the Company, together with Legacy Airspan, Holdco, Airspan Networks (SG) Inc., Mimosa Networks, Inc., Mimosa Networks International, LLC, Airspan Communications Limited, Airspan Networks LTD, and Airspan Japan K.K., as guarantors, and Fortress, entered into a Senior Secured Convertible Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement (the “Fortress Convertible Note Agreement”), in order to meet the available cash requirement of the reverse recapitalization described in Note 3. Pursuant to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement, $50.0 million was funded to the Company in exchange for the issuance of $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes on August 13, 2021, the date of the reverse recapitalization. The Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.0% per annum (the “Base Rate”), payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning on September 30, 2021. The Convertible Notes will mature on December 30, 2024, unless earlier accelerated, converted, redeemed or repurchased. Under certain circumstances, a default interest will apply following an event of default under the Convertible Notes at a per annum rate equal to the lower of (i) the Base Rate plus 3.75% and (ii) the maximum amount permitted by law. The Convertible Notes are pari passu in right of payment and lien priority and are secured by 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 and (d) all of the foregoing whether now owned or existing, in each case excluding certain excluded assets.

 

On March 29, 2022, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries who are party to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement entered into a First Amendment and Waiver to Senior Secured Convertible Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement and Other Note Documents relating to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement and the Convertible Notes (the “Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment”) to, among other things, amend the financial covenants included in the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement, amend the conversion price of the Convertible Notes and amend the optional redemption provisions of the Convertible Notes.

 

Prior to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment, the Convertible Notes, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, were convertible, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the payment in full of the principal amount thereof (together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon), into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price equal to $12.50 per share. Pursuant to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment, the conversion price with respect to the Convertible Notes was decreased to $8.00 per share. The conversion price with respect to the Convertible Notes is subject to adjustment to reflect stock splits and subdivisions, stock and other dividends and distributions, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combinations and other similar changes in capital structure. The conversion price with respect to the Convertible Notes is also subject to a broad-based weighted average anti-dilution adjustment in the event the Company issues, or is deemed to have issued, shares of Common Stock, other than certain excepted issuances, at a price below the conversion price then in effect. In addition, pursuant to the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment, if, during the period commencing on and including the date of the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment and ending on and including the 15-month anniversary of the date of the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment, there is no 30 consecutive trading day-period during which the average of the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock (“Daily VWAP”) for such 30 consecutive trading day-period (after excluding the three highest and the three lowest Daily VWAPs during such period) equals or exceeds $10.00 (as adjusted for stock splits, stock combinations, dividends, distributions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), the conversion price with respect to the Convertible Notes will be reduced to the amount that such conversion price would otherwise have been had the conversion price with respect to the Convertible Notes been $6.00 on the date of the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement Amendment.

 

The following is the allocation among the freestanding instruments (in thousands) at the issuance date:

 

       
Convertible Notes   $ 41,887  
Conversion option derivative     7,474  
Call and contingent put derivative     639  
Total Convertible Notes   $ 50,000  

 

As of June 30 2022, the Company had convertible debt outstanding as shown below (in thousands):

 

       
    June 30,
2022
 
Convertible Notes   $ 41,887  
Accrued interest(a)     1,790  
Subtotal     43,677  
Loan discount costs     (1,072 )
Total Convertible Notes   $ 42,605  

 

  (a) The accrued interest will accrete to principal value by the end of the term, December 30, 2024.

 

As of June 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants under the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement.

 

Based on management’s current forecast, the Company has concluded that it is probable that it will not be in compliance with the minimum last twelve-month EBITDA covenant under the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement as of the September 30, 2022 quarterly measurement date. Under the terms of the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the Company’s EBITDA for the preceding twelve months may not be less than the applicable minimum established in the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement. For the last day of the next four fiscal quarters, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022, the applicable minimum twelve-month EBITDA under the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement ranges from a loss of $23.0 million to a loss of $42.0 million.

 

In addition, based on management’s current forecast, absent of additional financing or capital raising, the Company has concluded it is also probable that it will not be in compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant under the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement during certain periods of the next twelve months. Under the terms of the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement, the Company is required at all times to maintain minimum liquidity of 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 Convertible Note Agreement.

 

While the Company intends to seek waivers from compliance with the applicable covenants in connection with such anticipated breaches, or amendments of existing financial covenants included in the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement, the Company is also pursuing alternative sources of capital. In the event the Company is not in compliance with all applicable covenants under the Fortress Convertible Note Agreement as of September 30, 2022, and the Company is unable to obtain waivers from compliance with such covenants or otherwise remedy such breaches, the Company expects to classify its senior term loan, convertible debt, subordinated term loan and subordinated debt as current liabilities on its condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2022.