Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
All of the Common Stock of the Issuer reported on this Schedule 13D was acquired in the ordinary course of business for investment purposes by funds and accounts for which certain of the Advisory Subsidiaries act as investment advisers.
In connection with the filing by the Issuer and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Debtors”) of voluntary petitions (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Bankruptcy Court”) seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), the Debtors entered into a Senior Secured Super-Priority Debtor-in-Possession Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2022 (the “DIP Credit Agreement”), with Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “DIP Lenders”), which DIP Lenders include certain funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock that hold secured convertible notes of the Issuer (such funds and accounts managed by subsidiaries of BlackRock, collectively, the “Managed Funds”).
Pursuant to the terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, the DIP Lenders provided new financing commitments to the Issuer under a new money multiple draw term loan facility (the “New Money DIP Facility”) in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $75 million, approximately $57 million of which was committed to by the initial DIP Lenders, including $17 million from the Managed Funds. Under the New Money DIP Facility, (i) $37.5 million will be available following Bankruptcy Court approval on an interim basis (the “Interim DIP Order”), and (ii) up to $37.5 million will be available following Bankruptcy Court approval on a final basis (the “Final DIP Order”), subject to obtaining commitments for the full amount of the New Money DIP Facility.
The DIP Credit Agreement provides for a credit facility pursuant to which up to $75 million of aggregate claims of the holders of the Issuer’s secured convertible notes who are DIP Lenders (or affiliates, partners or investors of the DIP Lenders) will, upon entry of the Final DIP Order, automatically be deemed substituted and exchanged for, and converted, into (such conversion, the “Roll Up”) debtor-in-possession loans (the “Roll Up Loans”) (such credit facility, together with the New Money DIP Facility, the “DIP Facility”) on a cashless dollar for dollar basis, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions in the DIP Credit Agreement.
Borrowings under the New Money DIP Facility will bear interest at a rate of 10% which, together with certain fees payable in connection with the DIP Facility, will be payable in kind. Roll Up Loans will not bear interest. The DIP Lenders will receive upfront commitment fees equal to 2% of the aggregate commitments under the New Money DIP Facility when drawn, payable in kind, and exit fees equal to (i) in the case of an acceptable exit roll transaction, (x) 3% of the accreted outstanding principal amount of the New Money Loans at such time, and (y) 2% of the outstanding principal amount of the Roll Up Loans as set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement, or (ii) otherwise (x) 15% of the accreted outstanding principal amount of the New Money Loans at such time and (y) 2% of the outstanding principal amount of the Roll Up Loans at such time as set forth in the DIP Credit Agreement. The DIP Credit Agreement includes milestones, representations and warranties, covenants applicable to the Debtors, and events of default. If an event of default under the DIP Credit Agreement occurs, the Administrative Agent may, among other things, permanently reduce any remaining commitments and declare the outstanding obligations under the DIP Credit Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
The DIP Credit Agreement has a maturity date of June 21, 2023, which can be extended, under certain conditions, by an additional three months to September 21, 2023. The DIP Credit Agreement will also terminate on the date that is the earliest of the following (i) January 25, 2023, if no Final DIP Order is entered (or such later date as may be agreed in writing by the Required Lenders (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement)), (ii) the maturity date, (ii) the date of consummation of any transaction pursuant to which all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and the other credit parties will be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed, (iii) the effective date of a plan in the Chapter 11 Cases, and (iv) the date on which all amounts owed thereunder become due and payable and the commitments are terminated.
The foregoing description of the DIP Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the DIP Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1 to this Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein.
On December 22, 2022, the Managed Funds also entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement (the “Support Agreement”), with the Issuer and certain other holders of (x) the Issuer’s secured convertible notes and/or (y) DIP Commitments (as defined in the Support Agreement) or loans under the DIP Facility (the “Consenting Creditors”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Consenting Creditors agreed, for the duration of the Support Period (as defined in the Support Agreement), to vote in favor a joint plan of reorganization (the “Plan”) of the Debtors under the Bankruptcy Code and not to take certain other actions, including those that would reasonably be expected to prevent, interfere with, delay or impede the consummation of the Plan and the restructuring contemplated by the Support Agreement.
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