The Credit Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants. The Credit Agreement also contains a financial covenant requiring RedHill Inc. to maintain a minimum level of cash, as well as a covenant requiring it to maintain minimum net sales, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022. The minimum level of cash is relative to the amount borrowed under the term loan facility.
The Credit Agreement contains defined events of default, in certain cases subject to a grace period, following which the lenders may declare any outstanding principal and unpaid interest immediately due and payable.
As of June 30, 2020, the minimum level of cash, which relates to the term loan is $20 million. On August 12, 2020, RedHill Inc. signed an amendment to the Credit Agreement reducing the minimum level of cash, which relates to the two tranches actually borrowed, to $16 million.
A financial liability is recognized for each tranche upon drawdown, at the amount drawn less transaction costs attributable to that tranche.
Upon initial recognition, the effective interest rate is calculated by estimating the future cash flows throughout the expected life of that tranche, taking into account the transaction costs allocated to each tranche. The Company determined that the basis of the royalty payments due to HCRM, the Company’s worldwide net revenues is a non-financial variable and specific to the Company.
Moreover, the royalty feature is an integral part of the terms and conditions of the term loan and cannot be transferred or settled separately from the term loan. Therefore, the royalties feature is not classified separately, does not meet the definition of a derivative, and is not measured separately. Instead, the royalty feature and other net revenues features are taken into account in estimating the effective interest rate.
Determining the weighted effective interest rate requires certain judgment related to the estimation of the timing and amounts of the Company’s future worldwide net revenues.
The weighted effective interest rate on the Closing Date was approximately 16.5%.
Each tranche drawn down is subsequently measured at amortized cost. The effective interest rate is re-estimated at each Interest Rate Determination Date, as defined in the Credit Agreement, by revising the LIBOR, if needed, taking into account the LIBOR floor (that is considered to be closely related to the host debt contract and is not separated from the host debt).
Furthermore, revisions to estimated amounts or timing of future cash flows, if needed, shall adjust the amortized cost of each tranche drawn down to reflect the present value of actual and revised estimated contractual cash flows, discounted using the original effective interest rate (adjusted for changes in the LIBOR, as described above). The adjustment will be recognized in profit or loss as a financial income or expense.