Long-term Debt | Long-term Debt Terms of Convertible Senior Notes The Company issued $117.1 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 in August 2020 (the “2024 Notes”) in privately negotiated exchange and/or subscription agreements, $172.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 in October 2018 (the “2025 Notes”) in private placements to qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and $402.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 in December 2023 (the “2029 Notes,” and together with the 2024 Notes and 2025 Notes, the “Convertible Senior Notes”), in private placements to qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. All 2025 Notes and 2029 Notes will mature on the date in the table below, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted in accordance with their respective terms prior to such date. The Company redeemed all outstanding 2024 Notes on October 13, 2023. The Convertible Senior Notes are recorded on our accompanying consolidated balance sheets at their net carrying values. All of our Convertible Senior Notes also have embedded conversion options and contingent interest provisions, which have not been recorded as separate financial instruments and their fair values are Level 2 inputs. Refer to Note 18 for additional discussion on the fair value classifications of our Convertible Senior Notes. The 2025 Notes and 2029 Notes are convertible into cash, shares of the Company's Class A common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company's Class A common stock, at the Company's election, based on an initial conversion rate of Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes and 2029 Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of the Company’s Class A common stock. In the aggregate, the 2025 Notes and 2029 Notes are initially convertible into 20.3 million shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. The conversion rate may be adjusted under certain circumstances. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, at the Company’s election. The following table summarizes the terms of our Convertible Senior Notes as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands, except per share conversion rates and prices): 2025 Notes 2029 Notes Aggregate principal amount at issuance $ 172,500 $ 402,500 Interest rate per annum 1.5 % 3.5 % Debt issuance costs $ 5,929 $ 11,598 Net proceeds $ 166,571 $ 390,902 Issuance date October 22, 2018 December 8, 2023 Maturity date October 15, 2025 December 1, 2029 Interest payment dates (1) April 15 and October 15 June 1 and December 1 Conversion rate per $1,000 of principal 29.9135 26.3125 Conversion price $ 33.43 $ 38.00 Shares issuable upon conversion (2) 5,160 10,592 Carrying value $ 171,467 $ 392,916 Unamortized debt discount and issuance costs 1,033 9,584 Outstanding principal $ 172,500 $ 402,500 Remaining amortization period (years) 0.8 4.9 Fair value (3) $ 167,180 $ 344,403 ———————— (1) Holders of the Convertible Senior Notes are entitled to cash payments, which are payable semiannually in arrears on the dates indicated above. (2) Measured in shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and represents the number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock that the Convertible Senior Notes are convertible into as of December 31, 2024. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash or shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, at the Company’s election. (3) Fair values for notes are derived from available trading prices closest to the respective balance sheet date. Holders of the 2025 Notes and 2029 Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or part of their notes upon the occurrence of a fundamental change at a price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the notes being repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2025 Notes, at its option if the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock has been at least 130.0% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding April 15, 2025, the 2025 Notes will be convertible at the option of the holders only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. At any time on or after April 15, 2025, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the 2025 Notes may convert, at their option, all or any portion of their 2025 Notes at the conversion rate. The Company may not redeem the 2029 Notes prior to December 6, 2026. The Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the 2029 Notes, at its option, on or after December 6, 2026, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock has been at least 130.0% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides notice of redemption, at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding September 1, 2029, the 2029 Notes will be convertible at the option of the holders only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. At any time on or after September 1, 2029, until the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the 2029 Notes may convert, at their option, all or any portion of their 2029 Notes at the conversion rate. 2024 Notes Exchange and Redemption On August 2, 2023, the Company issued a notice of redemption to the holders of its outstanding 2024 Notes, pursuant to which it redeemed the outstanding 2024 Notes for cash at a price of 100% of the principal amount of the 2024 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on October 13, 2023 (the “Redemption Date”). Prior to the Redemption Date, holders of the 2024 Notes were entitled to convert to shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a rate of 55.6153 shares per $1,000 principal amount of 2024 Notes. During the year ended December 31, 2023, holders of the 2024 Notes converted $23.3 million in aggregate principal amount of such notes to 1.3 million shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and the Company repaid the remaining $1.0 million balance in cash, satisfying all of the Company’s remaining payment obligations under the 2024 Notes on the Redemption Date. 2029 Notes Issuance In December 2023, the Company issued $402.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 2029 Notes in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act. The 2029 Notes were issued at an issue price of 100.00% of par for net proceeds of approximately $390.9 million, after deducting fees and estimated expenses. We incurred $11.6 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the 2029 Notes. 2022 Credit Agreement On August 1, 2022 (the “IPG Closing Date”), the Company entered into a credit agreement, by and among the Company, Evolent Health LLC, as administrative borrower (the “ Borrower”), certain subsidiaries of the Company, as co-borrowers and guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Ares Capital Corporation (“Ares”), as administrative agent, collateral agent and revolver agent (as modified by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 (each, as defined below), the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as modified by Amendment No. 3 (as defined below), the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the lenders agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) initial term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $175.0 million (the “Initial Term Loan Facility”) and (ii) asset-based revolving credit commitments in an aggregate principal amount of $50.0 million (the “Initial Revolving Facility”), the availability of which shall be determined by reference to the lesser of $50.0 million and a borrowing base calculation. The Borrowers borrowed full amount under the Initial Term Loan Facility and the Initial Revolving Facility on the IPG Closing Date. A closing fee of (a) 2.00% of the aggregate amount of the commitments in respect of the Initial Term Loan Facility and (b) 2.00% of the aggregate amount of the commitments in respect of the Initial Revolving Facility was paid as of the IPG Closing Date. On January 20, 2023 (“the NIA Closing Date”), the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”), pursuant to which the lenders agreed to extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) additional commitments under the Company’s existing asset-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25.0 million (the “2023 Revolver Increase”), and (ii) additional term loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to $240.0 million, (the “2023 Additional Term Loans”). The Borrowers borrowed the full amount under the Incremental Term Loan Facility and the Incremental Revolving Facility on the NIA Closing Date to finance, together with the proceeds from the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock, the cash consideration payable in connection with the NIA acquisition on the NIA Closing Date and pay transaction fees and expenses. A closing fee of (a) 3.00% of the aggregate amount of the commitments in respect of the Incremental Term Loan Facility and (b) 3.00% of the aggregate amount of the commitments in respect of the Incremental Revolving Facility was paid as of the NIA Closing Date. On December 5, 2023, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 (“Amendment No. 2”) to the Credit Agreement pursuant to which the lenders agreed to certain mechanical changes necessary to permit issuance by the Company of additional unsecured convertible notes. On December 6, 2024 (the “Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”), the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 (“Amendment No. 3”) to the Credit Agreement that provides new secured debt financing in the form of (i) additional commitments under the Company’s existing asset-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $50.0 million (the “2024 Revolver Increase”, and together with the Initial Revolving Facility and the 2023 Revolver Increase, the “Revolving Facility”), (ii) a new delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $125.0 million (the “2024-A Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility”), and (iii) a new delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $75.0 million (the “2024-B Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility” and together with the 2024 Revolver Increase and the 2024-A Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, the “2024 Incremental Facilities”; the Initial Term Loan Facility, the 2023 Additional Term Loans, the 2024-A Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility and the 2024-B Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility are collectively referred to herein as the “Term Loan Facility”; the Revolving Facility and the Term Loan Facility are collectively referred to herein as the “Credit Facilities”), and effected certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement. The Borrower paid closing fees equal to 1.00% of the aggregate commitments provided in respect of the 2024 Incremental Facilities on the date the commitment letter in respect of the 2024 Incremental Facilities was executed. The Borrowers borrowed the full amount under the 2024-A Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility and the 2024-B Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility on January 29, 2025 to fund general corporate purposes, including working capital and the management of future liabilities. The Borrower paid upfront fees equal to 1.00% of the aggregate commitments of the 2024 Revolver Increase Facility on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and upfront fees equal to 2.00% of the of the aggregate principal amount of the loans funded under the 2024-A Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility and the 2024-B Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility on the applicable funding date. All loans under the Credit Agreement (including loans under the 2024 Incremental Facilities and loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement) (collectively, the “Loans”) will mature on the date that is the earliest of (a) December 6, 2029, (b) the date on which all amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable under the terms of the Credit Agreement, (c) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the maturity date of the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and (d) the date that is ninety-one (91) days prior to the maturity date of any other Junior Debt (as defined in the Credit Agreement) unless certain liquidity conditions are satisfied. The interest rate for all Loans will be calculated, at the option of the borrowers, (a) in the case of the Revolving Facility, at either the adjusted term SOFR rate plus 4.00%, or the base rate plus 3.00% and (b) in the case of the Term Loan Facility, at either the adjusted term SOFR rate plus 5.50% or the base rate plus 4.50%, subject to step downs based on a total secured leverage ratio. The Credit Facilities are guaranteed by the Company and the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exceptions. The Credit Facilities are secured by a first priority security interest in all of the capital stock of each borrower and guarantor (other than the Company) and substantially all of the assets of each borrower and guarantor, subject to certain customary exceptions. Loans in respect of the Term Loan Facility outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be prepaid and commitments in respect of the Revolving Facility outstanding under the Credit Agreement may be terminated at the option of the Borrower subject to applicable premiums and a call protection premium payable on the amount prepaid or terminated, as applicable, in certain instances as follows: (1) 2.00% of the principal amount so prepaid or terminated after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date but prior to the first anniversary of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date; (2) 1.00% of the principal amount so prepaid or terminated after the first anniversary of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date; and (3) 0.00% of the principal amount so prepaid or terminated on or after the second anniversary of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. The Borrowers will pay an unused line fee equal to 0.50% times the result of (i) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility, less (ii) the average Revolving Facility usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof), which fee shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears, on the first day of each calendar quarter from and after the IPG Closing Date and on the date on which (X) the Credit Facilities are paid in full in cash and (y) the Revolving Facility is otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Loans under the 2024 Incremental Facilities are subject to the same security and guarantee arrangements and affirmative and negative covenants, mandatory prepayment provisions and events of default as loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, in each case, subject to certain modifications agreed by the parties. We incurred debt issuance costs of $14.6 million in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement and $3.4 million in connection with borrowings under the 2024 Incremental Facilities, respectively, which will be amortized into interest expense over the life of the Credit Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company borrowed $62.5 million under the Revolving Facility. As of December 31, 2024, there was $100.0 million outstanding under the Company’s Revolving Facility. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company prepaid $37.5 million under the Revolving Facility and $415.0 million of the Term Loan Facility that was utilized to acquire IPG and NIA. The total amount paid to Ares under the Credit Agreement in connection with the prepayment was $434.8 million, which included $415.0 million of principal, $9.1 million in accrued interest and $10.7 million in prepayment premium. In addition, the Company recognized $10.3 million of acceleration of amortization of deferred financing costs. Interest Expense Interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs activity were as follows (in thousands): For the Year Ended December 31, 2024 2023 2022 2029 Notes Interest expense $ 14,087 $ 900 $ — Amortization of debt issuance costs 1,921 122 — Interest expense for 2029 Notes $ 16,008 $ 1,022 $ — 2022 Credit Agreement Interest expense $ 4,500 $ 46,538 $ 7,939 Amortization of debt issuance costs 330 2,256 433 Interest expense for 2022 Credit Agreement $ 4,830 $ 48,794 $ 8,372 2024 Notes Interest expense $ — $ 367 $ 2,743 Amortization of debt issuance costs — 148 592 Interest expense for 2024 Notes $ — $ 515 $ 3,335 2025 Notes Interest expense $ 2,588 $ 2,588 $ 2,588 Amortization of debt issuance costs 1,296 1,286 1,277 Interest expense for 2025 Notes $ 3,884 $ 3,874 $ 3,865 |