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Debt The components of the Company’s outstanding long-term debt at January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022 were as follows (in thousands): At January 28, 2023 Outstanding Balance Original Issue Discount Capitalized Fees & Expenses Balance Sheet Priming Term Loan due 2024 $ 201,349 $ ( 786 ) $ ( 1,622 ) $ 198,941 Subordinated Term Loan due 2024 20,548 — ( 10,829 ) 9,719 Totals 221,897 ( 786 ) ( 12,451 ) 208,660 Less: Current portion ( 3,424 ) — — ( 3,424 ) Net long-term debt $ 218,473 $ ( 786 ) $ ( 12,451 ) $ 205,236 At January 29, 2022 Outstanding Balance Original Issue Discount Capitalized Fees & Expenses Balance Sheet Existing Term Loan due 2022 $ 4,963 $ ( 10 ) $ — $ 4,953 Priming Term Loan due 2024 203,403 ( 1,356 ) ( 2,797 ) 199,250 Subordinated Term Loan due 2024 17,829 — ( 12,224 ) 5,605 Totals 226,195 ( 1,366 ) ( 15,021 ) 209,808 Less: Current portion ( 7,692 ) — — ( 7,692 ) Net long-term debt $ 218,503 $ ( 1,366 ) $ ( 15,021 ) $ 202,116 The original issuer discount and capitalized fees and expenses are amortized over the related term of the debt. The Company recorded interest expense related to long-term debt of $ 17.7 million, $ 15.7 million, and $ 15.5 million, in the Fiscal Years 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the Fiscal Years 2022, 2021 and 2020 , $ 3.1 million, $ 2.5 million and $ 2.3 million of debt discount and debt issuance cost related to long-term debt were amortized to interest expense, respectively. On August 31, 2020, the Company entered into the Transaction Support Agreement (the “TSA”) with lenders of the Company’s previously existing term loans (“Consenting Lenders”) and a majority of our shareholders on the principal terms of a financial restructuring (the “Transaction”). The following series of transactions were implemented: a) an amendment of the Company’s Existing Term Facility (the “Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement”), and the lenders thereunder, the (“Existing Term Lenders”) to, among other things, waive any non-compliance with the terms of the Existing Term Facility; b) entry into a new senior secured priming term loan facility (the “Priming Credit Agreement”), and the lenders thereunder, the (“Priming Lenders”), the proceeds of which have been used to repurchase the term loans under the Existing Term Facility (the “Existing Term Loans”) from the Consenting Lenders; c) an amendment of the Company’s existing ABL Facility, to, among other things, waive any non-compliance with the terms of the ABL Facility; and d) the provision by affiliates of our related party, TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. (“TowerBrook”), and certain other investors of new capital pursuant to a subordinated term loan facility (the “Subordinated Facility”), and the lenders thereunder, (the “Subordinated Lenders”). Existing Term Loan The Company was party to a term loan credit agreement, dated as of May 8, 2015 , by and among Jill Holdings, Inc. (as successor to Jill Holdings LLC), Jill Acquisition LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of us, and the various lenders party thereto, as amended on May 27, 2016 (the “Term Loan”). On May 27, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to amend (the “Term Loan Amendment”) our Term Loan Agreement to borrow an additional $ 40.0 million in additional loans to permit certain dividends and to make certain adjustments to the financial covenant. The other terms and conditions of the Term Loan remained substantially unchanged. On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Term Loan (the “Amendment”). In connection with the Amendment, the Existing Term Lenders: (i) consented to the entry by the Company into the Priming Facility, the Subordinated Facility and the other transactions contemplated by the TSA; and (ii) permanently waived any defaults or events of default under the Existing Term Loan Agreement existing on or prior to September 30, 2020. Additionally, in connection with the Amendment, the Company made an offer to all Existing Term Lenders to repurchase 100 % of such Existing Term Lenders’ Existing Term Loans. The offer was accepted by 97.9 % of the Existing Term Lenders. The exchange of Priming Loans for 97.9 % of the Term Loans on September 30, 2020 was accounted for as a debt modification. As a result, 97.9% of the unamortized balance of the debt discount and issuance costs, or $ 2.5 million, was allocated to the Priming Loans to be included in the total debt discount and issue costs being amortized over the term of the Priming Loans. At September 30, 2020, an unamortized balance of debt discount and issuance costs of $ 55 thousand continued to be allocated to the Term Loans and continue to be amortized over the remaining term through May 8, 2022. These fees are presented as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets. Amendment also eliminated substantially all of the covenants and events of default in the Existing Term Facility and provided that no guarantors of, or collateral securing, the Existing Term Loan Agreement were released. The maturity date of the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement remained May 8, 2022 . On May 8, 2022, the Existing Term Loan was re-paid in full. Priming Term Loan On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into the Priming Credit Agreement, which provided for a secured term loan facility, which has an aggregate principal amount equal to $ 201.3 m illion at January 28, 2023 . The Priming Loans were exchanged for 97.9 % of the Existing Term Loans in connection with the September 30, 2020 Amendment mentioned above. The Company incurred $ 1.2 mi llion of debt issuance costs in connection with the Priming Credit Agreement. These costs are presented as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets. The maturity date of the Priming Credit Agreement is May 8, 2024 , and the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement bear interest at the Company’s election at: (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Priming Credit Agreement) plus 4.00 % or (2) LIBOR plus 5.00 %, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00 %, with the interest payable on a quarterly basis. The Priming Credit Agreement offered the option to make a principal paydown of at least $ 25.0 million by August 30, 2021; otherwise, there would be a paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest rate increase and a PIK fee. On August 27, 2021, the Company made the principal paydown of $ 25.0 million to avoid additional PIK and interest fees. In accordance with the Priming Credit Agreement, the Company issued to the Priming Lenders 656,717 shares, as adjusted for the Company’s 1-for-5 reverse stock split that occurred during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020, of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Equity Consideration”). We recorded the issuance of shares valued at $ 2.0 million as equity with the offset as a reduction of the carrying value of the debt. Also, in accordance with the Priming Credit Agreement, on May 31, 2021, the Company had the choice (the “May 31, 2021 Option”) to either (i) repay $ 4.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) issue additional shares of common stock to the Priming Lenders in an amount as defined in the Priming Credit Agreement. On May 31, 2021, and within the terms of the Priming Loan, the Company chose to issue 272,097 additional shares of common stock to the Priming Lenders with a value of approximately $ 5.2 million (based on the value of those shares as of close on that date). The May 31, 2021 Option was considered an embedded derivative within the Priming Loan that was required to be adjusted to fair value each period while it was outstanding, with the adjustment being recorded in income. The Company determined the fair value of the May 31, 2021 Option was $ 1.4 million at the date of the Transaction, which was recorded within Derivative liability with the offset as a reduction in the carrying value of the debt on the consolidated balance sheets for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019. The fair value of the May 31, 2021 Option was determined using an option pricing model with a Monte Carlo simulation. The difference between the carrying value of the Priming Loan and the principal amount was accreted over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. The May 31, 2021 Option was remeasured to its fair value as of the end of each reporting period which resulted in charges of $ 2.8 million and $ 1.0 million for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020, respectively, being recorded within Fair value adjustment of derivative in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The Company’s obligations under the Priming Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the real and personal property of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exceptions. The Priming Credit Agreement includes customary negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and purchases, pay dividends and distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and make payments in respect of junior indebtedness. The Priming Credit Agreement also has certain financial covenants, including (1) a minimum liquidity covenant that generally requires minimum liquidity on a weekly basis of $ 15.0 million, (2) a first lien net leverage ratio that requires compliance beginning in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 with a net leverage ratio of 5 :1, reduced to 4.5 :1 at the end of Fiscal Year 2022, which further reduces over time, and (3) limits on capital expenditures of $ 20.0 million annually. As of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022 , the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants in effect. Subordinated Term Loan On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into a Subordinated Facility, with the Subordinated Lenders (as defined in Note 16. Related Party Transactions ), that provides for a secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $ 15.0 million with an additional incremental capacity subject to certain customary conditions. The maturity date of the Subordinated Facility is November 8, 2024 . Loans under the Subordinated Facility bear interest at the Borrower’s election at (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Subordinated Facility) plus 11.00 % or (2) LIBOR plus 12.00 %, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00 %. The Subordinated Facility is secured by substantially all of the real and personal property of the Company. The Subordinated Facility includes customary negative covenants for subordinated term loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and purchases, pay dividends and distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and make payments in respect of junior indebtedness. The Subordinated Facility also has certain financial covenants, including (1) a minimum liquidity covenant that generally requires minimum liquidity on a weekly basis of $ 12.75 million, (2) a first lien net leverage ratio that requires compliance beginning in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 with a net leverage ratio of 5.75 :1, reduced to 5.20 :1 at the end of Fiscal Year 2022, which further reduces over time, and (3) limits on capital spending of $ 23.0 million annually. The difference between the carrying value of the subordinated facility debt and the principal amount is being accreted over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. As of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all covenants. On May 31, 2021, i n accordance with the Subordinated Facility, the Company issued warrants to the Subordinated Lenders. See Note 14. Net Income (Loss) Per Share for additional information regarding the warrants. Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement On May 8, 2015, the Company entered into a five-year secured $ 40.0 million asset-based revolving credit facility agreement (the “ABL Facility”). The ABL Facility had an initial maturity of May 8, 2020 . On June 12, 2019, this ABL Facility was amended to extend the termination date to May 8, 2023 . On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into an amendment to the ABL Facility, whereby the ABL lenders (i) consented to the Company’s entry into the Priming Credit Agreement, the Subordinated Facility and other transactions contemplated by the TSA and (ii) permanently waived any defaults or events of default under the ABL Facility on or prior to September 30, 2020. Under the terms of this agreement, the ABL Facility provides for borrowings up to (i) 90 % of eligible credit card receivables, plus (ii) 85 % of eligible accounts receivable, plus (iii) the lesser of (a) 100 % of the value of eligible inventory at such time and (b) 90 % of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible inventory at such time, plus (iv) the lesser of (a) 100 % of the value of eligible in-transit inventory at such time, (b) 90 % of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible in-transit inventory at such time and (c) the in-transit maximum amount (the in-transit maximum amount is not to exceed $ 9.5 million during the first and third calendar quarters and $ 7.0 million during the second and fourth calendar quarters ) , less (v) certain reserves established by the lender, as defined in the ABL Facility. On April 15, 2022, the Company entered into an Amendment No. 5 to its ABL Credit Agreement (the “ABL Amendment”), by and among the Company, Jill Acquisition LLC, J.Jill Gift Card Solutions, Inc., Jill Intermediate LLC, the other guarantors party thereto from time to time, the other lenders party thereto from time to time and CIT Finance LLC, as the administrative agent and collateral agent. The ABL Amendment (i) extended the maturity date of the ABL Facility from May 8, 2023 to May 8, 2024, provided that if by November 4, 2023, the Priming Loan maturity date has not been appropriately extended to a date that is at least November 4, 2024, then the ABL Facility maturity date will automatically be deemed to be November 4, 2023, and (ii) changed the benchmark interest rate applicable to the loans under the ABL Facility from LIBOR to the forward-looking secured overnight financing rate ( “ Term SOFR ” ). The ABL Facility consists of revolving loans and swing line loans. Borrowings classified as revolving loans under the ABL Facility may be maintained as either Term SOFR or Base Rate loans, each of which has a variable interest rate plus an applicable margin. Borrowings classified as swing line loans under the ABL Facility are Base Rate loans. Term SOFR loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to Term SOFR plus a spread ranging from 2.25 % to 2.50 %, depending on borrowing amounts. Base Rate loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to (i) the greatest of (a) the financial institution’s prime rate, (b) the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50 %, (c) Adjusted Term SOFR (as adjusted by any Floor) plus 1.00 % (ii) a spread ranging from 1.25 % to 1.50 %, depending on borrowing amounts. Interest on each Term SOFR loan is payable on the last day of each interest period and no more than quarterly, and interest on each Base Rate loan is payable in arrears on the last business day of April, July, October and January. For both Term SOFR and Base Rate loans, interest is payable periodically upon repayment, conversion or maturity, with interest periods ranging between 30 to 180 days at the election of the Company, or 12 months with the consent of all lenders. The ABL Facility also requires the quarterly payment, in arrears, of a commitment fee. The commitment fee is payable in an amount equal to (i) 0.375 % for each calendar quarter during which historical excess availability is greater than 50 % of availability, and (ii) 0.25 % for each calendar quarter during which historical excess availability is less than or equal to 50 % of availability. The Company had no short-term borrowings under the Company’s ABL Facility as of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022. During the fiscal year ended January 28, 2023 , no amount was drawn or outstanding under the ABL Facility. Based on the terms of the agreement and the increase for the letters of credit, the Company’s available borrowing capacity under the ABL Facility as of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022 was $ 30.0 million and $ 22.6 million, respectively. The Company recorded interest expense related to the ABL Facility of $ 0.4 million and $ 0.8 million in Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company incurred an immaterial amount of interest expense related to the ABL facility for Fiscal Year 2022. In the Fiscal Years 2022 and 2021 , there were no debt issuance costs related to the ABL Facility amortized to interest expense. Borrowings under the ABL Facility are secured by a first lien on accounts receivable and inventory. In connection with the ABL Facility, the Company is subject to various financial reporting (including with respect to liquidity), financial and other covenants. Affirmative covenants include providing timely quarterly and annual financial statements and prompt notification of the occurrence of any event of default or any other event, change or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect as defined in the ABL Facility. In addition, there are negative covenants, including certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, transfer assets, pay dividends, consolidate or merge with other entities, make advances, investments and loans or modify its organizational documents. The ABL Facility also includes certain financial maintenance covenants, including a requirement to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio greater than or equal to 1.00 :1.00 if availability under the ABL Facility is less than specified levels. As of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants in effect. If an event of default (as defined in the applicable facility) occurs under the Priming Credit Agreement, Subordinated Facility or ABL Facility, the Company’s obligations under the applicable facility may be accelerated. In addition, a 2.00 % interest surcharge will be imposed on overdue amounts under these facilities. Letters of Credit As of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, there were outstanding letters of credit of $ 7.0 million and $ 4.5 million, respectively, which reduced the availability under the ABL Facility. As of January 28, 2023 , the maximum commitment for letters of credit was $ 10.0 million. Letters of credit accrue interest at a rate equal to the applicable margin with respect to revolving loans maintained as Term SOFR loans under the ABL facility. The Company primarily used letters of credit to secure payment of workers’ compensation claims and customs bonds. Letters of credit are generally obtained for a one-year term and automatically renew annually and would only be drawn upon if the Company fails to comply with its contractual obligations. Payments of Long-term Debt Obligations Due by Period As of January 28, 2023, minimum future principal amounts payable under the Company’s outstanding long-term debt are as follows (in thousands): Fiscal Year Priming Term Loan Subordinated Term Loan Total 2023 3,424 — 3,424 2024 197,925 15,000 212,925 $ 201,349 $ 15,000 $ 216,349 The minimum future principal payments in the table above do not include the payment of PIK interest and PIK fees. The Subordinated Term Loan requires a $ 10.6 million payment of PIK interest at maturity in fiscal year ending February 1, 2025 ( “ Fiscal Year 2024 ” ). If the Company were to make the minimum principal payments on the Priming Term Loan as presented in the table above, the Company would be required to make a $ 52.3 million payment for PIK fees and PIK interest at maturity in Fiscal Year 2024; however, the Company made a principal payment of $ 25.0 million on August 27, 2021 to avoid making any payments for PIK fees or PIK interest on the Priming Loan. The Company used cash generated from operations to fund the $ 25.0 million principal payment. |