8. LOANS PAYABLE (cont’d…)
In August 2020, the Company drew down $3,833,768 (C$5,000,000) (the “Second Drawdown”), at a conversion price of C$9.90 per share, from the Amended Loan Facility of which $2,878,065 was allocated to the liability portion and the residual value of $955,703 was allocated to the conversion feature as equity reserves. A deferred tax liability of $258,040 related to the taxable temporary difference arising from the equity portion of the convertible loan was recognized as an offset in equity reserves. The effective interest rate on the liability portion was 20.0% per annum, with an expected life of approximately three years.
In August 2020, as per the terms of the Loan Amendment, Beedie converted C$6,000,000 of the First Drawdown at a conversion price of C$5.56 per share for a total of 1,079,136 common shares of the Company. Upon conversion the Company derecognized $3,084,141 from the liability, and $1,828,588 from equity reserves and transferred $4,912,729 to share capital. The Company also recorded a deferred income tax expense of $409,423 with an offset to equity reserves to unwind a portion of the deferred taxes that were recognized in August 2019 upon the First Drawdown.
Following this conversion and draw down, under the Loan Facility and the Loan Amendment (together the “Amended Loan Facility”) the Company had C$1,000,000 outstanding with a conversion price of C$5.56 from the First Drawdown, C$5,000,000 outstanding with a conversion price of C$9.90 per share from the Second Drawdown, and had C$20,000,000 million available under the Amended Loan Facility with the conversion price to be determined on the date of any future advances.
In October 2020, Beedie converted the remaining C$1,000,000 from the First Drawdown at a conversion price of C$5.56 per share for a total of 179,856 common shares of the Company. Upon conversion the Company derecognized $518,987 from the liability, and $304,764 from equity reserves and transferred $823,751 to share capital. The Company also recorded a deferred income tax expense of $166,583 with an offset to equity reserves to unwind a portion of the deferred taxes that were recognized in August 2019 upon the First Drawdown.
In March 2021, the Company drew down $4,011,231 (C$5,000,000) (the “Third Drawdown”), at a conversion price of C$14.30 per share, from the Amended Loan Facility of which $3,171,686 was allocated to the liability portion and the residual value of $832,545 was allocated to the conversion feature as equity reserves. A deferred tax liability of $224,787 related to the taxable temporary difference arising from the equity portion of the convertible loan was recognized as an offset in equity reserves. The effective interest rate on the liability portion was 20.0% per annum, with an expected life of approximately two years.
In March 2021, as per the terms of the Loan Amendment, Beedie converted the entire C$5,000,000 from the Second Drawdown at a conversion price of C$9.90 per share for a total of 505,050 common shares of the Company. Upon conversion the Company derecognized $3,185,626 from the liability, and $955,703 from equity reserves and transferred $4,141,329 to share capital. The Company also recorded a deferred income tax expense of $258,040 with an offset to equity reserves to unwind the deferred taxes that were recognized in August 2020 upon the Second Drawdown.
As at March 31, 2021, the Company had C$5,000,000 outstanding with a conversion price of C$14.30 per share from the Third Drawdown, and had C$15,000,000 available under the Amended Loan Facility with the conversion price to be determined on the date of any future advances.
For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized finance charges of $55,135 (three months ended February 29, 2020 - $23,895) related to costs associated with the Amended Loan Facility, including standby fees on the undrawn portion of the Amended Loan Facility, as well as set up and other associated costs.