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| Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(a)Net of debt issuance costs of $483 and $741 in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Series D Convertible Notes due March 2022
In March 2019 and in connection with the Company's Series D fundraising, the Company issued secured convertible notes totaling $27,750, with maturity date of March 30, 2022 (“2022 Convertible Notes”). The 2022 Convertible Notes bore interest of 8.00% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears, and were secured through collateral, guarantee, and pledge agreements signed between the Company, the noteholders, and an appointed paying and collateral agent. Specifically, the 2022 Convertible Notes were guaranteed by the Company’s subsidiaries and secured by 1,300,002 common shares of pledged equity interests in specific subsidiaries.
A noteholder could convert the principal amount, in whole or in part, at a minimum of $1,000 into common shares at a conversion price of $11.00 per share. The Company could issue financing securities (common shares) upon the exercise of the conversion options within each convertible note, in part or in whole, at the option of the holder at any time or at the option of the issuer subsequent to a trigger event (i.e., a qualified IPO at greater than or equal to $13.54 per common share, or a non-qualified IPO with a 10-day trailing volume weighted average price exceeding $13.54 per common share). The Company was contractually restricted from prepaying the obligations prior to the maturity date except in the case of (1) conversion of the whole or part of the principal amount or (2) a change in control which would trigger immediate repayment in full.
In its assessment to determine the accounting treatment for the Class C Preferred Shares and 2022 Convertible Notes, the Company reviewed the guidance in ASC 480 — Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Based on the analysis the Company deemed that the: 1) Class C Preferred Shares meet the criteria for a freestanding equity classified instrument that are initially measured at fair value and subsequent changes to their fair are not recognized; and 2) 2022 Convertible Notes were debt-like in nature. In its assessment, the Company considered the terms and features within the hybrid instrument, including redemption consideration, the preferred shares’ cumulative dividend, voting rights, contingent and optional conversion feature, as well as the liquidation rights, prior to concluding on the classification. Following the review, no features were segregated, and no derivative instruments or beneficial conversion features were recognized. As a result, upon issuance, the Company recognized
approximately $30,258 of Class C Preferred Shares and approximately $27,750 of Series D convertible debt on its statement of financial position.
In March 2020, the Company amended certain terms of its 2022 Convertible Notes. As a result of this amendment the Company amended the 2022 Convertible Notes to provide for an increase in the rate of interest payable on the principal amount to 10% and to provide that such interest could be payable in-kind at maturity. In addition, the Company amended the restrictive covenants to allow for the creation, incurrence or assumption of certain additional debt, as well as to extend the date on which the Company was required to deliver its audited year-end financial statements. The amendments were accounted for as debt modification.
In connection with the Business Combination (Note 7.) and effective on the Closing Date, Clever Leaves and the holders of the 2022 Convertible Notes agreed to amend the terms of the 2022 Convertible Notes as follows: (i) decrease the interest rate to 8%, commencing January 1, 2021, and provide that such interest is to be paid in cash, quarterly in arrears; (ii) provide for the payment of all accrued and outstanding interest from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 to be made in the form of PIK Notes; to consent to the transfer of the PIK Notes to SAMA in exchange for the PIPE Shares to be issued as part of the SAMA PIPE pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Agreements; (iii) at the option of Clever Leaves, satisfy the payment of quarterly interest by issuing the Company's common shares to the noteholders, at a price per share equal to 95% of the 10-day volume weighted average trading price of the Company's common shares ending trading days prior to the relevant interest payment date (the “10-Day VWAP”); (iv) at the option of Clever Leaves, prepay, in cash, any or all amounts outstanding under the 2022 Convertible Notes at any time without penalty; (v) at the option of Clever Leaves on each quarterly interest payment date, repay up to the lesser of (a) $2,000, or (b) an amount equal to four times the average value of the daily volume of Holdco common shares traded during the 10-Day VWAP period, of the total amounts outstanding under the 2022 Convertible Notes at such time by issuing Holdco common shares to the noteholders at a price per share equal to 95% of the 10-Day VWAP; and (vi) at the option of each noteholder, in the event, following the Merger Effective Time, Clever Leaves, the Company or any of their respective affiliates proposed to issue equity securities for cash or cash equivalents (the “Equity Financing”) (save and except for certain exempt issuances) at any time after Clever Leaves, the Company or any of their respective affiliates completes one or more equity financings raising, in aggregate, net proceeds of $25,000 (net of reasonable fees, including reasonable accounting, advisory and legal fees, commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses and inclusive of net cash retained as a result of the Business Combination on the Merge Effective Time), convert an amount of principal and/or accrued interest owing under the 2022 Convertible Notes into subscriptions to purchase up to the noteholder’s pro rata share of 25% of the total securities issued under such Equity Financing on the same terms and conditions as such Equity Financing is offered to subscribers; provided, however, that if the noteholder did not elect to participate in such Equity Financing through the conversion of amounts owing under the 2022 Convertible Notes, then Clever Leaves shall be required to repay, in cash within (5) business days following the closing of such Equity Financing, an amount equal to the noteholder’s pro rata share of 25% of the total net proceeds raised from such Equity Financing (collectively, the “November 2020 Convertible Amendments”). The November 2020 Convertible Amendments were accounted as debt modification. As of closing of the Business Combination, the conversion price was changed from $11.00 to $30.62 per share.
In connection with the November 2020 Amendments, the Required Holders (as that term is defined in the amended and restated intercreditor and collateral agency agreement, dated as of May 10, 2019, in respect of the 2022 Convertible Notes) agreed to waive Clever Leaves’ required compliance with certain restrictive covenants set forth in the 2022 Convertible Notes solely for the purposes of allowing Clever Leaves, Holdco and their affiliates to complete the Business Combination, and agreed to direct GLAS Americas LLC, as collateral agent in respect of the 2022 Convertible Notes, to further provide its consent therefor.
In accordance with the terms of the 2022 Convertible Notes and in connection with the November 2020 Amendments, Holdco, 1255096 B.C. Ltd. and SAMA (as the surviving corporation of the Merger) each entered into a guarantee agreement in favor of the collateral agent in respect of the 2022 Convertible Notes (the “Guarantees”) and became guarantors thereunder. Further, the terms of the amended and restated pledge agreement, dated as of May 10, 2019, made by Clever Leaves in favor of the collateral agent was amended such that Holdco and certain of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, in connection with the Business Combination, pledged all of the shares in the capital of each of Clever Leaves, 1255096 B.C. Ltd., SAMA (as the surviving corporation of the Merger), Northern Swan International, Inc. and NS US Holdings, Inc. to the collateral agent.
Subsequently, on July 19, 2021, the 2022 Convertible Notes with accrued interest through that date were settled. Please refer to Note 16 for more details.
Herbal Brands Loan due May 2023
In April 2019 and in connection with the Herbal Brands acquisition, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Rock Cliff Capital under which the Company secured a non-revolving loan of $8,500 (the "Herbal Brands Loan"). The Herbal Brands Loan bears interest at 8.00% per annum, calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed, due and payable in arrears on the first day of each fiscal quarter commencing July 1, 2019. The Herbal Brands Loan is to be repaid or prepaid prior to its maturity date May 2, 2023 and requires the Company to repay, on a quarterly basis, 85% of positive operating cash flows. The Company can also choose to prepay a portion of or the full balance of the loan, subject to a fee equal to the greater of (i) zero, and (ii) $2,338, net of interest payments already paid on such prepayment date. This loan is secured by inventory, property plant and equipment and other assets as collateral.
In connection with the Herbal Brands Loan, the Company issued equity-classified warrants for Class C preferred shares to Rock Cliff Capital (the "Rock Cliff Warrants") with an initial fair value of $717, which was reflected in additional paid-in capital, with an initial expiration date of May 3, 2021. Refer to Note 11 for further details regarding the Rock Cliff Warrants.
The Herbal Brands Loan and Rock Cliff Warrants were deemed freestanding financial instruments with the loan accounted for as debt, subsequently measured using amortized cost, and the Rock Cliff Warrants, representing a written call option, accounted for as an equity-classified contract with subsequent changes in fair value not recognized as long as warrants continue to be classified as equity. Using a relative fair value method, at the time of issuance the Company recognized approximately $7,783 as loans and borrowings and approximately $717 in additional paid-in capital for the equity classified warrant.
In August 2020, the Company amended certain terms of the Herbal Brands Loan to provide for additional interest of 4.00% per annum, compounding quarterly and payable in-kind at maturity. In addition, the Company extended the expiration date of the Rock Cliff Warrants to May 3, 2023. As part of the amendment, the parties agreed to defer the covenant testing under the Herbal Brands Loan until September 30, 2021. The Company accounted for the amendment to the Herbal Brands Loan as a debt modification. Due to the extension of the warrants expiration, the Company reviewed the fair value of the options before and after the amendment, as a result the Company recognized approximately $400 of additional debt issuance costs related to the increase in the fair value of the warrants in its statement of financial position. Such costs will be amortized on a straight-line basis through the amended expiration date of the Rock Cliff Warrants.
Following the closing of the Business Combination and pursuant to the terms, the holder of the Rock Cliff Warrants can purchase 63,597 of the Company's common shares at a strike price of $26.73 per share.
For the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized interest expense of approximately $390 and $310, respectively, and repaid approximately $1,107 and $429, respectively, of the Herbal Brands Loan in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement. For the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recognized interest expense of approximately $188 and $154, respectively, and repaid approximately $1,107 and $414, respectively, of the Herbal Brands Loan in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement.
Other Borrowings
Portugal line of credit
In January 2021, Clever Leaves Portugal Unipessoal LDA borrowed EUR 1.00 million (the "Portugal Line of Credit"), from a local lender (the "Portugal Lender") under the terms of its credit line agreement. The Portugal Line of Credit pays interest quarterly at a rate of Euribor plus 3.0 percentage points. Principal will be repaid through quarterly installments of approximately EUR 62.5 beginning February 28, 2022. As of June 30, 2021, the full amount borrowed was outstanding under the Portugal Line of Credit.
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