Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

LONG-TERM DEBT AND LIABILITIES

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LONG-TERM DEBT AND LIABILITIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT AND LIABILITIES

NOTE 7. LONG-TERM DEBT AND LIABILITIES

Long-term liabilities consisted of the following at:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Fortress credit agreement

 

$

59,550,000

 

 

$

60,000,000

 

Insurance notes payable

 

 

 

 

 

500,369

 

Long-term debt and liabilities, gross

 

 

59,550,000

 

 

 

60,500,369

 

Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs

 

 

(6,155,140

)

 

 

(7,256,190

)

Long-term debt and liabilities, net of debt issuance costs

 

 

53,394,860

 

 

 

53,244,179

 

Less: Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

(600,000

)

 

 

(1,100,369

)

Long-term debt and liabilities, net

 

$

52,794,860

 

 

$

52,143,810

 

 

For most of 2021, our long-term liabilities consisted of term and revolving notes owed to Nevada State Bank, borrowings under the Main Street Priority Loan Program, and redemption consideration owed to Triangulum Partners LLC. All of those liabilities were paid in full from the proceeds of the Fortress Credit Agreement on November 15, 2021.

Fortress Credit Agreement. On November 15, 2021, the Company entered into a senior secured term loan agreement with Fortress Credit Corp. (“Fortress” and such agreement, “Fortress Credit Agreement”) in the amount of $60 million.

The Fortress Credit Agreement bears interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either (a) LIBOR (or a successor rate, determined in accordance with the Fortress Credit Agreement) plus 7.75%, subject to a reduction to 7.50% upon the achievement of a net leverage target or (b) a base rate determined by reference to the greatest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate as determined by reference to The Wall Street Journal’s “Prime Rate” and (iii) the one-month adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1.00%, plus 6.75%, subject to a reduction to 6.50% upon the achievement of a net leverage target. The Fortress Credit Agreement has a final maturity of November 13, 2026. The obligations under the Fortress Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company’s subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Fortress Credit agreement requires, among other things, principal payments of $150,000 per quarter and includes an annual sweep of 50% of excess cash flow beginning in 2023. The

Fortress Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative financial covenants (as defined in the Fortress Credit Agreement) and other restrictions customary for borrowings of this nature. The Company was required to maintain a Total Net Leverage Ratio of 8.00x for the quarter ending September 30, 2022, and the Company was in compliance with that covenant. The Fortress Credit Agreement requires that bank account balances in excess of $1 million at month end be covered by an account control agreement. From November 30, 2021 through February 28, 2022, the bank accounts held by PGP in the Isle of Man exceeded $1 million and did not have control agreements. The Company informed Fortress of the covenant breach, and a Consent and Waiver Agreement was executed among the Company, Fortress as Agent, and the Lenders party to the Fortress Credit Agreement on March 16, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, and through September 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Fortress Credit Agreement, and maintained bank account balances within the $1 million threshold.

In connection with entering into the Fortress Credit Agreement, the Company also issued warrants to purchase a total of up to 778,320 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain affiliates of Fortress at a price per share of $0.01 (the “Warrants”). The Warrants are exercisable at any time, subject to certain restrictions.

As of September 30, 2022, minimum future maturities of our long-term liabilities are as follows (the excess cash flow sweep mechanism in the Fortress Credit Agreement may increase repayments in 2023 through 2026):

 

 

 

Total

 

For the remaining three months ending December 31, 2022

 

$

150,000

 

Years ending December 31,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

600,000

 

2024

 

 

600,000

 

2025

 

 

600,000

 

2026

 

 

57,600,000

 

Long-term liabilities, gross

 

$

59,550,000