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Venus Concept Announces Debt Refinancing
Venus Concept Inc.December 10, 2020 GMT
TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Venus Concept Inc. (“Venus Concept” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VERO), a global medical aesthetic technology leader, announced today that it has amended its existing revolving credit facility with City National Bank of Florida (“CNB”) and successfully refinanced its long-term debt obligations. Specifically, the Company secured a new loan with CNB in the aggregate amount of $50.0 million as part of the Main Street Priority Loan Facility established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. The loan has a term of five years and bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 3%. A portion of the proceeds were used to pay down $3.2 million of the Company’s revolving line of credit with CNB. The Company also entered into agreements with Madryn Health Partners, LP (Madryn) and Madryn Health Partners (Cayman Master), LP (collectively, “Madryn”), whereby the Company repaid $42.5 million of aggregate principal amount owed under the existing credit agreement with Madryn and issued 8% secured subordinated convertible notes to Madryn for an aggregate principal amount of $26.7 million to exchange and retire the remaining debt obligations owed to Madryn that would have matured in 2022. The convertible notes have a 5-year term and the interest rate on the convertible notes decreases to 6% on the third anniversary of the issuance. The notes are convertible at any time into shares of common stock of the Company at an initial conversion price of $3.25 per share, subject to adjustment.