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| DEBT | DEBT Term Loan (the "CA Term Loan")
On January 24, 2023, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement, by and among the Company, subsidiaries of the Company from time-to-time party thereto (collectively with the Company, the “CA Borrowers”), lenders from time-to-time party thereto (the “CA Lenders”), and Chicago Atlantic Admin, LLC (“Chicago Atlantic”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "CA Credit Agreement"). Proceeds from the CA Credit Agreement were designated to complete the
build-out of a new cultivation and processing facility in Illinois, complete the build-out of a new processing kitchen in Missouri, expand existing cultivation and processing facilities in Massachusetts and Maryland, fund certain capital expenditures, and repay in full the notes payable issued in 2022 in connection with the acquisition of Kind Therapeutics USA, which repayment occurred on January 24, 2023. The remaining balance, if any, was expected to be used to fund acquisitions.
The CA Credit Agreement allowed for $35.0 million in principal borrowings at the CA Borrowers’ option in the aggregate and further provides the CA Borrowers with the right, subject to customary conditions, to request an additional incremental term loan in the aggregate principal amount of up to $30.0 million, provided that the CA Lenders elected to fund such incremental term loan. $30.0 million of loan principal was funded at the initial closing (the "CA Term Loan"), which amount was reduced by an original issuance discount of $0.9 million (the "CA Original Issuance Discount"). The Company had the option, during the six-month period following the initial closing, to draw down an additional $5.0 million, which it did not elect to do. The loan required scheduled amortization payments of 1.0% of the principal amount outstanding under the CA Credit Agreement per month commencing in May 2023, and the remaining principal balance was due in full on January 24, 2026, subject to extension to January 24, 2028 under certain circumstances.
The CA Credit Agreement provided the CA Borrowers with the right, subject to specified limitations, to incur (a) seller- provided debt in connection with future acquisitions, (b) additional mortgage financing from third-party lenders secured by real estate currently owned and acquired after the closing date, and (c) additional debt in connection with equipment leasing transactions. The obligations under the CA Credit Agreement were secured by substantially all of the assets of the CA Borrowers, excluding specified parcels of real estate and other customary exclusions.
The CA Credit Agreement provided for a floating annual interest rate equal to the prime rate then in effect plus 5.75%, which rate could be increased by 3.00% upon an event of default or 7.50% upon a material event of default as provided in the CA Credit Agreement. At any time, the Company could voluntarily prepay amounts due under the facility in $5.0 million increments, subject to a three-percent prepayment premium and, during the first 20-months of the term, a “make-whole” payment.
The CA Credit Agreement included customary representations and warranties and customary events of default, including, without limitation, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to material indebtedness, and events of bankruptcy and insolvency. The CA Credit Agreement also included customary negative covenants limiting the CA Borrowers’ ability to incur additional indebtedness and grant liens that were otherwise not permitted, among others. Additionally, the Credit Agreement required the CA Borrowers to meet certain financial tests. The Company was in compliance with the CA Credit Agreement covenants throughout the term of the CA Credit Agreement.
The CA Credit Agreement provided for 30% warrant coverage against amounts funded under the facility, priced at a 20% premium to the trailing 20-day average price on the closing date of each such funding. At the initial closing, upon funding of the initial $30.0 million under the facility, the Company issued to the CA Lenders an aggregate of 19,148,936 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at $0.47 per share, exercisable for a five-year period following issuance. The Company recorded the warrants at present value of $5.5 million as a component of Additional paid-in capital on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 24, 2023, and discounted the CA Term Loan by $5.5 million (the "CA Warrant Discount"). The CA Warrant Discount was being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Credit Agreement.
The Company incurred $1.8 million of third party costs (i.e., legal fees, referral fees, etc.) in connection with the CA Term Loan, which were recorded as a discount to the CA Term Loan (the "CA Third-Party Costs Discount"), which was being amortized to interest expense over the term of the CA Credit Agreement.
The Company recorded $0.3 million of aggregate interest amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2023 related to the CA Original Issuance Discount, CA Warrant Discount and CA Third-Party Costs Discount.
On November 16, 2023, the Company repaid and retired the CA Term Loan (the "CA Term Loan Payoff") using proceeds from a new $58.7 million loan entered into on the same day (described below). The CA Term Loan Payoff amount totaled $32.7 million, comprised of $28.5 million for the outstanding principal, $3.7 million for the make-whole payment, $0.2 million for accrued unpaid interest and $0.3 million for transaction-related fees. The Company recognized a loss of $10.2 million in connection with the Term Loan Payoff, which it recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Mortgages and Notes Payable
The Company’s mortgages and notes payable are reported in the aggregate on the condensed consolidated balance sheets under the captions Mortgages and notes payable, current portion, and Mortgages and notes payable, net of current portion.
The Company’s mortgage and notes payable balances at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were comprised of the following (in thousands):
Mortgages
CREM Loan
On November 16, 2023, Mari Holdings MD LLC, Hartwell Realty Holdings LLC, Kind Therapeutics USA, LLC, ARL Healthcare Inc., and MariMed Advisors, Inc., each a wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company (collectively, the "CREM Borrowers") entered into a Loan Agreement (the "CREM Loan Agreement"), by and among the CREM Borrowers, and Needham Bank, a Massachusetts co-operative bank (the "CREM Lender") pursuant to which the CREM Lender loaned to the CREM Borrowers an aggregate principal amount of $58.7 million (the "CREM Loan Transaction"). The Company has fully guaranteed the obligations of the CREM Borrowers under the CREM Loan Transaction and pledged to the CREM Lender its equity ownership in each CREM Borrower. The CREM Lender has a first priority security interest in all of the CREM Borrowers' operating assets in Maryland and Massachusetts and first priority mortgages on the CREM Borrowers' properties owned in Maryland and Massachusetts.
The CREM Loan Transaction matures in ten years and has an interest rate for the initial five years of 8.43% per annum. The interest rate will reset after five years to the FHLB Rate (the Classic Advance Rate for Fixed Rate advances for a period of five years for an amount greater than or equal to the loan amount, as such rate is defined and published by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston), plus 3.50%. The Company will make interest-only payments for the first twelve months of the term of the loan, with payments thereafter based upon a twenty-year amortization schedule.
The CREM Lender initially released $52.8 million to the CREM Borrowers (the "Initial CREM Distribution"). The remaining proceeds of $5.9 million will be held in escrow to complete the expansion of the Company's Hagerstown, Maryland cultivation facility (the "Hagerstown Facility"). Any unused proceeds will be released to the Company after completion of the Hagerstown Facility expansion. The Company used $46.8 million of the Initial CREM Distribution to fully repay certain of its outstanding debt. These payments were comprised of $32.7 million to pay off the Term Loan, $11.9 million to pay off the mortgage with Bank of New England for the New Bedford, MA and Middleborough, MA properties, and $2.2 million to reduce the outstanding balance of the note issued by the Company in connection with the Ermont Acquisition.
The Company incurred bank closing costs and third party costs (i.e., legal fees, etc.) aggregating $1.5 million in connection with the CREM Loan Transaction, which have been recorded as a discount to the Loan Transaction (the "CREM Closing Costs Discount"), and which are being amortized to interest expense over the term of the CREM Loan Transaction. The Company recorded approximately $18,000 of interest amortization in the three months ended March 31, 2024 related to the CREM Closing Costs Discount.
The CREM Loan Agreement includes customary representations and warranties and customary events of default, including, without limitation, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to material indebtedness, and events of bankruptcy and insolvency. The CREM Loan Agreement also includes customary negative covenants limiting the CREM Borrowers' (but not the Company's) ability to incur additional indebtedness and grant liens that are otherwise not permitted, among others. The CREM Loan Agreement also requires the CREM Borrowers to meet certain periodic financial tests.
During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company received $1.0 million of the amount previously held back by the CREM Lender and made interest-only payments to the CREM Lender aggregating $1.2 million. The current portion of the outstanding principal balance of the CREM Loan was $0.4 million at March 31, 2024.
Bank of New England (New Bedford, MA and Middleborough, MA)
The Company maintained an amended and restated mortgage secured by the Company's properties in New Bedford, MA and Middleborough MA in the original amount of $13.0 million and bearing interest of 6.5% per annum that would mature in August 2025 (the “Refinanced Mortgage”). On November 16, 2023, the Company used $11.9 million of proceeds from the CREM Loan Transaction to pay the outstanding principal of the Refinanced Mortgage, and such mortgage was retired. The Company recorded a loss of $0.2 million on the early repayment of the Refinanced Mortgage, which it recorded in the fourth quarter of 2023. Concurrent with the repayment of the Refinanced Mortgage, the Company refinanced the properties through the CREM Loan and accordingly, effective November 16, 2023, the mortgage on these properties is held by Needham Bank, which mortgage matures in 2033 and which outstanding amount is included as a component of the CREM Loan outstanding balance.
Bank of New England (Wilmington, DE)
The Company maintains a mortgage with Bank of New England for the 2206 purchase of a building in Wilmington, DE, which was developed into a cannabis seed to ale facility that is currently leased to the Company's cannabis-licensed client in that state. The mortgage matures in 2031, with monthly principal and interest payments at a rate of 5.25% per annum, with the rate adjusting every five years to the then-prime rate plus 1.5% and a floor of 5.25% per annum. The next interest rate adjustment will occur in September 2026. The current portions of the outstanding principal balance under this mortgage at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were approximately $135,000 and $133,000, respectively.
DuQuoin State Bank (Anna, IL and Harrisburg IL)
In May 2016, the Company entered into a mortgage agreement with DuQuoin State Bank ("DSB") for the purchase of properties in Anna, IL and Harrisburg, IL, which the Company developed into two free-standing retail dispensaries. On May 5th of each year, this mortgage is due to be repaid unless it is renewed for another year at a rate determined by DSB’s executive committee. The mortgage was renewed in May 2023 at a rate of 9.75% per annum. The current portions of the outstanding principal balance under this mortgage at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were approximately $28,000 and $27,000, respectively.
DuQuoin State Bank (Metropolis, IL)
In July 2021, the Company purchased the land and building in which it operates its cannabis dispensary in Metropolis, Illinois. In connection with this purchase, the Company entered into a mortgage agreement with DSB in the amount of $2.7 million that matures in July 2041, and which currently bears interest at a rate of 11.25% per annum, which rate is adjusted each year based on a certain interest rate index plus a margin. As part of this transaction, the seller was provided with a 30.0% ownership interest in Mari Holdings Metropolis LLC (“Metro”), the Company’s subsidiary that owns the property and holds the related mortgage obligation, reducing the Company’s ownership interest in Metro to 70.0%. The current portions of the outstanding principal balance of this mortgage at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were approximately $49,000 and $46,000, respectively.
DuQuoin State Bank (Mt. Vernon, IL)
In July 2022, Mari Holdings Mt Vernon LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a $3.0 million loan agreement and mortgage with DSB secured by property owned in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, which the Company is developing into a grow and production facility. The mortgage has a 20-year term and currently bears interest at the rate of 11.25% per
annum, subject to upward adjustment on each annual anniversary date to the Wall Street Journal U.S. Prime Rate (with an interest rate floor of 7.75%). The proceeds of this loan are being utilized for the build-out of the property and other working capital needs. The current portions of the outstanding principal balance of this mortgage were approximately $50,000 and $48,000 at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
DuQuoin State Bank (Mt. Vernon, IL)
In February 2020, the Company entered into a mortgage agreement with South Porte Bank for the purchase and development of a property in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Beginning in August 2021, pursuant to an amendment of the South Porte Bank Mortgage, the monthly payments of principal and interest aggregated approximately $6,000, with such payment amounts effective through June 2023, at which time all remaining principal, interest and fees were due. On May 26, 2023, the Company repaid the outstanding balance on this mortgage, which totaled approximately $778,000. In January 2024, the Company refinanced this property and entered into a $1.2 million mortgage with DSB. The mortgage with DSB has a 17-year term and bears interest of 9.50% per annum. The current portion of the outstanding principal balance of this mortgage was approximately $29,000 at March 31, 2024.
Promissory Notes
Promissory Notes Issued as Purchase Consideration
Ermont Acquisition
In connection with the Ermont Acquisition, the Company issued the Ermont Note (see Note 2), totaling $7.0 million. The Ermont Note matures in March 2029, and bears interest at 6.0% per annum, with payments of interest-only for two years, and quarterly payments of principal and interest in arrears thereafter. The outstanding balance on the Ermont Note is subject to prepayment in full in the event the Company raises $75.0 million or more of equity capital. The Company recorded the Ermont Note at a present value of $4.6 million. This amount is net of the $2.4 million recorded as a debt discount, which is being accreted through the term of the Ermont Note to interest expense. As discussed above, on November 26, 2023, the Company used $2.2 million of the proceeds from the CREM Loan Transaction to reduce the outstanding balance of the Ermont Note. The difference between the face value of the Ermont Note and the present value recorded at the time of the Ermont Acquisition is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the Ermont Note. The fair value of the Ermont Note was $2.7 million and $2.6 million at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The balances at both dates were recorded as noncurrent, as the first principal payment is not due until two years after the Ermont Acquisition Date.
Greenhouse Naturals Acquisition
In connection with the Greenhouse Naturals Acquisition, the Company issued the Greenhouse Naturals Note (see Note 2) totaling $5.0 million to the Greenhouse Naturals Sellers, payable on a monthly basis as a percentage of the monthly gross sales of the Company's Beverly, Massachusetts dispensary (the "Beverly Dispensary"). The Company recorded $0.7 million as a debt discount, which is being accreted to interest expense through the term of the Greenhouse Naturals Note, which matures in July 2026. In the third quarter of 2023, the Company updated its forecast of revenue attributable to the Beverly Dispensary and, accordingly, adjusted the schedule of estimated future payments on the Greenhouse Naturals Note. The fair value of the Greenhouse Naturals Note was $4.1 million and $4.2 million at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company estimated that the current portion of the Greenhouse Naturals Note was $0.4 million and $0.3 million at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Kind Acquisition
In connection with the 2022 acquisition of Kind Therapeutics USA ("Kind"), the Company issued four-year promissory notes aggregating $6.5 million with an interest rate of 6.0% per annum to the members of Kind (the “Kind Notes”). In connection with the CA Credit Agreement (described above), on January 24, 2023, the Company repaid the Kind Notes in full, aggregating $5.4 million, including approximately $420,000 of accrued interest. There was no penalty in connection with the early repayment of the Kind Notes.
Promissory Notes Issued to Purchase Commercial Vehicles
The Company had four outstanding promissory notes to purchase commercial motor vehicles at March 31, 2024 and five such notes outstanding at December 1, 2023. At March 31, 2024, the outstanding notes had an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $148,000, of which approximately $28,000 was current. At December 31, 2023, the outstanding notes had an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $178,000, of which approximately $33,000 was current. The weighted average interest rates of the outstanding balances were 11.28% and 11.07% at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The weighted average remaining terms of these notes were 4.55 years and 4.61 years at March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
Future Payments
The future principal amounts due under the Company outstanding mortgages and notes payable at March 31, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):
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