Aytu BioPharma announces paydown, refinancing of term loan

Aytu BioPharma announced the refinancing of its existing term loan and extension of its revolving credit facility on more favorable terms to the Company. In addition, the Company received $3.5 million of additional capital through the exercise of warrants from its June 2023 equity financing, a portion of which was used to pay down the term loan indebtedness. On June 12, 2024, the Company entered into a new $13.0 million secured, amortizing term loan with Eclipse Business Capital at an interest rate of the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator plus 7.0%. The Eclipse Term Loan replaces the Company’s previous $15.0 million secured term loan with Avenue Capital Group II, which would have had an effective interest rate today of 15.9%. The Eclipse Term Loan will mature on June 12, 2028, with a straight-line loan amortization period of seven years, which would provide for a loan balance at the end of the four-year term of approximately $5.6 million to be repaid at maturity. The approximate 350-basis point reduction in the interest rate results in a potential savings of $1.3 million in interest expense under the new Eclipse Term Loan compared to the interest rate under the Avenue term loan. Further, the refinancing improves the Company’s balance sheet by reclassifying a significant majority of the term loan indebtedness from current liabilities to long-term liabilities and decreasing the overall indebtedness from $15.0 million to $13.0 million, helping to improve key financial ratios. On June 14, 2024, warrants to purchase 2,173,912 common shares at $1.59 per share issued with the Company’s June 2023 equity financing were exercised, generating proceeds of $3.5 million. The warrants were converted into 367,478 shares of common stock and 1,806,434 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. The Company used a portion of these proceeds to pay down $2.0 million in term loan indebtedness along with closing costs. As of June 18, 2024, the Company had 5,972,327 shares of common stock outstanding. On June 12, 2024, the Company also extended the maturity date of its existing revolving credit agreement with Eclipse to June 12, 2028. The amendment of the revolving credit facility also provides for an increase in potential maximum borrowing capacity to $14.5 million and other terms deemed to be more advantageous to the Company.