Apyx Medical Corporation Announces New Five-Year Credit Agreement with MidCap Financial
21 February 2023 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
Facility includes a senior, secured term
loan of up to $25 million and a revolving line of credit of up to
$10 million
Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:APYX) (the “Company”),
the manufacturer of a proprietary helium plasma and radiofrequency
technology marketed and sold as Renuvion®, today announced that the
Company and its subsidiaries have entered into a new, five-year
secured credit facility with MidCap Financial. The credit agreement
provides for an up to $35 million facility consisting of senior,
secured term loans (“Term Loans”) of up to $25 million and a
revolving facility (“Revolver”) of up to $10 million.
“We are pleased to secure this financing, which strengthens our
balance sheet and enhances our financial flexibility,” said Charlie
Goodwin, President and Chief Executive Officer. “This new credit
agreement provides net proceeds of approximately $8.0 million at
closing and available revolver borrowings of up to $5 million
which, along with our cash and equivalents at year-end and the cash
tax refunds of at least $7.5 million we expect to receive this
year, we believe secures the requisite capital to fund our
strategic growth initiatives to achieve our goal of generating
sustainable profitability and strong free cash flow generation in
the future.”
The MidCap Financial credit facility matures on February 1, 2028
and includes Term Loan of an initial $10 million tranche received
at closing and additional tranches of $5 million and $10 million
that can be drawn at the Company’s option upon satisfaction of
certain conditions and covenants, including, but not limited to,
reaching certain net revenue thresholds by December 31, 2023 and
September 30, 2024, respectively. The Term Loan provides for at
least 24 months of interest-only payments, which can be extended to
36 months upon satisfaction of certain conditions. Availability to
draw on the five-year, $10 million revolving credit facility is
based primarily on the Company’s inventory and receivable balances.
The credit facility bears interest at an annual rate equal to the
Adjusted Term SOFR, subject to a floor of 2.50%, plus (i) 7.35% for
the Term Loan and (ii) 4.00% for the Revolver. “Adjusted Term SOFR”
means the per annum rate equal to the sum of the 30-day
forward-looking secured overnight financing rate, as published by
CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) from time to time,
plus 0.10% reset monthly. The obligations under the MidCap
Financial credit facility are secured by a lien on substantially
all of the assets of the Company.
The Company also issued warrants with an exercise price of $3.40
per share to purchase up to 250,000 shares of its common stock to
MidCap.
Piper Sandler served as financial advisor to the Company on the
transaction. Additional detail regarding the foregoing financing is
set forth in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Apyx Medical Corporation:
Apyx Medical Corporation is an advanced energy technology
company with a passion for elevating people’s lives through
innovative products, including its Helium Plasma Technology
products marketed and sold as Renuvion in the cosmetic surgery
market and J-Plasma® in the hospital surgical market. Renuvion and
J-Plasma offer surgeons a unique ability to provide controlled heat
to tissue to achieve their desired results. The Company also
leverages its deep expertise and decades of experience in unique
waveforms through OEM agreements with other medical device
manufacturers. For further information about the Company and its
products, please refer to the Apyx Medical Corporation website at
www.ApyxMedical.com.
About MidCap Financial
MidCap Financial is a middle-market focused, specialty finance
firm that provides senior debt solutions to companies across all
industries. As of December 31, 2022, MidCap Financial provides
administrative or other services for over $45.9 billion of
commitments*. MidCap Financial is managed by Apollo Capital
Management, L.P., a subsidiary of Apollo Global Management, Inc,
pursuant to an investment management agreement. Apollo had assets
under management of approximately $548 billion as of December 31,
2022, in credit, private equity and real assets funds. For more
information about MidCap Financial, please visit
http://www.midcapfinancial.com. For more information about Apollo,
please visit http://www.apollo.com.
*Including commitments managed by MidCap Financial Services
Capital Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, as
reported under Item 5.F on Part 1 of its Form ADV
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain matters discussed in this release and oral statements
made from time to time by representatives of the Company may
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal
securities laws. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based
upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its
expectations will be achieved.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to, any statements regarding the
potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions by
governments, businesses and individuals in response to the
situation; projections of net revenue, margins, expenses, net
earnings, net earnings per share, or other financial items;
projections or assumptions concerning the possible receipt by the
Company of any regulatory approvals from any government agency or
instrumentality including but not limited to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, supply chain disruptions, component shortages,
manufacturing disruptions or logistics challenges; or macroeconomic
or geopolitical matters and the impact of those matters on the
Company’s financial performance.
Forward-looking statements and information are subject to
certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected. Many of these
factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict.
Important factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to
differ materially and that could impact the Company and the
statements contained in this release include but are not limited to
risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the regulatory
environment in which the Company is subject to, including the
Company’s ability to gain requisite approvals for its products from
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other governmental and
regulatory bodies, both domestically and internationally; the
impact of the recent FDA Safety Communication on our business and
operations; factors relating to the effects of the COVID-19
pandemic; sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices and
availability, including supply chain disruptions; changes in
general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends;
changes in and effects of the geopolitical environment; liabilities
and costs which the Company may incur from pending or threatened
litigations, claims, disputes or investigations; and other risks
that are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company’s other
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For
forward-looking statements in this release, the Company claims the
protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements
contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Investor Relations:
ICR Westwicke on behalf of Apyx Medical Corporation Mike
Piccinino, CFA investor.relations@apyxmedical.com
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