Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Long-Term Debt (Notes)

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Long-Term Debt (Notes)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
14.    LONG-TERM DEBT

On October 31, 2014, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Interpace, entered into an Agreement to acquire RedPath. In connection with the Transaction, the Company entered into a Note, dated October 31, 2014.

The Note is $11.0 million, interest-free and will be paid in eight equal consecutive quarterly installments beginning October 1, 2016. The interest rate will be 5.0% in the event of a default under the Note. The obligations of the Company under the Note are guaranteed by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee in favor of the Equityholder Representative. Pursuant to the Subordinated Guarantee, the Company and its Subsidiaries also granted a security interest in substantially all of their assets, including intellectual property, to secure their obligations to the Equityholder Representative. Based on the Company's incremental borrowing rate under its Credit Agreement, the fair value of the Note at the date of issuance was $7.4 million. During the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company accreted approximately $0.2 million and $0.1 million into interest expense, respectively, using the effective interest method. As of March 31, 2015, the balance of the Note is approximately $7.7 million and the unamortized discount is $3.3 million.

In addition, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement with the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Transaction in the aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million (the Loan). The maturity date of the loan is October 31, 2020. The Loan bears interest at the greater of (a) three month LIBOR and (b) 1.0%, plus a margin of 12.5%, payable in cash quarterly in arrears, beginning on February 17, 2015. The interest rate will be increased by 3.0% in the event of a default under the Credit Agreement. Beginning in January 2017, the Company will be required to make principal payments on the Loan. Beginning in January 2017 and ending on October 31, 2020, subject to a $250,000 per quarter cap, the Lenders will be entitled to receive quarterly revenue based payments from the Company equal to 1.25x of revenue derived from net sales of molecular diagnostics products (the Synthetic Royalty). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $19.6 million following payment of certain fees and expenses in connection with the Credit Agreement.

The Company paid approximately $0.1 million of certain out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders and the Agent and a $0.3 million origination fee, both of which are being accreted as interest expense over the life of the loan using the effective interest method. The Company is also obligated to pay a $0.8 million exit fee which the Company is also accreting to interest expense over the life of the Loan. During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, the Company accreted approximately $0.2 million into interest expense and recorded the liability within Long-term debt, net of debt discount in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. If the Company prepays the Loan, the Company is obligated to pay a prepayment fee equal to: 6.0% of the Loan if the Loan is prepaid on or after October 31, 2015 but prior to October 31, 2016; 5.0% of the Loan if the Loan is prepaid on or after October 31, 2016 but prior to October 31, 2017; and 2.0% if the Loan is prepaid on or after October 31, 2017 but prior to October 31, 2018. In addition the Company will also pay a prepayment premium applicable to the Synthetic Royalty equal to (i)(1) 1.25% multiplied by (2) the lesser of (A) $80.0 million and (B) the aggregate revenue on net sales of molecular diagnostics products for the four most recently-completed fiscal quarters, multiplied by (ii) the number of days remaining until October 31, 2020, divided by (iii) 360. The Company must also make a mandatory prepayment in connection with the disposition of certain of the Company’s assets. As of March 31, 2015 the balance of the Loan, net of unamortized debt discount, was $19.7 million.

The obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties in favor of the Agent and the Lenders and certain covenants, including among other things, financial covenants relating to liquidity and revenue targets. As of March 31, 2015, the Company is in compliance with these covenants.

Principal payments due related to the long-term debt over next five are as follows:

 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
Subordinated note
$

 
$
1,375

 
$
4,125

 
$
4,125

 
$
1,375

Loan

 

 
2,534

 
5,000

 
5,000

 
$

 
$
1,375

 
$
6,659

 
$
9,125

 
$
6,375



In addition, the Company recorded approximately $0.3 million of legal costs in connection with the Credit Facility and capitalized them as deferred financing costs within Other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. These deferred financing costs are being amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Cred