Note 23 - Subsequent Events

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through the date on which the consolidated financial statements were issued.

In October 2019, the Company moved its distribution center to its new facility.  The lease on its new distribution facility was signed in May 2019.

In November 2019, the Company terminated its month-to-month office lease at its Milford, Ohio location and started a new month-to-month lease in Blue Ash, Ohio.

 

 

On November 6, 2019, the Company issued 2,750 subordinated convertible notes (each, a “Convertible Note” and collectively, the “Convertible Notes”) for total proceeds of $2.75 million to existing shareholders. In connection with the Convertible Notes, the purchasers will be issued warrants (each, a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”) to purchase shares of common stock par value $0.001 of the Company (the “Common Stock”) equal to 62.5 Warrants for each Note. Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock of the Company for a period of 24 months from the date of the consummation of a future initial public offering (“IPO”) at an exercise price equal to the greater of (i) $5.00 per share or (ii) the price at which the Common Stock of the Company was sold in the IPO. The issue price per Convertible Note is $1,000 and the maturity date is two years from the issue date. The Convertible Notes include interest at a rate of 10.0% per annum from the date of issue, payable quarterly. Fifty percent of the interest shall be payable in kind and the remainder shall be payable in cash. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general working capital needs.

 

 

On October 15, 2019, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“the Agreement”) with Halo, a Delaware corporation, Thriving Paws, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Thriving Paws”), HH-Halo LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“HH-Halo” and, together with Thriving Paws, the “Sellers”) with HH-Halo, in the capacity of the representative of the Sellers. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Halo. Halo is an ultra-premium, natural pet food brand.

 

On December 18, 2019, Better Choice Company Inc. entered into an Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Halo and the Sellers to acquire one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Halo, Purely For Pets, Inc (the “Acquisition”). Pursuant to the Amended Agreement, a portion of the consideration for the Acquisition as described below was paid to Werner von Pein, the chief executive officer of Halo.

 

 

The Seller Notes are scheduled to mature on June 30, 2023 and accrue interest at 10.00% per annum from December 19, 2019 until the Maturity Date, payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The interest shall be payable by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the Seller Notes. The Seller Notes may be converted into shares of Common Stock at any time prior to the last Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date and shall be automatically converted into Common Stock upon an IPO. The conversion price shall be equal to the lower of $4.00 per share or the price at which the Common Stock was sold in an IPO. In the event of a change of control, each holder of the Seller Notes shall have the option to (i) convert all of the Seller Notes held by such holder into a replacement note issued by the new issuer in an aggregate principal amount equal to 104% of the outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued interest on, the Seller Notes held by such holder or (ii) require the Company to repay all of the outstanding principal amount of the Seller Notes held by such holder at a redemption price of 4% of the sum of all outstanding principal amount of the Seller Notes held by such holder plus all accrued interest thereon. If any such holder of Seller Notes fails to make an election above within thirty days of receipt of written notice of the change of control, all principal and accrued interest under the Seller Notes held by such holder shall automatically convert into Common Stock at the conversion price.

 

 

On December 19, 2019, the Company entered into a Loan Facilities Agreement (the “Facilities Agreement”) by and among the Company, as the borrower, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”) and a private debt lender, as agent (the “Agent”) that provides for a term loan facility not to exceed $20.5 million (the “Term Facility”) and a revolving demand loan facility not to exceed $7.5 million (the “Revolving Facility” and, together with the Term Facility, the “Facilities”). The Facilities are scheduled to mature on December 19, 2020 or such earlier date on which a demand is made by the Agent or any Lender. The obligations of the Company under the Facilities Agreement are guaranteed by each of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries and secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company and the assets of its domestic subsidiaries. Borrowings under the Facilities bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the floating annual rate of interest established from time to time by the Bank of Montreal plus 8.05% calculated on the daily outstanding balance of the Facilities and compounded monthly. The revolving line of credit was satisfied in full on the same date.  Three directors of the Company entered into a Continuing Personal Guaranty agreement as a condition to the Facilities Agreement.

 

 

The Subordinated Convertible Notes were amended on January 6th, 2020. Pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note (the “Notes”) issued on November 11, 2019, the Purchasers have the right to amend and restate the Note and related documents to incorporate the preferable terms of any convertible promissory notes issued after November 11, 2019, so long as the Note is outstanding. As disclosed in the Company’s 8-K issued on December 26, 2019, the Company issued convertible subordinated notes to the Sellers and Werner von Pein. The Amended Agreement was entered into in order to incorporate only the preferable terms of the convertible subordinated notes issued to the Sellers and all other terms and provisions of the Note shall remain in full force and effect. Pursuant to the Amended Notes, the interest shall be payable by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (such increase being referred to therein as “PIK Interest”). As amended, for so long as any Event of Default (as defined in the Note) exists, interest shall accrue on the Note principal at the default interest rate of 12.0% per annum, and such accrued interest shall be immediately due and payable. As amended, the provisions of the Note that provided for an additional number of shares of Common Stock to the Investor if the IPO (as defined in the Note) had not been completed by June 30, 2020, have been removed.

 

Effective as of December 19, 2019, the Board repriced all outstanding options to purchase Common Stock issued pursuant to the 2019 Better Choice Amended and Restated Incentive Award Plan, including options held by executive officers. As a result, the exercise price of all Options was lowered to $1.82 per share, the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on December 19, 2019. No other terms of the Options were changed.  Damian Dalla-Longa, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Andreas Schulmeyer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Anthony Santarsiero, President of the Company, are the executive officers who hold Options subject to the repricing.

 

On December 31, 2019, the Company issued 20,371 stock options at a strike price of $2.70 to Mr. Schulmeyer as a sign on bonus as per the employment agreement

 

On January 3, 2020, the Company issued 308,642 shares of Common Stock to an investor for net proceeds of $0.5 million, net of issuance costs of less than $0.1 million.

During January 2020, the Company issued shares below the exercise price of warrants acquired on May 6, 2019.  Pursuant to the warrant agreement, the Company is required to issue an additional 1,003,232 warrants to its warrant holders at $1.62 exercise price and revise the existing warrants to an exercise price of $1.62.

 

 

On January 16, 2020, the Company terminated the Houndog licensing agreement (“Agreement”) with Associated Brands Group and Elvis Pressley Enterprises due to business judgment. As part of the termination, the Company agreed to the following: (1) to pay ABG One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($0.1 million) in cash upon the signing of this Agreement, (2) to issue to ABG Seventy Two Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty (72,720) shares of BTTR’s common stock, (3) to pay to ABG One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($0.1 million) in cash in four equal installments, (4) to issue to ABG Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($0.6 million) in Subordinated Promissory Notes (the “Notes”), with the condition being that if the Company sells existing inventory in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($0.1 million), the Six Hundred Thousand Dollar ($0.6 million) Subordinated Promissory Note will be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis and (5) to issue to ABG a common stock purchase warrant (the “Warrants”) equating to a value of $150,000.

 

The Notes are scheduled to mature on June 30, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”) and accrue interest at 10.00% per annum from January 13, 2020, until the Maturity Date, payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. The interest shall be payable by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (such increase being referred to herein as “PIK Interest”). The Notes may be converted into shares of Common Stock at any time prior to the last Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date and shall be automatically converted into Common Stock upon an IPO (as defined in the Notes). The conversion price shall be equal to the lower of $4.00 per share or the price at which the Common Stock was sold in an IPO. In the event of a change of control, each holder of the Notes shall have the option to (i) convert all of the Notes held by such holder into a replacement note issued by the new issuer in an aggregate principal amount equal to 104% of the outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued interest on, of the Notes, held by such holder or (ii) require the Company to repay all of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such holder at a redemption price of 4% of the sum of all outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such holder plus all accrued interest thereon. If any such holder of Notes fails to make an election above within thirty days of receipt of written notice of the change of control, all principal and accrued interest under the Notes held by such holder shall automatically convert into Common Stock at the conversion price.

 

The Warrants are exercisable for 24 months from the date of the consummation of an IPO (as defined in the Warrants) at an exercise price equal to the greater of (i) $5.00 per share or (ii) the price at which the Common Stock was sold in the IPO.

 

No other recognized or non-recognized subsequent events were identified for recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.