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Debt
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Debt
The components of the Company’s debt consist of the following (in thousands):
Dollars in thousands September 30, 2021 December 31, 2020
Amount Rate Maturity
Date		 Amount Rate Maturity
Date
Term loan, net $ 5,559  (1) 1/6/2024 $ 7,826  (2) 1/15/2021
Line of credit, net 4,846  (1) 1/6/2024 5,023  (3) 7/5/2022
November 2019 notes payable, net (November 2019 Notes) —  —  % (4) 2,830  10  % 6/30/2023
December 2019 senior notes payable, net (Senior Seller Notes) —  —  % (4) 10,332  10  % 6/30/2023
December 2019 junior notes payable, net (Junior Seller Notes) —  —  % (4) 4,973  10  % 6/30/2023
ABG Notes —  —  % (4) 687  10  % 6/30/2023
June 2020 notes payable, net (June 2020 Notes) —  —  % (4) 88  10  % 6/30/2023
Halo PPP Loan —  —  % (4) 431  1  % 5/3/2022
TruPet PPP Loan —  —  % (4) 421  0.98  % 4/6/2022
Total debt 10,405  32,611 
Less current portion 780  8,016 
Total long term debt $ 9,625  $ 24,595 
(1)Interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points with an interest rate floor of 2.50% per annum
(2)Interest at Bank of Montreal Prime plus 8.05%
(3)Interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points with an interest rate floor of 3.25% per annum
(4)Converted to common stock upon commencement of the trading of the Company's common stock on the NYSE on June 29, 2021. See "Note 1 - Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies" for additional information.
Term loans and lines of credit
The term loan balance of $7.8 million at December 31, 2020 was related to the Company's prior loan facilities agreement and after the fifth amendment to that agreement was entered into on November 25, 2020, the term loan maturity date was extended to January 15, 2021.
On July 16, 2020, the Company entered into a revolving line of credit with Citizens Business Bank in the aggregate amount of $7.5 million (the “ABL Facility”). The ABL Facility was scheduled to mature on July 5, 2022 and accrued interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points, with an interest rate floor of 3.25% per annum. Accrued interest on the ABL Facility was payable monthly commencing on August 5, 2020. The ABL Agreement provided for customary financial covenants, such as maintaining a specified adjusted EBITDA and a maximum senior debt leverage ratio, that commenced on December 31, 2020 and customary events of default, including, among others, those relating to failure to make payment, bankruptcy, breaches of representations and material adverse effects. The ABL Facility was secured by a general security interest on the assets of the Company and was personally guaranteed by a member of the Company’s board of directors. The Company prepaid all the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the ABL Facility in full and did not incur any prepayment charges.
On January 6, 2021, Halo, Purely for Pets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Better Choice Company Inc. ("Halo") entered into a credit facility with Old Plank Trail Community Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Wintrust Bank, N.A. (“Wintrust”) consisting of a $6.0 million term loan and a $6.0 million revolving line of credit, each scheduled to mature on January 6, 2024 and each bear interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus 250 basis points, with an interest rate floor of 2.50% per annum (the "Wintrust Credit Facility"). Accrued interest on the Wintrust Credit Facility is payable monthly commencing on February 1, 2021. Principal payments are required to be made monthly on the term loan commencing February 2021 with a balloon payment upon maturity. The proceeds from the Wintrust Credit Facility were used (i) to repay outstanding principal, interest and fees under the ABL Facility and (ii) for general corporate purposes. The Company applied extinguishment accounting to the outstanding balances of the term loan and ABL Facility and recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Debt issuance costs of $0.1 million were incurred related to the Wintrust Credit Facility.
The Wintrust Credit Facility subjects the Company to certain financial covenants, including the maintenance of a fixed charge coverage ratio of no less than 1.25 to 1.00, tested as of the last day of each fiscal quarter. The numerator in the fixed charge coverage ratio is the operating cash flow of Halo, defined as Halo EBITDA less cash paid for unfinanced Halo capital expenditures, income taxes and dividends. The denominator is fixed charges such as interest expense and principal payments paid or payable on other indebtedness attributable to Halo.
The Wintrust Credit Facility is secured by a general guaranty and security interest on the assets, including the intellectual property, of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company has also pledged all of the capital stock of Halo held by the Company as additional collateral. Furthermore, the Wintrust Credit Facility was supported by a collateral pledge by a member of the Company’s board of directors; as a result of the Wintrust Amendment described below, this collateral pledge was terminated and released.
On August 13, 2021, Halo entered into the first amendment to the Wintrust Credit Facility (the “Wintrust Amendment”) to increase the revolving line of credit from $6.0 million to $7.5 million. The Wintrust Amendment also required Halo to secure the credit facility with a pledge of a deposit account in the amount of $7.2 million, which decreases to $6.9 million on January 1, 2022 and to $6.0 million on January 1, 2023.
As of September 30, 2021, the term loan and line of credit outstanding under the Wintrust Credit Facility were $5.6 million and $4.8 million, respectively, net of debt issuance costs of less than $0.1 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the previous term loan and line of credit outstanding were $7.8 million and $5.0 million, respectively, net of debt issuance costs and discounts of less than $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively. Debt issuance costs and discounts are amortized using the effective interest method.
Notes payable
On November 4, 2019, the Company issued $2.8 million of subordinated convertible notes (the “November 2019 Notes”) which carried a 10% interest rate and a maturity date of November 4, 2021. The interest was payable in kind, in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year. Payment in kind ("PIK") interest was payable by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the November 2019 Notes. The November 2019 Notes were convertible any time from the date of issuance and carried an initial conversion price of the lower of (a) $24.00 per share or (b) the IPO Price. The November 2019 Notes were amended on January 6, 2020. The amendment incorporated only the preferable terms of the Seller Notes as noted below, and all other terms and provisions of the November 2019 Notes remained in full force and effect. As amended, for so long as any event of default existed and was continuing, interest would accrue at the default interest rate of 12.0% per annum, and such accrued interest would be immediately due and payable.
On December 19, 2019, the Company issued $10.0 million and $5.0 million in senior subordinated convertible notes (the “Senior Seller Notes”) and junior subordinated convertible notes (the “Junior Seller Notes” and together with the Senior Seller Notes, the “Seller Notes”), respectively, to the sellers of Halo. The Seller Notes were convertible any time from the date of issuance and carried a 10% interest rate and a maturity date of June 30, 2023. Interest was payable in kind, in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the Seller Notes. The Seller Notes carried a conversion price of the lower of (a) $24.00 per share or (b) the IPO Price. 
On January 13, 2020, the Company issued $0.6 million in senior subordinated convertible notes to Authentic Brands and Elvis Presley Enterprises (“ABG”) in connection with the termination of a previous licensing agreement (the "ABG Notes"). The terms of the ABG Notes were the same as the Seller Notes. In addition to issuing the ABG Notes, as part of the ABG termination on January 13, 2020, the Company paid ABG $0.1 million in cash, issued ABG 12,120 shares of the Company’s common stock, agreed to pay ABG $0.1 million in cash in four equal installments each month from July 31, 2020 through October 31, 2020 and issued ABG common stock purchase warrants (the “ABG Warrants”) equal to a fair value of $0.2 million.
The November 2019 Notes were amended for the second time and the Seller Notes and the ABG Notes were also amended on June 24, 2020 in connection with the issuance of the June 2020 Notes, discussed below. The amendments lowered the maximum conversion price applicable to the conversion of these notes from $24.00 per share to $22.50 per share and aligned all maturity dates to be June 30, 2023. The Company accounted for the change in conversion price as a modification of the debt instruments and recognized the increase in the fair value of the conversion option as a reduction to the carrying amount of the respective debt instrument by increasing the associated debt discount or decreasing the debt premium, with a corresponding increase in Additional paid-in capital. The increase in fair value of the conversion options were $0.3 million for the November 2019 Notes, less than $0.3 million for the Seller Notes and less than $0.1 million for the ABG Notes.
On June 24, 2020, the Company issued $1.5 million in subordinated convertible promissory notes (the “June 2020 Notes”) which carried a 10% interest rate and matures on June 30, 2023. Interest was payable in kind, in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year by increasing the aggregate principal amount of the June 2020 Notes. The June 2020 Notes were convertible any time from the date of issuance and carried a conversion price $4.50 per share.
The Company evaluated the conversion option within the June 2020 Notes to determine whether the conversion price was beneficial to the note holders and recorded a beneficial conversion feature (“BCF”) related to the issuance of these notes. The BCF for the June 2020 Notes was recognized and measured by allocating a portion of the proceeds to the BCF, based on relative fair value, and as a reduction to the carrying amount of the convertible instrument equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion feature limited to the proceeds amount allocated to the instrument. The discount recorded in connection with the BCF valuation was being accreted as interest expense over the term of the June 2020 Notes, using the effective interest rate method. Upon the conversion of the June 2020 Notes discussed below, the remaining discount of $1.4 million associated with the June 2020 Notes was fully accreted through interest expense.
As of September 30, 2021, all of the notes payable described had $0 outstanding since they were automatically converted to common stock in connection with the Company's IPO, at a price of $5.00 per share (except for the June 2020 Notes, which were converted at a price of $4.50 per share). See "Note 1 - Nature of business and summary of significant accounting policies" for additional information. As of December 31, 2020, the November 2019 Notes outstanding were $2.8 million, net of discounts of less than $0.3 million, the Senior Seller Notes outstanding were $10.3 million, net of discounts of $0.8 million, the Junior Seller Notes outstanding were $5.0 million, net of discounts of $0.5 million, the ABG Notes outstanding were $0.7 million, including a debt premium of less than $0.1 million, and the June 2020 Notes outstanding were less than $0.1 million, net of discounts of less than $1.5 million. The debt discounts and premium were being amortized over the life of the respective notes using the effective interest method.
Previously, $0.1 million of the Seller Notes were held by an executive of the Company and $2.2 million of the subordinated convertible notes were held by a member of the board of directors, all of which were converted to common stock as described above. PIK interest related to these notes was $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
PPP loans
On April 10, 2020, TruPet, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Better Choice Company Inc., was granted a loan from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in the aggregate amount of $0.4 million, pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") under Division A, Title I of the CARES Act (the “TruPet PPP Loan”). The loan matured on April 6, 2022 and had an interest rate of 0.98% per annum, with interest and principal payable monthly, commencing on November 6, 2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the TruPet PPP loan was fully forgiven and the Company recognized a gain on extinguishment of debt of $0.4 million.
On May 7, 2020, Halo, Purely for Pets, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Better Choice Company Inc., was granted a loan from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in the aggregate amount of $0.4 million, pursuant to the PPP (the “Halo PPP Loan”). The loan matured on May 3, 2022 and had an interest rate of 1.00% per annum, with interest and principal payable monthly, commencing on November 1, 2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 the Halo PPP loan was fully forgiven and the Company recognized a gain on extinguishment of debt of $0.4 million.
The Company recorded interest expense related to its outstanding indebtedness of $3.1 million and $7.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively, and $0.1 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. PIK interest relating to notes payable was $1.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $0.5 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
The carrying amount for the Company’s term loan and line of credit approximate fair value as the instruments have variable interest rates that approximate market rates.
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenant requirements and there were no events of default.