UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 30, 2019
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Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-38721 | 45-4744083 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
26 Technology Drive
Irvine, California 92618
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(949) 396-6322
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of class | Trading symbol | Name of exchange on which registered |
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AXNX | Nasdaq Global Select Market |
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously disclosed, Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), is party to a Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2018, by and between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2018 (as so amended, the “Loan Agreement”).
On December 30, 2019, the Company and Silicon Valley Bank entered into a Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the “Second Amendment”).
Pursuant to the Second Amendment, Silicon Valley Bank agreed to extend the period during which the Company makes only monthly interest payments under the Loan Agreement from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020. In connection with the Second Amendment, the Company paid Silicon Valley Bank a non-refundable fee of $200,000.
The foregoing description of the Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Second Amendment, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Second Amendment were made only for purposes of the Second Amendment and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Second Amendment, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Second Amendment is incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Second Amendment, and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company’s periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AXONICS MODULATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||||
Dated: December 30, 2019 | By: | /s/ Raymond W. Cohen | ||
Raymond W. Cohen | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Exhibit 1.1
SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 30th day of December, 2019, by and between SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation (“Bank”) and AXONICS MODULATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”).
RECITALS
A.Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 6, 2018 (as the same may from time to time be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, including by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of October 22, 2018, collectively, the “Loan Agreement”).
B.Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.
C.Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to (i) extend the Interest-Only Period certificate, (ii) add an additional fee, and (iii) make certain other revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.
D.Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
2.Amendments to Loan Agreement.
2.1Section 2.4 (Fees). New Section 2.4(f) is hereby added to the Loan Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:
“(f) Second Amendment Fee. A fully earned, non‑refundable amendment fee of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) (the “Second Amendment Fee”), on the Second Amendment Effective Date.”
2.2Section 6.11 (Formation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries). Section 6.11 of the Loan Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“6.11 Formation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding and without limiting the negative covenants contained in Sections 7.3 and 7.7 hereof, at the time that (i) Borrower forms any direct or indirect Material Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Material Subsidiary after the Effective Date (including, without limitation, pursuant to a Division), or (ii) any existing Subsidiary of Borrower becomes a Material Subsidiary, Borrower shall (a) cause such Material Subsidiary to either (I) provide to Bank a joinder to the Loan Agreement to cause such Material Subsidiary to become a co-borrower hereunder, together with such appropriate financing statements and/or Control Agreements, or (II) guarantee the Obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents and, in each case, grant a continuing pledge and security interest in and to the assets of such Subsidiary (substantially as described on Exhibit A hereto), all in form and substance satisfactory to Bank (including being sufficient to grant Bank a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such Material Subsidiary), (b) provide to Bank appropriate certificates and powers and financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in such Material Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, and (c) provide to Bank all other documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, including one or more opinions of counsel satisfactory to Bank, which in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable documentation referred to above. Any document, agreement, or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this Section 6.11 shall be a Loan Document.”
2.3Section 7.1 (Dispositions). Section 7.1 of the Loan Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“7.1 Dispositions. Convey, sell, lease, transfer, assign, or otherwise dispose of (including, without limitation, pursuant to a Division) (collectively, “Transfer”), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory in the ordinary course of business; (b) of worn-out or obsolete Equipment that is, in the reasonable judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the ordinary course of business of Borrower; (c) consisting of Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; (d) consisting of the sale or issuance of any stock of Borrower permitted under Section 7.2 of this Agreement; (e) consisting of Borrower’s use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and (f) of non-exclusive licenses for the use of the property of Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and licenses that could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property but that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and that may be exclusive as to territory only as to discreet geographical areas outside of the United States.”
2.4Section 7.3 (Mergers or Acquisitions). Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“7.3 Mergers or Acquisitions. Merge or consolidate, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person (including, without limitation, by the
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formation of any Subsidiary or pursuant to a Division); provided, however, a Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another Subsidiary or into Borrower.”
2.5Section 13 (Definitions). The following terms and their respective definitions hereby are added or amended and restated in their entirety in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement, as appropriate, as follows:
“Interest-Only Period” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing through December 31, 2020.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” means December 30, 2019.
3.Limitation of Amendments.
3.1The amendments set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.
3.2This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
4.Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
4.1Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
4.2Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;
4.3The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the Effective Date remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;
4.4The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;
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4.5The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;
4.6The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and
4.7This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.
5.Ratification of Perfection Certificate. Borrower hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms, all and singular, the terms and disclosures contained in a certain Perfection Certificate dated on or prior to the Effective Date and acknowledges, confirms and agrees that the disclosures and information Borrower provided to Bank in such Perfection Certificate have not changed, as of the date hereof.
6.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
7.Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, and (b) Borrower’s payment to Bank of the Second Amendment Fee and any other Bank Expenses.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
BANK | BORROWER | |||
SILICON VALLEY BANK | AXONICS MODULATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Milo Bissin | By: | /s/ Raymond W. Cohen | |
Name: | Milo Bissin | Name: | Raymond W. Cohen | |
Title: | Director | Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
[Signature Page to Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement]