NOTE 6. LONG TERM DEBT

The Operating Company’s long-term debt, excluding operating lease liabilities and finance lease liabilities, consisted of the following amounts at the dates indicated:

Line of Credit

On October 1, 2018, the Operating Company, as the borrower, entered into an amended and restated revolving credit note (the “line of credit”) with Fifth Third Bank, for a $15,000,000 revolving credit loan with a maturity date of August 23, 2020. Interest on the principal balance outstanding on the line of credit is due monthly at a rate of LIBOR plus 3.50% per annum provided that no default has occurred. The Operating Company’s obligations under the line of credit are guaranteed by Jacoby & Co. Inc., all of the Operating Company’s operating subsidiaries, and personally by each of Greenlane’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, and are collateralized by the Operating Company’s accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, deposit accounts, intangibles and other assets, and an assignment of member life insurance policies. The line of credit borrowing base is 80% of eligible accounts receivable plus 50% of eligible inventory. The line of credit covenants require a fixed charge coverage ratio of no less than 1.25, to be calculated on a quarterly basis on the last day of each calendar quarter. The Operating Company was in compliance with its covenants as of March 31, 2019.

Real Estate Note

On October 1, 2018, one of the Operating Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries closed on the purchase of a building for $10,000,000, which serves as the Company’s corporate headquarters. The purchase was financed through a real estate term note (the “Real Estate Note”) in the principal amount of $8,500,000, with one of the Operating Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries as the borrower and Fifth Third Bank as the lender. Principal amounts plus any accrued interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 2.39% are due monthly. The Operating Company’s obligations under the Real Estate Note are secured by a mortgage on the property. 

Convertible Notes

On December 21, 2018, the Operating Company issued an aggregate of $40.2 million in convertible promissory notes (the “convertible notes”) and incurred related debt issuance costs of approximately $2.6 million. Approximately $15.1 million of the net cash proceeds received from the issuance of the convertible notes were used to redeem equity interests of existing members of the Operating Company. On January 4, 2019, the Operating Company issued an additional $8.1 million in convertible notes and incurred related debt issuance costs of approximately $0.4 million. Approximately $3.0 million of the net cash proceeds received from the issuance of the convertible notes were used to redeem equity interests of existing members of the Operating Company. The balance of the net proceeds has been or will be used for general corporate purposes.

The convertible notes did not accrue interest. On April 23, 2019, in connection with the closing of the IPO, Greenlane issued 3,547,776 shares of its Class A common stock to the holders of the convertible notes upon conversion of the convertible notes of the Operating Company at a settlement price equal to 80% of the IPO price per share; see “Note 16—Subsequent Events.” The convertible notes also contained other settlement provisions if an IPO did not occur within 18 months of their issuance date. If an IPO did not occur within 18 months of the convertible notes’ issuance, the holders of the convertible notes had the option to extend the initial maturity date by an additional 18 month period, in which case the convertible notes would have converted automatically into Class A common stock at a settlement price equity to 75% of the IPO price per share upon closing of an IPO. Furthermore, if the IPO did not occur prior to mandatory conversion date (that is, prior 18 or 36 months from issuance), the convertible notes (plus accrued interest) would have converted into shares of the Operating Company’s newly designated Class A preferred stock at a settlement price per share that would be determined based on a stipulated valuation cap of the Operating Company and its fully diluted capitalization as of immediately prior to the conversion of the convertible notes. The convertible notes also contained additional redemption features contingent upon the occurrence of certain future events.

On issuance, the Operating Company elected to account for the convertible notes at fair value with any changes in the fair value recognized through the statements of operations until the conversion of the convertible notes. On issuance, the fair value of the convertible notes issued in January 2019 was determined to be equal to the $8.1 million principal amount of the convertible notes. Total debt issuance costs of approximately $0.4 million, incurred in connection with the issuance of the convertible notes in January 2019 and approximately $1.2 million incurred in January 2019 associated with the issuance of convertible notes in December 2018, were expensed and recognized as interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019. There were no related costs for the three months ended March 31, 2018. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Operating Company recognized a change in fair value of the convertible notes of $12.1 million in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Operating Company determined the fair value of the convertible notes as of March 31, 2019 by determining the present value of the convertible notes if they were to settle either in shares of common stock upon closing of an IPO or in shares of preferred stock three years after issuance. Key valuation assumptions were as follows:

The Operating Company determined the fair value of the convertible notes (including both the convertible notes issued in December 2018 and January 2019) as of March 31, 2019 to be $60.3 million. See “Note 16—Subsequent Events”.