Company: PACB
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001299130-25-000102
Chunk: 307

Company: PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 307
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2025 Form 10-Q73

In addition, our ability to repurchase the Notes or to pay cash upon conversions of Notes or at the applicable maturity may be limited by law, regulatory authority or agreements governing our future indebtedness. Our failure to repurchase Notes of a series at a time when the repurchase is required by the applicable indenture or to pay cash upon conversions such Notes or at the applicable maturity as required by the applicable indenture would constitute a default under such indenture. A default under either indenture or the occurrence of a fundamental change under either indenture itself could also lead to a default under agreements governing our future indebtedness. Moreover, the occurrence of a fundamental change under either indenture could constitute an event of default under any such agreement. If the payment of the related indebtedness were to be accelerated after any applicable notice or grace periods, we may not have sufficient funds to repay the indebtedness or to pay cash amounts due upon conversion, upon required repurchase or at maturity of the applicable series of Notes.

The Side Letter to our 2029 Notes imposes operating restrictions on us.

On November 21, 2024, in connection with the issuance of the 2029 Notes, the Company and SB Northstar LP (“SBN”) entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company and SBN agreed that, for so long as SBN and its affiliates hold at least $180 million aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to certain negative covenants that restrict the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness and create liens, in each case, subject to the exceptions set forth in the Letter Agreement, including exceptions which permit the Company to incur up to $75 million in aggregate principal amount of secured indebtedness pursuant to Credit Facilities (as defined in the Letter Agreement).

Additionally, the Letter Agreement restricts the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries from guaranteeing any indebtedness or incurring certain indebtedness outside of the ordinary course of business unless, in each case, the Company and its subsidiaries concurrently provide a guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the 2029 Notes.

These covenants may adversely affect our ability to finance our operations, meet or otherwise address our capital needs, pursue business opportunities or react to market conditions, or otherwise restrict our activities or business plans. 

A breach of any of the covenants under the Letter Agreement could result in an event of default under the 2029 Notes.