We are also required to meet an ongoing minimum liquidity covenant. As part of the amendment in the first quarter of 2020 described above, the minimum liquidity covenant was also waived for a certain period of time Such waiver period will end on the earlier of June30, 2020 and the termination of the ADVANZ Arrangement Agreement (as defined herein). As of the date of this Annual Report, we are in compliance with the amended minimum liquidity covenant.
As of March 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $21.5 million. We will need to raise significant additional capital to continue to fund operations and to maintain the Liquidity Covenant. We may seek to sell common or preferred equity, convertible debt securities or seek other debt financing. In addition, we may seek to raise cash through collaborative agreements or from government grants. The sale of equity and convertible debt securities may result in dilution to our shareholders and certain of those securities may have rights senior to those of our common shares. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of preferred stock, convertible debt securities or other debt financing, these securities or other debt could contain covenants that would restrict our operations. Any other third-party funding arrangement could require us to relinquish valuable rights. The source, timing and availability of any future financing will depend principally upon market conditions, and, more specifically, on the progress of our product and clinical development programs as well as commercial activities. Funding may not be available when needed, at all, or on terms acceptable to us. Lack of necessary funds may require us, among other things, to delay, scale back or eliminate expenses including those associated with our planned product development, clinical trial and commercial efforts.
The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and affirmative covenants applicable to Gaming Acquisitions, the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company and also contains certain restrictive covenants, including, among others, limitations on: the incurrence of additional debt; provided, however, that Gaming Acquisitions is permitted to incur indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility (in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed £7,500,000), liens on property (except those securing the Revolving Credit Facility or certain hedging indebtedness), acquisitions and investments, loans and guarantees, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and dissolutions, asset sales, dividends and other payments in respect of the Company’s capital stock, prepayments of certain debt, transactions with affiliates and modifications of the Credit Parties’ organizational documents and certain debt agreements. The Note Purchase Agreement requires quarterly compliance with maximum leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios as well as a minimum liquidity covenant. The agreement also includes customary event of default provisions.
The Company has incurred substantial operating losses since inception and expects to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. As of September30, 2020, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $90.9 million.In March 2020, the Company entered into a Mezzanine Loan Agreement (see Note 7) and borrowed $35.0 million that remains outstanding as of September 30, 2020.As discussed in Note 7, the Mezzanine Loan Agreement was amended on October 26, 2020 and now includes a minimum liquidity covenant. If the Company is not in compliance with the minimum liquidity ratio covenant, the outstanding debt and any related final payment fees, prepayment fees and accrued interest become due on demand.The Company believes that, without additional financing, it is probable that it will not be in compliance with the minimum liquidity ratio covenant at some point in the next twelve months.Even if the Company is not in compliance with the minimum liquidity ratio covenant and the debt becomes due, management believes the Company currently has sufficient funds to meet its operating requirements for at least the next twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements.
On March 10, 2020, we entered into (i) the Mezzanine Loan Agreement with the Agent and the Mezzanine Lenders, pursuant to which the Mezzanine Lenders have agreed to lend us up to $50.0 million in a series of term loans, and (ii) the Senior Loan Agreement with the Senior Lender, pursuant to which the Senior Lender has agreed to provide us a revolving line of credit of up to $5.0 million. Upon entering into the Loan Agreements, we borrowed $35.0 million in term loans from the Mezzanine Lenders. On October 26, 2020, we entered into the Loan Agreement Amendments.The availability of an additional $5.0 million in term loans is subject to FDA acceptance of our NDA for VP-102 for the treatment of molluscum prior to March 31, 2021.The availability of an additional $10.0 million in term loans is subject to (i) FDA approval of our NDA for VP-102 for the treatment of molluscum prior to September 30, 2021, and (ii) compliance with a minimum liquidity covenant.See Note 7 to our condensed financial statements for additional information.
c)Liquidity Covenant. On a combined basis, Borrowers shall maintain at all times a minimum aggregate sum of $2,500,000.00 of unrestricted cash on deposit in the Fee Owner’s Academy Account and the Manager’s Academy Account. Borrowers’ obligation to maintain the minimum aggregate sum on deposit in such accounts as required herein is hereafter referred to as the “Liquidity Covenant”.
Balance Sheet.In March 2020, the Company entered into a second amendment to its Credit Agreement, which increased the Company’s borrowing capacity to $150.0 million and relaxed the leverage covenant restrictions to 4.0 times Bank Adjusted EBITDA through the first quarter of 2021.The Company borrowed the remaining available amount under the revolving credit facility as a precautionary measure in order to increase the Company’s cash position and preserve financial flexibility.On May 7, 2020, the Company entered into a third amendment to its Credit Agreement which waived financial covenants until the first quarter of 2021, further relaxed the leverage covenant restrictions during the first and second quarters of 2021 and added a monthly liquidity covenant.On May 18, 2020, the Company entered into a fourth amendment to its Credit Agreement which limits the amount by which the monthly liquidity covenant escalates due to net cash proceeds received from an equity offering.See Note 5 for further information on recent Credit Agreement amendments.During May 2020, the Company issued 6,454,838 shares of common stock for net proceeds of $49.6 million to further improve its liquidity.The Company used $9.8 million of the proceeds from the issuance of its common stock to repay debt.On October 26, 2020, the Company entered into a fifth amendment to its Credit Agreement which extended the term of the agreement to February 2023, adjusted the monthly liquidity covenant and reduced the revolving credit commitment to $120.0 million.
If the Company is unable to obtain additional capital, its long-term business plan may not be accomplished and the Company may be forced to curtail or cease operations. Further, the 2015 Credit Agreement contains certain developmental milestones, as well as a minimum liquidity covenant. The Company’s failure to achieve these milestones as anticipated by December 31, 2019 or its violation of its minimum liquidity covenant would constitute an event of default under the 2015 Credit Agreement. Upon an event of default, the Lender may terminate the commitments under the 2015 Credit Agreement and declare the loans then outstanding under the 2015 Credit Agreement to be due and payable in whole or in part, together with any applicable fees and accrued interest thereon. The Company considers some of these developmental milestones to be outside of its control. As a result, if an event of default arises under the Credit Agreement, the Company may need to use cash and cash equivalents on hand to fund certain repayment commitments under the 2015 Credit Agreement.