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Eloxx enters $30M loan agreement with Hercules; repays $6.7M prior loan
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Term loans up to $30M: Tranche 1 $12.5M funded Sep 30, 2021; Tranche 2 $7.5M subject to clinical milestones (available until Aug 15, 2022); Tranche 3 $10M subject to lender discretion.
- Interest at greater of 9.50% or prime+6.25%; principal amortization begins April 2023, matures April 2025.
- Used $7.7M to prepay and terminate prior Silicon Valley Bank loan ($6.67M outstanding, plus prepayment premium and final charge).
- Loan secured by substantially all assets of Eloxx, Zikani Therapeutics (wholly owned), and Israeli subsidiary, excluding IP.
- Customary covenants limit additional debt, dividends, asset sales; prepayment premium of 3%–1% depending on timing.