On July 15, 2022 Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), BioPharma Credit PLC (the "Collateral Agent"), BPCR Limited Partnership (as a "Lender") and BioPharma Credit Investments V (Master) LP (as a "Lender") reported that entered into the Second Amendment and Waiver (the "Second Amendment and Waiver"), which amends and waives certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, dated November 11, 2019, as amended by the First Amendment and Waiver, dated February 18, 2022, between the parties (as amended, the "Loan Agreement") (Filing, 8-K, Akebia, JUL 15, 2022, View Source [SID1234616745]).

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Pursuant to the Second Amendment and Waiver, on the Effective Date, the Company made a $5,000,000 prepayment of principal of the tranche A loan (the "Second Amendment Effective Date Tranche A Prepayment") and a $20,000,000 prepayment of principal of the tranche B loan (the "Second Amendment Effective Date Tranche B Prepayment"), in each case, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest on such prepayments of principal to the Effective Date. In connection therewith, the Company also paid an aggregate of $500,000 in prepayment premiums under the Loan Agreement.

Subject to the payment in full by the Company of the Second Amendment Effective Date Tranche A Prepayment and the Second Amendment Effective Date Tranche B Prepayment, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders agreed to, among other things, (1) increase the amount of the working capital facility established in connection with the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Vifor License Agreement with Vifor (International) Ltd. ("Vifor"), which facility is part of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement, as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement, that the Company is permitted to repay to Vifor without causing an acceleration of the liabilities under the Loan Agreement, (2) waive the requirement that the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022 not be subject to any qualification as to going concern, and (3) waive certain payments payable under the Loan Agreement in connection with the Second Amendment Effective Date Tranche B Prepayment.

The foregoing description of the Second Amendment and Waiver does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendment and Waiver, a copy of which the Company expects to file with its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.