THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE (7)(1) OF THE EUROPEAN MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014) Runway Growth Capital LLC is a leading U.S.-based specialty finance lender Relationship further strengthens Company's balance sheet ahead of pending FDA approval and expected Q4 launch of ARC-EX System in the U.S. EINDHOVEN, the Netherlands, June 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ONWARD Medical N.V. (Euronext: ONWD), the medical technology company creating innovative spinal cord stimulation therapies to restore movement, function, and independence in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), announces today that the Company and its subsidiaries, ONWARD Medical Inc. and ONWARD Medical S.A., signed a loan agreement in the amount of up to €52.5 million (the "Loan Agreement") with U.S.-based lender Runway Growth Capital LLC (the "Lender"). The loan will be used to (i) repay all of the Company's outstanding debt, (ii) fund the Company's upcoming commercial and clinical activities, and (iii) for working capital and general corporate purposes. The facility is divided into five individual credit tranches. The first initial credit tranche of €16.0 million will be available upon signing of the Loan Agreement and will be drawn down immediately. Three subsequent credit tranches of €14.0 million, up to €5.0 million and up to €7.5 million will be available to be drawn by the Company until March 31, 2025, July 31, 2026 and January 31, 2027 respectively, in each case subject to the Company's achievement of certain milestones under the Loan Agreement. The fifth credit tranche of up to €10.0 million is uncommitted and available in the first quarter of 2027 upon the sole discretion of the Lender. The loan bears interest at a rate equal to Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) for a three month interest period (currently at 6.00% and subject to a 4.25% floor), plus a margin of 6.50%. The loan documents provide for a number of affirmative and negative covenants by the Company customary for financings of this type, including financial covenants relating to revenue, earnings before interest taxes deprecition and amortization (EBITDA) and minimum liquidity targets. The loans advanced under the Loan Agreement will be secured by a security interest in substantially all of the assets of the ONWARD Medical, N.V. and its subsidiaries. In addition, upon signing of the debt financing the Company will issue to the Lender warrants which will entitle the Lender to purchase ordinary shares in the capital of the Company at an exercise price per newly issued share calculated on the basis of the lowest 30 day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) between ...