UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 27, 2018
S&W SEED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Its charter)
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106 K Street, Suite 300 |
95814 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (559) 884-2535
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 27, 2018, S&W Seed Company (the "Company") entered into an Eighth Amendment Agreement (the "Eighth Amendment") with KeyBank National Association ("KeyBank"), amending the Company's Credit and Security Agreement with KeyBank, dated as of September 22, 2015 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement"). Among other things, the Eighth Amendment: (i) increases the total commitment amount of the credit facility to $45,000,000, subject to the Company's one-time option to reduce the commitment amount to $35,000,000; (ii) extends the term of the facility until December 31, 2020, subject to certain exceptions; (iii) increases the Applicable Margin (as defined in the Credit Agreement) payable by the Company through May 31, 2019 and thereafter establishes an Applicable Margin structure that varies quarterly depending on the Company's fixed charge coverage ratio, as calculated under the Credit Agreement; (iv) includes in the definition of Borrowing Base (as defined in the Credit Agreement) a portion of the inventory acquired by the Company in its recent Chromatin acquisition (initially, 25% of the lower of cost or market value of the acquired inventory and potentially increasing to 75% if the Company delivers an appraisal of the acquired inventory that is satisfactory to KeyBank); and (v) modifies the definition of Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement), used in calculating the Company's fixed charge coverage ratio covenant.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
Description |
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10.1 |
Eight Amendment Agreement by and between the Company and KeyBank, dated December 27, 2018. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| S&W SEED COMPANY |
Date: December 28, 2018
| By: /s/ Matthew K. Szot |
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| Matthew K. Szot | |
| Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer |
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