SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this “Second Amendment”) made and entered into as of the 13th day of May, 2024, is by and among S&W Seed Company, a Nevada corporation (“S&W Seed”; together with any other party joined as a borrower under the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), each individually a “Borrower” and collectively referred to as "Borrowers"), the other Loan Parties hereto, the financial institutions that are or may from time to time become parties hereto (together with their respective successors and assigns, the “Lenders”), and CIBC BANK USA (in its individual capacity, “CIBC US”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (“Administrative Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, prior hereto, Administrative Agent and Lenders provided loans, extensions of credit and other financial accommodations to Borrowers pursuant to (a) that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 22, 2023, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 25, 2023, each by and among Lenders, Borrowers, the other Loan Parties thereto and Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Loan Agreement”), and (b) the other documents, agreements and instruments referenced in the Loan Agreement or executed and delivered pursuant thereto;
WHEREAS, Borrowers desire Administrative Agent and Lenders to, among other things, waive the “Existing Default” (as hereinafter defined) (the “Additional Financial Accommodations”); and
Whereas, Administrative Agent and Xxxxxxx are willing to provide the Additional Financial Accommodations, but solely on the terms and subject to the provisions set forth in this Second Amendment and the other agreements, documents and instruments referenced herein or executed and delivered pursuant hereto.
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual promises and understandings of the parties hereto set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Administrative Agent, Xxxxxxx, Borrowers and the other Loan Parties hereto hereby agree as set forth in this Second Amendment.
Automatic Revolving Loan Advance is defined in Section 2.2.2(a).
Second Amendment Effective Date shall mean May 13, 2024.
“(a) Borrowers shall give Administrative Agent same day notice (in accordance with Section 19.5 and in a form acceptable to Administrative Agent) of a proposed Base Rate borrowing not later than 11:00 A.M., Chicago time, on the proposed date of such borrowing. Each such notice shall be effective upon receipt by Administrative Agent, shall be irrevocable, and shall specify the date, amount and type of borrowing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, commencing thirty (30) days after the Second Amendment Effective Date (or such earlier time as
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Administrative Agent notifies Borrowers that appropriate internal approvals and systems have been established), in the event that a Borrower maintains a controlled disbursement account at Administrative Agent, each check or other item presented for payment against such controlled disbursement account, and any other charge or request for payment against such controlled disbursement account, shall constitute a request for a Revolving Loan as a Base Rate Loan (an "Automatic Revolving Loan Advance"). Administrative Agent may at any time, in its sole discretion, upon three (3) Business Days' prior written notice (or immediately if an Event of Default exists), terminate Borrowers' rights to receive Automatic Revolving Loan Advances. In addition, if Administrative Agent determines after the initial advance of an Automatic Revolving Loan Advance (but prior to the payment of the check or other payment item with respect to which the Automatic Revolving Loan Advance is advanced) that the aggregate outstanding Revolving Loan Outstandings will exceed the lesser of Revolving Loan Availability and the Revolving Loan Commitment as a result of the Automatic Revolving Loan Advance (whether as a result of any collections for which Administrative Agent has given credit not being honored, changes in Revolving Loan Availability or otherwise) Administrative Agent may debit the controlled disbursement account for any amount necessary to ensure that the aggregate outstanding Revolving Loan Outstandings do not exceed the lesser of Revolving Loan Availability and the Revolving Loan Commitment.”
Lenders (the “Certificate”), have not been modified or altered in any way, (b) the officers, members or managers, as applicable, for each Loan Party set forth in the Certificate, that are authorized to execute documents on behalf of such Loan Party remain duly authorized officers, members or managers of such Loan Party,
(c) the resolutions attached to the Certificate have not been modified, rescinded or altered in any way and are sufficient to authorize the execution and delivery of this Second Amendment and the other agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith, and (d) each Loan Party is and continues to be in good standing in the state of its formation and in all other states where it is qualified or licensed to do business in which the laws thereof require such Loan Party to be
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so qualified or licensed except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect.
(a) the following Event of Default currently exists under the Loan Agreement (the “Existing Default”): the Loan Parties failed to satisfy the Minimum Adjusted EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2024, in violation of Section 14.2 of the Loan Agreement, and (b) as a result of the Existing Default, Administrative Agent and the Lenders have the right to immediately exercise such of their rights and remedies pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents as they deem appropriate. Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that no Event of Default currently exists other than the Existing Default set forth above. Subject to the Loan Parties’ full and timely satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in this Second Amendment, Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby waive the Existing Default, including any and all rights and remedies under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents related thereto; provided that such waiver shall not be or be deemed to be a waiver of any other Event of Default, whether now existing or hereafter arising or occurring, including, without limitation, any future Event of Default arising under Section 14.2 of the Loan Agreement, other than the Existing Default for the time period set forth above.
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Second Amendment and the other agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection herewith or pursuant hereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Administrative Agent, Xxxxxxx, Borrowers and each other Loan Party have caused this Second Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.
BORROWERS:
S&W SEED COMPANY,
a Nevada corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer
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CIBC BANK USA,
as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director