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): June 29,
2021
Lowell Farms Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia, Canada
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000-56254
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation
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(Commission
file number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
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19 Quail Run Circle, Suite B
Salinas, California 93907
(Address of principal executive offices)
(831) 998-8214
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which
registered
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
On June 29, 2021, Lowell Farms Inc. (the
“Company”)
and its subsidiary Lowell SR, LLC (“Purchaser”)
entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) with C
Quadrant LLC (“C
Quadrant”), its
subsidiary AMAG Holdings LLC (together with C Quadrant,
“Sellers”)
and Michael Gregory, the majority owner of C Quadrant, pursuant to
which, simultaneously with the execution of the Purchase Agreement,
Purchaser acquired the real property, improvements and related
assets and equity interests described below (the
“Acquisition”).
The
foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is not complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the
Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
The
information set forth in Items 2.01 and 2.03 below is incorporated
by reference.
Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets
Pursuant to the Acquisition, the Company acquired
from Sellers a 10-acre, 40,000 square foot processing facility and
related equipment located at 20800 Spence Road, Salinas,
California. The facility will be commissioned for the conduct of
cannabis drying and midstream processing operations. As part of the
Acquisition, Purchaser acquired all of the equity interests in
20800 Spence Rd LLC (“Spence”),
which holds the operating permits for the facility. The purchase
consideration paid by Purchaser consisted of $9,000,000 in cash and
7,997,520 of the Company’s subordinate voting shares. Prior
to the execution of the Purchase Agreement, there were no material
relationships between the Company or Purchaser, on the one hand,
and Sellers or their affiliates, including Mr. Gregory, on the
other.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
The cash portion of the consideration for the
Acquisition was funded by a mortgage loan from Viridescent Realty
Trust, Inc. (“Lender”)
to Purchaser pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated as of June 29, 2021
between Lender and Purchaser (the “Loan
Agreement”). The mortgage
loan, which was made available to Purchaser in a single draw, was
in the amount of $9,360,000 and bears interest at 12.5% per annum.
The mortgage loan is guaranteed by Indus Holding Company, a
subsidiary of the Company that is the direct or indirect owner of
all of the Company’s operating assets. The mortgage loan is
secured by the facility and the equity interests in
Spence.
The mortgage loan will mature on the fifth
anniversary of the closing of the Acquisition. Purchaser is
required to make monthly payments of interest until the end of the
12th
full month following the closing of
the Acquisition, monthly payments of principal and interest based
on a 10-year amortization schedule beginning with the
13th
full month following the closing of
the Acquisition and a final payment of the unamortized principal of
and accrued interest on the loan, together with an exit fee equal
to 1% of the outstanding principal balance of the loan, on the
maturity date. Amounts repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed.
The
Loan Agreement contains, among other things, representations and
warranties, covenants and events of default customary for
facilities of this type. Such covenants include limitations on the
incurrence by Purchaser and Spence of additional indebtedness and
liens and on changes in the nature of the business conducted by
Purchaser and Spence. The Loan Agreement does not include any
financial ratio covenants and does not impose operating or
financial restrictions on the Company or any of its other
subsidiaries.
The
Company may prepay the loans in whole or in part at any time,
subject to payment of the exit fee and payment of a prepayment
premium of (x) during the first year of the term of the mortgage
loan, an amount equal all interest that otherwise would be due and
payable on the mortgage loan during that year less interest
previously paid, (y) during the second year of the term of the
mortgage loan, 4% of the principal amount being prepaid and (z)
during or after the third year of the term of the mortgage loan, 2%
of the principal amount being prepaid. The Loan Agreement does not
include any mandatory prepayment requirements.
Under
certain conditions, the amounts outstanding under the Loan
Agreement may be accelerated. Such events of default include
failure to pay any principal, interest or other amounts when due,
failure to comply with covenants, breach of representations or
warranties, incurrence by Purchaser or Spence of unpermitted
indebtedness and liens, bankruptcy, insolvency, material judgments
rendered against certain subsidiaries of the Company, including
Purchaser, Spence and Indus Holding Company, the transfer of
ownership of certain subsidiaries of the Company, including
Purchaser, Spence and Indus Holding Company, such that they are no
longer controlled by the Company or the transfer of certain
subsidiaries of the Company, including Purchaser and Spence, such
that they are no longer wholly owned by Indus Holding Company,
subject to various exceptions and notice, cure and grace
periods.
A
copy of the Loan Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and
is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities.
The
information set forth in Item 2.01 above is incorporated by
reference. The issuance of subordinate voting shares in connection
with the closing of the Acquisition was exempt from registration
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Regulation D thereunder.
Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security
Holders.
The
Loan Agreement prohibits Indus Holding Company from making
distributions to the Company during an event of default. The
Company would be unable to pay cash dividends from any internal
source other than cash flow from Indus Holding Company. However,
the Company has not declared cash dividends in the past and has no
plans to do so in the foreseeable future.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
A
copy of the press release announcing the completion of the
Acquisition is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 pursuant to
Regulation FD. The information in the press release shall not be
deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Furthermore,
the press release shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into the Company’s filings under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, except as set forth with respect thereto in
any such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits. Exhibits are listed on the Exhibit Index at the end of
this Current Report on Form 8-K. The exhibits required by Item 601
of Regulation S-K listed on such Exhibit Index in response to this
Item are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Purchase Agreement dated as of June 29, 2021 among Lowell SR LLC,
Lowell Farms Inc., Michael Gregory, C Quadrant LLC, AMAG Holdings
LLC and Michael Gregory, as representative.
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Loan Agreement dated as of June 29, 2021 between Viridescent Realty
Trust, Inc. and Lowell SR LLC.
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Press release dated June 29, 2021.
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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.
Date: July 1, 2021
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Lowell Farms Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Brian Shure
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Name: Brian Shure
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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