S&W Seed closed a new $25 million revolving credit agreement with ABL OPCO (Mountain Ridge), which replaces an existing facility with CIBC Bank USA.
In connection with the company’s entry into the Mountain Ridge credit agreement, MFP Partners, S&W Seed’s largest shareholder, provided a letter of credit with a face amount equal to $13 million. The MFP letter of credit is being used as collateral to support S&W’s obligations under the Mountain Ridge credit agreement providing the company with borrowing base credit under the Mountain Ridge credit facility.
“S&W has implemented a number of strategic initiatives over the past few months to exclusively focus on its core U.S.-based operations, led by our high margin sorghum trait portfolio with Double Team, while at the same time aligning our cost structure to drive the business toward near-term profitability,” Vanessa Baughman, chief financial officer of S&W, said. “I believe today’s announcement is a strong endorsement from both our largest shareholder and new strategic banking partner in the future of S&W and the opportunity it represents going forward. I look forward to the continued execution of our growth and profitability initiatives as we enter calendar 2025.”
S&W also entered into a stock purchase agreement with MFP pursuant to which the company repurchased 200,000 shares of the company’s common stock directly from MFP in a private, non-underwritten transaction. The repurchased shares were retired and restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the company. The company also granted MFP the right to designate one individual, who shall be a representative of MFP reasonably acceptable to the company, to attend all meetings of the company’s board of directors and all committees of the board in a non-voting, observer capacity, subject to certain exceptions.
