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): September 23, 2018
S&W SEED COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in Its charter)
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106 K Street, Suite 300 |
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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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standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On Sunday, September 23, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the "Court") entered a sale order (the "Sale Order") approving S&W Seed Company's (the "Company") previously disclosed agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Chromatin, Inc. (together with certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates in receivership, "Chromatin") and to assume certain contracts and limited specified liabilities of Chromatin, for a purchase price of $26.5 million (the "Chromatin Acquisition").
Pursuant to the terms of the updated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 2018, between the Company and Novo Advisors (f/k/a Turnaround Advisory Group Inc.), solely in its capacity as the receiver for, and on behalf of, Chromatin (the "Receiver"), the Chromatin Acquisition remains contingent upon, among other things, (a) the Sale Order becoming a final order, (b) the written consent of CIBC Bank USA (f/k/a The PrivateBank and Trust Company), and all other holders of any lien or other security interest in any of Chromatin's assets, to the sale and transfer of Chromatin's assets to us, and (c) the Receiver obtaining executed written consents to the assignment to us of certain contracts from the counterparties thereto, including a waiver and release of any termination or other contract rights based upon or related to Chromatin having been placed in receivership or the financial condition or insolvency of Chromatin.
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.
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| By: /s/ Matthew K. Szot |
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| Matthew K. Szot | |
| Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: September 25, 2018