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<P id=PARA16 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA17 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>001-9145</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA600><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B><B>.</B></P></FONT></B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA63 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Credit Agreement with American AgCredit, </U><U>PC</U><U>A</U></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA65 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">On March&nbsp;11, 2016, Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the &#8220;Partnership&#8221;), Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., a Hawaii corporation and managing general partner of the Partnership (the &#8220;General Partner&#8221;), Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company (&#8220;RHS&#8221;), and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., a Hawaii corporation (&#8220;RHMN&#8221;), executed the Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver (the &#8220;Fourth Amendment&#8221;) with the Partnership&#8217;s existing lender American AgCredit, PCA.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA67 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As a result, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner, RHS, and RHMN, as borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, for itself, as a lender, and as agent for all lenders, dated as of March&nbsp;27, 2015, as amended (the &#8220;American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement&#8221;), was amended as follows:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA71 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">(i)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA72 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">the maturity date of the 2015 Bridge Loan (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) was extended from March&nbsp;15, 2016 to January&nbsp;15, 2017; </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA77 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">the interest rate on the 2015 Bridge Loan will increase as of September 1, 2016 from (A) LIBOR plus 2.75% or the Base Rate plus 0.75% to (B) LIBOR plus 3.00% or the Base Rate plus 1.00%; and </FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA82 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">the minimum Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) was reduced (A) for the quarter ending March&nbsp;31, 2016 from $3,500,000 to $1,000,000, (B) for the quarter ending June&nbsp;30, 2016 from $4,000,000 to $1,250,000, (C) for the quarter ending September&nbsp;30, 2016 from $5,000,000 to $2,000,000, and (D) for the quarter ending December&nbsp;31, 2016 from $5,000,000 to $4,000,000.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA84 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">In addition, a one-time waiver was granted in connection with an Event of Default (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) relating to the Consolidated EBITDA covenant of the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement for the four-quarter period ended December&nbsp;31, 2015.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA86 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The foregoing description of the Fourth Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Fourth Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;10.1</U> and is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA88 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Credit Agreement with American AgCredit, </U><U>FLC</U><U>A</U></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA89 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA90 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">On March&nbsp;11, 2016, the Partnership also executed the First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver (the &#8220;First Amendment&#8221;) with the Partnership&#8217;s existing lender American AgCredit, FLCA.</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA91 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA92 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As a result, the maximum allowable Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement between the Partnership, as borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as lender, dated as of June&nbsp;15, 2015 (the &#8220;American AgCredit, FLCA Credit Agreement)) was increased for the quarter ending December 31, 2016 from (i)&nbsp;4.0 to 1.0 to (ii)&nbsp;5.5 to 1.0. In addition, a one-time waiver was granted in connection with the cross-default covenant of the American AgCredit, FLCA Credit Agreement relating to the Event of Default described above.</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA93 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA94 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The foregoing description of the First Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the First Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as <U>Exhibit&nbsp;10.</U><U>2</U> and is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA98 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 9.01</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 72pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; TEXT-ALIGN: center">&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top"><U>Exhibits</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA103 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exhibit<BR>No.</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA104 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA105 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA106 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver among Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., as Borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, as Agent, dated as of March&nbsp;11, 2016.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA107 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA108 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver between Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., as Borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as Lender, dated as of March&nbsp;11, 2016.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA110 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA111 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>signature</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA112 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA113 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">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.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA602.2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><U>ROYAL HAWAIIAN ORCHARDS,&nbsp;L.P.</U></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.6 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Registrant)</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.8 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date: March&nbsp;16, 2016</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD vAlign=top width=36>By:</TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=409 noWrap align=left>Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc.,</TD>
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<TD vAlign=bottom width=409 noWrap align=left>its Managing General Partner</TD>
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<TD vAlign=top width=583>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD vAlign=top width=36>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD vAlign=bottom width=409 noWrap align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P id=PARA602.12 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.13 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">By: </FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.14 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;Scott C. Wallace</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.15 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA602.16 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.17 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Name:&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.18 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Scott C. Wallace</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.19 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA602.21 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Title:</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA602.22 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-TOP: 0px"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer </FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA127 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA129 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Exhibit<BR>No.</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA130 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Description</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA131 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA132 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver among Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., as Borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, as Agent, dated as of March&nbsp;11, 2016.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA133 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA134 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver between Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., as Borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as Lender, dated as of March&nbsp;11, 2016.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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nnutu20160315_8k.htm
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)
March
11,
201
6
Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-9145
99-0248088
(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
688 Kinoole Street, Suite 121, Hilo, Hawaii
96720
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(808) 747-8471
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item
1
.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
.
Credit Agreement with American AgCredit,
PC
A
On March 11, 2016, Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., a Hawaii corporation and managing general partner of the Partnership (the "General Partner"), Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company ("RHS"), and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., a Hawaii corporation ("RHMN"), executed the Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver (the "Fourth Amendment") with the Partnership's existing lender American AgCredit, PCA.
As a result, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner, RHS, and RHMN, as borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, for itself, as a lender, and as agent for all lenders, dated as of March 27, 2015, as amended (the "American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement"), was amended as follows:
(i)
the maturity date of the 2015 Bridge Loan (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) was extended from March 15, 2016 to January 15, 2017;
(ii)
the interest rate on the 2015 Bridge Loan will increase as of September 1, 2016 from (A) LIBOR plus 2.75% or the Base Rate plus 0.75% to (B) LIBOR plus 3.00% or the Base Rate plus 1.00%; and
(iii)
the minimum Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) was reduced (A) for the quarter ending March 31, 2016 from $3,500,000 to $1,000,000, (B) for the quarter ending June 30, 2016 from $4,000,000 to $1,250,000, (C) for the quarter ending September 30, 2016 from $5,000,000 to $2,000,000, and (D) for the quarter ending December 31, 2016 from $5,000,000 to $4,000,000.
In addition, a one-time waiver was granted in connection with an Event of Default (as defined in the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement) relating to the Consolidated EBITDA covenant of the American AgCredit, PCA Credit Agreement for the four-quarter period ended December 31, 2015.
The foregoing description of the Fourth Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Fourth Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.1
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Credit Agreement with American AgCredit,
FLC
A
On March 11, 2016, the Partnership also executed the First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver (the "First Amendment") with the Partnership's existing lender American AgCredit, FLCA.
As a result, the maximum allowable Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement between the Partnership, as borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as lender, dated as of June 15, 2015 (the "American AgCredit, FLCA Credit Agreement)) was increased for the quarter ending December 31, 2016 from (i) 4.0 to 1.0 to (ii) 5.5 to 1.0. In addition, a one-time waiver was granted in connection with the cross-default covenant of the American AgCredit, FLCA Credit Agreement relating to the Event of Default described above.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the First Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit 10.
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and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
No.
Description
10.1
Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver among Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., as Borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, as Agent, dated as of March 11, 2016.
10.2
First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver between Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., as Borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as Lender, dated as of March 11, 2016.
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signature
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.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN ORCHARDS, L.P.
(Registrant)
Date: March 16, 2016
By:
Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc.,
its Managing General Partner
By:
/s/ Scott C. Wallace
Name:
Scott C. Wallace
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
10.1
Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver among Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., Royal Hawaiian Resources, Inc., Royal Hawaiian Services, LLC, and Royal Hawaiian Macadamia Nut, Inc., as Borrowers, and American AgCredit, PCA, as Agent, dated as of March 11, 2016.
10.2
First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Waiver between Royal Hawaiian Orchards, L.P., as Borrower, and American AgCredit, FLCA, as Lender, dated as of March 11, 2016.