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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On September 20, 2024, SG Echo (the “Closing Date”), LLC (“SG Echo”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Safe & Green Holdings Corp. (the “Company”), entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Enhanced Capital Oklahoma Rural Fund, LLC (the “Lender”) pursuant to which SG Echo borrowed $4,000,000 (the “Principal”) from Lender, and whereby SG Echo executed and delivered a Secured Promissory Note (the “Note”) to Lender to evidence SG Echo’s obligations under the Loan Agreement. The Note shall bear interest at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus six and sixty-five tenths percent (6.65%) and (ii) ten percent (10.0%) per annum (the “Interest Rate”). SG Echo shall pay to Lender a closing fee of $80,000, which shall be due and payable on October 1, 2025, unless such date shall be extended by Lender. SG Echo SG Echo’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and the Note have been guaranteed by the Company.
Pursuant to the terms of the Note, SG Echo shall make monthly payments of accrued interest on the first business day of each calendar month until December 31, 2025. Commencing January 2026, SG Echo shall make monthly payments of accrued interest and additionally shall make a monthly principal payment on the Note in an amount equal to $22,222.22. The maturity date of the Note shall be the sixty-month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Maturity Date”). All outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, on the Closing Date, $360,000 (the “Interest Reserve”) will be deposited in a segregated deposit account in SG Echo’s name, which account shall be subject to a Control Agreement in favor of the Lender (the “Interest Reserve Account”). Beginning February 1, 2025, Lender may withdraw the monthly interest payments due under the Note from the Interest Reserve Account until the Interest Reserve has been fully withdrawn. SG Echo shall have no obligation to replenish amounts withdrawn from the Interest Reserve Account.
Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, SG Echo shall grant Lender a first priority mortgage on the real property located at 101 Waldron Rd., Durant, Oklahoma. Additionally, SG Echo shall grant Lender a continuing security interest in, a general lien upon, collateral assignment of, and a right of set-off against all of SG Echo’s right, title, and interest in and to all assets of SG Echo.
In the event of default (as defined in the Loan Agreement), Lender, among other remedies, can demand all amounts and/or liabilities owing from time to time by SG Echo to Lender pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the Note (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under the Loan Agreement due and payable.
The foregoing descriptions of the Loan Agreement and the Note are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan Agreement and the Note, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Description | |
| 10.1 | Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 20, 2024, by and between SG Echo, LLC and Enhanced Capital Oklahoma Rural Fund, LLC | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SAFE & GREEN HOLDINGS CORP. | |||
| Dated: September 24, 2024 | By: | /s/ Patricia Kaelin | |
| Name: | Patricia Kaelin | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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