-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Nv6ze+hf9dx3uyB0NItUFblJGiRPv+B9+aEC2njJnT6s5E1XRA6aMaBpIoTid5oH dg+ECWKBJSApJSoPWGVZfA== 0001144204-08-041491.txt : 20080723 0001144204-08-041491.hdr.sgml : 20080723 20080723171558 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-041491 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080723 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080723 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080723 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: REEDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001140215 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086] IRS NUMBER: 954348325 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32501 FILM NUMBER: 08966395 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13000 SOUTH SPRING STREET CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90061 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-997-1361 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13000 SOUTH SPRING STREET CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90061 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ORIGINAL BEVERAGE CORP / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010508 8-K 1 v120665_8k.htm Unassociated Document
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

July 23, 2008
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

Reed’s, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-32501
95-4348325
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S.Employer Identification No.)
        
13000 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90061
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(310) 217-9400
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 under any of the following provisions (SEE General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
 o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
 o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 





Reed’s, Inc.

This Current Report on Form 8-K and other reports filed by the Registrant from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”) contain forward looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Registrant’s management, as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Registrant’s management. When used in the Filings the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Registrant or the Registrant’s management identify forward looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Registrant with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors relating to the Registrant’s industry, operations and results of operations and any businesses that may be acquired by the Registrant. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or planned.

 Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreement

On June 16, 2008, Reed’s Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment Number One (the “Amendment”) to the Loan and Security Agreement dated May 30, 2008 with First Capital Western Region LLC (“Lender”). The Amendment increased the two year secured revolving line of credit from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. A condition subsequent to securing the line of credit is delivery by the Company to the Lender of an executed warehouseman’s letter containing terms and conditions satisfactory to the Lender no later than August 15, 2008. The facility will be primarily used to provide working capital, fund the Company’s expansion within mainstream grocery store accounts and facilitate the Company’s general growth plans.

The foregoing description is a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Amendment. The summary is not intended to be complete and it is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment included as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure in response to Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No. 
Document 
10.1
Amendment Number One to Loan and Security Agreement between Reed’s Inc. and First Capital Western Region LLC dated June 16, 2008 (filed herewith)





 
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, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
REED’S, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dated: July 23, 2008
By:  
/s/ Christopher J. Reed
 

Christopher J. Reed
President
 
 
 
EX-10.1 2 v120665_ex10-1.htm Unassociated Document
AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 16, 2008, is entered into between FIRST CAPITAL WESTERN REGION, LLC (“Lender”), and REED’S, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), in light of the following facts:
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have previously entered into certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2008 (the “Agreement”).
 
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender (i) increase advance rate for Eligible Inventory for the purposes of calculating the Borrowing Base, and (ii) increase the Maximum Credit Limit.
 
WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to Borrower's request subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Amendment.
 
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender wish to amend the Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
 
1. DEFINITIONS. All terms which are defined in the Agreement shall have the same definition when used herein unless a different definition is ascribed to such term under this Amendment, in which case, the definition contained herein shall govern.
 
2. AMENDMENTS. The Agreement is amended in the following respect:
 
(a) Change in Maximum Credit Limit. The definition of “Maximum Credit Limit” in Section 1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and is replaced with a new definition as follows:
 
Maximum Credit Limit” means $3,000,000.
 
(b) Weekly Inventory Reports. Section 9(b) of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and is replaced with a new Section 9(b) as follows:
 

 
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(b) Collateral Reports. Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement by Borrower and concurrent with each request for a loan pursuant to Section 2(a), but no less frequently than as required by Item 26 of the Schedule, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a fully completed Borrowing Base Certificate certified by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower as being true and correct. Concurrent with the delivery of each such Borrowing Base Certificate, Borrower shall provide a written report to Lender of all materially significant returns, disputes and claims, together with sales and other reports relating to the Accounts and Inventory as required by Lender. Borrower shall deliver to Lender on the first day of each week a detailed report of Borrower’s Inventory, setting forth the quantity, type, cost and location thereof, all of which shall be set forth in a form and shall contain such information as is acceptable to Lender. Borrower shall deliver to Lender within ten (10) days after the end of each month a report, reflecting the status as of the end of each month and certified by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower as being true and correct, containing (i) a current detailed aging, by total and by Customer, of Borrower’s Accounts, and (ii) a current detailed aging, by total and by vendor, of Borrower’s accounts payable. Borrower will also conduct a physical inventory count no less frequently than annually, adjust Borrower’s records to reflect the results of the count and deliver to Lender monthly a list of locations of Inventory and the types and values of Inventory at each such location, in such form as Lender may require. At Lender’s request, Borrower shall conduct such physical inventory counts and deliver such information more or less often than described above and such other information with respect to the Collateral, Borrower or Borrower’s business or financial condition as Lender may reasonably request.
 
(c) Increase in Advance Rate for Eligible Inventory. Item 1(a)(ii)(B) of the Schedule to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and is replaced with a new Item 1(a)(ii)(B) as follows:
 
(B) An amount equal to the lesser of:
 
1. $1,000,000, and
 
2. An amount equal to (y) 50% of the dollar value (determined at the lower of cost or market value) of Eligible Inventory located at Borrower’s premises located at 12930 and 13000 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90061, plus, (z) 50% of the dollar value (determined at the lower of cost or market value) of Eligible Inventory consisting of finished goods (and not raw materials) located at Valley Distributing & Storage Company’s warehouse in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; provided, however, that the inclusion of qualifying Eligible Inventory located at Valley Distributing & Storage Company is subject to the condition subsequent that Lender shall have received an executed warehouseman’s letter agreement containing terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender by no later than August 15, 2008 (failure to satisfy this condition subsequent shall cause the qualifying Eligible Inventory at such location to no longer be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base),
 

 
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3. FEE FOR INCREASE IN MAXIMUM CREDIT LIMIT. Upon execution of this Amendment, in consideration of Lender’s agreeing to increase the Maximum Credit Limit to $3,000,000, but without affecting Borrower’s obligation to reimburse Lender for costs associated with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby as provided elsewhere in the Agreement, Borrower agrees to pay Lender a fee in the amount of $7,500, which will be fully earned on the date of this Amendment and shall be non-refundable.
 
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower hereby affirms to Lender that all of Borrower's representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement are true, complete and accurate in all respects as of the date hereof.
 
5. LIMITED EFFECT. Except for the specific amendment contained in this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
 
6. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original. All such counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon the execution of this Amendment by each of the parties hereto.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lender and Borrower have executed this Amendment.
 
 
REED’S, INC.,
 
a Delaware corporation
 
 
 
By: /s/ Christopher Reed
 
Name: Christopher Reed
 
Title: CEO
 
 
FCC, LLC, a Florida limited liability company
 
doing business as First Capital Western Region, LLC
 
 
 
By: /s/ John P. Neher
 
Name: John P. Neher
 
Title: Vice President

 
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND REAFFIRMATION OF GUARANTOR
 
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that he executed a Continuing Guaranty, dated on or around May 30, 2008 (the “Guaranty”), with respect to the present and future obligations of Borrower owing to Lender. The undersigned hereby acknowledges the foregoing Amendment, consent to its terms, and reaffirms his Guaranty. The undersigned further acknowledges that nothing in the Guaranty obligates Lender to notify the undersigned of any changes in the financial accommodations made available to Borrower or to seek future reaffirmations of the Guaranty, even if the Agreement is further amended; and no requirement to so notify the undersigned or to seek reaffirmations in the future shall be implied by the execution of this reaffirmation.
 
 
/s/ Christopher Reed
 
Christopher Reed, an individual


 
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