rkda-8k_20200626.htm

Delaware

001-37383

81-0571538

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

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Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common	RKDA	NASDAQ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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On June 26, 2020, Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”), executed a promissory note (the "Note") in the amount of $2,000,000 payable to MidFirst Bank, a federally chartered savings association (the "Lender"). The Note is being issued in accordance with the terms of a Loan Agreement dated as of May 18, 2020 entered into by the Company and the Lender (the “Loan Agreement”) in which the Lender agreed to make advances to the Company from time to time, at any amount up to but not to exceed $2,000,000. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Note accrues interest, adjusted monthly, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) 3.25% and (ii) the sum of (a) the quotient of the LIBOR Index divided by (one minus the reserve requirement set by the Federal Reserve), and (b) 2.50%. The Company is required to make monthly interest payments on the Note to the Lender and pay the full principal amount plus any accrued but unpaid interest outstanding under the Note no later than May 18, 2023. The Company and the Lender also entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as May 18, 2020 whereby the Company agreed to secure the Note by granting a security interest to the Lender for the Company’s deposit account held with the Lender.

The Loan Agreement contains customary events of default including, without limitation: a breach of the representations and warranties made in the loan documents; failure to make required payments; and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If such an event of default occurs, the Lender would be entitled to take various actions set forth in the Loan Agreement, including the acceleration of amounts due thereunder.

The foregoing descriptions of the Note, the Loan Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement are not complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the Note, the Loan Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K 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 information set forth above in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

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.

	ARCADIA BIOSCIENCES, INC.

Date: July 2, 2020	By:	/s/ PAMELA HALEY
	Name:	Pamela Haley
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Loan Agreement, dated May 18, 2020, by and between MidFirst Bank and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

10.2		Pledge and Security Agreement dated May 18, 2020, by and between MidFirst Bank and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

10.3		Promissory Note, dated June 26, 2020, by and between MidFirst Bank and Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.