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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 21 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On February 1, 2017, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with various lenders, including an entity controlled by its chief executive officer, Jonathan Kahn, and a director, Morris Garfinkle, and issued a note in connection therewith (the “Note”). The principal amount of the loan is $996,000. The Loan accrues interest at a rate per annum equal to the prime rate plus 18.9%. Interest is payable monthly and the principal is payable on the maturity date of the loan, which is 2.5 years from the issuance date. The loan is secured by all of the assets of the Company. The Loan Agreement contains certain covenants regarding financial reporting, limits on the Company’s incurrence of indebtedness, permitted investments, encumbrances, restricted payments, and mergers and acquisitions.

 

The Loan Agreement includes customary events of default, including non-payment by the Company of the monthly interest payments and the payment of penalties upon such late payments. The Company used a portion of the proceeds of the loan to exercise its purchase option under its Equipment Lease Agreement with Fordham Capital Partners, LLC (“Fordham”) that it entered into on July 17, 2015 (the “Equipment Lease Agreement”). The Company intends to utilize the proceeds from the loan for working capital purposes.

 

As a condition to the Loan Agreement, two directors of the Company that held senior secured debt of the Company entered into a subordination agreement with the Company and the administrative agent for the lenders (the “Subordination Agreement”).

 

The foregoing description of the Loan Agreement, the Note and the Subordination Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are attached as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.1 to the Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2017and incorporated by reference herein.

 

On February 1, 2017, the Company exercised its option under the Equipment Lease Agreement that it had entered into with Fordham on July 17, 2015 and paid Fordham $360,000 plus additional expenses for purchase of the Equipment that was subject to the Equipment Lease Agreement. In connection with the payment, the Equipment Lease Agreement was terminated, which was a lease for 24 months with monthly lease payments of $15,800.

 

On February 17, 2017, Jonathan Kahn, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Morris Garfinkle, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), and the Garfinkle Revocable Trust filed a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which, among other things, described a term sheet (the “Term Sheet”), which was annexed to the Schedule 13D, that they had presented to the Company’s Special Committee of the Board. The Term Sheet is for a proposed convertible preferred stock financing relating to the potential issuance by the Company of shares of up to $6,000,000 but not less than $4,000,000 of a newly-created series of preferred stock of the Company. As proposed, such newly-created preferred stock would be convertible into up to a maximum of 75% of the Company’s equity (on a fully-diluted basis) and would be entitled, as a class, to designate three of the five directors of the Company. 

 

On March 14, 2017, Messrs. Kahn and Garfinkle and the Garfinkle Revocable Trust determined to terminate discussions with the Company with respect to the Term Sheet and the potential investment contemplated thereby, and the Company was notified of such determination.

 

Due to the Company’s ongoing liquidity needs, on March 15, 2017, the Company entered into a promissory note with Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle as the lenders in the original principal amount of $56,000 (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note accrues interest at a rate per annum equal to 5%. Accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal is payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month in which any amount remains outstanding under the Promissory Note. The principal amount, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is required to be repaid to the lenders out of the proceeds received from the accounts receivable of the Company collected after March 15, 2017, immediately upon such receipt. The loan under the Promissory Note is secured by all of the assets of the Company pursuant to a Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement.

 

The proceeds of the Promissory Note were used by the Company to primarily fund payroll and to pay employee health insurance premiums and a critical vendor of the Company.

 

As a condition to the making of the loan under the Promissory Note, the lenders under a loan agreement entered into by the Company on February 1, 2017 (which lenders included Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle through GKS Funding), which is the senior secured debt of the Company, were required to enter into a subordination agreement with the Company and Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle (the “Subordination Agreement”). The Subordination Agreement made the Promissory Note the senior secured debt of the Company.

 

On March 24, 2017, Dan Jeffery provided the Company with notice of his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately. Mr. Jeffery’s resignation from the Board was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company. Mr. Jeffery has served on the Board since 2015.

 

Due to the ongoing liquidity needs of the Company, on March 28, 2017, the Company entered into a promissory note with Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle as the lenders in the original principal amount of $35,000 (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note accrues interest at a rate per annum equal to 5%. Accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal is payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month in which any amount remains outstanding under the Promissory Note. The principal amount, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is required to be repaid to the lenders out of the proceeds received from the accounts receivable of the Company collected after March 28, 2017, immediately upon such receipt. The loan under the Promissory Note is secured by all of the assets of the Company pursuant to a Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement.

 

The proceeds of the Promissory Note were used by the Company to primarily fund payroll and to pay certain critical vendors of the Company.

 

As a condition to the making of the loan under the Promissory Note, the lenders under a loan agreement entered into by the Company on February 1, 2017 (which lenders included Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle through GKS Funding), which is the senior secured debt of the Company, were required to enter into a subordination agreement with the Company and Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle (the “Subordination Agreement”). The Subordination Agreement made the Promissory Note the senior secured debt of the Company.

 

On March 31, 2017, Jonathan Kahn and Morris Garfinkle provided Agritech Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) with notices of their resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and Jonathan Kahn’s resignation as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Messrs. Garfinkle and Kahn’s resignations were not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company.

 

On March 31, 2017, the Company received a notice of default from GKS Funding LLC, as administrative agent under the Loan Agreement (as defined below) (“GKS Funding”) stating that the Company is in default of a loan (the “Loan”) made pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement by and among the Company, GKS Funding and the lenders named therein, which include Messrs. Garfinkle and Kahn (the “Lenders”), dated as of February 1, 2017 (the “Loan Agreement”), for failure to make a scheduled interest payment on the Loan that was due on March 31, 2017. If such failure described above is not cured within the 15-day cure period, which is April 15, 2017, the Lenders (through GKS Funding, as administrative agent under the Loan Agreement) intend to exercise all rights and remedies available to them under the Loan Agreement, related note and applicable law, which will include foreclosing on the collateral under the Loan Agreement.

 

On April 5, 2017, the Company and GKS Funding, as administrative agent under the Loan Agreement (as defined above) entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Cooperation Agreement”) in connection with a loan (the “Loan”) made to the Company pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), between the Company, the Lenders party thereto and GKS Funding. As previously reported, on March 31, 2017, the Company received a notice of default from GKS Funding stating that the Company was in default of the Loan for failure to make a scheduled interest payment on the Loan that was due on March 31, 2017. If such failure described above was not cured within the 15-day cure period, which was April 15, 2017, the Lenders (through GKS Funding, as administrative agent under the Loan Agreement) intended to exercise all rights and remedies available to them under the Loan Agreement, related note and applicable law, which included foreclosing on the collateral under the Loan Agreement.

 

As of the date of the Cooperation Agreement, the outstanding balance of the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement was approximately $1,011,800, plus accrued and accruing legal fees and expenses. Over the past several months, the Company has experienced significant operating losses and has been unable to raise additional capital in order to pay the expenses necessary to continue to operate its business. For the same reason, the Company was unable to pay interest on the Loan on March 31, 2017 (the “Existing Default”).

 

As a result of the foregoing, and after considering all options, the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the Company will not have sufficient funds to cure the Existing Default on or before April 15, 2017. In addition, given the inability to raise additional capital to fund ongoing operations, the Company also determined that it would be unable continue to operate as a going concern. Thus, the Company determined that it was in the best interests of all constituents and the Company to cooperate with GKS Funding and its exercise of remedies.

 

Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, the Company and GKS Funding agreed as follows: (i) the Company waived the 15-day cure period with respect to the Existing Default immediately upon execution of the Cooperation Letter and GKS Funding has the right to exercise its remedies under the Loan Agreement and applicable law with respect to such event of default, including, without limitation, by scheduling and conducting a sale of all of the collateral under the Loan Agreement on or about April 17, 2017 (the “UCC Sale”); (ii) GKS Funding agreed to fund loans to the Company up to the date of the UCC Sale to permit the Company to pay the Budgeted Expenses (as defined in the Cooperation Agreement) as and when due with this new loan, which is (a) secured by a first priority security interest in all of the real and personal assets, property, fixtures, rights and interests of the Company, (b) shall have priority in payment over the Loan made pursuant to the Loan Agreement; and (c) shall be repaid, before any other payments are made by the Company, out of the first cash proceeds of the collateral received by the Company; and (iii) the Company consented to fully cooperate with GKS Funding in connection with the UCC Sale, as well as the exercise by GKS Funding of any of its other right and remedies in connection therewith.

 

On April 5, 2017, the Company and GKS Funding entered into a letter agreement, a copy of which is attached to a Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein (the “Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) the Company informed GKS Funding that the Company has determined (1) it will not have sufficient funds to cure the interest payment default that occurred on March 31, 2017, under the Loan Agreement and the Note as previously described in Amendment No. 2 and (2) it cannot continue to operate as a going concern and (ii) the Company and GKS Funding agreed as follows:

 

(1) The Company waived the cure period with respect to the Existing Default (as defined in the Letter Agreement). As a result, the Company agreed, immediately upon execution of the Letter Agreement, the Existing Default became an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) (with, for avoidance of doubt, no further right to cure or grace period), and GKS Funding shall have the right to exercise its remedies under the Loan Agreement and applicable law with respect to such Event of Default, including, without limitation, by scheduling and conducting a UCC sale of all of the Collateral (as defined in the Loan Agreement) on or about April 17, 2017 (the “UCC Sale”).

 

(2) GKS Funding agreed to fund loans to the Company up to the date of the UCC Sale to permit the Company to pay the Budgeted Expenses (as defined in the Letter Agreement) as and when due and payable in accordance with Exhibit A to the Letter Agreement, pursuant to documentation in form and substance acceptable to GKS Funding and Company (the “New Loans”). The New Loans: (a) shall be secured by a first priority security interest in all of the real and personal assets, property, fixtures, rights and interests of the Company, whether now existing or owned and hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located; (b) shall have priority in payment over the Loans (as defined in the Loan Agreement) made by GKS Funding pursuant to the Loan Agreement; and (c) shall be repaid, before any other payments are made by the Company, out of the first cash proceeds of the Collateral received by the Company.

 

(3) The Company consents to, and shall fully cooperate with GKS Funding in connection with, the UCC Sale and the disposition of the Collateral in connection therewith, as well as the exercise by GKS Funding of any of its other right and remedies in connection therewith.

 

GKS Funding intends to try to acquire all of the Collateral at the UCC Sale. GKS Funding also intends to credit bid the amounts due under the Loan Agreement and the Note at the UCC Sale. The effects of the contemplated transaction have not been reflected in the financial statements.

 

The New Loans will be evidenced by a promissory note in the form attached hereto to a Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein (the “New Note”). The New Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 5%. Accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal is payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month in which any amount remains outstanding under the New Note. The principal amount, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is required to be repaid to GKS Funding out of the proceeds received from the accounts receivable of the Company collected after April 7, 2017, immediately upon such receipt. The New Note will be secured by all of the assets of the Company pursuant to a Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement in the forms attached to a Schedule 13D and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

The proceeds of the $60,000 New Loans that will be made on April 7, 2017, will be used by the Company to pay critical vendors of the Company and for the Company to fund payroll.

 

As a condition to the making of the loan under the New Note, GKS Funding will require the lenders under the Loan Agreement (which include GKS Funding) to enter into a subordination agreement with the Company and GKS Funding (the “New Subordination Agreement”). The New Subordination Agreement will make the New Note the senior secured debt of the Company, provided that the balance of the Second Promissory Note, which is less than $300, will be senior to the New Note until paid in full. The form of the New Subordination Agreement is attached to a Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement, which are attached to a Schedule 13D and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

All additional New Loans made to the Company by GKS Funding after April 7, 2017, pursuant to the Letter Agreement will be made on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement.

 

The proceeds of the $60,000 New Loans made on April 7, 2017, will be used by the Company to pay critical vendors of the Company and for the Company to fund payroll. $30,000 was contributed by Mr. Kahn from his personal funds to GKS Funding on April 7, 2017, and was used by GKS Funding to fund $60,000 of New Loans on April 7, 2017. Mr. Kahn intends to use personal funds for additional contributions to GKS Funding in the event GKS Funding funds additional New Loans pursuant to the Letter Agreement. $30,000 was contributed by Mr. Garfinkle from his personal funds to GKS Funding on April 7, 2017, and was used by GKS Funding to fund $60,000 of New Loans on April 7, 2017. Mr. Garfinkle intends to use personal funds for additional contributions to GKS Funding in the event GKS Funding funds additional New Loans pursuant to the Letter Agreement.

 

On April 14, 2017, Edward B. Smith, III was appointed interim Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer.