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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):  April 16, 2024

 

AULT ALLIANCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-12711   94-1721931
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 240, Las Vegas, NV 89141

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(949) 444-5464

(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:

 

¨     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value   AULT   NYSE American
13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share   AULT PRD   NYSE American

 

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).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

  
 

 

Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 15, 2024, Ault Alliance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), along with its wholly owned subsidiaries Sentinum, Inc. (“Sentinum”), Third Avenue Apartments LLC (“Third Avenue”), Alliance Cloud Services, LLC (“Alliance Cloud”), BNI Montana, LLC (“BNI Montana”), Ault Lending, LLC (“Ault Lending”), Ault Aviation, LLC (“Ault Aviation”) and Ault Global Real Estate Equities, Inc. (“AGREE” and collectively with the Company, Sentinum, Third Avenue, Alliance Cloud, BNI Montana, Ault Lending and Ault Aviation, the “Guarantors”) entered into the First Amendment Loan and Guaranty Agreement (the “Amendment”), with Ault & Company, Inc. (the “Purchaser”), JGB Capital, LP (“JGB Capital”), JGB Partners, LP (“JGB Partners”) and JGB (Cayman) Buckeye Ltd. (“JGB Cayman” and collectively, the “Lenders”), and JGB Collateral LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent for Lenders. The Amendment amends the Loan and Guaranty Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser borrowed $36 million and issued secured promissory notes to the Lenders in the aggregate amount of $38,918,919 (collectively, the “Notes”).

 

As previously disclosed, pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company established a segregated deposit account (the “Segregated Account”), which would be used as a guarantee of repayment of the Notes. Pursuant to the Amendment, the date by which the Company is required to have the minimum balance in the Segregated Account be not less than $7 million was extended from April 15, 2024 to May 15, 2024.

 

The foregoing description of the Amendment as well as the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits:

 

Exhibit No.    Description
10.1   Form of First Amendment to Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated April 15, 2024.
     
101   Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page is formatted in Inline XBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language).
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document and included in Exhibit 101).

 

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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.

 

 

  AULT ALLIANCE, INC.  
     
     
Dated: April 16, 2024 /s/ Henry Nisser  
 

Henry Nisser

President and General Counsel

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is dated as of April 15, 2024 (the “Execution Date”), and is entered into by and among AULT & COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), Third Avenue APARTMENTS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Florida Property Owner”), Alliance Cloud Services, LLC, Delaware limited liability company (the “Michigan Property Owner”), SENTINUM, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Sentinum”), AULT ALLIANCE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Ault Alliance”), Ault AVIATION, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Aviation”), BNI MONTANTA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BNI”), AULT Lending, LLC, a California limited liability company (“Ault Lending”), AULT GLOBAL REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC., a Nevada corporation (“AG”), Milton “Todd” Ault, III, a natural person (“Personal Guarantor” and together with the Florida Property Owner, the Michigan Property Owner, Sentinum, Ault Alliance, Aviation, BNI, Ault Lending, AG collectively, “Guarantors” and each, a “Guarantor”), JGB CAPITAL, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, JGB PARTNERS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and JGB (CAYMAN) BUCKEYE LTD., a Cayman Islands exempted company (collectively, “Lenders”, and each, a “Lender”), and JGB COLLATERAL LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent for Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors, “JGB Agent”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, JGB Agent, the Lenders, Borrower, and Guarantors have entered into that certain Loan and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Credit Agreement and this Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Execution Date, Section 5.8.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended such that reference to the “four month anniversary” therein is replaced with the “five month anniversary”.

 

2.             Covenants.

 

(a)           Loan Documents. This Amendment has been duly executed by a Responsible Officer of each applicable Loan Party and each other relevant party.

 

(b)           Legal Fees. Borrower shall pay JGB Agent, on or before April 30, 2024, the legal fees and expenses of Haynes and Boone, LLP in an amount equal to $5,000.

 

(c)           No Event of Default. After giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing.

 

(d)           Amendment Charge. Borrowers shall pay the Lenders an amendment charge equal to $300,000 in the aggregate (the “Amendment Charge”), which Amendment Charge shall be paid on or before April 30, 2024.

 

  
 

 

3.             Releases. In further consideration of Lenders’ and JGB Agent’s execution of this Amendment, each Loan Party, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, hereby forever, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably waives and releases Lender and Agent and their respective successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, debts, causes of action (whether at law or in equity or otherwise), defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, of any kind, whether known or unknown, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, directly or indirectly arising out of, connected with, resulting from or related to any act or omission by any Releasee, on or prior to the date hereof, with respect to the Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby or any enforcement or attempted enforcement of the Loan Documents by any Releasee (collectively, the “Claims”). Each Loan Party further agrees that it shall not commence, institute, or prosecute any lawsuit, action or other proceeding, whether judicial, administrative or otherwise, to prosecute, collect or enforce any Claim.

 

4.             Affirmations. Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees:

 

(a)           the other Loan Documents are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against each Loan Party accordance with their respective terms;

 

(b)           each Loan Party’s respective obligations under the Loan Documents are not subject to any setoff, deduction, claim, counterclaim or defenses of any kind or character whatsoever;

 

(c)           JGB Agent (for the benefit of the Lenders) has valid, enforceable and perfected security interests in and liens on the collateral described in the Loan Documents, as to which there are no setoffs, deductions, claims, counterclaims, or defenses of any kind or character whatsoever; and

 

(d)           Lenders and JGB Agent have fully and timely performed all of their respective obligations and duties in compliance with the Loan Documents and applicable law, and have acted reasonably, in good faith and appropriately under the circumstances.

 

5.             Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Amendment shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

 

6.             References. Any reference to the Credit Agreement contained in any notice, request, certificate, or other document executed concurrently with or after the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be deemed to include this Amendment unless the context shall otherwise require. Reference in any of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Credit Agreement shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as further amended, modified, restated, supplemented or extended from time to time.

 

7.             Captions. Section captions used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.

 

8.             Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. For the avoidance of all doubt, the Amendment Charge is not in substitution of any payments (whether for principal or interest) or required contributions to the Segregated Account, in each case, in accordance with the Loan Documents.

 

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9.             Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on the date first written above.

 

  BORROWER:  
       
  AULT & COMPANY, INC.  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  GUARANTORS:  
       
  AULT LENDING, LLC  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  MILTON C. AULT, III  
       
  By:    
       
  AULT ALLIANCE, INC.  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
  SENTINUM, INC.  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
       
  THIRD AVENUE APARTMENTS LLC  
       
  By: AULT GLOBAL REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC., its manager  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Signature Page to First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Guaranty Agreement

  
 

 

  ALLIANCE CLOUD SERVICES, LLC  
       
  By: ALLIANCE CLOUD MANAGEMENT, LLC, its manager  
       
  By: AC MANAGEMENT, INC., its managing member  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  AULT AVIATION, LLC  
       
  By: AULT ALLIANCE, INC., its managing member  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  BNI MONTANA, LLC  
       
  By: SENTINUM, INC., its manager  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  AULT GLOBAL REAL ESTATE EQUITIES, INC.  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Signature Page to First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Guaranty Agreement

  
 

 

  JGB AGENT:  
  JGB COLLATERAL LLC  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  LENDERS:  
       
  JGB CAPITAL, LP  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  JGB PARTNERS, LP  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    
       
  JGB (CAYMAN) BUCKEYE LTD.
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Signature Page to First Amendment and Joinder to Loan and Guaranty Agreement