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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 14, 2022

 

TECHPRECISION CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   000-51378   51-0539828

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1 Bella Drive

Westminster, MA 01473

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (978) 874-0591

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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))

 

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

 

As previously disclosed, on August 25, 2021, Ranor, Inc. (“Ranor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrecision Corporation (the “Company”), along with certain affiliates of the Company, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Loan Agreement”) with Berkshire Bank under which, among other things, Berkshire Bank continued a term loan made to Ranor in the original principal amount of $2,850,000 (the “Ranor Term Loan”). Under the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and related loan documents, the Ranor Term Loan had a maturity date of December 20, 2021. As previously disclosed on December 20, 2021, March 21, 2022 and June 23, 2022, Ranor and certain affiliates of the Company entered into successive amendments to the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement extending the maturity date of the Ranor Term Loan, ultimately to September 16 2022. On September 15, 2022, Ranor and certain affiliates of the Company entered into a Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and Fourth Amendment to Promissory Note (the “Amendment”) to further extend the maturity date of the Ranor Term Loan to December 15, 2022.

 

Other than in respect of the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, the promissory notes made thereunder, the related security and guaranty documents and the previously disclosed past borrowing relationship, there is no material relationship between Ranor, the Company and the other affiliates of the Company party thereto, on the one hand, and Berkshire Bank, on the other hand. The description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

On September 15, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved an increase in the size of the Board from four directors to five directors and appointed Alexander Shen to fill the newly-created directorship, effective on the same date. Mr. Shen is expected to be nominated for reelection by the stockholders at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Shen has not been appointed to any committees of the Board.

 

Mr. Shen has served in his current role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2014. Mr. Shen will not receive any additional compensation for service as a member of the Board.

 

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Shen and any other persons pursuant to which he was elected as a director of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. Shen and any other director or executive officer of the Company and the Company is not aware of any transaction, or proposed transaction, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Item 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On September 14, 2022, the Company held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  A total of 34,307,450 shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote as of July 22, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 26,146,497 were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting.  The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Proposal No. 1: All of the nominees for director listed below were elected to serve for a one-year term expiring on the date of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (and until their successors are duly elected and qualified) by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

Nominee   For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Robert A. Crisafulli   17,112,974   951,188   8,082,335
Andrew A Levy   17,430,290   633,872   8,082,335
Richard S. McGowan   16,756,024   1,308,138   8,082,335
Walter M. Schenker   17,726,691   337,471   8,082,335

 

Proposal No. 2: The selection of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2023 was ratified by the Company’s stockholders by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For   Against   Abstain
25,917,419   68,900   160,178

 

Proposal No. 3: The Company’s stockholders voted upon and approved an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to (i) effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock at an exchange ratio between 1-for-2 and 1-for-5, such ratio to be determined by the Company’s board of directors, at any time prior to March 31, 2023, the implementation and timing of which shall be subject to the discretion of the Company’s board of directors and (ii) if and when the reverse stock split is effected, reduce the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 90,000,000 to 50,000,000:

 

For   Against   Abstain
23,928,337   2,209,860   8,300

 

 

 

 

Proposal No. 4: The compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated August 12, 2022 was approved by the Company’s stockholders on an advisory, non-binding basis by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
16,941,642   579,673   542,847   8,082,335

 

Proposal No. 5. The frequency of holding future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers was approved by the Company's stockholders on an advisory, non-binding basis by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

One Year   Two Years   Three Years     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
17,310,049   40,900   368,811     344,402   8,082,335

 

The board of directors of the Company, has determined, in light of and consistent with the advisory vote of the Company's stockholders as to the preferred frequency of stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers, to include a stockholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers in its annual meeting proxy materials every year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers.

 

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)       Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

Description
10.1 Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and Fourth Amendment to Promissory Note, dated as of September 15, 2022, by and among Ranor, Inc., Stadco New Acquisition, LLC, Stadco, Westminster Credit Holdings, LLC and Berkshire Bank.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

    TECHPRECISION CORPORATION
       
       
Date: September 19, 2022   By: /s/ Thomas Sammons
    Name: Thomas Sammons
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

  

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

FOURTH Amendment TO AmenDed and Restated LOAN AGREEMENT and Fourth Amendment to promissory note

 

This fourth Amendment TO Amended and Restated LOAN AGREEMENT AND fourth Amendment TO PROMISSORY NOTE (this “Agreement”) is made as of September 15th, 2022, by and among RANOR, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Ranor”), Stadco New Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Initial Stadco Borrower”), STADCO, a California corporation (“Stadco”), Westminster Credit Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Westminster”; together with Ranor, Initial Stadco Borrower and Stadco, jointly and severally, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), and BERKSHIRE BANK, a savings bank organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“Lender”), successor by merger to Commerce Bank & Trust Company, in the following circumstances:

 

A.           Lender has made (i) a term loan to Ranor in the original principal amount of $2,850,000.00 (the “Ranor Term Loan”), which Ranor Term Loan is evidenced by that certain Promissory Note dated December 20, 2016, made by Ranor in favor of Lender in the stated principal amount of $2,850,000.00 (as amended by the First Amendment, Second Amendment, and Third Amendment, each as hereafter defined, and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Ranor Term Note”), which Ranor Term Loan matures on September 16, 2022, (ii) a revolving line of credit loan to the Borrowers in the maximum principal amount of $5,000,000.00 (the “Line of Credit”), which Line of Credit is evidenced by that certain Second Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated August 25, 2021, made by the Borrowers in favor of Lender in the stated principal amount of $5,000,000.00 (the “Line of Credit Note”) and (iii) a term loan to the Initial Stadco Borrower, Stadco and Westminster in the original principal amount of $4,000,000.00 (the “Stadco Term Loan” and together with the Ranor Term Loan and the Line of Credit, collectively, the “Loans”), which Stadco Term Loan is evidenced by that certain Promissory Note dated August 25, 2021, made by the Initial Stadco Borrower, Stadco and Westminster in the stated principal amount of $4,000,000.00 (the “Stadco Term Note” and together with the Ranor Term Note and the Line of Credit Note, collectively, the “Notes”). The Notes are governed by the Amended and Restated Loan Agreement by and between Borrowers and Lender dated August 25, 2021 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and First Amendment to Promissory Note (the “First Amendment”) dated as of December 17, 2021, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and Second Amendment to Promissory Note (the “Second Amendment”) dated as of March 18, 2022, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and Third Amendment to Promissory Note (the “Third Amendment”) dated as of June 16, 2022, and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). Any capitalized terms used but not expressly defined herein shall be given the same meaning given to such term in the Loan Agreement.

 

B.            Borrowers have requested that Lender extend the maturity of the Ranor Term Loan and Lender has agreed to such modification on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Amendment to Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

1.1           Appendix I of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Ranor Term Loan Maturity Date” and inserting the following definition in place thereof and substituted therefor:

 

Ranor Term Loan Maturity Date. December 15, 2022.”

 

2.             Amendment to Promissory Note. The Ranor Term Note is hereby amended as follows:

 

2.1           The second sentence of the second paragraph on page 1 of the Ranor Term Note is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in place thereof and substituted therefor:

 

“Commencing on January 20, 2017, and on the 20th day of each month thereafter, the Borrower shall make monthly payments of principal and interest in the amount of $19,260.46 each, with all outstanding principal and accrued interest due and payable on December 15, 2022.”

 

3.             Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon the occurrence of the following events, or the Lender’s receipt of the following items, as applicable, in each case in form and content acceptable to the Lender:

 

3.1           a fully-executed counterpart of this Agreement from the Borrowers and the Tech Guarantor, in form satisfactory to the Lender; and

 

3.2           receipt by Lender of payment of all reasonable and documented fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement for which invoices have been presented to the Borrowers, including, without limitation, all reasonable legal fees and expenses.

 

4.            All security for the Loans and Notes now existing or hereafter granted to Lender, including without limitation all security evidenced, granted or governed by the Loan Agreement as amended hereby, the Security Agreements, the Mortgage, and any guaranty given in connection with the Loans or Notes, shall be security for the Loans, as amended hereby, and the Notes and for all obligations of Borrower under this Agreement, under the Notes and under the Loan Agreement, as previously amended and as amended by this Agreement.

 

5.             All references to the Loan Agreement and the Ranor Term Note, respectively, wherever, whenever or however made or contained, are hereby deemed to be references to the Loan Agreement and the Ranor Term Note, respectively, as previously modified and as modified by this Agreement. By signing this Agreement in the space indicated below, each Borrower hereby affirms and restates all of the covenants and agreements made and set forth in the Loan Agreement and does hereby warrant, represent and covenant that the representations and warranties in the Loan Agreement are true, accurate and complete in all material respects on and as of the date hereof (provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof, and provided, further, that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date). ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED HEREBY, REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

 

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6.             By signing this Agreement on behalf of the Borrowers in the space designated below, the individual so signing represents and warrants to Lender that he or she has full power and authority to execute this Agreement and to bind such Borrower, and that all corporate actions necessary to authorize and approve execution of this Agreement, and by such individual, have been taken prior to the execution hereof.

 

7.             This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Borrowers and Lender, and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement has been made in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall be governed, construed, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of said Commonwealth without resort to its conflict of laws rules. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law; should any portion of this Agreement be declared invalid for any reason in any jurisdiction, such declaration shall have no effect upon the remaining portions of this Agreement; furthermore, the entirety of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in all jurisdictions and said remaining portions of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in the subject jurisdiction as if this Agreement had been executed with the invalid portions thereof deleted.

 

8.             IN THE EVENT THAT LENDER BRINGS ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION HEREWITH IN ANY COURT OF RECORD OF MASSACHUSETTS OR THE UNITED STATES IN MASSACHUSETTS, EACH BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO AND CONFERS PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT OVER SUCH BORROWER BY SUCH COURT. IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING, EACH BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS AND AGREES THAT SERVICE THEREOF MAY BE MADE UPON SUCH BORROWER BY MAILING A COPY OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS BY CERTIFIED MAIL TO SUCH BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS REFERENCED IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT. EACH BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION IN ANY COURT WITH RESPECT TO, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR THE VALIDITY, PROTECTION, INTERPRETATION, COLLECTION OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM OR DISPUTE HOWSOEVER ARISING BETWEEN BORROWERS AND LENDER.

 

9.             This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, email or other electronic format (.pdf or .tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their duly authorized representatives, have executed this Agreement on the date first above written.

 

 

  RANOR, INC.
     
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Sammons
  Name: Thomas Sammons
  Title: Vice President – Finance
     
  Stadco New Acquisition, LLC
     
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Sammons
  Name: Thomas Sammons
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
     
  Westminster Credit Holdings, LLC
     
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Sammons
  Name: Thomas Sammons
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
     
  Stadco
     
     
  By: /s/ Thomas Sammons
  Name: Thomas Sammons
  Title: Assistant Secretary
     
     
  BERKSHIRE BANK
     
     
  By: /s/ Thomas McCarthy
  Name: Thomas McCarthy
  Title: Vice President – Commercial Lending

 

[Signature Page to Fourth Amendment]

 

   

 

 

CONSENT OF GUARANTOR

 

The undersigned Guarantor of the Obligations of the Borrowers as further described in the Loan Agreement and that certain Amended and Restated Unlimited Guaranty dated as of August 25, 2021, by such Guarantor in favor of the Lender (the “Guaranty”) hereby consents to the execution of the foregoing Agreement, hereby waives any claims, offsets or defenses which might otherwise arise by reason of the execution of the foregoing, and hereby ratifies and affirms the Guaranty, and all agreements securing such Guaranty, all of which shall remain in full force and effect until Borrowers’ Obligations have been paid and performed in full to Lender’s satisfaction. The undersigned Guarantor hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof, it has no claim or defense of any kind by way of offset or otherwise to the payment and satisfaction in full of Borrowers’ or the undersigned Guarantor’s obligations under said documents or to the extent that such a claim or defense may exist, the undersigned hereby waives it in consideration of the execution of the Agreement. The undersigned Guarantor further waives any and all defenses arising by reason of (a) any and all amendments or modifications of any documents or instrument, (b) any and all alterations, accelerations, extensions or other changes in the time or manner of payment or performance of Obligations, (c) the release, substitution or addition of any collateral or any guarantees, (d) any failure of the Lender to give notice of default to Borrowers or the undersigned Guarantor, (e) any failure of the Lender to pursue any Borrower or any of its property with due diligence, (f) any failure of the Lender to resort to collateral or to remedies which may be available to it, (g) any and all defenses arising out of the relationship of the undersigned to Borrowers, and none of the defenses shall operate to release the undersigned as guarantor, (h) all rights of Borrowers, and (i) the benefit of all other principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof.

 

The failure or refusal of the undersigned Guarantor to execute this Consent of Guarantor shall not void such Guarantor’s Obligations, nor shall such failure or refusal be grounds for any relief of the undersigned Guarantor from its Obligations.

 

Guarantor:

 

TechPrecision Corporation

 

 

By: /s/ Thomas Sammons  
Name: Thomas Sammons  
Title: Chief Financial Officer