AquaBounty Technologies Inc.

07/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/02/2024 06:07

Material Agreement Form 8 K

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 28, 2024, AquaBounty Farms Indiana LLC ("AQB Indiana"), a Delaware limited liability company, and AquaBounty Farms Ohio LLC ("AQB Ohio" and, together with AQB Indiana, the "Seller"), an Ohio limited liability company, both wholly owned subsidiaries of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement) withSuperior Fresh LLC ("Superior Fresh"), a Wisconsin limited liability company, pursuant to which Superior Fresh will acquire AQB Indiana's land-based aquaculture facility in Albany, Indiana and certain equipment from AQB Ohio for cash proceeds of $9.5 million, subject to customary adjustments (the "Sale"). Portions of the proceeds of the Sale are expected to be used to reduce the Company's secured term loan with JMB Capital Partners Lending, LLC.

The Asset Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. The Sale is expected to close in July 2024, subject to various closing conditions. The Asset Purchase Agreement contains certain termination rights for both Superior Fresh and Seller.

The foregoing description of the material terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including regarding the timing of the completion of the Sale and the use of the Sale proceeds. The forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K are neither promises nor guarantees, and you should not place undue reliance on these statements because they involve significant risks and uncertainties about the Company. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: risks that the Seller or Superior Fresh terminates the APA; risks that closing conditions under the Asset Purchase Agreement are not satisfied; risks the Sale is not completed in accordance with the Company's expected timing or at all; and other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements.