Item 1.01. |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On May 6, 2022, Sachem Capital Corp. (the “Company”)
entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., as representative
of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the
Underwriters $27,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125% notes due 2027 (the “Firm Notes”). In addition, the Company
granted the Underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional $4,125,000 aggregate principal amount of the 7.125% notes
due 2027 to cover underwriter overallotments (the “Additional Notes” and, together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”).
The Notes were offered to the public at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount. The Underwriters purchased the Notes
at a 3.25% discount. The Notes were offered pursuant a prospectus supplement, dated May 6, 2022 (the “Prospectus Supplement”),
to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-262859) (the “Registration Statement”)
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2022 (the “Offering”). The Underwriting
Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, customary conditions to closing, customary indemnification
obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and customary
termination provisions. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes
of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to limitations
agreed upon by the contracting parties. Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (NYSE American: LTS), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, InspereX
LLC and William Blair & Company, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the Offering.
On May 11, 2022, the Company consummated the Offering.
The estimated net proceeds of the Offering to the Company from the sale of the Firm Notes are approximately $26.3 million after payment
of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.
The Notes are unsecured, unsubordinated obligations
of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness. The Notes are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness
(including indebtedness that is initially unsecured to which the Company subsequently grants a security interest) and structurally subordinated
to all existing and future indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The Notes bear interest at the rate of 7.125% per
annum beginning on May 11, 2022, which will be payable quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each
year the Notes are outstanding. The first interest payment date will be September 30, 2022. The unpaid principal balance of the Notes
and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon is payable in full on June 30, 2027.
The Company may, at its option, at any time and
from time to time, on or after May 11, 2024, redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. On and after any redemption
date, interest will cease to accrue on the redeemed Notes.
The Notes are subject to: (i) defeasance by the
Company. “Defeasance” means that, by depositing with a trustee an amount of cash and/or government securities sufficient to
pay all principal and interest if any, on the Notes when due and satisfying any additional conditions required under the Indenture (defined
below), the Company will be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations under the Notes; and (ii) a covenant that prohibits the
Company from paying any dividends or making any distributions in excess of 90% of its taxable income, incurring any indebtedness or purchasing
any shares of its capital stock unless it has an “Asset Coverage Ratio” of at least 150% after giving effect to the payment
of such dividend, the making of such distribution or the incurrence of such indebtedness. “Asset Coverage Ratio” means the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the value of the Company’s total assets bears to the aggregate amount of its indebtedness.
The Notes have been approved for listing on the
NYSE American LLC with a trading symbol of “SCCF” and are expected to begin trading on or about May 12, 2022.
In connection with the Offering, the Company and
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank, N.A.), as trustee, entered into a Sixth Supplemental
Indenture, dated May 11, 2022 (the “Indenture”). The Indenture provides for the form and terms of the Notes and the
issuance of the Notes as a new series of securities of the Company. The Indenture also contains events of default and cure provisions.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting
Agreement, Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of
such documents, copies of which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, and incorporated
herein by reference and into the Company’s Prospectus Supplement and the related base prospectus, which forms a part of the Registration
Statement.
Attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the opinion of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP relating to the
validity of the Notes (the “Legal Opinion”). The Legal Opinion is also filed with reference to, and is hereby incorporated
by reference into, the Prospectus Supplement and the related base prospectus, which forms a part of the Registration Statement.