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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August
11, 2022
BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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001-12711 |
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94-1721931 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(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 |
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Trading
Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value |
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NILE |
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NYSE American |
13.00% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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NILE PRD |
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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 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On August 10, 2022, BitNile,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BitNile”) and wholly owned subsidiary of BitNile Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “NPA”) with two sophisticated investors
(the “Investors”) providing for the issuance of Secured Promissory Notes (individually, a “Note”
and collectively, the “Notes”) with an aggregate principal face amount of $11,000,000.
Pursuant to the NPA,
BitNile and its subsidiary Digital Power Lending, LLC (“DP Lending”) and Helios Funds LLC, as the collateral agent
on behalf of the Investors (the “Agent”) entered into a security agreement (the “Security Agreement”),
pursuant to which (i) DP Lending granted to the Investors a security interest in marketable securities, investments and other property
having a value of $10 million in a DP Lending brokerage account (the “Pledged Securities”) and (ii) BitNile granted
to the Investors a security interest in 4,000 S19 Pro Antminers (the “Miners”), provided that the number of Miners
would be reduced to 2,000 after BitNile makes the third Monthly Payment (as defined below), as set forth in the Security Agreement. In
addition, pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), DP Lending jointly and severally agreed to
guarantee and act as surety for BitNile’s obligation to repay the Notes.
The Notes are further
secured by a guaranty (the “Parent Guaranty”) provided by the Company, as well as by Milton C. Ault, the Executive
Chairman of the Company and BitNile.
Description of the Secured Promissory Notes
The Notes have a principal
face amount of $11,000,000 and bear interest at 10% per annum, payable monthly in arrears, pursuant to the terms of the Notes. The maturity
date of the Notes is August 10, 2023. The Notes contain standard and customary events of default including, but not limited to, failure
to make payments when due under the Note, failure to comply with certain covenants contained in the Note, or bankruptcy or insolvency
of BitNile.
BitNile is required to
make an aggregate monthly payment (a “Monthly Payment”) of $1,000,000 on the tenth calendar day of each month, starting
in September 2022. The Monthly Payment includes principal and interest pursuant to the amortization table set forth in the Notes. After
BitNile makes the first six Monthly Payments, BitNile may elect to pay a forbearance fee of $1250,000 to an Investor, or an aggregate
of $250,000 to the two Investors (each, a “Monthly Forbearance”) in lieu of a Monthly Payment, which Monthly Forbearance
would extend the maturity date of such Notes by one month, provided that BitNile may not elect to make a Monthly Forbearance in consecutive
months.
BitNile may prepay the
full outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest at any time, provided that if BitNile prepays the Notes, BitNile is required
to pay the Investors the amount of interest that would have accrued from the date of prepayment until the first anniversary of the issuance
date of the Notes. The purchase price for the Notes was $10 million.
The foregoing descriptions of the Note, the NPA,
the Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Parent Guaranty do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety
by reference to their respective forms which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4,
respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing does not purport to
be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder and such descriptions are qualified in their entirety
by reference to such exhibits.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K is incorporated herein by reference to this Item 2.03.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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.
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BITNILE HOLDINGS, INC. |
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Dated: August 11, 2022 |
/s/ Henry Nisser |
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Henry Nisser
President and General Counsel |
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