---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-016105"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SENEB"
cik: "0000088948"
company_name: "Seneca Foods Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T12:18:17.377564+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Seneca Foods restructures term loan into $298.5M single facility with Farm Credit East

## Summary
- Amended Term Loan A-2 consolidates existing $173.5M with new $125.0M advance into $298.5M term loan.
- Quarterly principal payments of $3.75M begin June 1, 2023; maturity remains Jan 20, 2028.
- Proceeds used for working capital and repayment of revolving credit facility.
- Additional mortgages granted on two properties in Montgomery, MN as collateral.
- No change to pricing (SOFR plus leverage-based margin) or other financial covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-016105
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SENEB
- cik: 0000088948
- company_name: Seneca Foods Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774923016105/0001437749-23-016105-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774923016105/senea20230526_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Seneca Foods Corp amended term loan of $298.5 million with Farm Credit East, ACA at SOFR plus an additional margin determined by the Company’s leverage ratio maturing January 20, 2028.
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $298.5 million
  - Counterparty: Farm Credit East, ACA
  - Rate: SOFR plus an additional margin determined by the Company’s leverage ratio
  - Maturity: January 20, 2028
  - Event: amendment
  source text: The Amendment amends, restates and replaces in its entirety Term Loan A-2 (as defined in the Loan Agreement) and provides a single advance term facility in the principal amount of $125.0 million to be combined with the existing $173.5 million Term Loan A-2 into one single $298.5 million term loan
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774923016105/0001437749-23-016105-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Seneca Foods Corp amended Amendment with Farm Credit East, ACA valued at $125.0 million (effective 2023-05-23).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Farm Credit East, ACA
  - Value: $125.0 million
  - Effective: 2023-05-23
  source text: On May 23, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), Seneca Foods Corporation, Seneca Foods, LLC, Seneca Snack Company, Green Valley Foods, as Borrowers, and certain subsidiaries of Borrowers as Guarantors (collectively, the "Company") entered into Amendment 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Guaranty Agreement with Farm Credit East, ACA (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/88948/000143774923016105/0001437749-23-016105-index.htm

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