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Notes Receivable

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Notes Receivable
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Receivables [Abstract]  
Notes Receivable

NOTE 7 – NOTES RECEIVABLE

 

At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, notes receivable were comprised of the following:

 

    September 30, 2019     December 31, 2018  
First State Compassion Center   $ 540,732     $ 578,722  
Healer LLC     834,407       307,429  
Atalo Holdings Inc.     999,948       -  
KPG of Anna LLC     446,248       -  
KPG of Harrisburg LLC     401,560       -  
Maryland Health & Wellness Center Inc.     317,141       -  
High Fidelity Inc.     252,843       -  
Chooze Corp.     -       257,687  
Total notes receivable     3,792,879       1,143,838  
Notes receivable, current portion     1,321,284       51,462  
Notes receivable, less current portion   $ 2,471,595     $ 1,092,376  

 

The Company loaned approximately $700,000 to First State Compassion Center, its Delaware cannabis-licensee client, during the period from October 2015 to April 2016. In May 2016, this client issued a 10-year promissory note, as subsequently amended, to the Company bearing interest at a rate of 12.5% per annum. The monthly payments of approximately $10,100 will continue through April 2026, at which time the note will become due. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the current portion of this note was approximately $56,000 and $51,000, respectively, and is included in Notes Receivable, Current Portion on the respective balance sheets.

 

During the period from August to October 2018, the Company loaned $300,000 to Healer LLC (“Healer”), an entity that provides cannabis education, dosage programs, and products developed by Dr. Dustin Sulak, an integrative medicine physician and nationally renowned cannabis practitioner. In 2019, the Company loaned Healer an additional $500,000. The loans bear interest at 6% per annum, with principal and interest payable on the maturity dates which are three years from the respective loan dates.

 

In May 2019, the Company extended loans aggregating $750,000 to Atalo Holdings Inc. (“Atalo”), an agriculture and biotechnology firm specializing in research, development, and production of industrial hemp and hemp-based CBD products. The loans bear interest at 6% per annum, with principal and interest payable on the earlier of April 3, 2020 or the date on which the Company acquires at least 25% of Atalo’s outstanding capital stock, in which case the principal and interest due shall be credited toward Company’s purchase price for such capital stock. In July 2019, the Company loaned an additional $230,000 to Atalo under the same terms as the initial loans.

 

In January 2019, KPG of Anna LLC and KPG of Harrisburg LLC each issued a promissory note to the Company in the approximate amount of $451,000 and $405,000, respectively, representing the advances made by the Company to these entities through December 31, 2018. The notes bear interest at 12% per annum, with monthly principal and interest payments due through December 2038. At September 30, 2019, the current portion of these notes approximated $12,000 in the aggregate.

 

In January 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with Maryland Health & Wellness Center Inc. (“MHWC”), an entity that has been pre-approved by the state of Maryland for a cannabis dispensing license, to provide MHWC with a $300,000 construction loan in connection with the buildout of MHWC’s proposed dispensary. The Company also entered into a consulting services agreement to provide MHWC with advisory and oversight services over a three-year period relating to the development, administration, operation, and management of MHWC’s proposed dispensary in Maryland. The construction loan bears interest at 8% per annum, with principal and interest payable in January 2020, provided however, upon the two-year anniversary of final state approval of MHWC’s dispensing license, the Company shall have the right, subject to state approval, to convert the promissory note underlying the construction loan into a 20% ownership interest of MHWC. This conversion right of the Company shall terminate if the consulting services agreement is terminated.

 

In August 2019, The Company loaned $250,000 to High Fidelity Inc., a company that owns and operates two seed-to sale medical marijuana facilities in the state of Vermont, and produces its own line of CBD products. The loan bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum, with interest-only monthly payments through its maturity in February 2020.

 

During the period from May to October 2018, the Company loaned $250,000 to Chooze Corp. bearing interest at 8% per annum and maturing in 2021. In January 2019, the entire principal and accrued interest balance of approximately $258,000 was converted into a 2.7% ownership interest in Chooze.