NOTE 10 – DEBT

Mortgages Payable

At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, mortgage balances, including accrued interest, were comprised of the following:

 SCHEDULE OF MORTGAGES PAYABLE

In November 2017, the Company entered into a 10-year mortgage agreement with Bank of New England in the amount of $4,895,000 (the “Initial Mortgage”) for the purchase of a 138,000 square foot industrial property in New Bedford, Massachusetts, within which the Company has built a 70,000 square foot cannabis cultivation and processing facility. Pursuant to the Initial Mortgage, the Company made monthly payments of (i) interest-only from the mortgage date through May 2019 at a rate equal to the prime rate plus 2%, with a floor of 6.25% per annum, and (ii) principal and interest payments from May 2019 to July 2020 at a rate equal to the prime rate on May 2, 2019 plus 2%, with a floor of 6.25% per annum. In July 2020, at which time the Initial Mortgage had a remaining principal balance of approximately $4.8 million, the parties consummated an amended and restated mortgage agreement, secured by the Company’s properties in New Bedford and Middleboro in the amount of $13.0 million bearing interest at a rate of 6.5% per annum that matures in August 2025 (the “Refinanced Mortgage”). Proceeds from the Refinanced Mortgage were used to pay down the Initial Mortgage and approximately $7.2 million of promissory notes as further described below. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding principal balance of the Refinanced Mortgage approximated $12.7 million and $12.8 million, respectively, of which approximately $341,000 and $335,000, respectively, was current.

The Company maintains another mortgage with Bank of New England for the 2016 purchase of a 45,070 square foot building in Wilmington, Delaware which was developed into a cannabis seed-to-sale facility and is currently leased to the Company’s cannabis-licensed client in that state. The mortgage matures in 2031 with monthly principal and interest payments at a rate of 5.25% per annum through September 2021, and thereafter the rate adjusting every five years to the then prime rate plus 1.5% with a floor of 5.25% per annum. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding principal balance on this mortgage approximated $1.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of which approximately $115,000 and $114,000, respectively, was current.

In May 2016, the Company entered into a mortgage agreement with DuQuoin State Bank (“DSB”) for the purchase of two properties which the Company developed into two 3,400 square foot free-standing retail dispensaries in Illinois. On May 5^th of each year, this mortgage is due to be repaid unless it is renewed for another year at a rate determined by DSB’s executive committee. The mortgage was renewed in May 2021 at a rate of 6.75% per annum. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding principal balance on this mortgage approximated $807,000 and $815,000 respectively, of which approximately $32,000 and $31,000, respectively, was current.

In February 2020, the Company entered into a mortgage agreement with South Porte Bank for the purchase and development of a property in Mt. Vernon, IL. Pursuant to amendments to the mortgage agreement, the Company is making interest-only monthly payments at a rate of 5.5% per annum through the amended maturity date in May 2021, at which time the parties are expected to enter into a one-year renewal agreement.

Notes Payable

In February 2020, pursuant to an exchange agreement as further described in Note 12 – Mezzanine Equity, the Company issued two promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $4.4 million, bearing interest at 16.5% per annum and maturing in August 2021 (the “$4.4M Notes”), in exchange for a loan in the same amount. At December 31, 2020, the principal and accrued interest balance of the $4.4M Notes approximated $4.6 million. In March 2021, utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the Hadron transaction discussed in Note 12 – Mezzanine Equity, the $4.4M Notes were fully paid down, along with accrued interest through the repayment date.

In June 2019, the Company and MariMed Hemp Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary (“MMH”), issued a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $10.0 million (the “$10M Note”) to an unaffiliated party (the “Noteholder”). The $10M Note provided for the repayment of principal plus a payment of $1.5 million (the “$1.5M Payment”) on the maturity date of January 31, 2020. Such payment was charged to interest expense over the life of the $10M Note.

As part of the $10M Note transaction, the Company issued three-year warrants to purchase up to 375,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.50 per share to the Noteholder. The fair value of these warrants on the issuance date of approximately $601,000 was recorded as a discount to the $10M Note. Approximately $523,000 of the warrant discount was amortized to interest expense in 2019, with the remainder in January 2020.

The Company entered into an amendment agreement with the Noteholder in February 2020, whereby the Company and MMH issued an amended and restated promissory note maturing in June 2020 in the principal amount of $11,500,000 (the “$11.5M Note”), comprised of the principal amount of the $10M Note and the $1.5M Payment. The $11.5M Note bore interest at a rate of 15% per annum, requiring periodic interest payments and minimum amortization payments of $3,000,000 in the aggregate, which the Company made in the first half of 2020.

The Company entered into a second amendment agreement with the Noteholder in June 2020, whereby (i) $352,000 of outstanding principal of the $11.5M Note was converted into 1,900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (which did not result in a material extinguishment gain or loss as the conversion price approximated the price of the Company’s common stock on the agreement date), and (ii) the Company and MMH issued a second amended and restated promissory note in the principal amount of approximately $8.8 million (the “$8.8M Note”), comprised of the outstanding principal and unpaid interest balances of the $11.5M Note, plus an extension fee of approximately $330,000. In addition, the Company issued three-year warrants to the Noteholder to purchase up to 750,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. The fair value of these warrants on the issuance date of approximately $66,000 was recorded as a discount to the $8.8M Note, which is being amortized to interest expense over the life of the $8.8M Note.

The $8.8M Note bears interest at a rate of 15% per annum, matures in June 2022, and required a minimum amortization payment of $4,000,000 in July 2020, which the Company paid with a portion of proceeds of the Refinanced Mortgage discussed earlier in this footnote. The Company can prepay all, or a portion, of the outstanding principal and unpaid interest of the $8.8M Note, however if any prepayment is made prior to December 25, 2021, the Company shall be required to pay a prepayment premium equal to 10% of the principal amount being prepaid. The Noteholder has the right to require the redemption of up to $250,000 of principal and unpaid interest thereon per calendar month (the “Discretionary Monthly Redemptions”), which shall be paid in common stock if certain defined conditions of the $8.8M Note and of the Company’s common stock are met, or else in cash. As of December 31, 2020, the Company paid Discretionary Monthly Redemptions of $600,000 in the aggregate, and accrued interest through such date of approximately $405,000, all in cash. Accordingly, the carrying value of the $8.8M Note was approximately $4.2 million at December 31, 2020.

The Noteholder has the option to convert the $8.8M Note, in whole or in part, into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.30 per share, subject to certain conversion limitations. This non-detachable conversion feature of the $8.8M Note had no intrinsic value on the agreement date, and therefore no beneficial conversion feature arose.

During the three months ended March 2021, the Noteholder converted $1,000,000 of principal and approximately $10,000 of accrued interest into 3,365,972 shares of the Company’s common stock. Also during this period, the Company paid accrued interest of approximately $104,000 in cash. Accordingly, the principal balance of the $8.8M Note was approximately $3.2 million at March 31, 2021.

The Company entered into a third amendment agreement with the Noteholder in April 2021 whereby the Company and MMH issued a third amended and restated promissory note in the principal amount of approximately $3.2 million (the “$3.2M Note”), comprised of the remaining principal balance on the $8.8M Note. The $3.2M Note bears interest at a rate of 0.12% per annum and matures in April 2023. The Noteholder has the option to convert, subject to certain conversion limitations, all or a portion of the $3.2M Note into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.35 per share, such conversion price subject to adjustment in the event of certain transactions by the Company. On or after the one-year anniversary of the $3.2M Note, upon twenty days prior written notice to the Noteholder, the Company can prepay all of the outstanding principal and unpaid interest of the $3.2M Note, along with a prepayment premium equal to 10% of the principal amount being prepaid. The Noteholder shall remain entitled to convert the $3.2M Note during such notice period. On or after the one-year anniversary of the $3.2M Note, the Noteholder has the right to require the redemption in cash of up to $125,000 of principal and unpaid interest thereon per calendar month.

In April 2019, MMH issued a secured promissory note in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “$1M Note”) to an unaffiliated party. The principal balance plus a payment of $180,000, initially due in December 2019, was extended to March 2020 in accordance with the terms of the $1M Note, requiring an additional payment of $30,000 (the “$30,000 Fee”). Prior to the extended due date, the parties agreed that the $1M Note would continue on a month-to-month basis bearing interest at a rate of 15% per annum. In September 2020, the Company paid down $500,000 of principal on the $1M Note. At December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance consisted of $500,000 of principal and approximately $467,000 of unpaid accrued interest which included the $30,000 Fee. In March 2021, utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the Hadron transaction discussed in Note 12 – Mezzanine Equity, the remaining principal of $500,000 was paid down, along with $200,000 of accrued interest.

In March 2019, the Company raised $6.0 million through the issuance of a secured promissory note (the “$6M Note”) to an unaffiliated party (the “Holding Party”) bearing interest at a rate of 13% per annum and a service fee of $900,000 (the “Service Fee”). The $6M Note’s initial maturity date of December 31, 2019 was extended to April 2020 in accordance with its terms, with the Company paying a $300,000 extension fee in December 2019 which was charged to interest expense.

The Company and the Holding Party entered into a note extension agreement in April 2020 (the “Initial Extension Agreement”) pursuant to which (i) the $6M Note’s due date was extended to September 2020, and the $6M Note was modified to include unpaid accrued interest of $845,000 through the modification date and interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the “$6.8M Note”), and (iii) a new convertible note in the amount of $900,000 (the “$900k Note”) was issued evidencing the Service Fee, bearing interest at a rate of 12% per annum. The Company satisfied the $900k Note and accrued interest of $20,100 in full as of the June 2020 maturity date by the payment in July 2020 of $460,050 in cash, representing one-half of the principal and accrued interest, and the issuance in June 2020 of 2,525,596 shares of the Company’s common stock, in payment of the other half of the principal and accrued interest.

In September 2018, the Company raised $3.0 million from the issuance of a secured promissory note to the Holding Party, bearing interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the “$3M Note”). The maturity date of the $3M Note, initially in March 2020, was extended for an additional six months in accordance with its terms, with the interest rate increasing to 12% per annum during the extension period. Pursuant to the Initial Extension Agreement, the maturity date of the $3M Note was extended to December 2020.

As part of the $3M Note transaction, the Company issued three-year warrants to the Holding Party’s designees to purchase 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The Company recorded a discount on the $3M Note of approximately $1,511,000 from the allocation of note proceeds to the warrants based on the fair value of such warrants on the issuance date. This discount was amortized to interest expense in 2018 and 2019.

In October 2020, the Company and the Holding Party entered into a second note extension agreement (the “Second Extension Agreement”) whereby the Company (i) paid $1 million of principal and all outstanding accrued interest of approximately $333,000 on the $6.8M Note; (ii) issued an amended and restated senior secured promissory note in the principal amount of $5,845,000 (the “$5.8M Note”) to replace the $6.8M Note; and (iii) amended and restated the $3M Note (the “New $3M Note”, and together with the $5.8M Note, the “Amended Notes”). The Amended Notes bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum with maturity dates in September 2022, and can be prepaid in whole or in part at any time.

In consideration of the Second Extension Agreement, the Company (i) issued four-year warrants to the Holding Party’s designees to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share; (ii) paid the Holding Party a fee of $100,000; and (iii) extended the security interest in certain Company properties and the pledge of certain equity interests to secure the Amended Notes. The Company recorded a discount on the Amended Notes of approximately $573,000 based on the fair value of such warrants on the issuance date, of which approximately $75,000 was amortized as of the end of 2020, and the remainder to be amortized over the life of the Amended Notes. Accordingly, the carrying value of the Amended Notes approximated $8.3 million at December 31, 2020, of which $1.9 million was current.

The Company made a required principal payment of $400,000 on the $5.8M note in February 2021. In March 2021, utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the Hadron transaction discussed in Note 12 – Mezzanine Equity, the Amended Notes were fully paid down, along with accrued interest through the repayment date. In addition, the remaining discount of approximately $450,000 on this note was fully amortized on the payment date.

In August 2020, the Company entered into a note agreement with First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union for the purchase of a commercial vehicle. The note bears interest at 5.74% per annum and matures in July 2026. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the balance of this note approximated $24,000 and $26,000, respectively.

In addition to the above transactions, at the start of 2020, the Company was carrying $3,190,000 of principal on promissory notes issued to accredited investors bearing interest at rates ranging from 6.5% to 18% per annum (the “Existing Notes”). During 2020, the Company (i) raised approximately $2,147,000 from the issuance of new promissory notes to accredited investors bearing interest at 12% and 15% per annum (the “New 2020 Notes”), (ii) repaid $2,100,000 of the Existing Notes, (iii) retired $500,000 of the Existing Notes through the issuance of common stock at a conversion price equal to the market price of the Company’s common stock on the conversion date of $0.32 per share, and (iv) repaid $700,000 of the New 2020 Notes. Accordingly, the remaining balance on the Existing Notes and New 2020 Notes approximated $2,037,000 in the aggregate at December 31, 2020. This balance along with accrued interest through the repayment date of approximately $200,000 were fully paid down in March 2021 utilizing a portion of the proceeds from the Hadron transaction discussed in Note 12 – Mezzanine Equity.

Debt Maturities

As of March 31, 2021, the aggregate scheduled maturities of the Company’s total debt outstanding were:

 SCHEDULE OF AGGREGATE MATURITIES OF DEBT OUTSTANDING