COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2024 | |
| Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Bankruptcy Claim
During 2019, the Company’s subsidiary, MariMed Hemp, Inc. ("MMH") sold and delivered hemp seed inventory to GenCanna Global Inc., a Kentucky-based cultivator, producer, and distributor of hemp (“GenCanna”). At the time of sale, the Company held a 33.5% ownership interest in GenCanna. The Company recorded a related party receivable of approximately $29 million from the sale, which was fully reserved at December 31, 2019.
On January 24, 2020, an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding under Chapter 11 was filed against GenCanna and its wholly-owned subsidiary, OGGUSA Inc. (f/k/a GenCanna Global US, Inc.) (the "OGGUSA Debtors") in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (the "Bankruptcy Court"). In February 2020, the proceeding was converted into a voluntary Chapter 11 proceeding.
In May 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order authorizing the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the OGGUSA Debtors to MGG Investment Group LP ("MGG"), a creditor of the OGGUSA Debtors. Following such sale, a liquidating plan of reorganization was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on November 12, 2020 (the "Liquidating Plan"). The liquidation is currently ongoing.
In April 2022, a Complaint was filed by the Liquidating Plan administrator against MMH (the "Complaint") alleging certain preferential transfers of assets, which were valued by the Plan Administrator at $250,000, relating to payments on a $600,000 loan made to MMH by the Company prior to the filing of the proceedings (the "Preferential Claim"). The Complaint sought to recover an amount no less than $200,000 and to disallow MMH’s unsecured general claim in the bankruptcy proceeding until such time as such preferential transfer had been repaid.
In July 2023, MMH entered into a Settlement and Release Agreement with the Plan Administrator pursuant to which it agreed to reduce its Bankruptcy Court approved unsecured general claim to $15.5 million, or by 50%, in consideration for the settlement of the Preferential Claim and a general release of MMH and the Company.
As of the date of this filing, there is insufficient information to determine how much MMH may receive upon the completion of the liquidation of the remaining assets of the OGGUSA Debtors on account of its general unsecured claim, if anything.
New Bedford, MA and Middleborough, MA Buildouts
In the third quarter of 2023, the Company recorded an increase of $2.0 million in building and building improvements and a corresponding accrued liability in the same amount for electrical work performed at the Company's New Bedford and Middleborough properties between December 2017 and June 2023. The electrical work was performed by an electrical contractor that is owned and/or controlled by the family of a non-officer/director Company stockholder who beneficially owned more than 5% of the Company's common stock when the electrical work began. The electrical work was primarily paid for by an entity that is indirectly controlled by that individual and another non-officer/director Company stockholder who also beneficially owned more than 5% of the Company's common stock when the electrical work began. The Company repaid the two shareholders $300,000 each as salary between 2021 and 2023 (at the rate of $100,000 each per year), which payments have since been terminated. Discussions to reach agreement with the entity that paid for the electrical work and all other interested parties to address this liability and related payment terms are ongoing.
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