Investment in Non-public Company

12 Months Ended

May 29, 2022

Schedule of Investments [Abstract]

Investment in Non-public Company

Investment in Non-public Company

Windset

On February 15, 2011, Curation Foods entered into a share purchase agreement (the “Windset Purchase Agreement”) with Windset. Pursuant to the Windset Purchase Agreement, Curation Foods purchased from Windset 150,000 Senior A preferred shares for $15.0 million and 201 common shares for $201. On July 15, 2014, Curation Foods increased its investment in Windset by purchasing from the Newell Capital Corporation an additional 68 common shares and 51,211 junior preferred shares of Windset for $11.0 million. After this purchase, the Company’s common shares represented a 26.9% ownership interest in Windset. The Senior A preferred shares yielded a cash dividend of 7.5% annually. The dividend was payable within 90 days of each anniversary of the execution of the Windset Purchase Agreement. The non-voting junior preferred stock did not yield a dividend unless declared by the Board of Directors of Windset and no such dividend has been declared.

The Shareholders’ Agreement between Curation Foods and Windset, as amended on March 15, 2017, included a put and call option (the “Put and Call Option”), which was exercisable on or after March 31, 2022, whereby Curation Foods could exercise the put to sell its common, Senior A preferred shares, and junior preferred shares to Windset, or Windset could exercise the call to purchase those shares from Curation Foods, in either case, at a price equal to 26.9% of the fair market value of Windset’s common shares, plus the liquidation value of the preferred shares of $20.1 million ($15.0 million for the Senior A preferred shares and $5.1 million for the junior preferred shares). Under the terms of the arrangement with Windset, the Company was entitled to designate one of five members on the Board of Directors of Windset.

On October 29, 2014, Curation Foods further increased its investment in Windset by purchasing 70,000 shares of Senior B preferred shares for $7.0 million. The Senior B preferred shares paid an annual dividend of 7.5% on the amount outstanding at each anniversary date of the Windset Purchase Agreement. The Senior B preferred shares purchased by Curation Foods had a put feature whereby Curation Foods could sell back to Windset the Senior B preferred shares for $7.0 million at any time after October 29, 2017.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company exercised its put feature and sold the 70,000 shares of Senior B preferred shares back to Windset for $7.0 million.

The investment in Windset does not qualify for equity method accounting as the investment does not meet the criteria of in-substance common stock due to returns through the annual dividend on the non-voting senior preferred shares that were not available to the common stock holders. As the put and call options required all of the various shares to be put or called in equal proportions, the Company has deemed that the investment, in substance, should be treated as a single security for purposes of accounting.

The fair value of the Company’s investment in Windset was determined utilizing the Windset Purchase Agreement’s put/call calculation for value and a discounted cash flow model based on projections developed by Windset that were reviewed by Landec, and considers the put and call conversion options. These features impact the duration of the cash flows utilized to derive the estimated fair values of the investment. These two discounted cash flow models' estimate for fair value are then weighted. Assumptions included in these discounted cash flow models are evaluated quarterly based on Windset’s actual and projected operating results to determine the change in fair value.

During the fiscal years ended May 30, 2021 and May 31, 2020, the Company recorded $1.1 million in dividend income, respectively, which is included in loss from discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations. The decrease in the fair market value of the Company’s investment in Windset for the fiscal years ended May 30, 2021 and May 31, 2020 was $11.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively, and is included in loss from discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On June 1, 2021, the Company and Curation Foods entered into and closed a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Newell Capital Corporation and Newell Brothers Investment 2 Corp., as Purchasers (the “Purchasers”) and Windset, pursuant to which Curation Foods sold all of its equity interests of Windset to the Purchasers in exchange for an aggregate purchase price of $45.1 million.