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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 23: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

On May 31, 2019 the Company acquired Trend Holdings. Pursuant to the merger, the one thousand issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Trend Holdings were converted into 1,100 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with an approximate dollar value of $3,237 based on the closing price per share of Common Stock on the closing date of the merger. William B. Hoagland, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, was President and a principal stockholder of Trend Holdings and received 550 shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the merger. 

 

Trend Capital Management is the general partner or manager of, and provides services and collects fees from entities including Trend LP and Trend SPV, respectively. However, Trend Capital Management is not the investment manager of these entities, nor the beneficial owner of Ecoark securities held by Trend LP nor Trend SPV since it assigned the sole power to vote and direct all investment activities which will impact the entities’ economic performance to an independent third party not affiliated with Ecoark. The investment capital in Trend LP and Trend SPV is from individual limited partners and members, and not from the Company. Trend Capital Management does not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could be significant as a result of the entities’ performance. Trend Capital Management does not have any ownership of or a controlling financial interest in Trend LP nor Trend SPV and therefore management has concluded consolidation of these entities with Trend Capital Management is not required.

 

Jay Puchir, the Company’s Treasurer, served as a consultant to the Company from May 2019 to March 2020 and was paid solely in stock options totaling 40 stock options at an exercise price of $3.15 per share. In addition, any outstanding notes with Mr. Puchir have been repaid along with all accrued interest.

 

Gary Metzger, a director, advanced $578 to the Company through March 31, 2020, under the terms of notes payable that bears interest at rates ranging between 10% and 15% interest per annum. These notes along with all accrued interest were repaid in August 2021.

 

On March 27, 2020, the Company issued 1,789 shares of its common stock to Banner Energy Services, Inc. (“Banner Energy”) and assumed approximately $11,774 in debt and lease liabilities of Banner Midstream. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and another then director, John Cahill, recused themselves from all board discussions on the acquisition of Banner Midstream as they were stockholders and/or noteholders of Banner Midstream. The transaction was approved by all of the disinterested members of the Board. The Chairman and CEO of Banner Energy is the Treasurer of the Company and Chief Executive Officer and President of Banner Midstream. Included in the shares issued in this transaction, John Cahill received 164 shares of common stock and Jay Puchir received 548 shares of common stock. At the time of this transaction, Mr. Cahill and his brother were also members of Shamrock Upstream Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Banner Midstream.

 

In the Banner Midstream acquisition, Randy S. May, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, was the holder of approximately $1,242 in notes payable by Banner Midstream and its subsidiaries, which were assumed by the Company in the transaction. Additionally, Mr. May held a note payable by Banner Energy in the amount of $2,000 in principal and accrued interest, which was converted into 2,740 shares of Common Stock (on a pre-reverse stock split basis) as a result of the transaction. Neither of these amounts remain outstanding.

 

On August 31, 2021, William B. Hoagland, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and Chief Executive Officer of Agora, transferred 550 shares of Ecoark common stock to Trend LP, of which Mr. Hoagland owns an approximately 25% of Trend LP. He also owns 39.6% of Trend SPV. Following the transfer, Trend LP owns 713 shares of Ecoark common stock. Additionally, Trend SPV holds 344 shares of Ecoark common stock and 460 warrants to purchase Ecoark common stock.

 

Ecoark has made periodic loans to Agora to permit it to begin its cryptocurrency mining business. On November 13, 2021, Agora issued Ecoark a $7.5 million term note which accrues 10% per annum interest and is due September 30, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, Agora owed principal of $4,459 and interest of $32 to Ecoark. These amounts have been eliminated in consolidation.