Note 4 - Notes Payable

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 4.  NOTES PAYABLE

Unrelated

On August 2, 2019 the Company secured a $4,000,000 investment from an unrelated third party in the form of a loan. The loan was evidenced by a note which bore interest at the rate of 11% per year, was due and payable on August 2, 2022 and was secured by a first lien on Building 1 at the Company’s Massachusetts Cannabis Center (“MCC”).

The note holder also received a warrant which allows the holder to purchase 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.50 per share. The warrant will expire on the earlier of (i) August 2, 2024 or (ii) twenty days after written notice to the holder that the daily Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company’s common stock was at least $4.00 for twenty consecutive trading days and the average daily trading volume of the Company’s common stock during the twenty trading days was at least 150,000 shares.

The broker for the loan received a cash commission of $320,000 plus warrants to purchase 48,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $1.50 per share and expire on August 2, 2024. The cash commission and the fair value of the warrants amounting to $52,392 were recognized as a discount to the note.

The Company allocated the proceeds between the note and the warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value of the 600,000 warrants was $562,762 which was recognized as additional paid in capital and a corresponding debt discount.

On December 4, 2020, the loan was modified and increased by $500,000 and the maturity date of the loan was extended to August 1, 2023. All other provisions of the original loan remained the same. The debt modification was deemed not substantial and was accounted for as a debt modification. The broker for the loan received a cash commission of $40,000 which was expensed when incurred.

In July 2023, the maturity date was further extended to December 1, 2023. On November 30, 2023, the maturity of the loan was extended to January 31, 2024. All other provisions of the previously modified loan remain the same. The debt modification was deemed not substantial and was accounted for as a debt modification. The broker for the loan received a cash commission of $7,500 which was expensed when incurred. On January 31, 2024, the maturity date of the loan was further extended until April 15, 2024. All other provisions of the previously modified loan remain the same. On April 12, 2024, the maturity of the loan was further extended until August 31, 2024. All other provisions of the previously modified loan remain the same.

At March 31, 2024, the outstanding principal on this note was $4,500,000 and the unamortized debt discount was $0. All debt discounts are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the modified note. Amortization expense related to the debt discounts was $0 and $97,412 for the six months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The modified note is secured by a first lien on Building 1 at the Company’s Massachusetts Cannabis Center (“MCC”).

BASK. On April 7, 2016, we signed agreements with BASK. BASK is one of a limited number of organizations that has received a provisional or final registration to cultivate, process and sell medical and adult use cannabis by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission.

Pursuant to the agreements, we agreed to provide BASK with financing for construction and working capital required for BASK’s approved dispensary and cultivation center in Fairhaven, MA.

On July 26, 2019, the Company entered into a 15-Year Triple Net lease of Building 1 of the MCC with BASK. The lease commenced on September 1, 2019 and includes an annual base rent of $138,762 and a revenue participation fee equivalent to 15% of BASK’s gross revenues. The BASK tenant receivable balance was $637,766 and $103,450 as of March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.

Related Party

SCP. On September 30, 2019, we entered into an amended note with Strategic Capital Partners, LLC (“SCP”), an entity controlled by Benjamin J. Barton, one of our officers and directors and principal shareholders, in the principal amount of $1,756,646, bearing interest of 9% per year and maturing on December 31, 2022. During the year ended September 30, 2022, the maturity of the note was extended to December 31, 2023. In December 2023, the note was further extended to March 31, 2024. In March 2024, the note was further extended to August 15, 2024.

Accrued interest on the note was $4,446 and $0 at March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, respectively.

At March 31, 2024 and September 30, 2023, the outstanding principal on this note was $581,646.

During the year ended September 30, 2023, the Company also incurred $180,000 of consulting expenses with SCP and paid $247,500. As of September 30, 2023, $15,000 remained unpaid. During the six months ended March 31, 2024, the Company incurred $90,000 of consulting expenses with SCP and paid $105,000. As of March 31, 2024, $0 remains outstanding.