Loans held for investment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Loans Held For Investment

Loans held for investment

Note 7 —— Loans held for investment

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, loans held-for-investment consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Loans held-for-investment:
PZAJ Holdings, LLC (i)	$	4,600,000	$	3,950,000
Carlin Haynes, LLC (ii)	$	750,000	$	250,000
Total loans held-for-investment	$	5,350,000	$	4,200,000

(i)	PZAJ Holdings, LLC (“PZAJ”) is an entertainment content development company engaged in the acquisition, financing, development, production, and distribution of films and television projects. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has loaned $4,600,000 to PZAJ pursuant to multiple promissory notes (collectively, the “PZAJ Notes”) to co-develop certain film and television projects including but not limited to Preach, Camp Hideout, Camp Radio and Thrillusionist. The co-developed projects are intended to be licensed or sold to various media companies or streamed on Lomotif.
	The interest rate on the notes is 2% per annum. The loans are due at various times in 2022. The purpose of the loans is to engage in the acquisition, development and production of consumer facing content and related activities. The loans are nonrecourse loans and will be repaid with earned revenues for each project. As of March 12, 2022, PZAJ, its existing members and the Company entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement of PZAJ, pursuant to which the loans extended by Vinco or on its behalf to PZAJ in the aggregate amount of $5,590,000 was converted into a capital contribution of Vinco into PZAJ and Vinco was admitted into PZAJ as a member owning a 51% membership interest.
(ii)	On August 5, 2021, the Company loaned $250,000 to Carlin Haynes, LLC, dba TMX. The interest rate on the note is 6% per annum. The maturity date of the loan is August 5, 2023. The purpose of the loan is to engage in the creation and distribution of digital media content. In the event that Carlin Haynes, LLC issues and sells units of preferred equity securities to one or more investors in an arm’s length transaction or series of related transactions with the principal purpose of raising capital that results in aggregate gross proceeds to Carlin Haynes, LLC of at least $1,000,000, excluding the amount represented by the conversion of any simple agreement for future equity or outstanding indebtedness, including all or a portion of the note issued to the Company (the “TMX Note”), in accordance with their respective terms and the TMX Note has not been paid in full, then the outstanding principal balance of the TMX Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall automatically convert in whole without any further action by the Company into the number of limited liability company membership units/interests of Carlin Haynes LLC equal to the outstanding principal balance of the TMX Note and all accrued and unpaid interest due on the TMX Note on the date of conversion, divided by 80% of the price per unit paid by the investors to purchase the new securities in the qualified financing.

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, loans held-for-investment – related parties consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Loans held-for-investment – related parties:
Zash Global Media and Entertainment Corporation (iii)		15,000,000		15,000,000
Magnifi U (iv)		1,500,000		1,500,000
Wattum Management (v)		4,000,000		4,000,000
Total loans held-for-investment – related parties	$	20,500,000	$	20,500,000

(iii)	ZASH Global Media and Entertainment Corporation is a media and entertainment company involved in the development of consumer facing content. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has loaned $15,000,000 to ZASH under multiple financings. The interest rate on the notes is 6% per annum. The loans are due in 2023. The purpose of the loans is to engage in the acquisition, development and production of consumer facing content and related activities. In the event that ZASH issues and sells preferred equity securities to one or more investors in an arm’s length transaction or series of related transactions with the principal purpose of raising capital that results in aggregate gross proceeds to ZASH of at least $1,000,000, excluding the amount represented by the conversion of any simple agreement for future equity or outstanding indebtedness, including all or a portion of the notes issued to the Company (the “ZASH Notes”), in accordance with their respective terms and the ZASH Notes have not been paid in full, then the outstanding principal balance of the ZASH Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall automatically convert in whole without any further action by the Company into the number of preferred equity securities of ZASH equal to the outstanding principal balance of the ZASH Notes and all accrued and unpaid interest due on the ZASH Notes on the date of conversion, divided by 80% of the price per share paid by the investors to purchase the new securities in the qualified financing.
(iv)	On October 12, 2021, the Company loaned $1,500,000 to Magnifi U. The interest rate on the note is 3% per annum. The maturity date of the loan is October 12, 2023. The purpose of the loan is to engage in the creation and distribution of digital media content.
(v)	On October 14, 2021, the Company loaned $4,000,000 to Wattum Management, Inc. The interest rate on the note is 5% per annum. The maturity date of the loan is October 12, 2026. The purpose of the loan is to engage in the sale of crypto mining equipment.