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CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE - AFFILIATES
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Convertible Notes Payable - Affiliates  
CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE - AFFILIATES

6.       CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE - AFFILIATES:

 

Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes

 

Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations and September 2015 Convertible Notes --- see below) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately $3.47 million, in aggregate –See Note 7 below, ‘Debt Modification to Additional Paid in Capital’) while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights.  The debt modification was treated as an equity transaction because the modifications were with affiliates that are related parties.

 

Mark A. Smith (the Company’s President)(“Smith”), Dominic Bassani (the Company’s Chief Operating Officer)(“Bassani”) and Ed Schafer (Director)(“Schafer”), adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and the adjusted portion of the September 2015 Convertible Notes were renamed Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations of Smith, Bassani and Schafer are convertible into Units (consisting of 1 share and from one half (1/2) to one (1) warrant) at prices of $.0946, $.0953, and $.0953, respectively, and the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.115 per share. The adjusted conversion prices slightly reduce the securities to be issued on conversion of each instrument from the amount receivable under the unadjusted instruments. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes do not accrue any interest until their maturity date (July 1, 2024). After the adjustment, the Company owed Smith, Bassani (and trust) and Schafer $262,154, $434,016 and $96,364, respectively, of Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Bassani and Schafer, respectively, $24,230 and $4,012 of Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023, Smith elected to convert $136,462, in aggregate, of his Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation into 1,442,514 units at $0.0946 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s restricted common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s restricted common stock for $0.75 per share until March 2026. In more detail, effective: a) March 8, 2023, Smith converted $70,000 of his Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation into 739,958 Units (each Unit consisting one share and one warrant); b) March 31, 2023, Smith converted $29,888 of his Adjusted Convertible Obligation into 315,948 Units (each Unit consisting one share of common stock and one warrant); and c) June 4, 2023, Smith converted $36,573 of his Adjusted Convertible Obligation into 386,608 Units (each Unit consisting one share of common stock and one warrant). Smith donated to charitable organizations and/or gifted to family members and others a large portion of these securities (700,000 common shares and 955,000 warrants, in aggregate) while retaining direct ownership of 292,514 common shares and 116,566 warrants and indirect ownership of 450,000 common shares and 370,948 warrants (owned by his wife). The warrants are exercisable for three years from conversion dates. Subsequent to June 30, 2023, Smith converted additional portions of his Adjusted Convertible Obligation. See Note 12.

 

As of June 30 2023, the Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer were $441,446, $130,180 and $98,014, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2023 the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $24,645 and $4,081, respectively.

 

2020 Convertible Obligations

 

The 2020 Convertible Obligations (which combined/replaced prior convertible instruments dating to 2017 (or earlier), which accrue interest at either 4% per annum or 4% compounded quarterly and effective January 1, 2020 are due and payable on July 1, 2024. The 2020 Convertible Obligations (including accrued interest, plus all future deferred compensation added subsequently), are convertible, at the sole election of the holder, into Units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one half to one warrant to purchase a share of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $0.50 per Unit until July 1, 2024. The original conversion price of $0.50 per Unit approximated the fair value of the Units at the date of the agreements; therefore, no beneficial conversion feature exists. Management evaluated the terms and conditions of the embedded conversion features based on the guidance of ASC 815-15 “Embedded Derivatives” to determine if there was an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. An embedded derivative instrument (such as a conversion option embedded in the deferred compensation) must be bifurcated from its host instruments and accounted for separately as a derivative instrument only if the “risks and rewards” of the embedded derivative instrument are not “clearly and closely related” to the risks and rewards of the host instrument in which it is embedded. Management concluded that the embedded conversion feature of the deferred compensation was not required to be bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to the host instrument, and because of the Company’s limited trading volume that indicates the feature is not readily convertible to cash in accordance with ASC 815-10, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Effective February 1, 2023, a large portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were adjusted as set forth herein.

 

As of June 30, 2023, the remaining unadjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts (and his donees) and Smith, were $361,321 and $36,432, respectively. As of June 30, 2022, the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts, Smith and Schafer were $2,597,329, $1,328,040 and $499,274, respectively.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 (on dates prior to the adjustment on February 1, 2023), Smith elected to add $90,000 of his accrued unpaid compensation/un-reimbursed expenses to his 2020 Convertible Obligations.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 (on dates prior to the adjustment on February 1, 2023), Smith elected to convert $30,000 in principal of the 2020 Convertible Obligation to 60,000 units (60,000 common shares and 60,000 warrants), and $20,000 of accrued interest of the 2020 Convertible Obligation to 40,000 units (40,000 common shares and 40,000 warrants). The warrants are exercisable for three years from conversion date.

 

During the year ended June 30, 2023 (on dates after the adjustment on February 1, 2023), Smith elected to convert $136,462 in principal of the Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation to 1,442,514 units (1,442,514 common shares and 1,442,514 warrants). The warrants are exercisable for three years from conversion dates.

 

The Company recorded interest expense of $102,478 and $131,718 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company capitalized $179,981 and $32,000 related to the Initial Project for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long-term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations and September 2015 Convertible Notes) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately $3.47 million, in aggregate) while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights. Because the modifications where with affiliates that are related parties, the debt modification was treated as an equity transaction. The Company recorded a deemed dividend for the reductions.

 

Mark A. Smith (the Company’s President)(“Smith”), Dominic Bassani (the Company’s Chief Operating Officer)(“Bassani”) and Ed Schafer (Director)(“Schafer”), adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations (see above and Note 7.). The debt modification was treated as an equity transaction because the modifications were with affiliates that are related parties.

 

September 2015 Convertible Notes

 

During the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company entered into September 2015 Convertible Notes with Bassani, Schafer and a Shareholder which replaced previously issued promissory notes. The September 2015 Convertible Notes bear interest at 4% per annum, have maturity dates of July 1, 2024, and may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.60 per share. As the conversion price of $0.60 approximated the fair value of the common shares at the date of the September 2015 Convertible Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists.

 

The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2023, including accrued interest owed Bassani, Schafer and Shareholder, are $183,628, $4,081 and $460,873, respectively. The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2022, including accrued interest, were $279,366, $20,845 and $445,756, respectively.

 

The Company recorded interest expense of $23,318 and $23,796 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

 

Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long term convertible obligations (including the September 2015 Convertible Notes owned by Bassani and Schafer) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately $3.52 million, in aggregate) while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights.  Mark A. Smith (the Company’s President), Dominic Bassani (the Company’s Chief Operating Officer)(and a family Trust) and Ed Schafer (Director), adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the were renamed Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes. The Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.115 per share. As of June 30, 2023 the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $24,645 and $4,081, respectively. The debt modification was treated as an equity transaction because the modifications were with affiliates that are related parties. See above.