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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE L – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

SEPTEMBER 2022 HEALGEN LOAN & PROMISSORY NOTE – LOAN AMENDMENT

 

The Healgen Loan was amended again on January 6, 2023 to increase the principal due under the loan to $815,000. Under this third amendment, the amount of the first payment (due February 15, 2023) was changed to $286,000 with payments of the same amount due on March 15, 2023 and April 15, 2023. No other terms of the Healgen Loan were changed.

The Healgen Loan was amended again on February 9, 2023 to increase the principal due under the loan to $965,000. Under this fourth amendment, the amount of the first payment (due February 15, 2023) was changed to $337,000 with payments of the same amount due on March 15, 2023 and April 15, 2023. No other terms of the Healgen Loan were changed.

 

On February 28, 2023, with proceeds from the Asset Sale to Healgen, the Company made a payment in the amount of $965,000 to Healgen for all principal due under the Healgen Loan. Healgen waived all interest due under the Healgen Loan.

 

Proxy Statement Related to Asset Sale to Healgen

 

As previously indicated under Note K – Asset Sale to Healgen, under the New York Business Corporation Law, the Asset Sale to Healgen requires approval by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, the Company submitted the Asset Sale to Healgen to a shareholder vote via a preliminary Proxy Statement filed on December 22, 2022. On January 5, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its Preliminary Proxy Statement and on January 11, 2023, the Company filed its Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. The Company set a meeting date of February 15, 2023 in which the votes cast related to the Healgen Asset Sale were considered.

 

In addition, the Definitive Proxy Statement included a proposal that would grant the Board with the authority to adjourn the meeting, even if a quorum is present, if necessary or appropriate in the sole discretion of the Board, including to solicit additional proxies in the event that there are insufficient shares present in person or by proxy voting in favor of the Asset Sale to Healgen.

 

Results of Proxy Vote on Asset Sale to Healgen

 

On February 15, 2023, the Company held the 2023 Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) at the Company’s corporate offices in Kinderhook, New York, at which a quorum (27,863,899 shares of common stock of the 47,098,476 shares of common stock outstanding) was present in person or represented by proxy.

 

Approval of the Asset Sale to Healgen required the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock (par value $0.01). 26,381,832, or 54.84% of the total outstanding shares of the Company, voted in favor of the Asset Sale to Healgen. 1,476,077, or 3.06% of the total outstanding shares, voted against the Asset Sale to Healgen. 5,990, or 0.01% of the total shares outstanding, withheld voting on the Asset Sale to Healgen. Given the majority of total outstanding shares voted in favor of the Asset Sale to Healgen, the Asset Sale to Healgen was approved.

 

Closing of Asset Sale to Healgen

 

On February 28, 2023, the Company completed the Asset Sale to Healgen and disposition of substantially all of the Company’s assets. In connection with the closing of the Asset Sale to Healgen, and in accordance with the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Healgen paid an aggregate purchase price of $3 million (“Purchase Price”). $300,000 of the Purchase Price is being held back in a retention fund to cover potential indemnification claims during the six months following the close. Net proceeds in the amount of $247,000 were received by the Company after satisfaction of 1) a loan with the Healgen in the amount of $965,000, 2) the Cherokee LSA, (totaling $1,031,000 for principal and interest through February 27, 2023), 3) the 2019 Cherokee Term Loan (totaling $252,000 for principal and interest through February 27, 2023), 4) delinquent property related taxes in the amount of $193,000 and 5) $12,000 for current property related taxes.

 

Cherokee LSA and 2019 Cherokee Term Loan

 

On February 28, 2023, with proceeds from the Asset Sale to Healgen, the Company made payments in the amount of $1,031,000 and $252,000 to Cherokee for all principal and interest due under the Cherokee LSA and the 2019 Cherokee Term Loan, respectively.

Property Taxes

 

On February 28, 2023, with proceeds from the Asset Sale to Healgen, the Company made a payments in the amount of $193,000 satisfying all delinquent property and school taxes associated with the Kinderhook, NY facility and $12,000 satisfying all current property related taxes.

 

Melissa Waterhouse Employment Agreement

 

In connection with the Asset Sale to Healgen, Melissa A. Waterhouse, the Chief Executive Officer/Principal Financial Officer of the Company, agreed to enter into an employment agreement with Healgen. Therefore, the employment agreement with Melissa Waterhouse was terminated effective March 1, 2023. Ms. Waterhouse has agreed to provide consulting services for the Company for up to three months, or until June 1, 2023 to assist with the Company’s financial reporting obligations and to assist with the Company’s efforts to secure a new line of business and enter into possible business combinations using the Company’s publicly traded stock as transaction consideration thereby enhancing shareholder value. Ms. Waterhouse will receive a monthly retainer in the amount of $4,000 for her consulting services; however, Ms. Waterhouse has agreed to suspend payment of the retainer until receipt of the Company’s ERC refund of $202,000 or release of the $300,000 in the retention fund previously referenced, whichever comes first. In addition, Ms. Waterhouse has agreed to accept payment of a loan provided to the Company in the amount of $43,000 upon closing of the Asset Sale to Healgen and suspend payment of her deferred salary in the amount of $92,000 and current salary owed to her in the amount of $29,000 until receipt of the Company’s ERC refund of $202,000 or release of the $300,000 in the retention fund previously referenced; whichever comes first.