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Note 5 - Notes Payable
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
5
– Notes Payable and Line of Credit
 
6%
Note Payable due
November 30, 2018
 
On
July 28, 2018,
the Company entered into the Amendment and Termination Agreement (“Amendment and Termination Agreement”) with Pacific Leaf Ventures, L.P (“Pacific Leaf”). Pursuant to that agreement, the Pacific Leaf Royalty Agreement and all other agreements with Pacific Leaf were terminated in their entirety, and the Company would make payments totaling
$1
million of the
$1.5
million balance due to Pacific Leaf by
August 31, 2018.
Contemporaneously with the Amendment and Termination Agreement, the Company issued a Promissory Note (“Promissory Note”) for the remaining
$0.5
million due to Pacific Leaf. The Promissory Note accrued interest at a rate of
6%
per annum and matured on
November 30, 2018.
The Company recorded interest expense of
$5,425
related to the Promissory Note for the
three
months ended
December 31, 2018
.
 
In consideration for deferring the payment of the amounts due to Pacific Leaf, the Company issued
100,000
shares of its common stock to Pacific Leaf on
July 31, 2018
having a fair market value of
$36,000.
The Company made cash payments totaling
$1.0
million to Pacific Leaf in
August 2018
related to the Amendment and Termination Agreement. Both the
$36,000
fair value of shares issued to Pacific Leaf and the
$
1,000,000
in cash payments made to Pacific Leaf in
August 2018
are recorded in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three and Six Months Ended
September
31,
2018,
under the other expense caption.
 
On
December 21, 2018,
the Company made a
$100,000
payment on the promissory note. The payment was applied to interest accrued to date of
$12,164
and the remaining
$87,836
was applied to the principal balance of the Note.
 
On
December 21, 2018,
the Company also issued
500,000
shares of its common stock to Pacific Leaf in consideration for further deferral of repayment of the Note. The Company recorded $
95,000
in expense related to the shares issued, which is recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended
March 31, 2019
, under the other expense caption.
 
The Company made additional payments on the promissory note of
$100,000
on
January 16, 2019,
$100,000
on
February 6, 2019,
and a final payment of
$210,000
on
March 4, 2019
which paid the note off in full.
 
Because the Amendment and Termination Agreement irrevocably terminated the Pacific Leaf Royalty Agreement Royalty Agreement, the Company recorded an expense of
$1,530,000
in the quarter ended
December 31, 2018
related to the prepaid royalties previously recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in connection with the
February 2018
Agreement. The expense is included in the Other Expense caption of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the
nine
months ended
December 31, 2018
. In total, the Company recorded
$3.1
million in Other Expense in its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the
nine
months ended
December 31, 2018
, as summarized in the table below:
 
Amounts Recorded in Other Expense Related to Royalty Settlement
 
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2018
 
         
Prepaid royalties expensed during the quarter
  $
1,530,000
 
Promissory note issued to Pacific Leaf, due on or before November 30, 2018
   
500,000
 
600,000 shares common stock issued to Pacific Leaf
   
131,000
 
Long-term note payable and accrued interest terminated
   
(20,075
)
Total non-cash expense
   
2,140,925
 
Cash payments made in August 2018
   
1,000,000
 
Total
  $
3,140,925
 
 
0%
Note Payable dated
October 23, 2017
 
On
October 23, 2017,
the Company amended the existing Nevada Medical Marijuana Production License Agreement (“Amended Production License Agreement”). Per the terms of the Amended Production License Agreement, GB Sciences purchased the remaining percentage of the production license resulting in the
100%
ownership of the license. GB Sciences also received
100%
ownership of the cultivation license included in the original Nevada Medical Marijuana Production License Agreement. In exchange, GB Sciences made a
one
-time payment of
$500,000
and issued a
0%
Promissory Note in the amount of
$700,000
payable in equal monthly payments over a
three
-year period commencing on
January 1, 2018.
 
The present value of the note was
$521,067
on the date of its issuance based on an imputed interest rate of
20.3%
and the Company recorded a discount on notes payable of
$178,933.
During the
nine
months ended
December 31, 2019
, the Company recorded
$31,092
in interest expense related to amortization of the note discount.
 
The Company has been in default on this note since
June
of
2019,
and as of the date of this report,
eight
monthly payments on the note totaling
$155,555
are unpaid. If the Company is unable to cure the default within
ten
days of receiving a written notice,
483
Management will have the option to accelerate the remaining balance owed of
$369,444
and impose a penalty interest rate of
10%,
but must notify the Company in writing should it choose to do so. The Company is currently in the process of negotiating a settlement and/or forbearance agreement with the lender.
 
Line of Credit dated
November 27, 2019
 
In connection with the Binding Letter of Intent dated
November 27, 2019,
the Company entered into a promissory note and received a line of credit for up to
$470,000
from the purchaser of
75%
interest in its Nevada facilities. The note matures upon the close of the sale of membership interests. During the
nine
months ended
December 31, 2019
, the Company received
$330,000
in advances under the line of credit. Subsequent to
December 31, 2019
, the Company received an additional
$150,000
in advances under the line of credit, bringing total proceeds to
$480,000
as of the date of this report and reflecting an informal agreement with the lender to increase the Line of Credit limit by
$10,000.
The balance at
December 31, 2019
was
$330,000.
 
Note payable to BCM MED, LLC
 
On
December 20, 2018,
GB Sciences Louisiana, LLC (“GBSLA") entered into a
$300,000
Loan Agreement with BCM MED, LLC (“BCM MED”). BCM MED is a related party to Wellcana Group, LLC, the minority member in GBSLA. The purpose of the financing is to fund operating expenses incurred by or on behalf of medical marijuana operations of GBSLA.
 
Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, GBSLA began making
eight
(
8
) monthly installment payments in the amount of
$33,333
on or before the
10
th
business day of each month commencing in
April 2019.
The aggregate amount of the installment payments from GBSLA to BCM MED are equal to the loan amount. Through
November 15, 2019,
GBSLA made
$266,667
in payments towards the loan and reduced the loan balance to
$33,333.
The remaining balance was deconsolidated upon close of the sale of the Company's controlling membership interest (Note
10
).
 

Summary of Notes Payable and Convertible Notes
 
As of
December 31, 2019
, the following notes payable were recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet:
 
   
As of December 31, 2019
 
Short-Term Notes Payable
 
Face Value
   
Discount
   
Carrying Value
 
6% Convertible promissory notes payable (Note 6)
  $
1,257,000
    $
(257,177
)   $
999,823
 
8% Convertible Secured Promissory Note dated February 28, 2019, as amended (Note 6)
   
1,271,863
     
(584,842
)    
687,021
 
8% Convertible Promissory Note dated April 23, 2019 (Note 6)
   
2,640,000
     
(142,314
)    
2,497,686
 
0% Note Payable dated October 23, 2017, current portion
   
369,444
     
(23,753
)    
345,691
 
Line of Credit dated November 27, 2019
   
330,000
     
-
     
330,000
 
Note Payable to John Davis (Note 9)
   
151,923
     
-
     
151,923
 
Total Short-Term Notes Payable
  $
6,020,230
    $
(1,008,086
)   $
5,012,144