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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 4

Commitments and Contingencies:

 

Litigation

 

Avalon 

On January 12, 2018, the Company received a copy of a complaint, dated November 17, 2017, that was filed by Alpha Alpha, LLC in the Thirteenth Judicial District Court in the County of Valencia in the State of New Mexico against Avalon Jubilee, LLC, the holding company that owns the property in Los Lunas, New Mexico, HiTex, LLC, MCBB, LLC, Land Strategies, LLC, Ronald R. Cobb and John Does 1-5. The suit asked the court to, among other things, determine whether there have been unauthorized transfers of interest in Avalon Jubilee LLC; and declare who are the holders of interests in Avalon Jubilee LLC. Although the complaint did not name the Company or any of its subsidiaries or specifically question the Company’s interest in Avalon Jubilee LLC, it raised questions about whether the transfers of interest leading to the Company’s acquisition of its interest in Avalon Jubilee LLC were properly made in accordance with the Avalon Jubilee operating agreement.

 

On April 27, 2018, the Company, and certain of its subsidiaries, entered into an agreement with Alpha Alpha LLC and Presidential Realty Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries, under which the Company’s subsidiary, First Capital Avalon Jubilee LLC, was recognized as a 17.9133% member in Avalon Jubilee, LLC, and the operating agreement and other documents were so amended to reflect that acknowledgement. In 2017, the Company recognized an impairment expense of $1,439 to account for our estimate of the impact that the described litigation may have on the operations and fair value of the underlying asset.  The settlement and recognition of the Company’s ownership interest was viewed as a favorable outcome.

  

JFURTI

The Company is a party to JFURTI, LLC, et al v. Suneet Singal, et al, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The suit names as defendants Suneet Singal, an officer of various First Capital companies as well as the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and former member of the Company’s board of directors, Frank Grant and Richard Leider, board members of First Capital Real Estate Investments, LLC, First Capital Real Estate Advisors, LP, Presidential Realty Corporation, Presidential Realty Operating Partnership, Downey Brand LLP and now the Company (under its previous name, PhotoMedex Inc.), as well as nominal derivative defendants First Capital Real Estate Trust Incorporated and First Capital Real Estate Operating Partnership, L.P. Mr. Leider is also on the board of directors of the Company.

 

A Motion to Dismiss this action was filed with the court on behalf of all defendants. On April 12, 2018, plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint in this matter. Plaintiffs also filed a response to the defendants’ Motion. Defendants filed a Memorandum in support of their Motion to Dismiss as well as a response to the plaintiffs’ response to the Motion, addressing both the original and the Amended Complaint in those filings. The Motion is now pending before the Court and there is no time frame known in which the Court may rule on the Motion.

 

The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against this suit. At this time, the amount of any loss, or range of loss, cannot be reasonably estimated as the case has only been initiated and no discovery has been conducted to determine the validity of any claim or claims made by plaintiffs. Therefore, the Company has not recorded any reserve or contingent liability related to these particular legal matters. However, in the future, as the cases progress, the Company may be required to record a contingent liability or reserve for these matters. More information is available from the Company’s prior filings in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2018 and in its Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 on Form 10-Q.

 

Suneet Singal 

On September 21, 2018, the Company received notice that a suit had been filed against it in the Supreme Court of New York for the County of New York by Suneet Singal, its former Chief Executive Officer. The suit also names the Company’s transfer agent, Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions Inc. (“Broadridge”). The suit alleges breach of contract, breach of good faith and, with regard to Broadridge, a violation of UCC Article 8-401, and demands the issuance and release to Mr. Singal of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, as well as other unspecified damages. (See Note 7 for further discussion).

  

The Company issued Mr. Singal 1,000,000 shares of its common stock in connection with his resignation from the Chief Executive Officer position, under a Separation Agreement dated December 22, 2017. The Company’s board of directors later unanimously determined to rescind the grant of that stock, in part because of discoveries made in 2018 regarding the valuation and/or transfer of assets under the Contribution Agreement by First Capital Real Estate Operating Partnership, L.P., in which Mr. Singal is Chief Executive Officer of First Capital Real Estate Trust Incorporated, the Partnership’s General Partner. Those discoveries included an alleged misleading valuation of one property resulting in that property’s value being lowered by approximately $1 million, and an alleged incorrect transfer of interests in another property, Avalon Jubilee, to the Company despite the interests being subject to a right of first refusal.

 

The Company intends to defend itself vigorously against this suit. At this time, the amount of any loss, or range of loss, cannot be reasonably estimated as the case has only been initiated and no discovery has been conducted to determine the validity of any claim or claims made by plaintiffs. Therefore, the Company has not recorded any reserve or contingent liability related to these particular legal matters. However, in the future, as the cases progress, the Company may be required to record a contingent liability or reserve for these matters.

 

Employee Misappropriation of Funds

In January 2018, as a result of new control procedures instituted by the management team, the Company discovered that a former employee had charged personal expenses to a company credit card, making unauthorized payments to herself in the form of bonuses and car allowances and theft of Company inventory over several years as mentioned below. Upon discovery, the Company took immediate steps to remove such employee’s access to Company assets, placed her on paid leave, and launched an internal investigation. Based on the results of the preliminary internal investigation, the employee was terminated on January 26, 2018.

 

The Company engaged an accounting firm to conduct a forensic accounting investigation, which concluded that the employee misappropriated corporate funds for her personal benefit by charging personal items to a company credit card, making unauthorized payments to herself in the form of bonuses and car allowances and theft of Company inventory between May 2011 through January 2018, resulting in an aggregate misappropriation of Company funds in the amount of approximately $484.

 

After considering the qualitative and quantitative aspects in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99, the Company has concluded that this misappropriation of Company funds did not lead to a material misstatement on any of the previous financial statements covering the aforementioned period of time that would require restatement of those financial statements. Such determination was based, among others, on the following: (i) the magnitude of the theft, as a percentage, was low relative to revenue, pretax income and asset balance, (ii) the theft would not create any changes to the financial reporting line items, and (iii) most of the journal entries created by the employee, if revised today, would cause zero change to net income or assets and liabilities as those entries related to the Company’s former business operations which were sold to a third parties.

 

The Company is currently evaluating its options on how best to proceed with recovering these assets.

 

Other litigation

The Company and certain subsidiaries are, and have been, involved in other miscellaneous litigation and legal actions, including product liability, consumer, commercial, tax and governmental matters, which can arise from time to time in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. The Company believes that these other litigations and claims will likely be resolved without a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. However, litigation and legal actions are inherently unpredictable, and excessive verdicts can result in such situations. Although the Company believes it has or will have substantial defenses in these matters, it may, in the future, incur judgments or enter into settlements of claims that could have a material adverse effect on results of operations in a particular period.

  

Registration Rights Agreement under Remediation Plan

On September 24, 2018, in connection with the Remediation Agreement (as described in Note 5), the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with OFI and Dr. Dolev Rafaeli, Dennis M. McGrath and Dr. Yoav Ben-Dror (the “Note Holders”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to register all shares of common stock that may be issued upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock, as well as all other shares of the Company’s capital stock held by OFI (the “Registrable securities”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of such Registrable Securities within 30 days of the date of the Registration Rights Agreement and cause such registration statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible but, in any event, no later than 120 days following the filing date if such registration statement is filed on Form S-3 or 150 days if such registration statement is filed on Form S-1. If such registration statement is not filed or declared effective by the SEC on or prior to such dates, or if after such registration statement is declared effective, without regard for the reason thereunder or efforts therefor, such registration statement ceases for any reason to be effective for more than an aggregate of 30 trading days during any 12-month period, which need not be consecutive, then in addition to any other rights the holders of Registrable Securities may have under the Registration Rights Agreement or under applicable law, the Company shall pay to each holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the product obtained by multiplying (x) $1.00 by (y) the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by the holder (the “Investment Amount”), provided that, in no event will the Company be liable for liquidated damages in excess of 1.0% of the Investment Amount in any single month and that the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to the holders under the Registration Rights Agreement shall be 10% of the Investment Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the filing and effective date deadlines above shall be extended during such time as the Company is actively pursuing a business combination involving the Company that is approved by each of OFI and the Note Holders. As result of the potential merger transaction (as described in Note 7) under which, inter alia, the Company intends to register all Registrable Securities through a registration statement on a Form S-4, the filing and effective date deadlines above are currently under extension. As the accounting for any obligations due under the registration payment agreement falls under ASC 450 “Contingencies”, the Company will make provisions for any liabilities and record related expense, at which time the amount to be paid is probable and reasonably estimable. As of September 30, 2018, the amount to be paid is not probable and reasonably estimable.

 

The new Registration Rights Agreement replaced previous Registration Rights Agreements with OFI and the Note Holders. Consequently, OFI and the Note Holders waived their rights to liquidated damages in connection with the late filing and in connection with the effectiveness deadline for previous registration statements.

 

Services Agreement

On September 24, 2018, in connection with the Remediation Agreement, the Company entered into a services agreement (the “Services Agreement”) with the Note Holders, pursuant to which each of the Note Holders agreed to provide certain services to the Company and/or its subsidiaries in exchange for certain cash payments set forth in the Services Agreement. Under the Services Agreement, the Company agreed to make payments to Dr. Dolev Rafaeli, Dennis M. McGrath and Yoav Ben-Dror in the amount of approximately $21, $7, and $10, respectively, per month (collectively, the “Cash Payments”) until December 31, 2018, provided that Cash Payments to Dr. Rafaeli and Mr. McGrath shall be made bi-monthly in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices. The Company may, at its option, prepay the Cash Payments at any time without any penalty or premium. The Company and the Note Holders agreed that if the Company instructs the Note Holders to cease providing the services or otherwise attempts to or does terminate the Note Holders as service providers for any reason, such cessation of services or termination will not affect the Company’s obligation to make the Cash Payments.

 

In addition to the Cash Payments, the Services Agreement provides that Dr. Dolev Rafaeli and Dennis M. McGrath will continue to receive the employee benefits that they are currently receiving through December 31, 2018, including existing health and disability benefits, and for so long after December 31, 2018 as they continue to provide the services described in the Services Agreement. After December 31, 2018 and once Dr. Dolev Rafaeli and Dennis M. McGrath no longer provide such services, as previously agreed in their employment agreements with the Company, they will receive COBRA coverage for a period of 18 months, to be fully paid for, or reimbursed to Messrs. Rafaeli and McGrath, by the Company.

 

Amended and Restated Separation Agreement

On February 12, 2018, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Separation Agreement with Mr. Stephen Johnson, its former Chief Finance Officer, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay Mr. Johnson an amount of $123 in 11 installments as follows: the first six installments of $10 each, and the following five installments of $12.5 each. The first payment was made on February 15, 2018, and subsequent payments are to be made on or before the 15th day of each succeeding month, with the final installment to be paid on or before December 15, 2018. The Company will also provide a health (medical, dental and/or vision) insurance reimbursement payment for Mr. Johnson and his family, for a period of 11 months, in the agreed upon amount of $3 per month.

 

In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to Mr. Johnson 271,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock splits, stock or business combinations, recapitalizations or similar events occurring after the date of the agreement. Those shares will be issued on any business day during the period commencing on the date that is six months after the date of the agreement and ending on the date that is three business days after such six-month anniversary. In August 2018, the aforesaid shares were issued to Mr. Johnson with a stated value of $86 (see also Note 5). In addition, as of September 30, 2018, the balance payable amounted to $78 to Mr. Johnson is included in accrued compensation and related expenses.

 

Resignation of Officers and Director

The former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Finance Officer of the Company resigned on June 16, 2018 asserting resignations for “good reason” as that term is used in their employment agreements, to which the Company disagrees. To the Company’s knowledge, no complaints against the Company have been filed to date. The Company and its legal counsel believe that a potential claim, if any, would be without merit and intends to vigorously defend against such a claim should one arise. At this stage, the amount of any loss, or range of loss, is highly uncertain and cannot be reasonably estimated. Therefore, the Company has not recorded any contingent liability or reserve related to this particular potential legal matter. However, if it is determined that Mr. Bedi and Mr. Stolzar have resigned for Good Reason as defined in their Employment Agreements, they may be entitled to some or all of the remaining compensation and benefits outlined in those agreements. If, in the future, the likelihood that the Company could have a loss becomes probable and estimable, the Company may be required to record a contingent liability or reserve for this matter.