Investment in Ramsey Property and Related Notes Receivable & Variable Interest Entity Considerations

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

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Investment in Ramsey Property and Related Notes Receivable & Variable Interest Entity Considerations

8. Investment in Ramsey Property and Related Notes Receivable & Variable Interest Entity Considerations

In November 2014, the Company purchased two promissory notes through a Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement in the amount of $1.2 million. The promissory notes were cross-collateralized and originally secured by (collectively, the “Collateral”), among other things, real property consisting of 2.3 acres of land and an approximate 30,000 square foot industrial building and a security interest in substantially all of the assets of Riverside Manufacturing, Inc. (“Riverside”) (consisting primarily of machine shop equipment and accounts receivable).

The notes were recorded at their purchase price and since the notes remain in default, they have been placed on nonaccrual status, and therefore, the Company has not collected or recognized any interest income since the date of purchase. Additionally, due to uncertainties relating to future cash flows projected to be received on the notes, no accretable yield has been recorded.

During the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we entered into forbearance agreements with Riverside whereby we agreed to forbear from enforcing our rights under the promissory notes until July 31, 2015. Additionally, we entered into a revolving loan agreement, whereby we have agreed to advance Riverside from time-to-time up to an aggregate amount of $200,000 at any time prior to July 31, 2015. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, we amended the revolving loan agreement to provide for advances to Riverside of up to an aggregate amount of $300,000 under a Revolving Loan Modification Agreement filed herewith.

Additionally, during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, as disclosed in a Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 13, 2015, we entered a settlement agreement such that we received the deed to the land and building located in Ramsey, Minnesota which had previously been held as security for notes receivable. The notes are considered impaired because we do not believe the contractual payments will be collected pursuant to contract terms. Accordingly, the recorded investment is reflected at the lesser of the purchase price or the estimated fair value of the collateral (with appropriate reductions for estimated disposal costs). As of June 30, 2015, we obtained third party appraisals of the land and building as well as the equipment which is security for the notes, less estimates of liquidation costs and have determined that no impairment charge is necessary.

As of June 30, 2015, the Company has evaluated whether or not the investments in Riverside create a variable interest entity (“VIE”) requiring consolidation. VIEs are legal entities in which the equity investors do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to independently finance its activities or the collective holders do not have the power through voting or similar rights to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact its economic performance, the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity, or the right to receive expected residual returns of the entity. Consolidation of a VIE is considered appropriate if a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary, the party that has both significant influence and control over the VIE. Management performed a qualitative analysis to determine if the Company is the primary beneficiary of Riverside. The Company performed a VIE analysis including a review of Riverside’s capital structure, contractual terms, and primary activities, including the Company’s ability to direct the activities of Riverside and its obligations to absorb losses, or the right to receive benefits, significant to Riverside. The Company has determined that Riverside’s debt represented by the two promissory notes and the revolving loan constitute the majority of its financial support and continuing support for its ongoing operations, and that the equity investment at risk in Riverside was insufficient to permit financing of activities without additional financial support from the Company. Accordingly, it was determined that the Company has a variable interest in Riverside and Riverside is a variable interest entity of the Company. Based on the Company’s analysis as of June 30, 2015, however, it was determined that the Company is not the primary beneficiary of Riverside because the sole shareholder of Riverside has retained the day to day management and control over all key economic decisions of the Riverside business and the Company has no authority as the primary creditor of Riverside to affect any of these management decisions nor does the Company have any obligation to absorb Riverside’s losses or the right to receive any benefits from Riverside.

Our total investment in Riverside as of June 30, 2015 is represented by real estate and notes receivable in the amount of $1,624,000 reported on our consolidated balance sheet collectively as Investment in Ramsey property and related notes receivable. Our maximum investment at risk, inclusive of additional credit extended to Riverside between June 30, 2015 and July 31, 2015, should Riverside remain in default on the notes coupled with our inability to foreclose on the collateral and sell the land and building would be $1,710,000. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 we have provided no support, financial or otherwise, to Riverside other than as contractually required by the revolving loan agreement. The payments we have advanced to Riverside under the revolving loan agreement have generally been made to fund Riverside’s ongoing working capital needs. Riverside is a contract manufacturer providing services to the aerospace, commercial airline, transportation and defense-related sectors and its unaudited revenues for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 totaled $1.9 million. The Company originally acquired the notes to achieve a return on capital upon liquidation or operation of the Riverside assets. The Company entered into the forbearance agreements with Riverside to allow further time for Riverside to improve its financial performance and for the Company to evaluate those results prior to liquidating the investment. See Note 15 Subsequent Events.