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Note 4 - Subordinated Notes Receivable
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
     
Subordinated Notes Receivable
 
The Company received a
$7.4
million subordinated secured promissory note (the “Original Note”) from the Buyer as partial consideration for the sale of substantially all of our assets during the
first
quarter of
2018.
On
September 6, 2018,
the Buyer sold certain of its assets, including certain inventory and the Stone & Leigh tradename (the “S&L Asset Sale”) to Stone & Leigh, LLC (“S&L”), which is owned by a group which includes Matthew W. Smith, the Company’s former interim Chief Executive Officer. As a part of the S&L Asset Sale, the Buyer assigned to S&L certain of its rights and obligations under the original
$7.4
million subordinated secured promissory note. In connection with the assignment, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Subordinated Secured promissory note with the Buyer (the “A&R Note”) and a new Subordinated Secured Promissory Note with S&L (the “S&L Note”). The A&R Note had a principal amount as of the assignment date of
$3.3
million.
 
On
February 7, 2019,
the Company, Buyer and related parties entered into a Consent, Reaffirmation, and Joinder (the “Consent”) in connection with a new senior credit facility that Buyer expected to enter into with Alterna Capital Solutions, LLC (“Alterna”).  Pursuant to the Consent, Buyer delivered a Seconded Amended and Restated Subordinated Secured Promissory Note (the “Second A&R Note”) in favor of the Company. The Second A&R Note has a principal amount of
$3.2
million and remains payable
no
later than
March 2, 2023,
at which time the total principal amount is due. Interest on the principal balance of the note continues to accrue daily at an annual fixed rate of
6%.
The other terms of the Second A&R Note are substantially the same as those of the A&R Note. The Second A&R Note also remains guaranteed by Stanley Intermediate Holdings LLC, formerly Churchill Downs Intermediate Holdings LLC. Pursuant to the Consent, Buyer’s British Virgin Island parent company has also guaranteed the Second A&R Note.
 
On
February 25, 2019,
Buyer closed and funded its new senior credit facility with Alterna. Pursuant to the Consent, the Company entered into an Intercreditor and Debt Subordination Agreement, dated
February 25, 2019 (
the “Subordination Agreement”), with Alterna. The Subordination Agreement with Alterna is generally on the same terms as the subordination agreement the Company previously entered into with North Mill Capital, LLC in connection with the original subordinated secured promissory note dated
March 2, 2018
from Buyer in favor of the Company, except that principal payments on the Second A&R Note, before satisfaction of the of indebtedness to Alterna and termination of the Subordination Agreement, are conditioned upon (l)
no
event of default under the new senior credit facility existing or resulting from the payment,  (
2
) availability under the new senior credit facility to make the payment, (
3
) all tax and debt obligations of Stanley Furniture Company, LLC (“SFC”) being current and within their terms, and (
4
) there being
no
delinquency in payables or other obligations of SFC to specified critical vendors. Cash interest payments of
$141,000
and
$35,000
were received during the years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively.
 
Despite Buyer paying interest quarterly in advance on the Second A&R Note, the Company concluded, based on current information and events in the Buyer’s business, that the Company did
not
believe it would be able to collect the amount due according to the Second A&R Note and determined that the note was other than temporarily impaired. The evaluation was generally based on an assessment of the borrower’s financial condition and the adequacy of the collateral securing the Second A&R Note. Given the facts and circumstances, the Company recorded an impairment loss of
$897,000
in the
second
quarter of
2019
resulting in the carrying value of the A&R Note decreasing to
$1.3
million as of
June 30, 2019.
On
August 21, 2019,
the Company delivered a notice of default to Buyer under the Second A&R Note. The Company delivered this notice after receiving information from Alterna that Buyer was presently in default under its credit facility with Alterna.
 
The Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with Buyer and certain affiliates (the “Loan Parties”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to forbear from exercising its rights and remedies under the Second A&R Note until
February 24, 2020
or earlier in the event of (i) a default occurring under the Second A&R Note other than previous defaults acknowledged in the Forbearance Agreement or (ii) a breach of the Forbearance Agreement by the Loan Parties.
 
The Forbearance Agreement became effective on
November 1, 2019 (
the “Effective Date”) when Buyer paid the Company
$220,000
and certain other conditions were satisfied. Under the Forbearance Agreement, Buyer has also agreed to pay the Company
$200,000
on or before the
30th
 day following the Effective Date,
$150,000
on or before the
60th
 day following the Effective Date, and
$130,000
on or before the
90th
 day following the Effective Date. The payment made on
November 1, 2019
and each of the following payments are referred to as a Forbearance Period Payment and will be applied to the outstanding principal balance of the Note. As of
December 31, 2019,
the Company received the principal payments on the effective date, the
30
th
day, and the
60
th
day, totaling
$570,000,
in accordance with the Forbearance Agreement.
 
Under the Forbearance Agreement, the Company has agreed to accept the discounted payments in satisfaction of the Second A&R Note if the forbearance period has
not
been terminated: (i) on or before the
90th
 day after the Effective Date,
$2,230,000
less the sum of all Forbearance Period Payments and payments made to cure a minimum collateral value shortfall and (ii) after the
90th
 day following the Effective Date,
$2,530,000
less Forbearance Period Payments and payments made to cure a minimum collateral value shortfall.
 
The Forbearance Agreement also includes customary representations and warranties of Loan Parties and certain releases by Loan Parties.
 
All amounts outstanding under the Ledgered Asset Based Lending Agreement between Alterna Capital Solutions, LLC (“Alterna”) and Buyer have been paid in full and the Intercreditor and Debt Subordination Agreement, dated
February 25, 2019,
executed by the Company in favor of Alterna is
no
longer effective.
 
In view of the impairment loss recorded by the Company in the
second
quarter of
2019
with respect to the Note, the Company does
not
anticipate recording any additional impairment charges at this time as a result of the Event of Default or the Forbearance Agreement. As of
December 31, 2019,
the outstanding principal amount of the Second A&R Note was
$2.6
million and the carrying value of the Note was
$709,000.
 
The S&L Note had a principal amount of
$4.4
million as of the assignment date. The S&L Note also matures on
March 2, 2023,
at which time the total principal amount is due. Interest on the S&L Note accrues at a fixed rate of
10%
per annum. Cash interest payments of
$356,000
and
$141,000
were received during the years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. During the years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively, the Company received
$1,011,000
and
$60,000
of principal payments on the S&L Note.
 
At the assignment date, the Company evaluated the fair value of the S&L Note. The Company recorded accreted interest income on the fair value adjustment of the S&L Note of
$162,000
and
$62,000
for years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. Resulting from the accretion of the fair value discount and the principal payments, the outstanding principal amount of the S&L Note was
$3.3
million and the carrying amount was
$2.7
million as of
December 31, 2019.
 
A reconciliation of the activity in the Second A&R Note for the years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018
is as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Principal
   
Discount
   
Balance
 
Balance at January 1, 2018
  $
-
    $
-
    $
-
 
New borrowings on subordinated note receivables
   
7,421
     
(2,607
)    
4,814
 
Interest paid-in-kind
   
337
     
-
     
337
 
Extinguishment of debt
   
(4,400
)    
1,330
     
(3,070
)
Capitalized legal fees
   
18
     
-
     
18
 
Accretion of discount
   
-
     
265
     
265
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
  $
3,376
    $
(1,012
)   $
2,364
 
Principal payments
 
 
(812
)
 
 
-
   
 
(812
)
Impairment
 
 
-
   
 
(897
)
 
 
(897
)
Accretion of discount
 
 
-
   
 
54
   
 
54
 
Balance at December 31, 2019
 
$
2,564
   
$
(1,855
)
 
$
709
 
 
A reconciliation of the activity in the S&L Note for the years ending
December 31, 2019
and
2018
is as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Principal
   
Discount
   
Balance
 
Balance at January 1, 2018
  $
-
    $
-
    $
-
 
New borrowings on subordinated note receivables
   
4,400
     
(884
)    
3,516
 
Principal payments
   
(60
)    
-
     
(60
)
Accretion of discount
   
-
     
62
     
62
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
  $
4,340
    $
(822
)   $
3,518
 
Principal payments
 
 
(1,011
)
 
 
-
   
 
(1,011
)
Accretion of discount
 
 
-
   
 
163
   
 
163
 
Balance at December 31, 2019
 
$
3,329
   
$
(659
)
 
$
2,670