Note 2 - Subordinated Notes Receivable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

2. Subordinated Notes Receivable

The Company received a $7.4 million subordinated secured promissory note (the “Original Note”) from Stanley Furniture Company, LLC, formerly known as Churchill Downs, LLC (the “Buyer”) as partial consideration for the sale of substantially all of our assets to the Buyer during the first quarter of 2018 (the “Asset Sale”). On September 6, 2018, the Buyer sold certain of its assets (the “S&L Asset Sale”), including certain inventory and the Stone & Leigh tradename 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 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.

S&L Note

The S&L Note had a principal amount of $4.4 million as of the assignment date. The S&L Note matured on March 2, 2023, at which time the total principal amount became due. Interest on the S&L Note accrues at a fixed rate of 10% per annum. No cash interest payments were accrued or received during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

As a result of the Company’s recording of impairment losses in prior quarters, based on current information and events, including the impact of COVID-19 on S&L’s business and its customers, the Company fully impaired the S&L Note as of December 31, 2022. Upon maturity on March 2, 2023, S&L informed the Company that it will not be able to pay the Company any amounts outstanding including principal or interest due. Any future recoveries from S&L, if any, will be recognized as Other Income on the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations when the recoveries are recognized.