Note 6. Settlement/Note Receivables

On September 26, 2011, the Company, Richard Goldring and Elliot Osher (Goldring and Osher were formerly two of the Company’s principal shareholders) (collectively the “Defendants”) and Sari Diaz et al. (the “Plaintiffs”) entered into a Court approved Joint Stipulation of Settlement and Release (the “Settlement Agreement”) relating to a purported class action and collective action on behalf of all tipped employees filed by Plaintiffs, pursuant to which Defendants agreed to make a settlement payment of $450,000 to resolve and settle awards to Plaintiffs and related Plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees. Additionally, the Defendants agreed to pay the employer portion of payroll taxes on approximately $300,000 in distributions, approximately $15,600.

In a settlement payment agreement among the Company, Goldring and Osher, the Company agreed to advance all of the Defendants’ obligations under the Settlement Agreement and to pay $64,500 of Goldring’s and Osher’s legal fees to their designated attorney. In consideration for the Company’s payment of these obligations, Goldring and Osher agreed, jointly and severally, to pay the Company $440,000 plus interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the unpaid balance of such amount, in 40 equal monthly payments of $11,965 per month. To secure his obligations under this agreement, Goldring agreed to assign to the Company a portion of his interests in a promissory note dated September 14, 2009 in the principal amount of $2,400,000 made by a third party to Goldring (the “Note”) and to grant the Company a security interest in the Note, which will remain in effect until his obligations under this settlement payment agreement are paid in full. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the settlement receivable is $0 and $23,781, respectively.

On December 29, 2011 the Company entered into a Promissory Note with Goldring for $30,000 plus interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the unpaid balance. To secure his obligations under this agreement, Goldring agreed to assign to the Company a portion of his interests in a promissory note dated September 14, 2009 in the principal amount of $2,400,000 made by a third party to Goldring (the “Note”) and to grant the Company a security interest in the Note, which will remain in effect until his obligations under this settlement payment agreement are paid in full. Three payments of $11,965 are due beginning March 2015. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, this promissory note balance is $0 and $34,844, respectively.