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Note 7 - Related Party Transactions

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Note 7 - Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

During the year ended December 31, 2017, Sanford Lang, the Company’s former Chairman and CEO, advanced STCB $289,821 to pay for general operating expenses. The advance required a monthly interest payment of $2,545 and was due on demand. In June 2021, Mr. Lang and Mr. Goldrod executed agreements with STCB whereby the advance from Mr. Lang and all other amounts owed to each were repaid and both Mr. Lang and Mr. Goldrod resigned from the Board of Directors. Further, for a period of 36 months beginning in July 2021, STCB will repurchase an aggregate of $10,950 worth of shares each month from Mr. Lang and Mr. Goldrod, with the share price for each purchase to be set according to the volume weighted average trading price of the common stock over the last 10 days of the month. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 STCB paid an aggregate of $32,850 and $98,550 respectively, to Mr. Lang and Mr. Goldrod per the agreements and anticipates that the corresponding share transfers will be settled in 2022.

 

As of September 30, 2022, the Company owed TSG $72,843 for expenses paid by TSG on behalf of STCB for expenses to launch licensed brands. As royalties have exceeded $250,000 in the aggregate, once the Company has an adequate cash reserve, TSG may deduct the incurred expenses from the subsequent royalty payments until TSG is paid in full. In addition, STCB owes TSG and its subsidiaries an additional $211,945 for expenses paid on behalf of STCB or funds advanced to the Company to pay for other operating expenses. TSG is owned by STCB's CEO, Ross Sklar.

 

Ross Sklar, CEO Notes

 

On January 24, 2020, STCB executed a promissory note ( “January 24, 2020 Note”), for $100,000 with Ross Sklar, Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of STCB. The January 24, 2020 Note bears interest at 4% per annum, compounds monthly, is unsecured, and matures two years from the original date of issuance. On July 19, 2022, the Company and Ross Sklar, agreed to amend and restate the January 24, 2020 Note. Mr. Sklar agreed to extend the term of the January 24, 2020 Note through the entry into a First Amended and Restated Promissory Note (the "Amended Note") in exchange for the Company paying the accrued and unpaid interest under the January 24, 2020 Note, including during the period following maturity date of the January 24, 2020 Note ( January 24, 2022 to July 19, 2022). In exchange for extending the term, Mr. Sklar waived the default interest rate of ten percent (10%) and agreed to interest accrual at the standard four percent (4%) rate during the period following maturity. The Amended Note carries a guaranteed 4% interest rate, matures on July 19, 2024, and has a 10% interest rate on a default of repayment at maturity. The Company, at its option, may prepay the Amended Note, in whole or in part, without prepayment penalty of any kind, and the obligations under the Amended Note will accelerate in full upon an Event of Default (as defined in the Amended Note).  

 

On June 28, 2021, STCB executed an additional promissory note ( “June 28, 2021 Note”), with Mr. Sklar in the principal amount of $100,000 with the same terms as the January 24, 2020 Note and a maturity date of June 28, 2023.

 

On September 17, 2021, STCB executed a third promissory note ( “September 17, 2021 Note”), with Mr. Sklar in the principal amount of $500,000 with the same terms as the January 24, 2020 Note and a maturity date of September 17, 2023.

 

On December 13, 2021, STCB executed a fourth promissory note ( “December 13, 2021 Note”), with Mr. Sklar in the principal amount of $500,000 with the same terms as the January 24, 2020 Note and a maturity date of December 12, 2023.

 

On February 14, 2022, STCB executed a fifth promissory note ( “February 14, 2022 Note”), in favor of Mr. Sklar, in the principal sum of $472,500, in exchange for a cash advance in the amount of $300,000 and payment of Company costs in the amount of $172,500. As with the other notes between the Company and our CEO, the February 14, 2022 Note bears interest at 4% per annum, is unsecured, and matures two years from the original date of issuance. This note may also convert into shares of Company common stock at the 10-day volume weighted average trading price of the Company common stock for the 10-day period prior to the issuance of the Note, which was calculated as $0.29 per share.

 

Other Related Party Transactions

 

As of September 30, 2022, the outstanding principal due to Mr. Sklar is $1,672,500 with approximately $6,000 of accrued interest due on these notes.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred $0 and $131,614 of marketing expense from The Woo. David Dryer, STCB's EVP of Marketing, was a Managing Director at The Woo until February 2022.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and September 30, 2021, the Company recognized revenue from related parties of $1.4 million and $3.6 million, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively. There were $1.4 million and $174,059 of accounts receivable and accrued accounts receivable from TSG and Temperance Distilling Company (“Temperance”) as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. All revenues earned in relation to these accounts receivable is from related parties. Mr. Sklar serves as the Chairman of Temperance.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company advanced $95,640 to Temperance as a note and related to its initial production of Whipshots, recorded as note receivable, related party in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The note carries no interest and is payable on demand. 

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company received contributed services at a value of approximately $38,500, and $141,000, respectively. Such costs have been expensed and recorded as additional paid-in capital in the period the services were provided.