Note 14:        Related Party Transactions

In connection with its purchase of Marquis, Marquis entered into a mezzanine loan in the amount of up to $7,000,000 with ICF. The ICF mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate of 12.5% per annum with payment obligations of interest each month and all principal due in January 2021. As of June 30, 2019, and September 30, 2018, respectively, there was $2,000,000 outstanding on this mezzanine loan. During the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized total interest expense of $63,194, associated with the ICF notes. During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized total interest expense of $189,583, associated with the ICF notes.

Customer Connexx LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (“ARCA”), rents approximately 9,879 square feet of office space from the Company at its Las Vegas office which totals 11,100 square feet. ARCA paid the Company $96,978 and $29,929 in rent and other reimbursed expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. ARCA paid the Company $285,183 and $149,336 in rent and other reimbursed expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Tony Isaac, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company and Virland Johnson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, are Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors member and Chief Financial Officer of ARCA, respectively.

Warrants for 10,914, 12,383, 54,396 and 17,857 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock were set to expire on September 10, 2017, December 11, 2017, March 27, 2018 and March 28, 2018, respectively. On January 16, 2018, the Company memorialized an agreement reached prior to any of the warrants expiring, to extend the expiration date for two years, just prior to expiration for all warrants listed. Warrants outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 reflect the time extended warrants in addition to 22,479 warrants for shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock with an original expiration date of December 3, 2019.

On December 30, 2017, ASH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with ARCA and ApplianceSmart, a subsidiary of ARCA.  Pursuant to the Agreement, the Purchaser purchased from ARCA all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock (the “Stock”) of ApplianceSmart in exchange for $6,500,000 (the “Purchase Price”). Effective April 1, 2018, ASH issued an interest-bearing promissory note, with interest at 5% per annum, with a three-year term in the original amount of $3,919,494 for the balance of the purchase price.

Under a transition service agreement between ARCA and ApplianceSmart, ARCA would provide healthcare benefits to ApplianceSmart employees from January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 for a monthly fee of $22,500. ApplianceSmart paid ARCA transition services fees of $0 for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2019. Transition service fees expensed by ApplianceSmart were $0 and $67,500 for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018. The transaction service fees liability at June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 are $90,000 and $135,000, respectively.

On December 26, 2018, ASH and the Seller amended and restated the ApplianceSmart Note to, among other things, grant the Seller a security interest in the assets of ASH and ApplianceSmart in accordance with the terms of separate security agreements entered into between ASH and ApplianceSmart, respectively, and the Seller. At June 30, 2019, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, there was $2,852,282 and $3,821,507 outstanding on this ApplianceSmart Note, respectively.

In connection with the acquisition of Vintage Stock on November 3, 2016, Rodney Spriggs, President of Vintage Stock, holds a 41.134752% interest in the $10,000,000 Seller Subordinated Acquisition Note payable by VSAH. The terms of payment are interest only, payable monthly on the 1^st of each month, until maturity 5 years and 6 months from the date of the note – November 3, 2016. Interest paid to Mr. Spriggs for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, was $84,098 and $84,098, respectively. Interest paid to Mr. Spriggs for the nine months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 was $249,552 and $249,552, respectively.  Interest unpaid and accrued as of June 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 is $27,423 and $27,423, respectively.

Also see Note 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11.