Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Notes Payable, Related Parties

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Notes Payable, Related Parties
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Notes Payable, Related Parties
Note 11:    Notes payable, related parties
Long-term debt, related parties as of September 30, 2023 and 2022 consisted of the following (in $000’s):
September 30,
2023
September 30,
2022
Isaac Capital Group, LLC, 12.5% interest rate, matures May 2025
$ 2,000  $ 2,000 
Spriggs Investments, LLC, 10% interest rate, matures July 2024
2,000  2,000 
Spriggs Investments, LLC for Flooring Liquidators, 12% interest rate, matures July 2024
1,000  — 
Isaac Capital Group, LLC revolver, 12% interest rate, matures April 2024
1,000  — 
Isaac Capital Group, LLC for Flooring Liquidators, 12% interest rate, matures January 2028
5,000  — 
Total notes payable - related parties 11,000  4,000 
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs (86) — 
Net amount 10,914  4,000 
Less current portion (4,000) (2,000)
Long-term portion $ 6,914  $ 2,000 
Future maturities of notes payable, related parties at September 30, 2023 are as follows (in $000’s):
Years ending September 30,
2024 $ 4,000 
2025 2,000 
2028 4,914 
Total $ 10,914 
Isaac Capital Group LLC
As of December 11, 2023, Isaac Capital Group, LLC (“ICG”), together with Jon Isaac, the Company's President and CEO and the President and sole member of ICG, control approximately 48.8% of the outstanding voting power of the Company (assuming the exercise of all outstanding and exercisable warrants held by them).
ICG Term Loan
During 2015, Marquis entered into a mezzanine loan in the amount of up to 7.0 million (the “ICF Loan”) with Isaac Capital Fund I, LLC (“ICF”), a private lender whose managing member is Jon Isaac. On July 10, 2020, (i) ICF released and discharged Marquis from all obligations under the loan, (ii) ICF assigned all of its rights and obligations under the instruments, documents, and agreements with respect to the ICF Loan to ICG, of which Jon Isaac, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is the sole member, and (iii) Live Ventures borrowed 2.0 million (the “ICG Loan”) from ICG using essentially the same documentation from the ICF Loan. There was no balance outstanding on the note as of the date of assignment. The ICG Loan matures on May 1, 2025 and bears interest at a rate of 12.5%. Interest is payable in arrears on the last day of each month. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance on this loan was 2.0 million.
Revolving Promissory Note
On April 9, 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured revolving line of credit promissory note whereby ICG agreed to provide the Company with a $1.0 million revolving credit facility (the “ICG Revolver”). On June 23, 2022, as amended by unanimous consent of the Board of Directors, the facility was increased to $6.0 million to facilitate the acquisition of Kinetic, as discussed in Note 4 above. No other terms of the Note were changed. An advance of $4.5 million was drawn on June 23, 2022 to facilitate the Kinetic acquisition (see Note 4), which was repaid in full on June 30, 2022. Additionally, an advance of $1.8 million was drawn on July 1, 2022 to facilitate the Better Backers acquisition (see Note 4), which was repaid by Marquis on August 18, 2022. On April 1, 2023, the Company entered into the First Amendment of the ICG Revolver that extended the maturity to April 8, 2024 and increased the interest rate to 12% per annum. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance on this note was $1.0 million and $0, respectively.
ICG Flooring Liquidators Note
On January 18, 2023, in connection with the acquisition of Flooring Liquidators, Flooring Affiliated Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as borrower, entered into a promissory note for the benefit of ICG in the amount of $5.0 million (“ICG Flooring Liquidators Loan”). The ICG Flooring Liquidators Loan matures on January 18, 2028, and bears interest at 12%. Interest is payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar month. The note is fully guaranteed by the Company. As of September 30, 2023, the outstanding balance on this loan was $5.0 million.
Loan from Spriggs Investments LLC
Spriggs Promissory Note I
On July 10, 2020, the Company executed a promissory note (the “Spriggs Promissory Note I”) in favor of Spriggs Investments, LLC (“Spriggs Investments”), a limited liability company whose sole member is Rodney Spriggs, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vintage Stock, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, that memorializes a loan by Spriggs Investments to the Company in the initial principal amount of $2.0 million (the “Spriggs Loan I”). The Spriggs Loan originally matured on July 10, 2022; however, the maturity date was extended to July 10, 2023, pursuant to unanimous consent of the Board of Directors. The Spriggs Promissory Note I bears simple interest at a rate of 10.0% per annum. On January 19, 2023, the Company entered into a modification agreement of the Spriggs Loan I. Consequently, the Spriggs Promissory Note I will bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum, and the maturity date was extended to July 31, 2024. As of September 30, 2023 and 2022, the amount owed was 2.0 million.
Spriggs Promissory Note II
On January 19, 2023, in connection with the acquisition of Flooring Liquidators, the Company executed a promissory note in favor of Spriggs Investments in the initial principal amount of $1.0 million (the “Spriggs Loan II”). The Spriggs Loan II matures on July 31, 2024, and bears interest at a rate of 12% per annum. As of September 30, 2023, the amount owed was $1.0 million.