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Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 12:

  Related Party Transactions

In connection with its purchase of Marquis, Marquis entered into a mezzanine loan in the amount of up to $7,000 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 May 2025. As of December 31, 2019, and September 30, 2019, respectively, there was $2,000 outstanding on this mezzanine loan. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized total interest expense of $64, associated with the ICF notes.

Customer Connexx LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JanOne Inc. (“JanOne”), rents approximately 9,879 square feet of office space from the Company at its Las Vegas office which totals 11,100 square feet. JanOne paid the Company $45 and $45 in rent and other reimbursed expenses for the three months ended December 31, 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 JanOne, respectively.

The warrants, discussed in Note 9, expire at various timeframes over the next two years.  However, Company and ICG entered into an agreement whereby if the warrants are not exercised on or before the applicable expiration date, the applicable expiration date is deemed automatically extended for successive two year periods immediately prior to such expiration.

On December 30, 2017, ASH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with JanOne and ApplianceSmart, a subsidiary of JanOne.  Pursuant to the Agreement, the Purchaser purchased from JanOne all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of ApplianceSmart in exchange for $6,500. 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 for the balance of the purchase price.

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 December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019, respectively, there was $2,826 outstanding on this ApplianceSmart Note.  On December 9, 2019, ApplianceSmart filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code.

In connection with the acquisition of Vintage Stock on November 3, 2016, as amended, Rodney Spriggs, President of Vintage Stock, holds a 41% interest in the $10,000 Seller Subordinated Acquisition Note payable by VSAH. The terms of payment are interest only, payable monthly on the 1st of each month, until maturity on September 23, 2023. Interest paid to Mr. Spriggs for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, was $84. Interest unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2019 is $27.

Also see Notes 6 and 7.