Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Financing Obligations

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Financing Obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Financing Obligation [Abstract]  
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Montana Facility Financing Obligation

In June 2020, the Company completed the construction of the Montana Facility. Subsequent to the completion, the Company entered into a sale and finance leaseback transaction for the Montana Facility with Grow Bitterroot, LLC ("Grow Bitterroot"), a related party, for total consideration of $6.9 million with an initial term of 15 years. The Company also has an option to extend the term of the facility lease for three consecutive terms of five years each. In April 2021, the Company elected to extend the first five-year period, resulting in a 20-year lease term. In addition, the Company and Grow Bitterroot entered into a property maintenance and management services agreement under which the Company will provide all property maintenance and management services including business, operational, strategic and advisory services in exchange for an annual fee of $0.1 million. The property maintenance and management services agreement includes an initial term of three years with one year autorenewals unless terminated by either party with 30 days’ notice.

The transaction did not qualify for sale leaseback accounting due to the finance leaseback classification prohibiting sale accounting. As such, the transaction is accounted for as a financing transaction (a failed sale). Therefore, the assets remain on the Consolidated Balance Sheet with the proceeds from the transaction and purchases of equipment on behalf of the related party recorded as a financing obligation. In addition, the Company will manage the facility and perform maintenance in exchange for a management fee under the property maintenance and management services agreement. The contractual payments for both the lease agreement and property maintenance and management agreement are applied as payments of deemed principal and imputed interest.

The lease agreement does not contain residual value guarantees. The agreement does not contain restrictions or covenants that may result in additional financial obligations. The landlord has the option to construct future improvements on the property; when the improvements are completed, the base rent will increase.

The Company utilized a rate of 11.60% to calculate imputed interest and recognized $1.6 million and $1.6 million of interest expense related to the Montana Facility lease for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

California Facilities Financing Obligation

On April 27, 2023, Hollandia Real Estate, LLC ("Hollandia"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and STORE Master Funding XXXI, LLC ("STORE") consummated a $35 million multi-site sale and leaseback transaction relating to the Carpinteria Facility and the Oxnard Facility (collectively, the "California Facilities").
In connection with the sale and leaseback transaction, Hollandia and STORE entered into a Master Lease Agreement (the "California Facilities Lease"), dated April 27, 2023 (the "Effective Date"). Pursuant to the California Facilities Lease, Hollandia will lease the California Facilities from STORE, subject to the terms and conditions of the California Facilities Lease.

The California Facilities Lease provides for an initial term of 25 years, commencing on the Effective Date and expiring on April 30, 2048 ("Initial Term"). Hollandia has four options to extend the Initial Term for separate renewal terms of five years each (together with the Initial Term, the "Lease Term"). Subject to adjustment as set forth in the California Facilities Lease, the combined annual minimum rent payable to STORE during the first year of the Lease Term is an amount equal to $3.2 million (the "Base Annual Rent") with payments made monthly, subject to annual rent increases of three percent (3%) of the Base Annual Rent.

The California Facilities Lease contains certain representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, conditions, indemnification provisions and termination provisions customary for sale and leaseback transactions.

As part of the California Facilities Lease, Hollandia delivered to STORE a letter of credit in an amount equal to $6.5 million as security for the full and faithful performance by Hollandia of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of the California Facilities Lease. In the event of default under the California Facilities Lease, STORE shall have the right to draw on the letter of credit to satisfy any monetary obligations under the California Facilities Lease. The letter of credit will be released after five years, contingent on achieving certain financial metrics as specified in the California Facilities Lease. The $6.5 million for the letter of credit is included in "Restricted cash" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company accounted for the California Facilities Lease as a financing transaction in accordance with ASC 842, Leases, as the California Facilities Lease was determined to be a finance lease. The presence of a finance lease indicates that control of the California Facilities has not transferred to STORE and, as such, the transaction was deemed a failed sale and leaseback and the proceeds from the sale and leaseback transaction are therefore accounted for as a financing obligation. The leased assets remain on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and will continue to be depreciated over their original estimated useful lives, and the contractual lease payments will be allocated between interest expense (as imputed interest) and repayment of the $35 million financing obligation through April 30, 2048, which is the end of the 25-year lease term and the time at which the Company expects control of the leased assets to transfer to STORE. The Company utilized a rate of 11.06% to calculate imputed interest and recognized $2.6 million of interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2023 related to the California Facilities Lease.

The following tables summarizes the financing obligations and the presentation in our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods presented:

Year Ended December 31,
2023 2022
(in thousands)
Amortization of financing obligation assets $ 1,619 $ 599
Interest on financing liabilities 4,220 1,693

The following table summarizes future financing obligation payments by fiscal year:

Montana Facility Financing Obligation California Facilities Financing Obligation
(in thousands)
2024 $ 1,591 $ 3,302
2025 1,623 3,401
2026 1,655 3,503
2027 1,688 3,608
2028 1,722 3,717
Thereafter 23,187 98,346
Total financing obligation payments 31,466 115,877
Unamortized deferred financing costs (220)
Amount representing interest (21,645) (95,664)
Net financing obligation and asset at end of term 4,171 15,240
Total financing obligation $ 13,992 $ 35,233