Related Party Obligations | 10. Related Party Obligations Long-term debt to related parties consists of the following: Interest Rate April 3, 2022 January 2, 2022 Senior subordinated promissory notes 9.25% $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 Senior secured promissory note 10.00% 765,655 765,655 Subordinated secured promissory note 8.00% 225,000 225,000 Subordinated secured promissory note 0.00% 1,225,911 1,225,911 Long-term debt to related parties $ 4,216,566 $ 4,216,566 The above notes were issued to the Company’s majority shareholder. The first three notes above were amended on March 25, 2022 to change the maturity date to January 15, 2024. No other terms of the notes were changed. Interest expense on these notes was $79,616 and $95,033 for the three months ended April 3, 2022 and April 4, 2021, respectively. Accrued interest of $23,367 and $23,786 related to these notes was included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of April 3, 2022 and January 2, 2022, respectively. The Company has finance leases under which it leases its main U.S. manufacturing facility and certain other property from a related party lessor entity, owned by the Company’s majority shareholder. These related party finance leases expire at various dates from October 2023 through October 2033. Related party finance leases are included in property and equipment, net, current maturities of related party finance lease liabilities, and related party finance lease liabilities, less current portion in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. There were no new right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for related party finance lease obligations for the three months ended April 3, 2022 and April 4, 2021. The Company has security deposits aggregating $267,500 held by the lessor entity. The components of lease expense for the related party finance leases for the three months ended April 3, 2022 and April 4, 2021 are as follows: Three Months Ended April 3, 2022 April 4, 2021 Finance lease expense: Amortization of right-of-use assets $ 41,794 $ 41,794 Interest on lease liabilities 100,130 103,299 Total finance lease expense $ 141,924 $ 145,093 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of related party finance lease liabilities for the three months ended April 3, 2022 and April 4, 2021 are as follows: Three Months Ended April 3, 2022 April 4, 2021 Operating cash flows from finance leases $ 100,130 $ 103,299 Financing cash flows from finance leases $ 38,483 $ 34,302 Supplemental balance sheet and other information regarding related party finance leases are as follows: April 3, 2022 January 2, 2022 Finance leases: Property and equipment, net $ 1,831,710 $ 1,873,504 Current maturities of finance lease liabilities $ 172,278 $ 167,389 Finance lease liabilities, less current portion 2,300,866 2,344,239 Total finance lease liabilities $ 2,473,144 $ 2,511,628 Weighted average remaining lease term 10.3 years 10.5 years Weighted average discount rate 16.93 % 16.95 % Maturities of related party finance lease liabilities as of April 3, 2022 are as follows: Totals Due in one year or less $ 196,672 Due after one year through two years 523,777 Due after two years through three years 469,141 Due after three years through four years 473,329 Due after four years through five years 477,558 Thereafter 2,994,916 Total lease payments 5,135,393 Less: Interest (2,662,249 ) Total related party finance lease liabilities $ 2,473,144 The lower amount that is due in one year or less in the above table reflects the interest expense that was waived by the Company’s majority shareholder for the remaining nine months of fiscal year 2022 and the first three months of fiscal year 2023. The Company’s majority shareholder also waived the interest expense on the $2,000,000 senior subordinated promissory notes over the same time period. The total amount of cost savings will be approximately $446,000 for fiscal year 2022 and $148,000 for fiscal year 2023. |