DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on July 24, 2014. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). On April 18, 2018 and May 17, 2018, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) stating that the Company had not timely filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2017 or its Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2018 (the “Filings”). As a result, the Company was not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Filing Rule”).The Company has 60 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Filing Rule. If NASDAQ were to accept the Company’s plan, NASDAQ could grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the Filing’s due date, or until October 15, 2018, to regain compliance with the Filing Rule. If NASDAQ does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a NASDAQ Hearings Panel. On December 29, 2017, the Company’s stockholders approved an extension of the period of time in which the Company is required to consummate a Business Combination until June 30, 2018 (the “Extension Amendment”). The extension is to be implemented in 30-day increments. The number of shares of common stock presented for redemption in connection with the Extension Amendment was 537,804. On January 3, 2018, the Company distributed $5,635,379, or approximately $10.48 per share, to redeeming stockholders. In addition, the Company agreed to contribute $0.04 per share to the Trust Account for each public share that was not converted in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment, for each 30-day period, or portion thereof, that is needed by the Company to complete a Business Combination from December 31, 2017 through June 30, 2018 (the “Contribution”). On January 4, 2018 and April 23, 2018, the Company deposited an aggregate of $140,475 into the Trust Account in connection with the Extension Amendment. On January 3, 2018, the Company, Barington Companies Advisors, LLC (“Barington”), Hilco Global (“Hilco Global”), Hilco Merchant Resources, LLC (“HMR” and, together with Hilco Global, collectively, “Hilco”), and certain additional parties, including members of the board of directors of the Company (together with Barington and Hilco, the “Sellers”), entered into an agreement (the “Oreva Agreement”) with Sweiss Ventures, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Sweiss”), JSE Holdings, LLC, a New York limited liability company (“JSE”), BAG Spac 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BAG”), PLA99, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (”PLA”), and Oreva Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Oreva” and together with Sweiss, JSE, BAG and PLA, the “Investors”). Pursuant to the Oreva Agreement, the Sellers agreed to transfer to the Investors an aggregate of (a) 1,035,767 shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (b) an aggregate of 142,500 warrants to purchase an additional 71,250 shares of Common Stock (collectively, the “Transferred Securities”). The 1,035,767 shares of Common Stock included in the Transferred Securities represented 96.5% of an aggregate of 1,073,267 insider promoter shares of Common Stock of the Company owned of record and beneficially by the Sellers (the “Insider Shares”). Under the Oreva Agreement, the Sellers retained an aggregate of (i) 285,000 shares of Common Stock and associated rights, which entitle a holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a share of Common Stock (the “Rights”), and (ii) 37,500 promotional shares of Common Stock that were issued to directors, officers and a consultant of the Company as compensation for their services to the Company. In consideration for their receipt of the Transferred Securities and its affiliates obtaining control of the board of directors of the Company, the Investors and its affiliates and associates (collectively, the “Investor Group”) agreed to use its and their best efforts to locate and consummate, on or prior to the June 30, 2018, a Business Combination for the Company acceptable to the Company’s stockholders. In addition, the Investors paid on behalf of the Company, or reimbursed the Sellers for, (i) $154,000, representing three months payment required by the Company for the Extension Amendment, and other accrued fees and expenses, and agreed pay to approximately $59,229 in additional documented Company expenses within 30 days. The Investors also agreed to assume responsibility for all ongoing costs and expenses of the Company, including, without limitation, payments associated with the Extension Amendment and costs and expenses associated with running and maintaining a publicly traded company following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement. On February 14, 2018, the Company, Oreva Capital Corp. and an entity formed by Oreva, Pop G Food Holdings Corp. (“PopG”) entered into a letter of intent (the “LOI”) with SBHand Papa Gino’s, Inc. The parties agreed that until February 28, 2018 (the “Exclusivity Period”), none of the parties nor their affiliates would seek to consummate a sale or purchase transaction with any other person or entity. Under the terms of the LOI, SBH agreed in principle to sell to Pop G 100% of the capital stock of PGHC Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “PGHC”). PGHC is a holding company that owns 100% of the capital stock of Papa Gino’s Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation, which together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Papa Gino’s, Inc., owns, operates and franchises (i) 148 company owned pizzeria restaurants and one venue licensee, under the trade name Papa Gino’s™ and (ii) 93 company owned sandwich restaurants, 31 franchised locations and three venue licensees under the trade name, D’Angelo’s™ ; in each case, throughout New England (collectively, the “Business”). On or about March 21, 2018, the negotiation of the definitive stock purchase agreement was terminated as the parties were unable to agree upon the final purchase price. |