Related Party Transactions | Note 13: Related Party Transactions Interest-Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (“IC-DISC”) The Company had an affiliate, My Worldwide Marketplace, Inc., which was an IC-DISC and was established February 12, 2013. The IC-DISC was owned by the same shareholders of the Company, pre-Merger. Effective December 31, 2022, IC-DISC was discontinued and there will be no future accruals or commissions paid out. The IC-DISC was organized to manage sales to certain qualified customers and receive commissions from the Company for this activity. The commissions expenses were $0 and $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022.repectively. The commission was determined under formulas and rules defined in the law and regulations of the US tax code, and under these regulations, the commission was deductible by the Company and results in a specified profit to the IC-DISC. This net profit was not subject to federal income tax. The IC-DISC distributed the profit to its stockholders, who were taxed on the income as a dividend. The owners of the IC-DISC elected to forgive the commissions earned for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022. The forgiveness of $6.6 million was recorded as a deemed capital contribution by the Company Stockholders. GameFly Holdings, LLC On February 1, 2023, Alliance entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with GameFly Holdings, Inc., a customer of Alliance that is owned by the principal stockholders of Alliance, which is effective from February 1, 2023, through March 31, 2028, at which time the Agreement continues indefinitely until either party provides the other party with six-month advance notice to terminate the Agreement. During the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, Alliance had distribution revenue in the amount of $0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively, recorded as net revenues in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. MVP Logistics, LLC During the three months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022 Alliance incurred costs with MVP Logistics, LLC, in the amount of $1.0 million, and $2.0 million, respectively, recorded as cost of revenues in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, for freight shipping fees, transportation costs, warehouse distribution, and 3PL management services (for Arcades) at the Redlands, California and South Gates, California distribution facilities. MVP Logistics is an independent contractor, which is 33.3% owned by Joe Rehak, the SVP of Operations of COKeM International Limited, which was acquired by Alliance in September 2020, and the remaining 66.6% by unaffiliated third parties. Alliance believes the amounts payable to MVP Logistics are at fair market value. The MVP 3PL Logistics agreement for Redlands and Southgate, California is for a one-year term ending March 10, 2024, with one-year automatic renewals unless cancelled by either party. Ogilvie Loans On July 3, 2023 (the “Ogilvie 2023 Line of Credit”), (iii) borrowed $10,000,000 under the Ogilvie 2023 Line of Credit on July 3, 2023 and an additional $5,000,000 under the Ogilvie 2023 Line of Credit on July 10, 2023 (collectively, such loans the “July 2023 Ogilvie Loans”) and repaid the July 2023 Ogilvie Loans on July 26, 2023 (such repayment, together with the July 2023 Ogilvie Loans, the “July 2023 Ogilvie Loan Transactions”), and (iv) borrowed $17,000,000 under the Ogilvie 2023 Line of Credit on August 10, 2023 (such loan the “August 2023 Ogilvie Loan” and collectively with the June 2023 Ogilvie Loan and the July 2023 Ogilvie Loans, the “2023 Ogilvie Loans”) and repaid $7,000,000 of the August 2023 Ogilvie Loan on August 28, 2023 (such repayment, together with the August 2023 Ogilvie Loan, the “August 2023 Ogilvie Loan Transactions” and collectively with the June 2023 Ogilvie Loan Transactions and the July 2024 Ogilvie Loan Transactions, the “2023 Ogilvie Loan Transactions”). As of September 30, 2023, $10 million was outstanding on the Ogilvie Loans. Alliance agreed to pay interest on the Loan at the rate of the Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index (BSBY) plus 3% per annum calculated daily. The expected interest cost to be paid to Mr. Ogilvie if BSBY remains at 5.16%. For the three-month ended September 30, 2023 $243,000 in interest was paid on the Ogilvie Loans. Other Related Party Transactions During the year ended June 30, 2023, two promissory notes of approximately $0.25 million were outstanding between Adara and two of its then shareholders to provide cash to pay operating costs. The notes do not accrue interest and were payable no earlier than when the Merger closes or February 10, 2023. On September 30, 2023, all related party promissory notes were paid in full. |