Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

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Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities  
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

9.     Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    

September 30, 2024

    

December 31, 2023

Accounts payable

$

45,487

$

46,326

Accrued payroll

1,974

1,534

Other current payables/liabilities(1)

437

1,238

Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$

47,898

$

49,098

(1)Includes accrued host agreement due, accrued freight, loyalty liability, and sales tax payable.

Loyalty Liability

For some of its locations, the Company offers a loyalty reward program to its dispensary customers. The loyalty points are accrued when earned as a liability and reduction of revenues. The amount earned is deferred until the loyalty points are redeemed or expire. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the loyalty liability totaled $99 and $126, respectively, which is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Supplier Guaranty

On January 28, 2024, the Company and its subsidiaries JJ LP, Baker, CAC, Jimmy Jang Holdings, Inc. (“JJH”), JJ Blocker Co. (“JJB”), SFNY, Sea Hunter Therapeutics, LLC (“SEA”), Standard Farms OH, Standard Farms PA, SH Finance Company, LLC (“SF Finance”), and Jupiter (collectively with the Company, JJ LP, Baker, CAC, JJH, JJB, SFNY, SEA, Standard Farms OH, Standard Farms PA, SF Finance, the “Guarantors”) and Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited (“Smoore”) and each of its affiliates that sells products to Jupiter and the Company (the “Buyers”) from time to time (collectively, the “Secured Party”) entered into: (i) a Debt and Security Agreement in favor of the Secured Party (the “Debt

and Security Agreement”); (ii) a Guaranty in favor of the Secured Party (the “Guaranty”); (iii) a Side Letter (the “Side Letter”); (iv) a Trademark Security Agreement in favor of the Secured Party; and (v) an Equity Pledge Agreement in favor of the Secured Party (collectively, the “Smoore Agreements”).

The Guarantors entered into the Smoore Agreements with the Secured Party, its principal supplier of vaping product inventory (“Inventory”) to Jupiter, to provide for the payment of currently existing accounts payable by the Guarantors to the Secured Party (“Accounts”), reduction in the outstanding balance of Accounts from time to time in the future, and the continued shipping of Inventory to Jupiter by the Secured Party.

On July 19, 2024, the Guarantors entered into an amended side letter (the “Amended Side Letter”) with the Secured Party. Under the Amended Side Letter, the Guarantors agree to reduce the outstanding balance of all Accounts to $31,000 as of September 29, 2024; $29,000, as of December 30, 2024; $27,000, as of March 29, 2025; $25,000, as of June 29, 2025; and $15,000, as of June 30, 2025 (the “Reduction Plan”). The amounts owed accrue interest at rates ranging from 5.0% to 10.0%, dependent upon the date of the invoices, how long such invoices have remained outstanding, and other criteria. The amounts due under the Smoore Agreements are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.