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Note Receivable and Embedded Derivatives
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Receivables [Abstract]  
Note Receivable and Embedded Derivatives

7. Note Receivable and Embedded Derivatives

On May 16, 2024, the Company sold the GoodWheat brand to Above Food for net consideration of $3.7 million, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Agreement") and a related Security Agreement ("Security Agreement"). The assets sold consisted primarily of grain and finished goods inventories, formulations and trademarks. A loss of $1,500 was recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the second quarter of 2024, related to the sale.

In connection with the transaction, Arcadia received a $6.0 million promissory note dated May 14, 2024 (the "Promissory Note"). The Promissory Note has a term of three years and accrues interest at the Wall Street Journal prime rate. On each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Promissory Note, accrued interest and $2.0 million of principal are payable to Arcadia. The Promissory Note contains contingent features, including an option that requires Above Food to issue, or if Above Food became a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company with shares listed on a national securities exchange, then to cause such parent public company to issue and register shares of such company ("Parent Shares") as a prepayment of the final installment payment of the Promissory Note, as well as default provisions. Sometime after the date of the Promissory Note, Above Food became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AFII, a Canadian company and foreign private issuer whose shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

The Company accounted for the Promissory Note as a note receivable in accordance with ASC 310. The Company did not elect the fair value option and since the Company intended to and had the ability to hold the Promissory Note to maturity, it was previously classified as held for investment and was reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheet at amortized cost. The first installment payment that was due in 2025 was classified as current and the remaining installment payments due in 2026 and 2027 were classified as noncurrent on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The Promissory Note was recorded at a discount of $545,000, which was to be amortized over the term of the Promissory Note using the effective interest method. The Company recognized discount amortization of $0 and $69,000 in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. The Company recognized interest of $0 and $111,000 in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. The Company recognized amortization and accrued interest of $29,000 and $67,000, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the six months ended June 30, 2024.

 

On May 1, 2025, Arcadia delivered a notice (the "Notice") to Above Food pursuant to the provisions of Promissory Note, to require Above Food to cause AFII to issue Parent Shares to Arcadia. Pursuant to the provisions of the Promissory Note regarding the calculation and determination of the number of Parent Shares that are issuable in connection with delivery of a notice, the number of Parent Shares issuable are approximately 3.5 million shares (the "Prepayment Shares"). Subsequently, AFII issued approximately 2.7 million Prepayment Shares to the Company. The shares are restricted securities subject to restrictions on resale under U.S. SEC Rule 144 and applicable Canadian securities laws. The Company believes that approximately 800,000 additional Prepayment Shares are issuable pursuant to the Notice.

The first payment of $2.0 million of principal and accrued interest, calculated by the Company as approximately $421,000 of interest, under the Promissory Note was due on May 14, 2025. As Above Food failed to make the required first payment under the Promissory Note on such due date, the Company inquired with Above Food. In response to such inquiry, Above Food responded that it was named as a guarantor party in a bankruptcy and receivership proceeding in Canada relating to an affiliated corporation that is the subject of a bankruptcy and receivership proceeding in Canada and that a receiver was in control of Above Food's assets and activities, and as a result that it was not able to make any payments under the Promissory Note. The Company believes in light of the guarantor obligations of Above Food under the receivership proceedings, it is unlikely that Above Food will be able to make any cash payments with respect to the Promissory Note or that proceedings against Above Food would be successful in recovering such amounts. Failure to pay principal and interest when due is an event of default under the Promissory Note and the Security Agreement. Under the terms of the Promissory Note, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, the Company may declare the entire unpaid principal amount of the Promissory Note and accrued interest, and all other amounts owing or payable under the Promissory Note or the Security Agreement, to be immediately due and payable. The Company has delivered a notice of default to Above Food and declared the entire unpaid amounts to be due and payable. In addition, pursuant to the Security Agreement, following an event of default, the Company may, by notice to Above Food, elect to require Above Food to cause AFII to issue a number of additional Parent Shares in order to satisfy Above Food's remaining indebtedness and liability to Arcadia under the Promissory Note.

As of the date that these financial statements were available to be issued, substantial doubt exists regarding whether additional Parent Shares may be issued in satisfaction of Above Food's other obligations under the Promissory Note. In light of the above uncertainties, the Company recorded a reserve for the full $4.0 million principal amount that would remain after issuance of shares pursuant to the Notice, plus accrued interest, as of June 30, 2025.

Embedded Derivatives

The contingent features of the Promissory Note were evaluated for bifurcation in accordance with ASC 815. The contingent features requiring bifurcation had an estimated fair value of $250,000 as of the transaction date and $0 as of June 30, 2025. The estimated fair value of the contingent features was reported in note receivable – noncurrent on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.