Note 18 – Commitments and contingencies

G FarmaLabs Limited, a Nevada corporation (“G Farma”) has not made scheduled payments on the finance lease receivable or the notes receivable summarized below since February 19, 2019. All amounts due from G Farma are fully impaired at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. A complete description of the agreements can be found in the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020 on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on April 15, 2021.

On March 17, 2017, the Company entered into a Notes Purchase Agreement with G Farma, with operations in Washington that had planned operations in California under two temporary licenses pending completion of its Desert Hot Springs, California, location. Under the Agreement, the Company purchased two secured promissory notes from G Farma in an aggregate principal face amount of $500,000. Subsequent to the initial investment, the Company executed eight addenda. Addendum II through Addendum VIII increased the aggregate principal face amount of the two notes to $1,100,000 and increased the combined monthly payments of the notes to $10,239 per month beginning March 15, 2019 with a balloon payment on the notes of approximately $894,172 due at maturity.

On September 6, 2018, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase and Issuance Agreement with G FarmaLabs Limited, G FarmaLabs DHS, LLC, GFBrands, Inc., Finka Distribution, Inc., and G FarmaLabs, WA, LLC under which Mentor was supposed to receive equity interests in the G Farma Equity Entities and their affiliates (together, the “G Farma Equity Entities”) equal to 3.75% of the G Farma Equity Entities’ interests. On March 4, 2019, Addendum VIII increased the G Farma Equity Entities’ equity interest to which Mentor is immediately entitled to 3.843%, and added Goya Ventures, LLC as a G Farma Equity Entity. We are now in litigation with these entities;the equity investment was fully impaired at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Partner I acquired and delivered manufacturing equipment as selected by the G Farma Entities under sales-type finance leases. The finance leases resulting from this investment have been fully impaired at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

On May 28, 2019, the Company and Mentor Partner I, LLC filed suit against the G Farma Entities and three guarantors to the G Farma agreements, summarized above, in the California Superior Court in and for the County of Marin. The Company is primarily seeking monetary damages for breach of the G Farma agreements, including promissory notes, leases, and other agreements, to recover collateral under a security agreement and to collect from guarantors on the agreements. The Company previously sought, and on January 22, 2020, the Court granted the Company’s request for a writ of possession to recover leased equipment within G Farma’s possession. On November 4, 2020, the Court granted Mentor Capital, Inc.’s and Mentor Partner I’s motion for summary adjudication as to all four causes of action, including both causes of action against G FarmaLabs Limited for liability for breach of the two promissory notes and one cause of action against each of Mr. Gonzalez and Ms. Gonzalez related to their duties as guarantors of G FarmaLabs Limited’s obligations under the promissory notes.

On November 13, 2019, G Farma filed a Cross-Complaint for declaratory relief and breach of contract relating to the consulting agreement between Mentor and G Farma. The Company filed an answer on December 6, 2019, denying each and every allegation of the Cross-Complaint and intends to vigorously defend itself in this matter. Mentor is currently in the process of preparing for trial on the remaining causes of action against the G Farma Entities and their guarantors.

The Company also plans to vigorously pursue its remaining claims against the G Farma Entities; however, collection is uncertain at this time. Due to uncertainty of collection, the Company has fully reserved against the finance leases receivable (more fully described in the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020 on Form 10-K, Footnote 8, as filed with the SEC April 15, 2021) and has fully impaired all other notes receivables and investments in G Farma (described in the Company’s Annual Report for the period ended December 31, 2020 on Form 10-K, Footnotes 7, 9 and 10.

On January 31, 2020, as authorized by court order, all remaining equipment leased to G Farma by Mentor Partner I was repossessed by the Company and moved to storage under the Company’s control. In the quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company sold a portion of the recovered equipment, with an original cost of $495,967, for net proceeds of $222,031. In the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company sold all remaining recovered equipment, with an original cost of $126,703, for net proceeds of $27,450, after deducting shipping and delivery costs. All proceeds from the sale of repossessed equipment have been applied to the G Farma lease receivable balance that is fully reserved at March 31, 2021 and December 30, 2020.

The Company will continue to legally pursue award and collection of damages in the amount of $1,166,570.62 related to the G Farma promissory notes from the G Farma Entities and three guarantors. The Company and Partner I will continue to pursue the the remaining causes of action in the litigation and award and collection of the $1,290,174 lease payments remaining from the G Farma Lease Entities and the G Farma guarantors after applying proceeds from the sale of Partner I’s recovered equipment assets.