Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 5 - Bhang Corporation (formerly known as Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc.) and Judgment

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Note 5 - Bhang Corporation (formerly known as Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc.) and Judgment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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Note 5 - Bhang Corporation (formerly known as Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc.) and Judgment

Note 5 – Bhang Corporation (formerly known as Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc.) and Judgment

 

The Company entered into an agreement with Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc., the predecessor in interest to Bhang Corporation (together “Bhang”), effective February 28, 2014. As part of that agreement, which was ultimately rescinded, Mentor delivered $1,500,000 to Bhang which Bhang refused to return following rescission of the agreement. Following arbitration of the dispute, on December 29, 2016, Mentor obtained a judgment in the amount of $1,921,534 against Bhang Corporation and its predecessor in interest, Bhang Chocolate Company, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The judgment accrued interest at the rate of 10% from December 29, 2016 until November 20, 2017, when the parties stipulated to payment terms.

 

On January 23, 2018, the Company received a net payment of $1,758,949 in satisfaction of the judgment and 117,000 shares of Mentor common stock, originally sold to two Bhang shareholders, were returned to Mentor in exchange for a payment of $286,719, which was offset from the accrued judgment of $2,045,668, see Note 26. Receipt of Common Stock returned by the Bhang shareholders is accounted for as a reduction of outstanding Common Stock and reduction to the Receivable from Bhang Chocolate Company by the original purchase price of $228,150 upon their receipt by Mentor in January 2018, see Note 26.

 

The Company collected and recognized $55,585 of interest income in the quarter ended September 30, 2017. In the fourth quarter of 2017, at the time the parties stipulated to payment terms, $540,521 of interest income was recognized on the judgement. At December 31, 2016, accrued interest was fully reserved pending the Company’s ability to collect on the judgement.

 

The receivable and accrued interest consists of the following at December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

Receivable from Bhang Chocolate Company

$

1,500,000

$

1,500,000

Accrued interest

 

540,521

 

422,588

Reimbursed costs

 

5,147

 

-

Sub-total

 

2,045,668

 

1,922,588

Reserve pending collection efforts

 

-

 

(422,588)

Interest payable to Bhang owners

 

(58,569)

 

-

Receivable from Bhang Chocolate Company

 

1,987,099

 

1,500,000

Current portion

 

(1,987,099)

 

-

Long term portion

$

-

$

1,500,000