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Merchant Financing
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Merchant Financing

NOTE 11 – MERCHANT FINANCING

 

On January 4, 2020, the Company’s Rune subsidiary entered into another future receivable purchase agreement with Vox Funding and received $14,500. This agreement provides for payment over 70 business days and carried a fee of $4,850. This obligation is not convertible under any terms into Company stock.

 

On January 24, 2020, the Company’s Social Sunday subsidiary entered into a first future receivable purchase agreement with Vox Funding and received $14,500. This agreement provides for payment over 3.5 months and carried a fee of $4,850. This obligation is not convertible under any terms into Company stock.

 

On March 3, 2020, the Company’s Social Sunday subsidiary entered into a second future receivable purchase agreement with Vox Funding and received $5,605. This agreement provides for payment over 2 months and carried a fee of $1,895. This obligation is not convertible under any terms into Company stock.

 

On March 5, 2020, the Company’s Bluwire subsidiary entered into a second future receivable purchase agreement with Reliant Funding and received $83,000. This agreement provides for payment over 6 months and carries a fee of $3,000. This obligation is not convertible under any terms into Company stock.

 

On March 16, 2020, the President of the United States of America issued a stay-at-home instructions and business closure directive in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Management took steps to promptly close all its Bluwire stores and Fashion Group operations, laying off the vast majority of its employees. The Company’s landlords and Libertas, Vox and Reliant have all agreed to collections deferment of an indeterminant duration. (see note above regarding individual agreements. The Fashion Group continues limited operations in creating and producing PPE materials.

 

As a consequence of the Covid-19 shutdowns as of March 16, 2020 the Company’s Bluwire Group subsidiary also suspended making any payments on its Merchant Cash Advance facility to Libertas Funding. Merchant Cash Advances are based on the collection of “future receivables” and with the businesses being closed no future payments were due. Libertas has accepted that position and has voluntarily ceased all collection activity.

 

As of March 31, 2020 the Company had total merchant financing payables of $493,685 with unamortized discounts of $80,205 for net payable of $413,481. As of December 31, 2019 the Company had total merchant financing payables of $631,664 with unamortized discounts of $158,835 for net payable of $472,829.

 

As a subsequent event, in May 2021, the Company entered into a verbal agreement with Vox to repay $250 per week and all collection efforts are put on hold and forbearance on other receivable holders

 

As a subsequent event, the Company entered into a verbal agreement with Reliant Funding has been in forbearance. Since April 2021, and the Company pays $10 per week until Bluwire Newark is re-opened.

 

Additional Working Capital from convertible debt and under the CARES Act.

 

The Federal Government of the United States of America on March 27, 2020, passed the Cares Act allowing companies to quality SBA Payroll Protection Loans (PPP). These loans provide for certain funding based on previous employment which in part may be forgivable under certain conditions. The remaining portion needs to be repaid over 2 years with a 6-month moratorium on payments and carry a 1% annual interest rate. These loans require no collateral nor personal guarantees. During the subsequent period from May 5, 2020 to May 22, 2021, the Company’s subsidiaries quality and received an aggregate of $294,882 in 2020 and $302,602 in 2021 in PPP loans.

 

In the subsequent period beginning in August 2020, two of the Company’s subsidiaries qualified for the United States Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Economic Industry Disaster Loans (“EIDL”) and the Company received $325,300 under the program. These loans are unsecured, have no personal guaranty, carry a 3.75% annual interest rate with aggregate monthly payments of 13 months after receipt of funds. Management has used these funds to retain key personnel, pay regulatory fees, rent, begin work on a new website for Bluwire, make progress on this retail APP and acquire product to re-open one of its Bluwire Stores.

 

Beginning in the subsequent month of December 2020 and continuing, as a further series of subsequent events, the Company’s 12 Retail subsidiary has received short term fundings from a private investor ranging between $30,000 and $50,000 in advances that are paid back and renewed in 45 to 60 day intervals for inventory and special orders for customers.

 

On March 18, 2020, the Company received $30,000 from Adar Alef, LLC (“Adar”) from a $33,600 convertible promissory note agreement including fees and legal expenses of $3,600. The note is convertible after 181 days at a (i) $0.0075 ceiling or (ii) 60% of the lowest trading price over the past twenty trading days prior to the conversion date.

 

On March 25, 2020, the Company received $30,000 from LG Capital, LLC (“LG”) from a $33,600 convertible promissory note agreement including fees and legal expenses of $3,600. The note is convertible after 181 days at a (i) $0.0075 ceiling or (ii) 60% of the lowest trading price over the past twenty trading days prior to the conversion date.

 

On as a subsequent event April 30, 2021 the Company received $30,000 from SBI and an additional $40,000 on May 17, 2021 (see below).

 

On as a subsequent event April 21, 2021 and May 4 2021 the Company received $50,000 from Adar Alef and on June 1st an additional $50,000.

 

On May 6, 2021 the Company received $30,000 as an additional advance from Oasis Capital pursuant to previous agreements with Oasis and on May 13, 2021 an additional $50,000, as subsequent events.

 

On May 17, 2021 the Company received an additional $40,000 from SBI, as a subsequent event.

 

In May 2021, as a subsequent event, advisory board member, Richard Berman invested $50,000 in exchange for preferred shares with the option to invest a further $100,000 over the next few months.