Note 5: Note receivable

ApplianceSmart

On December 30, 2017, the Company sold its retail appliance segment, ApplianceSmart, Inc. (“ApplianceSmart”) to ApplianceSmart Holdings LLC (the “Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Live Ventures Incorporated, a related party, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Purchaser purchased from the Company all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of ApplianceSmart in exchange for $6.5 million. On April 25, 2018, the Purchaser delivered to the Company a promissory note (the “ApplianceSmart Note”) in the original principal amount of approximately $3.9 million.

On December 9, 2019, ApplianceSmart filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York seeking relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code. Consequently, the Company recorded an impairment charge of approximately $3.0 million for the amount owed by ApplianceSmart to the Company as of December 28, 2019.

On October 13, 2021, a hearing was held to consider approval of a disclosure statement filed by ApplianceSmart in conjunction with its bankruptcy proceedings. On December 14, 2021, a hearing was held to confirm ApplianceSmart’s plan for reorganization (the “Plan”). On January 10, 2022, ApplianceSmart paid $25,000 to JanOne in settlement of its debt, as provided for in the confirmed Plan, and the ApplianceSmart Note was reversed. A final decree was issued by the court on February 28, 2022, upon the full satisfaction of the Plan, at which time ApplianceSmart emerged from Chapter 11. The outstanding balance of the ApplianceSmart Note at December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022 was $0.00 and approximately $3.0 million, respectively, exclusive of the impairment charge.

GeoTraq

On May 24, 2022, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with SPYR Technologies Inc. (“SPYR”), pursuant to which the Company sold to SPYR substantially all of the assets and none of the specified liabilities of GeoTraq, as discussed in Note 27 below. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, SPYR delivered to the Company a five-year Promissory Note in the initial principal amount of $12.6 million. The Promissory Note bears simple interest at the rate of 8% per annum, provides quarterly interest payments due on the first day of each calendar quarter, and may be prepaid at any time without penalty. Interest payments may be remitted in either restricted shares of common stock of SPYR, or in cash. The Promissory Note matures on May 24, 2027. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an accrued receivables aggregating approximately $610,000 in interest income related to Promissory Note.

As of December 31, 2022, no interest payments had been received in connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement. SPYR is reviewing options to issue shares permitting it to remain in compliance with the Asset Purchase Agreement and not violate rules as set forth by the SEC. Any future shares of SPYR stock issued to the Company will be restricted. On March 15, 2023, the Company received 550 shares of SPYR's Series G Preferred stock in payment for the accrued interest receivable as of December 31, 2022. However, because the value of SPYR's stock price had decreased significantly between the time the interest was accrued and when it was paid, and because the interest was paid in stock, the Company reversed approximately $517,000 of the $610,000 accrued.

In connection with the asset sale, the Company engaged a third-party valuation firm to assess the fair value of the consideration received. Based on the valuation, the Promissory Note (“Note”) was valued at approximately $11.3 million. The amount of the discount, or approximately $1.3 million, has been recorded as an offset to the principal amount of the Note, and will be accreted ratably to interest income over the term of the Note. At December 31, 2022, the Company reviewed the original valuation of the Promissory Note to determine if the original 10.5% used to discount the Note was appropriate. In connection with this review, the Company determined that the discount rate should be revised to 14.5%. Consequently, the Company took a $1.85 million charge against income in its restatement of the 13 and 26 weeks ended July 2, 2022, as discussed previously. Further, the Company recorded an additional $813,000 charge against income for the year ended December 31, 2022 due to SPYR's declining financial trends.

The balance appearing on the Company's consolidated balance sheets represents the principal balance of the Promissory Note, net of the discount balance. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2022,

approximately $387,000 and $0.00, respectively, of the discount was recorded as interest income. As of December 31, 2022, the net principal balance on the Note was approximately $9.0 million.