NOTE 15 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Cultivation Operations

In October 2023, the Company entered into a management services agreement with a third-party to manage and operate the Company's cultivation facility in Oakland, California. The facility had been non-operational since October 2022. The transaction was not within the scope of deconsolidation guidance under ASC 810 and was accounted for as a sublease in accordance with ASC 842.

On December 15, 2023, the Company entered into a management services agreement with a third-party to manage and operate the Company's cultivation operations in Oakland, California (the "MSA"). The agreement includes an option to purchase the licensed entity at its fair value or a negotiated price. In conjunction with the MSA, the parties entered into a binding letter of intent to sell 100% of the stock and assets of the licensed entity. As a result, the Company no longer had controlling financial interest and all assets and liabilities related to the cultivation operations in Oakland have been fully deconsolidated as of December 31, 2023. On January 28, 2024, the purchase option was exercised and the Company sold the cultivation operations for a purchase price of $1.40 million, of which $0.10 million was received as a deposit as of December 31, 2023, and recognized $0.10 million loss on sale.

The Company concluded that the exit and disposal of its cultivation operations represented a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company's operations and financial results and thus all assets and liabilities allocable to the cultivation operations were classified as discontinued operations. The remaining assets associated with the cultivation operations were measured at the lower of their carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell ("FVLCTS"). Revenue and expenses, gains or losses relating to the discontinuation of cultivation operations were eliminated from profit or loss from the Company’s continuing operations and are shown as a single line item in the consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. The Company has significant continuing involvement in the cultivation facility in Oakland, California as a result of its sublease agreement which expires on July 31, 2027. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company had cash inflows and outflows of $72,000 and $50,000, respectively, from discontinued operations after the disposal transaction.

Operating results for the discontinued operations were comprised of the following:

The carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities for the discontinued operations are as follows: