NOTE 3 – BANKRUPTCY FILING

On November 6, 2024 (the “Petition Date”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries Unrivaled Brands, Inc. (“Unrivaled”) and Halladay Holding, LLC (“Halladay Holding”) (each a “Debtor” and collectively, the “Debtors”) voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Bankruptcy Code”) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles Division (“Bankruptcy Court”), bearing case numbers 2:24-bk-19127-BB and 2:24-bk-19128-BB (“Bankruptcy Cases”). The Debtors voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code following insolvency and litigation by People’s California, LLC (“People's”). The Chapter 11 filing is limited to Unrivaled and Halladay Holding, meaning only their assets and liabilities are included in the Debtors-in-Possession estates. Blum Holdings, Inc., along with all other operations of the Company are not included in the bankruptcy proceeding and continue operating in the ordinary course of business.
 

As a result of the Chapter 11 filing, the Debtors are now subject to review and oversight by the Bankruptcy Court. As a result, the Company no longer has exclusive control over Debtors’ activities during the Chapter 11 proceedings. Therefore, all assets and liabilities related to the Debtors were deconsolidated as of the Petition Date. Prior to the Chapter 11 filing, the Company issued a guarantee on behalf of Unrivaled and Halladay Holding for accounts payable totaling $6.96 million, which was recorded at fair value.

The Debtors jointly filed a liquidating plan on February 4, 2025, and a disclosure statement describing the plan. While the plan and related documents are available on the public docket, the Bankruptcy Court has not approved the disclosure statement as containing adequate information about the plan, nor has the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the plan. 

Significant Bankruptcy Court Actions

In the Bankruptcy Cases, the most active adversarial party has been a creditor, People's, with whom the Debtors were engaged in pre-bankruptcy litigation.

Within the first 30 days of the bankruptcy proceedings, the Debtors successfully obtained court approval to sell the real property owned by Halladay Holding free and clear of the disputed liens, claims, and interests asserted by People's. The court-approved sale was finalized on February 14, 2025.

On December 17, 2024, the Debtors removed a pre-bankruptcy lawsuit filed by People's against Unrivaled from California State Court to Bankruptcy Court, commencing Case No. 2:24-ap-1274-BB. This case pertains to an attempted foreclosure sale of Halladay Holding’s commercial real property and payments made by Unrivaled to People's under a prepetition settlement agreement.

On January 7, 2025, People's filed a motion to dismiss the Debtors’ bankruptcy case. The hearing on that motion has been continued to March 12, 2025, as the parties engaged in settlement discussions, and it is expected that the hearing will be continued for another 30 days due to the settlement discussed in the paragraph immediately below.

On February 12, 2025, the Debtors and People's participated in an in-person mediation and reached a settlement. Under the settlement terms, all pre-petition litigation and bankruptcy adversary proceedings between the parties will be dismissed, People's will withdraw its motion to dismiss the bankruptcy case, People's will support the Debtors’ liquidating plan, and a payment of $0.40 million from the sale of the Halladay Holding property will be made to People's, with an additional $1.00 million to be subject to an interpleader complaint. On March 27, 2025, the parties executed definitive documentation for the terms of the settlement. The terms of the settlement must be presented to the Bankruptcy Court for approval with a noticed motion and opportunity for hearing and order thereon pursuant to Rule 9019 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure.

On April 30, 2025, the Bankruptcy Court held a hearing and granted Debtors’ motion to approve the settlement and settlement agreement with People’s.  A written court order granting the Debtors’ motion was signed by the Bankruptcy Court on May 2, 2025. The “Effective Date” in the settlement is after the appeal period has expired with no stay pending appeal having been granted.  There is a 14-day appeal period, which will expire at 11:59 p.m. on May 16, 2025.