Company: RILY
Filing Date: 2025-12-15
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001464790-25-000029
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Company: B. Riley Financial, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-12-15
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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 the Company from any credit loss exposure. On June 18, 2025, an amendment was made to the Axos Guaranty whereby the Company’s obligations as guarantor were suspended until January 1, 2027.Vintage Capital Management, LLC Loan ReceivableOn August 21, 2023, one of the Company’s subsidiaries and Vintage Capital Management, LLC (“VCM”), an affiliate of Brian Kahn (“Mr. Kahn”), amended and restated a promissory note (the “Amended and Restated Note”), pursuant to which VCM owes the Company’s subsidiary the aggregate principal amount of $200,506 which bears interest at the rate of 12.00% per annum payable-in-kind with a maturity date of December 31, 2027. The Amended and Restated Note requires repayments prior to the maturity date from certain proceeds received by VCM, Mr. Kahn or his affiliates from, among other proceeds, distributions or dividends paid by Freedom VCM, Inc. (“Freedom VCM”) in an amount equal to the greater of (i) 80% of the net after-tax proceeds, and (ii) 50% of gross proceeds. Amounts owing under the Amended and Restated Note may be repaid at any time without penalty. The obligations under the Amended and Restated Note are primarily secured by a first priority perfected security interest in Freedom VCM’s equity interests owned by Mr. Kahn, the chief executive officer (“CEO”) and a member of the board of directors of Freedom VCM as of December 31, 2023, and his spouse with a value, based on the transaction price of the take private transaction that included the acquisition of the Franchise Group, Inc. (“FRG”) by a buyer group that included members of senior management of FRG, led by Mr. Kahn, FRG’s then CEO (the “FRG take-private transaction”), of $227,296 as of August 21, 2023. On January 22, 2024, Mr. Kahn resigned as CEO and a member of the board of directors of Freedom VCM. In light of Mr. Kahn’s alleged involvement with the alleged misconduct concerning Prophecy Asset Management LP (“Prophecy”). 

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On November 3, 2024, Freedom VCM filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 (“Chapter 11 Cases”) of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (“Bankruptcy Code”), which impacted the collateral for this loan receivable