Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Note
1. Basis of Financial Statements
In
the opinion of Greystone Logistics, Inc. (“Greystone”), the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain
all adjustments and reclassifications, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly its financial position as
of February 28, 2022, the results of its operations for the nine months and three months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021 and its cash
flows for the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021 and the notes thereto included in the
Form 10-K for such period. The results of operations for the nine months and three months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021 are not necessarily
indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.
The
consolidated financial statements of Greystone include its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Greystone Manufacturing, L.L.C. (“GSM”)
and Plastic Pallet Production, Inc. (“PPP”), and the variable interest entity, Greystone Real Estate, L.L.C. (“GRE”).
GRE owns two buildings located in Bettendorf, Iowa which are leased to GSM. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.
Note
2. Earnings Per Share
Basic
earnings per share is based on the weighted-average effect of all common shares issued and outstanding and is calculated by dividing
net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings
per share is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares used
in the basic earnings per share calculation plus the number of common shares that would be issued assuming exercise or conversion of
all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding.
Greystone
excludes equity instruments from the calculation of diluted earnings per share if the effect of including such instruments is anti-dilutive.
Instruments which have an anti-dilutive effect for the three months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, are as follows:
Schedule of Anti-dilutive Shares
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Preferred stock convertible into common stock | |
| 3,333,333 | | |
| 3,333,333 | |
The
following tables set forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share.
For
the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021:
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Basic earnings per share of common stock: | |
| | | |
| | |
Numerator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income attributable to common stockholders | |
$ | 3,044,535 | | |
$ | 2,366,837 | |
Denominator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic | |
| 28,472,256 | | |
| 28,361,201 | |
Income per share of common stock - basic | |
$ | 0.11 | | |
$ | 0.08 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Diluted earnings per share of common stock: | |
| | | |
| | |
Numerator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income attributable to common stockholders | |
$ | 3,044,535 | | |
$ | 2,366,837 | |
Add: Preferred stock dividends for assumed conversion | |
| 243,082 | | |
| 243,973 | |
Net income allocated to common stockholders | |
$ | 3,287,617 | | |
$ | 2,610,810 | |
Denominator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic | |
| 28,472,256 | | |
| 28,361,201 | |
Incremental shares from assumed conversion of options, warrants and preferred stock, as appropriate | |
| 3,828,828 | | |
| 4,001,811 | |
Weighted average common stock outstanding – diluted | |
| 32,301,084 | | |
| 32,363,012 | |
Income per share of common stock – diluted | |
$ | 0.10 | | |
$ | 0.08 | |
For
the three months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021:
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Basic earnings per share of common stock: | |
| | | |
| | |
Numerator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income attributable to common stockholders | |
$ | 452,458 | | |
$ | 633,456 | |
Denominator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding – basic | |
| 28,472,639 | | |
| 28,361,201 | |
Income per share of common stock – basic | |
$ | 0.02 | | |
$ | 0.02 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Diluted earnings per share of common stock: | |
| | | |
| | |
Numerator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Net income attributable to common stockholders | |
$ | 452,458 | | |
$ | 633,456 | |
Denominator - | |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding - basic | |
| 28,472,639 | | |
| 28,361,201 | |
Incremental shares from assumed conversion of warrants or options, as appropriate | |
| 494,505 | | |
| 667,956 | |
Weighted average common stock outstanding - diluted | |
| 28,967,144 | | |
| 29,029,157 | |
Income (loss) per share of common stock – diluted | |
$ | 0.02 | | |
$ | 0.02 | |
Note
3. Inventory
Inventory
consists of the following:
Schedule of Inventory
| |
February 28, | |
May 31, |
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Raw materials | |
$ | 2,054,525 | | |
$ | 2,520,654 | |
Finished goods | |
| 2,233,490 | | |
| 921,320 | |
Total inventory | |
$ | 4,288,015 | | |
$ | 3,441,974 | |
Note
4. Property, Plant and Equipment
A
summary of property, plant and equipment is as follows:
Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment
| |
February 28, 2022 | |
May 31, 2021 |
Production machinery and equipment | |
$ | 56,215,850 | | |
$ | 52,292,733 | |
Plant buildings and land | |
| 7,020,542 | | |
| 6,970,949 | |
Leasehold improvements | |
| 1,487,398 | | |
| 1,487,398 | |
Furniture and fixtures | |
| 542,057 | | |
| 550,337 | |
Property plant and equipment gross | |
| 65,265,847 | | |
| 61,301,417 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization | |
| (33,166,171 | ) | |
| (30,302,429 | ) |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net Property, Plant and Equipment | |
$ | 32,099,676 | | |
$ | 30,998,988 | |
Production
machinery includes deposits on equipment in the amount of $2,977,230 at February 28, 2022, which has not been placed into service. Plant
buildings and land include two properties which are owned by GRE, a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and have an aggregate
net book value of $2,577,901 as of February 28, 2022.
Depreciation
expense, including amortization expense related to financing leases, for the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021 was $4,011,025
and $4,397,890, respectively.
Note
5. Related Party Transactions/Activity
Yorktown
Management & Financial Services, LLC
Yorktown
Management & Financial Services, LLC (“Yorktown”), an entity wholly-owned by Greystone’s President and CEO, owns
and rents to Greystone (1) grinding equipment used to grind raw materials for Greystone’s pallet production and (2) extruders for
pelletizing recycled plastic into pellets for resale and for use as raw material in the manufacture of pallets. GSM pays weekly rental
fees to Yorktown of $27,500 for use of Yorktown’s grinding equipment and pelletizing equipment. Rental fees were $1,072,500 for
the each of the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021.
Greystone
paid Yorktown office rents totaling $38,400
and $36,000
during the nine months ended February 28, 2022
and 2021, respectively. Greystone prepaid $99,710 to Yorktown as a prepayment for lease rentals and rents on office space in consideration
for a 50% reduction on office rent on the last scheduled payment under the office lease.
TriEnda
Holdings, L.L.C.
TriEnda
Holdings, L.L.C. (“TriEnda”) is a manufacturer of plastic pallets, protective packing and dunnage utilizing thermoform processing
for which Warren F. Kruger, Greystone’s President and CEO, serves TriEnda as the non-executive Chairman of the Board and is a partner
in a partnership which has a majority ownership interest in TriEnda. Greystone may purchase pallets from TriEnda for resale or sell Greystone
pallets to TriEnda. During the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, Greystone purchases from TriEnda totaled $4,222 and $52,356,
respectively, and sales to TriEnda totaled $62,089 and $54,871, respectively. As of February 28, 2022, TriEnda owed $88,204 to Greystone.
Green
Plastic Pallets
Greystone
sells plastic pallets to Green Plastic Pallets (“Green”), an entity that is owned by James Kruger, brother to Warren Kruger,
Greystone’s President and CEO. Greystone had sales to Green of $348,330 and $343,350 for the nine months ended February 28, 2022
and 2021, respectively. The account receivable due from Green as of February 28, 2022 was $23,970.
Note
6. Long-term Debt
Debt
as of February 28, 2022 and May 31, 2021 is as follows:
Schedule of Long-Term Debt
| |
February 28, | |
May 31, |
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Other | |
| 120,648 | | |
| 147,914 | |
Term loan A payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 4.0%, maturing April 30, 2023 | |
$ | 973,767 | | |
$ | 1,623,572 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan C payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 4.0%, maturing August 4, 2024 | |
| 703,855 | | |
| 905,822 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan D payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 4.75%, maturing January 10, 2022 | |
| - | | |
| 487,390 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan E payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 4.75%, maturing February 28, 2023 | |
| 253,181 | | |
| 447,551 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan F payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 5.25%, maturing February 29, 2024 | |
| 1,476,551 | | |
| 2,035,670 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan G payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5% but not less than 5.25%, maturing April 30, 2024 | |
| - | | |
| 789,926 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Revolving loan payable to International Bank of Commerce, prime rate of interest plus 0.5%
but not less than 5.5%,
due January
31, 2024 | |
| 3,700,000 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Paycheck Protection Program note, interest rate of 1.0%, debt forgiven June 2021 | |
| - | | |
| 3,034,000 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan payable by GRE to International Bank of Commerce, interest rate of 5.5%, monthly principal and interest payment of $27,688, due April 30, 2023 | |
| 1,883,218 | | |
| 2,049,941 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term note payable to Great Western Bank, interest rate of 3.7%,
monthly principal and interest payments of $27,593,
due March
19, 2025, secured by certain equipment | |
| 962,651 | | |
| 1,180,470 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Term loan payable to Great Western Bank, interest rate of 3.5%, monthly principal and interest payments of $5,997, due August 10, 2028, secured by certain real estate | |
| 814,758 | | |
| - | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Note payable to Robert Rosene, 7.5% interest, due January 15, 2024 | |
| 3,357,143 | | |
| 3,536,112 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other | |
| 120,648 | | |
| 147,914 | |
Total long-term debt | |
| 14,245,772 | | |
| 16,238,368 | |
Debt issuance costs, net of amortization | |
| (31,211 | ) | |
| (30,726 | ) |
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs | |
| 14,214,561 | | |
| 16,207,642 | |
Less: Current portion of long-term debt | |
| (2,818,321 | ) | |
| (3,236,113 | ) |
Long-term debt, net of current portion | |
$ | 11,396,240 | | |
$ | 12,971,529 | |
The
prime rate of interest as of February 28, 2022, was 3.25%.
Subsequent to February 28, 2022, the prime rate of interest was increased to 3.50% on March 17, 2022.
Debt
issuance costs consists of the amounts paid to third parties in connection with the issuance and modification of debt instruments. These
costs are shown on the consolidated balance sheet as a direct reduction to the related debt instrument. Amortization of these costs is
included in interest expense. Greystone recorded amortization of debt issuance costs of $4,267
and $2,532 for the nine months ended February 28, 2022
and 2021, respectively.
Loan
Agreement between Greystone and IBC
The
Loan Agreement (“IBC Loan Agreement”), dated January 31, 2014 and as amended from time to time, among Greystone and GSM (the
“Borrowers”) and International Bank of Commerce (“IBC”) provides for certain term loans and a revolver loan.
The
IBC term loans make equal monthly payments of principal and interest in such amounts sufficient to amortize the principal balance of
the loans over the remaining lives. The monthly payments of principal and interest on the IBC term loans may vary due to changes in the
prime rate of interest. Currently, the aggregate payments for the IBC term loans are approximately $194,000 per month.
The
IBC Loan Agreement, as amended, provides a revolving loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $4,000,000
(the “Revolving Loan”). The amount
which can be borrowed from time to time is dependent upon the amount of the borrowing base, as defined in the IBC Loan Agreement, not
to exceed $4,000,000.
The Revolving Loan bears interest at the greater of the prime rate of interest plus 0.5%,
or 5.50%
and matures January
31, 2024.
The Borrowers are required to pay all interest accrued on the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan on a monthly basis.
Any principal on the Revolving Loan that is prepaid by the Borrowers does not reduce the original amount available to the Borrowers.
Greystone’s available revolving loan borrowing capacity was $300,000
as of February 28, 2022.
The
IBC Loan Agreement includes customary events of default, including events of default relating to non-payment of principal and other amounts
owing under the IBC Loan Agreement from time to time, inaccuracy of representations, violation of covenants, defaults under other agreements,
bankruptcy and similar events, the death of a guarantor, certain material adverse changes relating to a Borrower or guarantor, certain
judgments or awards against a Borrower, or government action affecting a Borrower’s or guarantor’s ability to perform under
the IBC Loan Agreement or the related loan documents. Among other things, a default under the IBC Loan Agreement would permit IBC to
cease lending funds under the IBC Loan Agreement and require immediate repayment of any outstanding notes with interest and any unpaid
accrued fees.
The
IBC Loan Agreement is secured by a lien on substantially all of the assets of the Borrowers. In addition, the IBC Loan Agreement is secured
by a mortgage granted by GRE on the real property owned by GRE in Bettendorf, Iowa (the “Mortgage”). GRE is owned by Warren
F. Kruger, Greystone’s President and CEO, and Robert B. Rosene, Jr., a director of Greystone. Messrs. Kruger and Rosene have provided
a combined limited guaranty of the Borrowers’ obligations under the IBC Loan Agreement, with such guaranty being limited to a combined
amount of $6,500,000
(the “Guaranty”) subsequently amended
and restated as of January 7, 2016, reducing the maximum aggregate guaranty limit to $3,500,000
if Greystone maintained a Debt Coverage Ratio
of at least 1.35:1.00 for a period of six consecutive quarters. Greystone has maintained a ratio of at least 1.35:1.00 for the specified
time and has notified IBC accordingly. The Mortgage and the Guaranty also secure or guaranty, as applicable, the obligations of GRE under
the Loan Agreement between GRE and IBC dated January 31, 2014, as discussed herein.
Loan
Agreement between GRE and IBC
On
August 10, 2018, GRE and IBC entered into an amended agreement to extend the maturity of the note to April 30, 2023 and increase the
interest rate to 5.5%. The note is secured by a mortgage on the two buildings in Bettendorf, Iowa, which are leased to Greystone.
Loan
Agreement with Great Western Bank
On
August 23, 2021, Greystone entered into a loan agreement with Great Western Bank (“Western Loan Agreement”) to include prior
commercial loans and subsequent loans. GSM is a named guarantor under the Western Loan Agreement.
The
Western Loan Agreement includes customary events of default, including events of default relating to non-payment of principal and other
amounts owing under the Western Loan Agreement from time to time, inaccuracy of representations, violation of covenants, defaults under
other agreements, bankruptcy and similar events, certain material adverse changes relating to a Borrower, certain judgments or awards
against a Borrower, or guarantor’s ability to perform under the Western Loan Agreement. Among other things, a default under the
Western Loan Agreement would permit Western to cease lending funds under the Western Loan Agreement and require immediate repayment of
any outstanding notes with interest and any unpaid accrued fees.
The
Western Loan Agreement is secured by a mortgage on two of Greystone’s warehouses.
Note
Payable between Greystone and Robert B. Rosene, Jr.
Effective
December 15, 2005, Greystone entered into an agreement with Robert B. Rosene, Jr., a member of Greystone’s board of directors,
to convert $2,066,000 of advances into an unsecured note payable at 7.5% interest.
Effective
June 1, 2016, the note was restated (the “Restated Note”) to combine the outstanding principal, $2,066,000, and accrued interest,
$2,475,690, into an unsecured note payable of $4,541,690 with an extended maturity date of January 15, 2024. The Restated Note provides
that accrued interest is payable monthly and allows Greystone to use commercially reasonable efforts to pay such amounts as allowed by
the IBC Loan Agreement against the interest accrued prior to the restatement. The balance of the note as of February 28, 2022 was $3,357,143.
Maturities
Maturities
of Greystone’s long-term debt for the five years subsequent to February 28, 2022, are $2,818,321, $10,172,715, $545,176, $79,502
and $50,430 with $579,628 thereafter.
Note
7. Leases
Financing
Leases
Financing
leases as of February 28, 2022 and May 31, 2021:
Schedule of Financing Lease
| |
February 28, 2022 | |
May 31, 2021 |
Non-cancellable financing leases | |
$ | 2,370,077 | | |
$ | 3,594,007 | |
Less: Current portion | |
| (1,592,166 | ) | |
| (1,745,535 | ) |
Non-cancellable financing leases, net of current portion | |
$ | 777,911 | | |
$ | 1,848,472 | |
Greystone
and an unrelated private company entered into three lease agreements for certain production equipment with a total cost of approximately
$6.9 million which were effective February 24, 2018, August 2, 2018 and December 21, 2018, respectively, with five-year terms and an
effective interest rate of 7.4%. Each of the lease agreements include a bargain purchase option to acquire the production equipment at
the end of the lease term. The leased equipment is principally used to produce pallets for the private company. Lease payments are made
as a credit on the sales invoice at the rate of $3.32 for each pallet produced and shipped from the respective leased equipment. The
estimated aggregate monthly rental payments are approximately $130,000. The rent payments can vary each month depending on the quantity
of pallets produced from each machine. The lease agreements provide for minimum monthly lease rental payments based upon the total pallets
sold in excess of a specified amount not to exceed the monthly productive capacity of the leased machines.
Effective
December 28, 2018, Yorktown purchased certain production equipment from Greystone at net book value of $968,168 and entered into a lease
agreement with Greystone for the equipment with a monthly rent of $27,915 for the initial thirty-six months and $7,695 for the following
twelve months and maturing December 27, 2022. The lease agreement has a $10,000 purchase option at the end of the lease.
The
production equipment under the non-cancelable financing leases has a gross carrying amount of $8,473,357 as of February 28, 2022. Amortization
of the carrying amount of $721,923 and $758,902 was included in depreciation expense for the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and
2021, respectively.
Operating
Leases
Greystone
recognized a lease liability for each lease based on the present value of remaining minimum fixed rental payments, using a discount rate
that approximates the rate of interest for a collateralized loan over a similar term. A right-of-use asset is recognized for each lease,
valued at the lease liability. Minimum fixed rental payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease as costs
and expenses on the consolidated statements of income. Variable and short-term rental payments are recognized as costs and expenses as
they are incurred.
Greystone
has two non-cancellable operating leases for equipment with a fifty-two month term and a forty-eight month term and a discount rate of
5.40%. The leases are single-term with constant monthly rental rates.
Lease
Summary Information
For
the periods ending February 28, 2022 and 2021:
Summary of Lease Activity
| |
2022 | |
2021 |
Lease Expense | |
| | | |
| | |
Financing lease expense - | |
| | | |
| | |
Amortization of right-of-use assets | |
$ | 721,923 | | |
$ | 758,902 | |
Interest on lease liabilities | |
| 119,000 | | |
| 218,088 | |
Operating lease expense | |
| 53,411 | | |
| 61,411 | |
Short-term lease expense | |
| 1,101,133 | | |
| 1,117,628 | |
Total | |
$ | 1,995,467 | | |
$ | 2,156,029 | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other Information | |
| | | |
| | |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for finance leases - | |
| | | |
| | |
Operating cash flows | |
$ | 119,000 | | |
$ | 218,088 | |
Financing cash flows | |
$ | 1,248,371 | | |
$ | 1,407,081 | |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for operating leases - | |
| | | |
| | |
Operating cash flows | |
$ | 53,411 | | |
$ | 61,411 | |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) - | |
| | | |
| | |
Financing leases | |
| 1.5 | | |
| 2.8 | |
Operating leases | |
| 1.9 | | |
| 2.2 | |
Weighted-average discount rate - | |
| | | |
| | |
Financing leases | |
| 7.3 | % | |
| 7.4 | % |
Operating leases | |
| 5.4 | % | |
| 5.2 | % |
Future
minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of February 28, 2022, are approximately:
Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments
| |
Financing
Leases | | |
Operating
Leases | |
Twelve
months ended February 28, 2023 | |
$ | 1,709,132 | | |
$ | 33,881 | |
Twelve
months ended February 29, 2024 | |
| 771,741 | | |
| 24,550 | |
Twelve
months ended February 28, 2025 | |
| 22,479 | | |
| 7,468 | |
Twelve
months ended February 28, 2026 | |
| 7,807 | | |
| - | |
Twelve
months ended February 28, 2027 | |
| 502 | | |
| - | |
Total
future minimum lease payments | |
| 2,511,661 | | |
| 65,899 | |
Present
value discount | |
| 141,584 | | |
| 3,657 | |
Present
value of minimum lease payments | |
$ | 2,370,077 | | |
$ | 62,242 | |
Note
8. Deferred Revenue
Advances
from a customer pursuant to a contract for the sale of plastic pallets is recognized as deferred revenue. Revenue related to these
advances is
recognized by Greystone as pallets are shipped to the customer which totaled $9,772,750
and $4,291,800
during the nine months
ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Customer advances received during the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021 were
$13,560,500
and $1,380,000,
respectively. The unrecognized balance of deferred revenue as of February 28, 2022 and May 31, 2021, was $10,218,357
and $6,430,607,
respectively.
Note
9. Revenue and Revenue Recognition
Revenue
is recognized at the time a good or service is transferred to a customer and the customer obtains control of that good or receives the
service performed. Sales arrangements with customers are short-term in nature involving single performance obligations related to the
delivery of goods and generally provide for transfer of control at the time of shipment. In limited circumstances, where acceptance of
the goods is subject to approval by the customer, revenue is recognized upon approval by the customer unless, historically, there have
been insignificant rejections of goods by the customer. Contract liabilities associated with sales arrangements primarily relate to deferred
revenue on prepaid sales of goods. Greystone generally permits returns of product due to defects; however, product returns are historically
insignificant. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which Greystone expects to be entitled to receive in exchange
for its products.
Greystone’s
principal product is plastic pallets produced from recycled plastic resin. Sales are primarily to customers in the continental United
States of America. International sales are made to customers in Canada and Mexico which totaled approximately 1.6% and 0.8% of sales
during the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Greystone’s
customers include stocking and non-stocking distributors and direct sales to end-user customers. Sales to the following categories of
customers for the nine months ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, respectively, were as follows:
Schedule of Sale of Revenues for Customer Categories
Category | |
2022 | | |
2021 | |
End
User Customers | |
| 74 | % | |
| 85 | % |
Distributors | |
| 26 | % | |
| 15 | % |
Note
10. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The
following methods and assumptions are used in estimating the fair-value disclosures for financial instruments:
Debt:
The carrying amount of notes with floating rates of interest approximate fair value. Fixed rate notes are valued based on cash flows
using estimated rates of comparable notes. The carrying amounts reported on the balance sheets approximate fair value.
Note
11. Concentrations, Risks and Uncertainties
Greystone
derived approximately 75% and 85% of its total sales from three customers (four customers in the prior period) during the nine months
ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The loss of a material amount of business from one or more of these customers could have
a material adverse effect on Greystone.
Greystone
purchases damaged pallets from its customers at a price based on the value of the raw material content in the pallet. A majority of these
purchases, totaling $313,050 and $524,321 in fiscal years 2022 and 2021, respectively, were from one of its major customers.
Robert
B. Rosene, Jr., a Greystone director, has provided financing and guarantees on Greystone’s bank debt. As of February 28, 2022,
Greystone is indebted to Mr. Rosene in the amount of $3,357,143 for a note payable due January 15, 2024. There is no assurance that Mr.
Rosene will renew the note as of the maturity date.
COVID-19
Risks. The impact of COVID-19 and the related variants has created much uncertainty in the marketplace. To date, the demand for Greystone’s
products has not been affected as Greystone’s pallets are generally used logistically by essential entities. The major issue that
Greystone has incurred is maintaining adequate work force to meet demand for pallets. The virus has impacted the overall workforce in
our operating area as well as Greystone’s workforce due to employees electing to stay at home for protection from COVID-19 and
reductions of recruitment of new employees. Management is unable to predict the stability of its workforce due to the uncertainty created
as long as the virus or variants thereof continue to stay active.
Greystone
is subject to litigation, claims and other commitments and contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the asserted
value of these matters may be significant, the company currently does not expect that the ultimate resolution of any open matters will
have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Note
12. Commitments
As
of February 28, 2022, Greystone had commitments totaling $5,308,262 toward the purchase of production equipment.