Alset Inc. Debt Disclosure
6. NOTES PAYABLE
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, notes payable consisted of the following:
December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Motor Vehicle Loans | $ | 98,091 | $ | 123,118 | ||||
| Loans for Operations | 22,415 | 37,837 | ||||||
| Promissory Note to D. Boral Capital LLC | 829,182 | 1,255,345 | ||||||
| Total notes payable | $ | 949,688 | $ | 1,416,300 | ||||
M&T Bank Loan
On April 17, 2019, SeD Maryland Development LLC entered into a Development Loan Agreement with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”) in the principal amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the sum of $8,000,000, with a cumulative loan advance amount of $18,500,000. The line of credit bore interest rate on LIBOR plus 375 basis points. SeD Maryland Development LLC was also provided with a Letter of Credit (“L/C”) Facility in an aggregate amount of up to $900,000. The L/C commission is 1.5% per annum on the face amount of the L/C. Other standard lender fees apply in the event the L/C is drawn down. The loan is a revolving line of credit. The L/C Facility is not a revolving loan, and amounts advanced and repaid may not be re-borrowed. Repayment of the Loan Agreement is secured by $2,600,000 collateral fund and a Deed of Trust issued to the Lender on the property owned by SeD Maryland. The loan expired during 2022 and only L/C is outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. On March 15, 2022 approximately $2,300,000 was released from collateral, leaving approximately $300,000 as collateral for outstanding letters of credit. On December 14, 2023 approximately $201,751 was released from collateral, leaving approximately $100,000 as collateral for outstanding letters of credit.
Promissory Note to D. Boral Capital LLC
On December 18, 2023, the Company’s subsidiary, HWH International Inc. entered into a Satisfaction and Discharge of Indebtedness Agreement in connection with an underwriting agreement previously entered into by HWH and D. Boral Capital LLC (“D. Boral Capital”) (previously known as EF Hutton LLC), a division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, under which in lieu of HWH tendering the full amount due of $3,018,750, the underwriters accepted a combination of $325,000 in cash paid upon the closing of Business Combination, shares of the Company’s common stock and a $1,184,375 promissory note as full satisfaction. This agreement was effective at the closing of Business Combination on January 9, 2024. The shares were issued as of the price of $, totaling the amount of $1,509,375. The fair value of the HWH shares at issuance on January 9, 2024 was $ per share or $421,429. No gain or loss was recognized upon issuance of the shares on January 9, 2024 as this was an adjustment to prior underwriting costs accounted for in equity. The promissory note carries interest rate equal to SOFR (secured overnight financing rate for U.S. Government Securities Business Day published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) plus a margin of one percent. The principal amount of the promissory note and any accrued interest shall mature (i) partially in the event HWH completes an offering within one year of the date of the promissory note, the amount of outstanding debt maturing being proportionate to the amount of proceeds of the future offering, or (ii) in partial installments through October of 2028, the outstanding balance being paid annually until the balance owed is paid in full. As of December 31, 2024, the Company accrued $70,970 in interest on the promissory note and owed $1,255,345 to D. Boral Capital. The total due to D. Boral Capital as of December 31, 2025, is $829,182, which includes $710,625 in principal and $118,557 in interest. The remaining principal will be repaid in three installments of $236,875 due in October of 2026, 2027, and 2028.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 31, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Apr 1, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 31, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 31, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Apr 14, 2021 | |
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