NOTE 11 – NOTES PAYABLE

 

Notes payable

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company acquired domain names from a third party and owed $97,323. The Company has repaid $80,000 of the balance and as of December 31, 2024 and 2025, the remaining balance owed is $17,323. The amount is unsecured with no maturity date and does not accrue interest.

 

On January 4, 2024, the Company entered into a promissory note as part of the acquisition of RevenueZen (the “RevenueZen Note”). The RevenueZen Note has the principal sum of $440,000, matures on December 31, 2025, and interest on the outstanding principal balance of, and all other sums owing under the loan amount, is 11%. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the RevenueZen Note), the interest rate automatically increases to the rate of 16% per annum. The loan amount is payable as follows: (i) commencing on the date that was thirty (30) days from the date of the RevenueZen Note and continuing monthly on such same day thereafter, the Company shall make an interest only payment equal to $4,033 per month and commencing on July 31, 2024 the Company shall make an interest only payment of $3,575 per month (ii) no later than June 30, 2024, the Company must make a payment of $50,000; and (iii) the entire loan amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on December 31, 2025. The required $50,000 payment was made on July 2, 2024 and the remaining balance of $390,000 was paid prior to the maturity date to settle the amount owed in full. As of December 31, 2025 the balance due on the RevenueZen Note was $0.

 

In January 2024, the Company entered into three separate promissory notes for aggregate principal of $250,000 and received cash proceeds of $250,000. The notes mature on the two-year anniversary of the Company using the funds received for the acquisition of a business, which occurred in January 2024, and carry a 15% interest rate on the outstanding principal balance of, and all other sums owing under, the loan amounts of the notes. During the year ended December 31, 2025 the remaining balance of $250,000 was paid prior to the maturity date to settle the amount owed in full. As of December 31, 2025 the balance due on the notes was $0.

 

On April 1, 2024 the Company received proceeds of $200,000 under note payable agreements from OA SPV, under note payable agreements from OA SPV, a related party as described under Note 2. The notes are unsecured and mature three years from the date of the advances, which is April 1, 2027. On February 26, 2025 the notes payable was modified to bear a 15% interest rate, calculated on the outstanding principal amount. Interest shall accrue annually and be payable at the end of each fiscal quarter in accordance with the profitability and cash flow of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, as agreed upon by both parties. The Company repaid $1,000 of the funds advanced during the year ended December 31, 2024 and repaid $10,000 during the year ended December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2025 the balance due on the advance was $189,000 and is classified under Notes payable – related parties, on the balance sheet.

 

On June 6, 2024, the Company entered into a promissory note as part of the acquisition of DDS Rank (the “DDS Rank Note”). The DDS Rank Note has the principal sum of $200,000, matures on June 6, 2026, and interest on the outstanding principal balance of, and all other sums owing under the loan amount, is 7%. The loan amount is payable as follows: (i) commencing on the date that was thirty (30) days from the date of the DDS Rank Note and continuing monthly on such same day thereafter, the Company shall make an interest only payment equal to $1,167 per month (ii) the entire loan amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on June 6, 2026. As of December 31, 2025 the balance due on the DDS Rank Note was $200,000.

 

On October 1, 2024, the Company entered into a promissory Note as part of the acquisition of Eastern Standard (the “Eastern Standard Short-Term Note”). The Eastern Standard Short-Term Note has the principal sum of $400,000, matures on February 1, 2025, and interest on the outstanding principal balance of, and all other sums owing under the loan amount, is 8%. The loan amount is payable as follows: (i) commencing on the date that was thirty (30) days from the date of the Eastern Standard Short Term Note and continuing monthly on such same day thereafter, the Company shall make an interest only payment equal to $2,667 per month (ii) the entire loan amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on February 1, 2025. On February 1 2025, OA SPV repaid the balance owed on the Eastern Standard Short-Term Note in exchange for an additional equity interest of 16% in Eastern Standard.

 

In addition, on October 1, 2024, the Company entered into a promissory note as part of the acquisition of Eastern Standard (the “Eastern Standard Note”). The Eastern Standard Note has the principal sum of $850,000, matures on October 1, 2026, and interest on the outstanding principal balance of, and all other sums owing under the loan amount, is 8%. The loan amount is payable as follows: (i) commencing on the date that was thirty (30) days from the date of the Eastern Standard Note and continuing monthly on such same day thereafter, the Company shall make an interest only payment equal to $5,667 per month (ii) the entire loan amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable on October 1, 2026. As of December 31, 2025, the balance due on the Eastern Standard Note was $850,000, which is classified under Notes payable – related parties, on the balance sheet.

 

On February 28, 2025, the Company issued a promissory note for $340,000 to the RevenueZen Sellers in connection with the earn-out payment as discussed in Note 16. The promissory note has a term of 60 months and accrues interest at 19%. As of December 31, 2025, the balance due on the RevenueZen Note was $303,081, which is classified under Notes payable – related parties, on the balance sheet.

 

On June 2, 2025, the Company received proceeds of $35,965 under a note payable agreement from OA SPV, a related party as described under Note 2. The notes are unsecured and mature three years from the date of the advances, which is June 2, 2028 and bear a 15% interest rate, calculated on the outstanding principal amount. Interest shall accrue annually and be payable at the end of each fiscal quarter in accordance with the profitability and cash flow of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, as agreed upon by both parties. As of December 31, 2025 the balance due on the advance was $35,965 and is classified under Notes payable – related parties, on the balance sheet.

 

At various times the Company enters into short-term financing agreements with payment service providers who provide cash proceeds. The Company will repay the principal balance based on a percentage of its daily sales processed through the service provider until the total principal is repaid, which ranges from 5% to 30%, based on the repayment terms in the agreement which is less than one year. The following table shows the outstanding balances of these lenders as of December 31, 2025:

 

Borrowing Entity

 

Origination Date

 

Interest

rate

 

 

Original cash

advanced

 

 

Balance as of

December 31, 2025

 

 

Balance as of

December 31, 2024

 

Proofread Anywhere

 

August 24, 2024

 

 

8.9%

 

$250,000

 

 

$-

 

 

$145,358

 

Proofread Anywhere

 

May 25, 2025

 

 

8.8%

 

$250,000

 

 

$166,405

 

 

$-

 

Proofread Anywhere

 

August 13, 2025

 

 

13%

 

$253,750

 

 

$-

 

 

$-

 

Vital Reaction

 

June 30, 2024

 

 

8.67%

 

$55,000

 

 

$-

 

 

$2,287

 

Vital Reaction

 

October 31, 2024

 

 

8.67%

 

$83,000

 

 

$6,569

 

 

$83,000

 

Vital Reaction

 

July 25, 2025

 

 

8.39%

 

$32,000

 

 

$34,748

 

 

$-

 

Contentellect

 

November 18, 2024

 

 

6.53%

 

$44,700

 

 

$-

 

 

$39,396

 

Contentellect

 

June 30, 2025

 

 

7.20%

 

$77,100

 

 

$34,598

 

 

$-

 

DDS Rank

 

June 28, 2025

 

 

14.40%

 

$15,100

 

 

$5,709

 

 

$-

 

Onfolio Assets

 

November 5, 2024

 

 

11.20%

 

$10,900

 

 

$-

 

 

 

9,111

 

Onfolio Assets

 

June 28, 2025

 

 

8.13%

 

 

16,600

 

 

$4,846

 

 

$-

 

SEO Butler

 

November 30, 2024

 

 

9.91%

 

$21,650

 

 

$-

 

 

$16,159

 

SEO Butler

 

July 30, 2025

 

 

17.5%

 

$36,321

 

 

$17,460

 

 

$-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total balance as of December 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$270,335

 

 

$295,311

 

 

Convertible Notes

 

On November 17, 2025, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the buyer referred to in the Schedule of Buyers included therein (the “Buyers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell (i) an aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000 in Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “Senior Secured Notes”), convertible into the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) rights to receive Common Stock (the “Rights”) (see Note 16).

 

The Securities Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties of the Company and the Buyers typical for transactions of this type. In addition, the Securities Purchase Agreement contains customary covenants on the Company’s part typical for transactions of this type.

 

Senior Secured Convertible Notes

 

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has issued Senior Secured Convertible Notes (the “Senior Secured Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $6,000,000, maturing on November 17, 2027, which are convertible into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.984.  At any time the Buyer may, at the Buyers’s option, convert all, or any part of the note at the lower of (i) the applicable Conversion Price as in effect on the applicable Conversion Date and (ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) (i) 92% of the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock of any Trading Day during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice or (ii) during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, 85% of the lowest VWAP of the Common Stock of any Trading Day during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Day period ending and including the Trading Day immediately preceding the delivery or deemed delivery of the applicable Conversion Notice. The initial Floor Price means $0.22 (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, share combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) provided that if on the six month anniversary of the Issuance Date the Floor Price shall be adjusted to the lower of (i) the Floor Price then in effect and (ii) 20% of the lower of (x) the closing price of the Ordinary Shares of the Principal Market (as reported by the Principal Market) as of the Trading Day ended immediately prior to such applicable Six Month Anniversary Date and (y) the quotient of (I) the sum of each the closing price of the Ordinary Shares of the Principal Market (as reported by the Principal Market) on each Trading Day of the five (5) Trading Day period ended on, and including, the Trading Day ended immediately prior to such applicable Six Month Anniversary Date, divided by (II) five.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company may require each Buyer to participate in one or more additional closings for the purchase by such Buyer and the sale by the Company, of (a)with respect to the First Additional Closing (as defined below), additional Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,000,000, or such other amount as the Company and each Buyer shall mutually agree in writing (such closing of the purchase of such Senior Secured Notes, the “First Additional Closing”), and (b) with respect to any Subsequent Additional Closing (as defined below), Senior Secured Notes with an aggregate original principal amount for all Subsequent Additional Closings not to exceed $292,000,000, or such other amount as the Company and each Buyer shall mutually agree in writing (each such closing of the purchase of such Senior Secured Notes, a “Subsequent Additional Closing”).

 

The Senior Secured Notes were issued on November 17, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Senior Secured Notes are senior obligations of the Company and are secured by all personal property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, pursuant to a Security Agreement and a Guaranty.

 

The Senior Secured Notes also contain certain negative covenants, including prohibitions on the incurrence of indebtedness, liens, restrictions on redemption and cash dividends, restrictions on the transfer of assets and changes in the nature of business, as well as standard and customary events of default including, but not limited to, failure to make payments when due, failure to observe or perform covenants or agreements contained in the Senior Secured Notes, existence of a default or event of default under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and unsatisfied judgments against the Company. As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under the agreements.

 

As a result of the variable conversion rate, the Company determined that the conversion feature must be separated from the note and accounted for as a derivative liability under ASC 815. The fair value of the derivative on the date of issuance of $4,546,912 was recorded as a debt discount. See further discussion under “Note 12. Derivative Liabilities.” The aggregate debt discount of $5,776,912 is being amortized to interest expense over the respective term of the note. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had a remaining unamortized discount of $5,723,727.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

On November 17, 2025, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the Buyers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which provides, subject to certain limitations, the Buyers with certain registration rights for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Senior Secured Notes. The Registration Rights Agreement requires the Company to prepare and file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days after the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes to register the resale of the shares underlying the Senior Secured Notes and cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after the issuance of the Senior Secured Notes. In the event that the Company fails to file the registration statement by the prescribed deadline or such registration statement is not declared effective by the prescribed deadline or the Company fails to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, then the Company shall pay to each holder of registrable securities relating to such registration statement an amount in cash equal to two percent (2.0%) of such investor’s original principal amount stated in such investor’s Senior Secured Note.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company recognized interest expense associated with the Convertible Notes of $40,000. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had accrued interest associated with the Convertible notes of $0. 

 

The following summarizes the Company’s maturities of debt instruments:

 

 

 

Principal

 

Fiscal year ended:

 

 

 

December 31, 2026

 

$1,385,562

 

December 31, 2027

 

 

6,251,622

 

December 31, 2028

 

 

111,578

 

December 31, 2029

 

 

91,298

 

December 31, 2030 and thereafter

 

 

25,643

 

Total loan repayments

 

 

7,865,703

 

Less interest

 

 

-

 

Total

 

$7,865,703

 

About Debt Disclosures

Debt disclosures detail a company's borrowing structure — the types of instruments, interest rates, maturity schedule, and covenant restrictions that define its financial obligations and flexibility. This section is essential for assessing refinancing risk, interest rate exposure, and the margin of safety against financial distress.

Key signals: the maturity schedule reveals concentration risk — large maturities within 1-2 years during tight credit markets can force dilutive refinancing or asset sales. Compare the fair value of debt against carrying amount to gauge whether the market views the company's credit risk differently than the balance sheet suggests. Watch covenant compliance disclosures for tightening cushions, especially leverage and interest coverage ratios. Variable-rate debt exposure quantifies sensitivity to interest rate changes. Secured versus unsecured mix affects recovery rates and future borrowing capacity. Compare net debt-to-EBITDA against industry peers and covenant limits to assess financial health.