NOTE 9. CONVERTIBLE DEBT

 

As of December 31, 2025, the Company has two series of convertible promissory notes outstanding under separate Securities Purchase Agreements entered into in 2023 and 2025, respectively. The aggregate outstanding principal of both series is $3,135,000, carried as a long-term liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Each series is described separately below.

 

2023 Notes

 

On October and November 2023, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “2023 SPA”) with certain accredited investors (collectively, the “Investors”) pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue to the Investors in a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”) in one or more closings up to an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 of Convertible Notes (the “2023 Notes”). As of December 31, 2025, we issued and sold an aggregate of $2,600,000 of 2023 Notes to certain Investors pursuant to the 2023 SPA, convertible into an aggregate of 2,080,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.25 per share.

 

The 2023 Notes mature and are due on the fifth anniversary of the issuance date in October and November of 2028. The 2023 Notes bear simple interest at a rate of 12% per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. The 2023 Notes are convertible into shares of our Common Stock at the option of the holder at a fixed conversion price of $1.25 per share. In addition, we may require the Investors to convert the 2023 Notes at the $1.25 per share conversion price at any time after 90 days from the issue date if the Common Stock has a closing bid price of $1.55 per share or higher on any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30) day consecutive trading period, or if a "fundamental change" occurs (as defined in the 2023 SPA). For the avoidance of doubt, $1.55 is the stock price threshold that triggers the Company's mandatory conversion right and is not itself a conversion price; the notes always convert at $1.25 per share. The 2023 Notes are unsecured and senior to other indebtedness subject to certain exceptions.

 

2025 Notes

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025, we entered into Securities Purchase Agreements (the "2025 SPA") with certain accredited investors pursuant to which we agreed to sell and issue to the Investors in a private placement transaction in one or more closings up to an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 of Convertible Notes (the "2025 Notes"). Pursuant to the 2025 SPA and as of December 31, 2025, we sold and issued convertible promissory notes initially convertible into an aggregate of 428,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $1.25 per share in exchange for aggregate gross proceeds of $535,000. As of December 31, 2025, approximately $2,465,000 remains available for issuance under the 2025 SPA, subject to the terms and conditions thereof. The 2025 Notes mature and are due on the fifth anniversary of the respective issuance dates in 2030. The 2025 Notes bear simple interest at a rate of 12% per annum, payable in equal monthly installments. The 2025 Notes are convertible into shares of our Common Stock at the option of the holder at a fixed conversion price of $1.25 per share. In addition, we may require the Investors to convert the 2025 Notes at the $1.25 per share conversion price at any time after 90 days from the issue date if the Common Stock has a closing bid price of $1.55 per share or higher on any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30) day consecutive trading period, or if a “fundamental change” occurs (as defined in the 2025 SPA). For the avoidance of doubt, $1.55 is the stock price threshold that triggers the Company's mandatory conversion right and is not itself a conversion price; the notes always convert at $1.25 per share. The 2025 Notes are unsecured and senior to other indebtedness subject to certain exceptions

 

Interest expense on the 2023 Notes was $312,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. Interest expense on the 2025 Notes was $44,675 for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024: nil), reflecting partial-year accrual from the respective issuance dates. Total interest expense on convertible notes for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $356,675 (2024: $312,000).

 

Registration Rights

 

In connection with each of the 2023 SPA and the 2025 SPA, we entered into registration rights agreements with the respective Investors pursuant to which we agreed to register for resale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the respective Notes. As of December 31, 2025, we have not filed a resale registration statement covering these shares. We are evaluating the timing and method of fulfilling our registration obligations under each agreement. Failure to satisfy our registration obligations within the timeframes specified in the respective registration rights agreements could result in the payment of liquidated damages or other penalties to the Investors, the amount of which we are unable to estimate at this time.

 

Debt Issuance Costs and Interest

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs were $70,939 and $62,480 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, which has been included with interest expense on the statement of operations. Additions to deferred financing costs totaled $54,058 during the year ended December 31, 2025, and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the notes. Annual cash interest payable on the aggregate outstanding principal of $3,135,000 at 12% per annum is approximately $376,200, payable in equal monthly installments.

 

Convertible notes consist of the following at:

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

2023 Notes

 

$2,600,000

 

 

$2,600,000

 

2025 Notes

 

 

535,000

 

 

 

-

 

Total convertible notes

 

$3,135,000

 

 

$2,600,000

 

Less: Debt issuance costs

 

 

(366,456)

 

 

(312,398)

Accumulated amortization

 

 

143,832

 

 

 

72,892

 

Debt issuance costs, net

 

 

(222,624)

 

 

(239,506)

Convertible notes, net

 

$2,912,376

 

 

$2,360,494

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 31, 2026Showing above
2024Apr 14, 2025
2023Apr 1, 2024

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