NOTE 12 NOTE PAYABLE

 

Effective February 1, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 30, 2024, with five institutional investors whereby the Investors advanced the Company an aggregate of $1,250,000 gross proceeds and the Company issued each Investor an 8% Senior Secured Original Issue 20% Discount Convertible Promissory Note, in the aggregate principal amount of $1,541,666.

 

Each note bore interest of 8% per annum and was to mature on July 30, 2025.  Further, the notes were convertible, at the option of the holder, into shares of common stock at conversion price which was adjusted for certain down-round provisions, as defined.   At issuance, the Company elected the fair value option to account for the notes. The notes were initially recognized at a fair value of $2,702,000. Excluding the impact of the change in fair value related to instrument-specific credit risk, which was recorded in other comprehensive income, subsequent changes in fair value were recorded in earnings at each reporting period. recorded in non-operating income.  

 

During the nine months ending June 30, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 267,597 shares of common stock upon the partial conversion of the remaining balance outstanding on the notes.

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Dec 19, 2025Showing above
2024Dec 18, 2024
2023Dec 22, 2023
2022Dec 15, 2022

About Debt Disclosures

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