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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following amounts due to related parties are included in trade payables and accrued liabilities (Note 7).
Included in the amounts due to related parties at December 31, 2024, is $1,168,729 due to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer related to his retirement from the Company and is payable in equal monthly installments of $48,697 until December 31, 2026. The former Chief Executive Officer was not considered a related party at March 31, 2025.
These amounts are unsecured, non-interest bearing and have 30-day fixed terms of repayment with the exception of the retirement payment, as noted above.
During 2024, EdgePoint and its affiliates, related parties of the Company, subscribed for 7,692,307 June 2024 Units as part of the June 2024 Financing. As of December 31, 2024, EdgePoint and its affiliates beneficially owned Common Shares and 13,716,307 warrants, representing approximately of the issued and outstanding Common Shares (approximately 18.8% on a partially-diluted basis assuming the exercise of all warrants held by EdgePoint).
In connection with the June 2024 Financing, certain insiders of the Company subscribed for an aggregate of 1,389,140 Units for gross proceeds of $1,083,529.
On March 18, 2025, the Company closed the March 2025 Financing which included the conversion of its Term Loan held by EdgePoint and its affiliates to equity (Note 8). The Company issued to EdgePoint and its affiliates an aggregate of 34.5% on a partially-diluted basis assuming the exercise of all warrants held by EdgePoint). Settlement Units. As of March 31, 2025, EdgePoint and its affiliates beneficially owned an aggregate of Common Shares and warrants, representing approximately of the outstanding Common Shares (approximately
In connection with the Private Placement (Note 10), certain insiders of the Company subscribed for an aggregate of 3,936,667 Private Placement Units for gross proceeds of $1,181,000.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company paid interest of $268,896 (three months ended March 31, 2024 - $519,206) to Cymbria and recognized a loss on the Debt Conversion of $5,982,434 (three months ended March 31, 2024 – $).
Key management compensation was related to the following:
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