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11. Convertible Promissory Notes
The convertible promissory notes, which are in default, are accounted for under the fair value option in the consolidated financial statements. The actual principal outstanding on the balance of the convertible promissory notes as at December 31, 2024 is $8,733,833 (December 31, 2023-$7,442,600), including accrued interest of $2,391,450 (2023-$1,232,440). (a) On October 28 and 29, 2021, the Company entered into two securities purchase agreement (the "October 2021 SPAs) with two investors (the "October 2021 Investors") pursuant to which the Company issued to the October 2021 Investors two 15% OID unsecured convertible promissory notes (the "October 2021 Investor Notes") in the principal amount of $1,765,118. The October 2021 Investor Notes are convertible, with accrued interest, from time to time on notice of a liquidity event (a "Liquidity Event"). A Liquidity Event is defined as a public offering of the Company's common stock resulting in the listing for trading of the common stock on any one of several exchanges. The October 2021 Investor Notes can be prepaid prior to maturity for an amount of 120% of the prepayment amount. The maturity date of the October 2021 Investor Notes is the earlier of (i) July 28 and 29, 2022 and (ii) the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, as described above (the "Maturity Date"). Upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, the October 2021 Investors are entitled to convert all or a portion of their October 2021 Investor Notes including any accrued and unpaid interest at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to 70% (representing a 30% discount) multiplied by the price per share of the Common Stock at the public offering associated with the Liquidity Event. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the interest rate on the October 2021 Investor Notes will immediately accrue at 24% per annum and be paid in cash monthly to the October 2021 Investors, until the default is cured. And the Conversion Price will be reset to 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price for the ten consecutive trading days ending on the trading day that is immediately prior to the applicable conversion date. On May 11, 2022, the holder of the October 29, 2021, investor note, provided an amendment for an optional conversion of his investor notes. The conversion price was amended to be (i) the product of the Liquidity Event price multiplied by the discount of 35% (previously 30%) or (2) the greater of (i) the product of the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the applicable trading market on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date multiplied by the discount (35%) or $1.70 multiplied by the discount (35%), provided that in the event of a conversion, of investor note, at a time that a Liquidity Event shall not have previously occurred and be continuing, the conversion price for such conversion shall be as provided in the amendment. On August 16, 2022, the Company was sent a notice of default from one of the October 2021 Investors, whose investor note was issued on October 29, 2021. On September 15, 2022, the Company and the investor of the October 2021 investor note entered into an amendment to the October 2021 investor note which served as a cure to the previously issued default notice. Pursuant to the September 15, 2022 amendment, the Company and the October 29, 2021 investor agreed that the outstanding principal amount of the October 29, 2021 investor note would increase by 10% to $1,618,100 from the previously issued principal amount of $1,471,000. The new agreed upon maturity date was changed to November 15, 2022, subject to certain conditions and the maturity date would automatically be extended to January 15, 2023, provided that the October 29, 2021 investor does not notify the Company in writing prior to the maturity date that the automatic extension of the maturity date has been cancelled. In connection with this amendment, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to promptly facilitate the conversion of the October 29, 2021 investor note into shares of the Company's common stock. As a result of the default on November 15, 2022, the Company was informed that the October 29, 2021 investor will now be accruing interest at the default rate of 24% per annum. In addition, on October 4, 2023, an action was launched by the October 29, 2021 investor, who claimed he was owed $1,300,000 plus accrued interest which is after conversions of $318,100 during 2022 and 2023 and accrued interest of $657,337 as at December 31, 2024 (December 31, 2023-$345,337). The fair value of this convertible promissory note, included in the total in the table above, is $2,835,298 (December 31, 2023-$2,404,558). The Company intends to repay the balance owed when it is financially able to do so. Further, the October 29, 2021 investor agreed not to convert more than $100,000 in any one conversion notice and the October 29, 2021 investor agreed not to issue an additional conversion notice unless and until any previously issued conversion shares have been sold by the October 29, 2021 investor or exceed 10% of the daily trading volume in selling the shares of the Company's common stock. On September 21, 2022 and November 10, 2022, the October 29, 2021 investor issued conversion notices to the Company and the Company issued 372,090 common shares at conversion prices ranging from $0.1885 to $0.2339 per share respectively, on the conversion of $25,000 and $50,000 respectively, of the October 29, 2021 investor note, having a fair market value of $97,129 on conversion. The October 29, 2021 investor has not informed the Company of an extension to the current maturity date but continued to issue conversion notices to the Company prior to the default notice of June 8, 2023, noted below. On December 22, 2022, the October 28, 2021 investor, whose October 28, 2021 investor note had a previous Principal Amount of $294,118 and a maturity date of July 28, 2022, provided the Company with an amendment whereby the maturity date of the October 28, 2021 investor note was extended to the earlier of July 28, 2023 or the occurrence of a Liquidity Event. In addition, the Company agreed that the investor could convert his October 28, 2021, investor note into shares of the Company's common stock at any time at the investor's option. Previously, the October 28, 2021 Note was only convertible upon the occurrence of the Liquidity Event. The Company also agreed to change the conversion price to be the lowest trading bid price of the Company's common stock on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date multiplied with a 35% discount to that lowest price. Previously, the conversion price was a 30% discount to the price at which the securities were sold in connection with the Liquidity Event. In consideration for the extension of the maturity date, the Company agreed to issue the investor 500,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The Company used the with-and-without method to allocate the proceeds between the convertible promissory note and the common shares. As a result, all the proceeds were allocated to the convertible promissory note and $nil to the common shares. As a result of the default on July 28, 2023, the Company is now incurring interest at the default rate of 24%. As at December 31, 2024, this note had a principal balance of $432,523 (December 31, 2023-$355,205) including accrued interest of $110,363 (December 31, 2023-$33,045). The fair value of this convertible promissory note, included in the table above, is $596,727 (December 31, 2023-$494,037). On June 8, 2023, the October 29, 2021 investor's counsel sent the Company a notice of default on the October 29, 2021 investor note and the March 2022 Investor Notes, described below. The default was caused by the holders of these promissory notes not being able to receive shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 (the "Common Stock") pursuant to the conversion terms of these promissory notes. All cure periods available pursuant to the promissory notes had expired prior to June 8, 2023. The October 29, 2021, investor note had a principal balance of $1,300,000 before the default and the March 2022 Investor Notes, whose principal balance totaled $2,640,000 prior to the notice of default, increased by 20% or $528,000 in total as a result of the notice of default. In addition, default interest at the rate of 24% per annum continues to accrue on the October 29, 2021 investor note and the March 2022 Investor Notes. During the prior year the October 29, 2021 investor provided the Company with notices of conversion to convert in total $243,100 of his investor note having a fair value on conversion of $374,000 for 1,650,709 of common shares of the Company. The conversion prices per share ranged from $0.1294 to $0.3400. The Company initially reserved 1,905,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "October 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to be issued upon conversion of the October 2021 Investor Notes. (b) On March 3 and 7, 2022, the Company executed two unsecured convertible promissory notes with two investors (the "March 2022 Investors"), who purchased 25% original issue discount (the "OID") unsecured convertible promissory notes (the "The March 2022 Investor Notes") in the aggregate principal amount totaling $2,000,000 (the "Principal Amount") with such Principal Amount convertible into shares of the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") from time to time triggered by the occurrence of certain events. The March 2022 Investor Notes carried an OID totaling $500,000 which is included in the principal balance of the Notes. The funds were received on March 7, 2022 and March 11, 2022 in the total amount of $1,425,000, net of the OID and professional fees. The maturity date of the Notes is the earlier of (i) June 3 and 7, 2022, and (ii) the occurrence of a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Notes) (the "Maturity Date"). The final payment of the Principal Amount (and default interest, if any) shall be paid by the Company to the Investors on the Maturity Date. On an event of default, the principal amount of the March 2020 Investor Notes will increase to 120% of their original principal amounts. The Investors are entitled to, following an event of default, (as defined in the March 2022 Investor Notes) to convert all or any amount of the Principal Amount and any interest accruing at the default interest rate of 24% per annum into Common Stock, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to 70% (representing a 30% discount) multiplied by the price per share of the Common Stock at any national security exchange or over-the-counter marketplace for the five (5) trading days immediately prior to the March 2022 Investors' notice of conversion. On May 11, 2022, the holder of the March 3, 2022 Investor Note and on May 13, 2022, the holder of the March 7, 2022 Investor Note, each provided an amendment for an optional conversion of their investor notes. The conversion price was amended to be (i) the product of the Liquidity Event price multiplied by the discount of 35% (previously 30%) or (2) the greater of (i) the product of the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the applicable trading market on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date multiplied by the discount (35%) or $1.70 multiplied by the discount (35%), provided that in the event of a conversion, of his investor note, at a time that a Liquidity Event shall not have previously occurred and be continuing, the conversion price for such conversion shall be as provided in amendment for each. Further, on June 29, 2022, the March 2022 Investors revised their March 2022 Investor Notes, to extend the maturity date to August 15, 2022 and increase the principal amount of each of the March 2022 Investor Notes by twenty percent (20%), from a Principal Amount of $2,000,000 to $2,400,000. In addition, the Company agreed to issue 100,000 common shares to the March 2022 Investor. These restricted shares of the Company's common stock will survive a reverse stock split prior to listing. The common shares were issued on July 11, 2022. The restructurings were accounted for as extinguishments as they were renegotiated after maturity. On August 16, 2022, the Company was sent notices of default from the March 2022 Investors. And, on September 15, 2022, the Company and the March 2022 Investors entered into an amendment to the March 2022 Investor Notes which served as a cure to the previously issued default notices. Pursuant to the September 15, 2022 amendment, the Company and the March 2022 Investors agreed that the outstanding principal amount totaling $2,400,000 would increase by 10% to $2,640,000. The new agreed upon maturity date was November 15, 2022, subject to certain conditions and the maturity date was extended to January 15, 2023. In connection with this amendment, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to promptly facilitate the conversion of the March 2022 Investor Notes into shares of the Company's common stock only after the October 29, 2021 investor note, as described under paragraph (a) above, has been fully converted. Further, in the event that the October 29, 2021 investor note has been fully converted and the conversion shares sold, thereafter, the March 2022 Investor Notes may both be converted at the March 2022 Investors' discretion on a pari-passu basis, provided, however, that no conversion shall exceed $50,000 for each of the March 2022 Investor Notes and each of the March 2022 Investors shall not sell more than 5% of the daily trading volume in selling the Company's shares of common stock. As noted above, on June 8, 2023 the counsel for the March 2022 Investors provided the Company with a notice of default. This resulted in the principal balance of the March 2022 Investor Notes increasing in principal from $2,640,000 in total to $3,168,000, in total. In addition, interest is accruing at the rate of 24% per annum. As at December 31, 2024, the principal balance of the March 2022 investor notes totaled $4,782,378, including accrued interest of $1,614,378 (2023-$4,022,058 including accrued interest of $854,058) is included in the convertible promissory notes balance. (c) On June 23, 2022, the Company executed one convertible promissory note (the "June 2022 Investor Note") with an investor (the "June 2022 Investor") in the amount of $1,200,000 bearing interest at 10% per annum and having an OID of 10%. The maturity date of the June 2022 Investor Note is the earlier of December 23, 2022 and the date of the Company's uplist to a national securities exchange. The proceeds from the June 2022 Investor Note were used to repay this investor's June 2021 Investor Note and their December 2021 Investor Note which matured June 16, 2022 and June 2, 2022 respectively, plus accrued interest. The net proceeds, after repaying the December 2021 Investor Note and the June 2021 Investor Note with accrued interest and related disbursements totaled approximately $204,000. The net proceeds were received on June 28, 2022. In addition, the Company issued 1,333,333 common shares to the June 2022 Investor on June 29, 2022 which have been included in the determination of the extinguishment gain and recognized at fair value. The restructuring was accounted for as extinguishments as it was renegotiated after maturity. The June 2022 Investor may convert the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest into the Company's common stock from time to time following an event of default ('Event of Default"), as defined in the June 2022 Investor Note, with interest accruing at the default interest rate of 15% per annum from the Event of Default, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to the lesser of 90% (representing a 10% discount) multiplied by the price per share of the Common Stock at the public offering associated with the Event of Default. On December 29, 2022, the Company and the investor agreed to extend the maturity date to the earlier of June 23, 2023 or the occurrence of a Liquidity Event. In consideration for the extension of the maturity date, the Company agreed to: (i) increase the principal amount to $1,320,000.00 (the "Increased Principal Amount"); (ii) that interest is payable on the Increased Principal Amount and that such interest (but not any default interest that becomes due) is paid in full and in advance by the Company issuing to the June 2022 Investor 450,000 shares of the Company's common stock and (iii) issue to the June 2022 Investor 666,667 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Modification Fee Shares"). The parties agreed that the Modification Fee Shares served as an increase in the amount of commitment fee shares issued to the investor pursuant to the securities purchase agreement signed by the Company and the June 2022 Investor on June 23, 2022, in connection with the issuance of the June 2022 Investor Note. The Company used the with-and-without method to allocate the proceeds between the convertible promissory note and the common shares. As a result, all the proceeds were allocated to the convertible promissory note and $nil to the common shares. On June 29, 2023, the June 2022 Investor provided a 45-day extension of the June 2022 Investor Note in exchange for an increase in the principal balance of the June 2022 Investor Note of $100,000, from $1,320,000 to $1,420,000. The Company initially reserved 8,000,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "June 2022 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of the June 2022 Investor Note. (d) On April 12, 2024, the Company executed one convertible promissory note (the "April 2024 Investor Note") with the June 2022 in the amount of $120,000 bearing interest at 10% per annum and having an OID of 10%. The April 2024 Investor Note was amended by the June 2022 Investor on May 23, 2024 resulting in a principal increase of $12,223. The maturity date of the April 2024 Investor Note is October 12, 2024. The proceeds from the April 2024 Investor Note were used to repay certain outstanding accounts. If this April 2024 Investor Note is not repaid by the maturity date, it will bear interest at the lesser of 18% and the maximum amount permitted under the law from the due date until paid. The June 2022 Investor may convert this April 2024 Investor Note on an event of default. The conversion price, only upon an event of default, will be 90% (a 10% discount) based on the lowest trading price on the previous twenty trading days ending on the date of conversion. The initial reserved amount shall be 5,000,000 shares of common stock. The Company also incurred professional fees of $8,500 which reduced the net proceeds on this April 2024 Investor Note. As at December 31, 2024, the principal balance of the April 2024 Investor Note totaled $141,595 (December 31, 2023- $nil), including accrued interest of $9,372 (December 31, 2023-$nil). The Company has disclosed the fair value of this convertible promissory note as $164,903 (December 31, 2023-$nil). Pursuant to the terms of the security purchase agreements for the convertible promissory notes described above, for so long as the noted investors own any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of the applicable investor notes, the Company has covenanted to secure and maintain the listing of such shares of Common Stock. The Company is also subject to certain customary negative covenants under the investor notes and the security purchase agreements, including but not limited to the requirement to maintain its corporate existence and assets, require registration of or stockholder approval for the investor notes or the Common Stock upon the conversion of the applicable investor notes. The convertible promissory notes described above, contain certain representations, warranties, covenants and events of default including if the Company is delinquent in its periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which would increase the amount of the principal and interest rates under the convertible promissory notes in the event of such defaults. In the event of a default, at the option of the applicable investor and in their sole discretion, the applicable investor may consider any of their convertible promissory notes immediately due and payable. During the prior year the Company issued 1,650,709 common shares on the conversion of convertible promissory notes in the amount of $243,100 having a fair value on conversion of $374,000 at conversion prices ranging from $0.1294 to $0.3400 per share. Refer also to going concern, note 2. Fair value option for the convertible promissory notes The Company is eligible to elect the fair value option under ASC 825, Financial Instruments and bypass analysis of the potential embedded derivative features described above. The Company believes that the fair value option better reflects the underlying economics of the convertible promissory notes issued after December 31, 2020. As a result, the 2021 and 2022 promissory notes were recorded at fair value upon issuance and subsequently remeasured at each reporting date until settled or converted. The Company recognized the notes initially at fair value, which exceeded the proceeds received resulting in a day one loss that has been recognized in net loss. Transaction and other issuance costs have been expensed as incurred. Subsequently, the Company recognizes the notes at fair value with changes in net loss. Gains and losses attributable to changes in credit risk were insignificant during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The Company recognized a loss of $1,450,086 (2023-$3,059,969) on the convertible promissory notes attributed to the change in fair value of the convertible promissory notes for the year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company incurred debt issuance costs of $8,500 (2023-$nil), which were expensed as incurred. |