NOTE 16 - BORROWINGS FROM RELATED PARTIES:

A. In 2015, the Group signed an agreement to receive a loan of ILS 2 million (approximately $513) from certain shareholders. These loan bears interest at an annual rate of 4%.

 SCHEDULE OF BORROWINGS FROM RELATED PARTIES

In consideration of providing funding as a seed capitalist, the Company agreed to provide, as additional consideration, a bonus payments (the “Bonus Payments”) on the occurrence of an exit or major liquidity event. In any way, the Bonus Payments are capped at ILS 3 million (approximately 965) per each of the two lenders.

The Bonus Payments are intended to operate in one of the two trigger events:

Only if the aggregate amounts of one of the two trigger events exceeds the investment of the lenders in the Company (in a way of loan or shares), then the lender would be entitled the Bonus Payments based on a formula set forth in the agreement.

The amount of the Bonus Payments is the amount that exceeds the aggregate sum invested in the Company (in a way of loan or shares) by the lender divided by several factors according to the formula as set forth in the agreement.

There is no time limit to pay the Bonus Payments. Once the Company has paid each Bonus Payment in its entirety (i.e., the cap of ILS 3 million has been paid to each Lender), then the Company has fulfilled its obligations. When the Bonus Payments are not expected to be made, the resulting cash flows will not affect profit and loss until the point in which the Company estimates that the liquidity events will take place. As of December 31, 2021, the Company estimated that is more likely than not that the shareholders will sell their shares in 2022 which will entitle them to the Bonus Payments. The amount of the Bonus Payment is subject to assumptions that were made with the assistance of external appraisal. As a result, the increase in the carrying amount of the liability was charged as expense of $87 to profit and loss in 2021.

In August 2022 the loan from related party has been fully repaid and the Company signed an addendum to the loan agreement that reduces the total amount of the Bonus Payments to ILS 2.5 million (approximately $710), to be paid upon the completion of the business combination. As of December 31, 2022, the liability was $710.

On September 19, 2023, the Company amended its loan agreements dated September 7, 2015, by and between the Company, its shareholders and Kamea Fund (the “Kamea Loan Agreements”). Pursuant to the amendment to the Kamea Loan Agreements, Kamea agreed to convert $657 of indebtedness under the Kamea Loan Agreements (the “Indebtedness Amount”) into 487,281 ordinary shares (post Reverse Stock Split) of the Company, as payment in full for the Indebtedness Amount; provided however, that in the event the proceeds received from Kamea with respect to any sales of such shares are not at least equal to the Indebtedness Amount, the Company will remain liable to Kamea for the balance of the Indebtedness Amount. In accordance with management estimation the fair value of this Indebtedness is $21.

SMX (SECURITY MATTERS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (US$ in thousands, except share and per share data)