| LONG-TERM BORROWINGS |
NOTE 10 — LONG-TERM BORROWINGS Long-term borrowings consisted of the following: | | | | | | | | | June 30, | | December 31, | | | 2025 | | 2024 | | | (Unaudited) | | | | Small Business Administration(1) | | $ | 462,329 | | $ | 468,542 | Thread Capital Inc.(2) | | | 164,435 | | | 176,055 | Total long-term borrowings | | $ | 626,764 | | $ | 644,597 | | | | | | | | Current portion of long-term borrowings | | $ | 36,412 | | $ | 34,577 | | | | | | | | Non-current portion of long-term borrowings | | $ | 590,352 | | $ | 610,020 |
| (1) | On May 24, 2020, the Company entered into a loan agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”), an agency of the U.S. Government, to borrow $150,000 for 30 years, with a maturity date of May 23, 2050. Under the terms of the SBA loan, the loan proceeds are used as working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan bears a fixed interest rate of 3.75% per annum. Beginning 12 months from the date of this loan agreement, the Company is required to make a monthly installment payment of $731 within the term of loan, with the last installment to be paid in May 2050. On March 16, 2022, the Company entered into an amended agreement with SBA to borrow an additional $350,000 for 30 years as working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the aggregate, the Company’s borrowings amounted to $500,000 with a maturity date of May 23, 2050. The amended loan bears a fixed interest rate of 3.75% per annum. Beginning from March 2022, 24 months from the date of the original loan agreement, the Company is required to make a new monthly installment payment of $2,485 within the remaining term of loan, with the last installment to be paid in May 2050. |
The future maturities of the SBA loan as of June 30, 2025 were as follows: | | | | Fiscal Years | | Future repayment | | | (Unaudited) | 2025 (from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025) | | $ | 5,567 | 2026 | | | 11,474 | 2027 | | | 11,942 | 2028 | | | 12,429 | 2029 | | | 12,937 | Thereafter | | | 407,980 | Total | | $ | 462,329 |
(2) | On May 15, 2020, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Thread Capital Inc. (“Thread Capital”) to borrow $50,000 as working capital with a maturity date of November 1, 2024. The loan bore a fixed interest rate of 5.50% per annum. This loan agreement was subsequently terminated on May 17, 2021, at which time the Company entered into a new loan agreement with Thread Capital to borrow an additional $171,300 as working capital. In the aggregate, the Company’s borrowings from Thread Capital amounted to $221,300 with a maturity date of May 1, 2031. Interest is payable at a fixed annual interest rate of 0.25% between September 1, 2021 and November 30, 2022. Beginning from December 1, 2022, the loan bears a fixed annual interest rate of 5.5%, and the Company is required to make a monthly installment payment of $2,721 within the remaining term of loan, with the last installment to be paid in May 2031. |
The future maturities of the loan from Thread Capital as of June 30, 2025 were as follows: | | | | Fiscal Years | | Future repayment | | | (Unaudited) | 2025 (from July 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025) | | $ | 11,938 | 2026 | | | 24,881 | 2027 | | | 26,285 | 2028 | | | 27,768 | 2029 | | | 29,334 | Thereafter | | | 44,229 | Total | | $ | 164,435 |
For the above-mentioned long-term borrowings, the Company recorded interest expenses of $13,406 and $15,563 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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