Note 18 – Related Party Transactions

Common Stock Options. As described in Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants, upon consummation of the Merger, the Company entered into Option Agreements with each of Gary C. Hanna, Edward Kovalik, Paul L. Kessler, who is a former Director of the Company, and BOKA. Erik Thoresen, a director of the Company, is affiliated with BOKA.

On August 30, 2023, the Company, Gary C. Hanna, Edward Kovalik, Bristol Capital, and Georgina Asset Management entered into a non–compensatory option purchase agreement, pursuant to which Georgina Asset Management agreed to purchase, and each of the sellers agreed to sell to Georgina Asset Management, non–compensatory options to acquire an aggregate of 200,000 shares of Common Stock for the option purchase. In December 2023, Mr. Hanna assigned all of his remaining options to Gracemont Enterprises LP, an entity controlled by Mr. Hanna. In January 2024, Georgina Asset Management transferred its options to Westwood pursuant to an assignment. In September 2024, Mr. Kovalik assigned all of his remaining options to Blue Trail Partners, LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Kovalik.

On September 30, 2024, the Company, BOKA, Rose Hill, Anchorman, and Blackstem entered into a non-compensatory option purchase agreement, pursuant to which each of the Option Purchasers agreed to purchase, and BOKA agreed to sell to the Option Purchasers, Merger Options to acquire an aggregate of 800,000 shares of Common Stock, for an exercise price of $0.25 per share. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the transfer of the Merger Options and the terms of the Option Agreements were not amended or modified in any way in connection with the transfers. Refer to Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants for a further discussion of these options.

Series D PIPE. As described in Note 14 – Stockholders’ Equity, Bristol Investment, an entity affiliated with Paul L. Kessler, who is a former Director of the Company, purchased $1,250,000 of Series D Preferred Stock and Series D PIPE Warrants in the Series D PIPE. First Idea Ventures LLC, an entity affiliated with Jonathan H. Gray, a director of the Company, purchased $750,000 of Series D Preferred Stock and Series D PIPE Warrants in the Series D PIPE. First Idea International Ltd. (included with First Idea Ventures LLC), an entity affiliated with Jonathan H. Gray, purchased $254,875 of Series D Preferred Stock and Series D PIPE Warrants from another holder. Additionally, the O’Neill Trust, which is the sole Series E PIPE Investor, was also an investor in the Series D PIPE. Refer to Note 14 – Stockholders’ Equity and Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants and for a further discussion of the Series D PIPE.

Series E PIPE. As described in Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants, to fund the Second Exok Asset Purchase, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the Series E PIPE Investor, the O’Neill Trust, on August 15, 2023, pursuant to which the Series E PIPE Investor agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to sell to the Series E PIPE Investor, for an aggregate of $20.0 million, securities consisting of (i) 39,614 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 20,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock, and (iii) Series E PIPE Warrants to purchase 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, each at a price of $6.00 per share, in a private placement. Refer to Note 14 – Stockholders’ Equity and Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants for a further discussion of the Series E PIPE.

Consent and Agreement. On August 15, 2024, the Company entered into a Consent and Agreement (the “Consent and Agreement”) with the O’Neill Trust, pursuant to which the O’Neill Trust (a) consented to, and waived any and all negative covenants with respect to, any and all transactions the Company may consummate in connection with the funding of the NRO Acquisition and its ongoing operations; (b) released its mortgage on certain property of the Company, which was established in favor of the O’Neill Trust securing the Company’s obligations under the Series E Certificate; and (c) agreed to (i) amend Section 6(d) of the Series E Certificate to increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling from 9.99% to 49.9%, (ii) subject to consent from the requisite holders of the Series D Preferred Stock, amend Section 6(d) of the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Certificate”) to increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as defined in the Series D Certificate, from 9.99% to 49.9% and (iii) amend Section 2(e) of each of the O’Neill Trust’s Series D A Warrant and Series E A Warrant and Section 2(d) of the O’Neill Trust’s Series E B Warrant to increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling from 25% to 49.9%.

In connection with the increase to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation Ceiling, the O’Neill Trust agreed pursuant to the Consent and Agreement that (i) until its remaining Series D Preferred Stock, Series D PIPE Warrants, and Series E PIPE Warrants are exercised or converted, as applicable, it will not acquire any other shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (ii) for a period of ten years following the date of the Consent and Agreement, it will not, directly or indirectly, acquire by means of public equity trading markets, any Common Stock or other securities with underlying Common Stock, to the extent the O’Neill Trust would beneficially own the voting, investment or economic control over 49.9% of the Common Stock of the Company.

The O’Neill Trust further agreed that if at any time it beneficially owns, or exercises control over, shares of Common Stock with voting rights that exceed 29.9% of the Common Stock of the Company (the “Voting Threshold”), the Company shall exercise the voting rights with respect to such shares of Common Stock beneficially owned in excess of the Voting Threshold in the same proportion as the outstanding Common Stock (excluding Common Stock beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the O’Neill Trust or any Affiliate (as defined in the Consent and Agreement) of the O’Neill Trust, but including any securities of the Company eligible to vote with the Common Stock on an as-converted basis) voted on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock of the Company.

Subordinated Promissory Note and Subordinated Note Warrants. As described in Note 10 – Debt, on September 30, 2024, the Company issued the Subordinated Note in a principal amount of $5.0 million, which has a maturity date of March 17, 2027 to the Noteholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Note, the Company also issued the Subordinated Note Warrants to the Noteholders, which provide the Noteholders with the ability to purchase up to 1,141,552 shares of Common Stock, vesting in tranches based on the date of repayment of the Subordinated Note. The Noteholders are entities controlled by Jonathan H. Gray, a director of the Company. Refer to Note 10 – Debt and Note 15 – Common Stock Options and Warrants for a further discussion of the Subordinated Note and the Subordinated Note Warrants.