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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | NOTE 12 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On September 18, 2024, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with DRE Chicago LLC, whose principal is Paramita Das. Ms. Das was onboarded as a Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Advisor to CEO of the Company. Additionally, in December 2024, the Company entered into a binding term sheet with DRE Chicago LLC, providing for loan in the principal amount of $250,000, bearing interest at a rate of 15% per year, and maturing in March 2025. (the “Maturity Date”). Pursuant to the Term Sheets, an aggregate of approximately shares of Common Stock, owned by Roshan Pujari, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, were pledged as collateral. In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to DRE Chicago an aggregate of $375,000 in Common Stock as an Equity Kicker. In addition, DRE Chicago will receive warrants representing the right, exercisable within five years of the closing date, of up to 50% of Common Stock issued as Equity Kicker, with each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 in accordance with the Private Placement terms. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company has repaid the principal amount of $250,000 along with the accrued interest of $9,166 and issued shares of common stock and 52,374 warrants to DRE Chicago.
In December 2024, the Company entered into a binding term sheet (“Term Sheet”) with Endurance Antarctica Partners II, LLC (“Endurance”) an affiliate of a director at the time and a shareholder, providing for a loan (the “Loan”) in the aggregate principal amount of $1,750,000, bearing interest at a rate of 15% per year, and maturing in March 2025 (the “Maturity Date”). Pursuant to the Term Sheet, shares of Common Stock, owned by Roshan Pujari, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, were pledged as collateral. In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to Endurance $3,500,000 in Common Stock as an Equity Kicker. In addition, Endurance will receive warrants representing the right, exercisable within five years of the closing date of up to 50% of Common Stock issued as Equity Kicker, with each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 in accordance with the Private Placement terms. During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company repaid the principal amount of $1,750,000 along with the accrued interest of $70,000 and issued shares of Common Stock and 488,826 of warrants to Endurance.
In March 2023, the Company entered into unsecured notes payable with three related parties. These notes payable provided the Company the ability to draw up to $1,000,000, in aggregate: $160,000 until December 31, 2023, and $840,000 until December 31, 2025. These loan facilities accrue interest, compounding semi-annually, at the long-term semiannual Applicable Federal Rate, as established by the Internal Revenue Service, which effectively was 4.71% as of June 30, 2025. In June 2025, the Company drew $250,000 from Energy Transition Investors LLC, and subsequently repaid the drawn amount by quarter end. The Company has accrued interest of $422 during the three months ended June 30, 2025 on the drawn amount. As at June 30, 2025, the Company had $840,000 available to draw.
The Company incurred the following expenses with related parties, which were all affiliates of the Company:
The Company entered into notes payable agreements of with related parties, all of whom were affiliates.
In March 2025, the Company repaid the loan principal amount of $250,000 and $1,750,000 and interest of $9,166 and $70,000 to DRE Chicago LLC and Endurance Antarctica Partners II, LLC, respectively. Further in April 2025, the Company issued shares and 52,374 warrants to DRE Chicago LLC, and shares and 488,826 warrants to Endurance Antarctica Partners II, LLC against Equity Kicker payable as per the terms of the loan agreement. As at June 30, 2025, the Company had repaid all the above notes.
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