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NOTE 9 – NOTES PAYABLE
February 2025 Short-Term Loan – Related Party
On February 27, 2025, the Company entered into a two-month short-term loan agreement (the “Loan”) with the Company’s President, Henry Sicignano III for principal amount of $100,000 which bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. The Loan was fully repaid in April 2025.
January 2025 Chemular Secured Promissory Note
On January 7, 2025, the Company issued a secured promissory note (“Chemular Note”) to one of its vendors Chemular, Inc. (“Chemular”) to settle the outstanding accounts payable of $495,000, in the principal amount of $370,000 which bears interest at the rate of 10% per annum. Commencing on January 15, 2025 and continuing on the first (1st) day and the fifteenth (15th) day of each month thereafter until June 15, 2025, (the “Maturity Date”), the Company shall pay $10,000 in accordance with the repayment schedule. The Company also issued 3,700,000 warrants (“Chemular Warrants”) to Chemular in conjunction with the Chemular Note. The fair value of the Chemular Warrants was $148,000 as of the issuance date (see Note 11). As a result, the Company recognized a debt extinguishment loss of $23,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2025.
As part of the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement on April 16, 2025, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company wired directly to Chemular approximately $319,000 to satisfy the Chemular Note in full.
September 2024 and January 2025 Pinnacle Receivables Financing
On September 6, 2024, the Company entered into a future receivables sale agreement (“Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement”) with Pinnacle Business Funding (“Pinnacle”) by which Pinnacle purchases from the Company its future accounts receivable and contract rights arising from the sale of goods or services to the Company’s customers. The purchase price, as defined by the Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement, was $750,000 which was paid to the Company on September 12, 2024, net of a 1% origination fee. The Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement requires forty equal payments of $25,687.50 to be paid weekly for a total repayment of $1,027,500 over the term of the agreement.
On January 10, 2025, the Company entered into another future receivables sale agreement (“Amended Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement”) with Pinnacle pursuant to which Pinnacle restructured the existing Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement as described the above by amending the outstanding amount to $1,644,000 for gross proceeds to the Company of $1,188,000, less the outstanding balance under the Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement of $591,000, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $597,000. The Amended Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement shall be repaid by the Company in 52 weekly installments of $31,615. The amendment to the Pinnacle Receivables Financing Agreement was accounted for as a debt extinguishment, which resulted a debt extinguishment loss of approximately $126,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2025.
On April 16, 2025 the Company issued a payment of approximately $1,250,000 to satisfy all outstanding principal and interest owed to Pinnacle. By satisfying the balance in full prior to April 16, 2025, the Company was able to secure a discount of approximately $99,000, which was recognized as a gain from debt extinguishment.
July 2023 Note Financing
Between July 17, 2023 and August 1, 2023, the Company issued unsecured promissory notes (the “Notes”) to several of its executives and employees, Ryan Stump, Henry Sicignano III, Keith Stump, and Jessica Greenwald, and to three of its largest stockholders, Brandon Stump, Red Beard Holdings LLC, and Michael King (the “Lenders"), in the cumulative principal amount of $1,400,000. Notes shall bear interest at twenty-one percent (21%) per annum and have maturity dates ranging from November 17, 2023 to December 10, 2023.
During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made a $1,070,000 repayment to the Notes, including a $70,000 interest payment. On April 28, 2025, Ryan Stump and Henry Sicignano III were each paid approximately $75,000 of accrued interest and have agreed to modify the Notes to include a 10% interest rate, with monthly payments of principal and interest of approximately $18,000. The maturity date has been extended to April 28, 2026. As of June 30, 2025, approximately $336,000 of the Notes remained outstanding.
April 2022 Note Financing
On April 6, 2022, the Company issued a secured promissory note (the “Note”) to one of its large individual stockholders, Michael King (the “Lender"), in the principal amount of $1,000,000, which Note is secured by accounts receivable of the Company pursuant to the terms of a Security Agreement entered into by and between the Company and the Lender (the "Note Financing"). On September 28, 2022, the Company and the Lender entered into a modification to the Note to extend the maturity date to March 28, 2023 and the Company paid all accrued interest under the Note through such date.
On March 28, 2023, the Company entered into a second modification to the Note to extend the maturity date to March 28, 2025, contingent upon the payment of all interest accrued under the Note through March 28, 2023 and certain other modifications to the Note. Principal shall be payable on the 28th day of each month in installments of $25,000, commencing April 28, 2023, continuing up to and including March 28, 2025 whereby a balloon payment for the remaining principal balance will be paid. Interest shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount at a rate equal to 20% simple interest per annum and shall be payable on the same day as installments of principal are payable. The Company may prepay all or any portion of the principal amount, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, at any time without premium or penalty. All outstanding principal and interest are due earlier of March 28, 2025, or a liquidity event. The Company used the proceeds from the Note for general corporate purposes, and its working capital requirements, pending the availability of alternative debt financing.
On May 31, 2024, as part of the May 2024 capital raise, the Lender converted his next four debt repayments for the period from June to September 2024 for a total amount of $100,000 in lieu of cash payment for the subscription agreement.
On April 28, 2025 the Lender agreed to accept a payment of approximately $420,000 and entered into a further modification for the remaining balance that includes monthly payments of approximately $37,000 and a maturity date of April 28, 2026. As of June 30, 2025, approximately $339,000 of the Note remained outstanding.
August 2022 Note Financing – Related Party
On August 17, 2022, the Company and its Chief Operating Officer and Director, Ryan Stump (the "Stump Lender") entered into a loan agreement (the “Loan”) in the principal amount of $300,000. The Loan will be due in full in 120 days or sooner if, before the end of term, the Company secures (i) new debt financing or (ii) sufficient PMTA strategic partnership funds. The Loan bears an annual interest rate of 10%. The Company also incurred an additional $3,000 issuance cost resulting from the payment of the Stump Lender’s legal fees. On December 17, 2022, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to April 16, 2023, and the Company has paid all accrued interest under the Loan through such date. On April 13, 2023, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a second modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to August 14, 2023. On August 7, 2023, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a third modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to December 15, 2023. On December 15, 2023, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a fourth modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to April 15, 2024. On April 15, 2024, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a fifth modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to August 21, 2024. On August 21, 2024, the Company and Stump Lender entered into a sixth modification to the Loan to extend the maturity date to December 31, 2024. On April 28, 2025, the Company paid to Ryan Stump approximately $308,000 to satisfy all outstanding principal and interest due on the Loan entered into August 17, 2022.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan
On June 24, 2020, SBA authorized (under Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, as amended) an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EID Loan”) to Don Polly in the amount of $150,000. The balance of principal and interest will be payable thirty years from the date of the EID Loan and interest will accrue at the rate of 3.75% per annum.
The following summarizes the Company’s notes payable maturities as of June 30, 2025 (amounts in thousands):
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