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CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE | 5. CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE:
Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes
Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations and September 2015 Convertible Notes --- see below) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately $3.47 million, in aggregate while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights). The debt modification was treated as an equity transaction because the modifications were with affiliates that are related parties.
Mark A. Smith (the Company’s former President)(“Smith”), Dominic Bassani (the Company’s former Chief Operating Officer) (“Bassani”) (NOTE: Dominic Bassani passed away on November 11, 2023 and is no longer an affiliate during the year ended June 30, 2025.) and Ed Schafer (Director)(“Schafer”), adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and the adjusted portion of the September 2015 Convertible Notes were renamed Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations of Smith, Bassani and Schafer are convertible into Units (consisting of 1 share and from one half (1/2) to one (1) warrant) at prices of $.0946, $.0953, and $.0953, respectively, and the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $ per share. The adjusted conversion prices slightly reduce the securities to be issued on conversion of each instrument from the amount receivable under the unadjusted instruments. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes do not accrue any interest until their maturity date. After the adjustment, the Company owed Smith, Bassani (and trust) and Schafer $262,154, $434,016 and $96,364, respectively, of Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Bassani and Schafer, respectively, $24,230 and $4,012 of Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes. The Company has extended the maturity dates to September 15, 2025.
As of June 30, 2025, the Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer were $459,277, nil and $101,973, respectively. As of June 30 2024, the Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer were $459,277, nil and $101,973, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025 the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $7,907 and nil respectively. As of June 30, 2024 the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $7,907 and $4,246, respectively.
On September 15, 2025, settlements were reached with Mr. Smith, Mr. Schafer, and the Bassani family, to surrender additional securities. Included in these agreements were provisions to cancel these convertible note obligations, effective on that date. For details on these settlement agreements, see Item 1, Note F above.
2020 Convertible Obligations
The 2020 Convertible Obligations (which combined/replaced prior convertible instruments dating to 2017 (or earlier), which accrue interest at either 4% per annum or 4% compounded quarterly and effective January 1, 2020 were due and payable on July 1, 2024. The 2020 Convertible Obligations (including accrued interest, plus all future deferred compensation added subsequently), are convertible, at the sole election of the holder, into Units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one half to one warrant to purchase a share of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $0.50 per Unit until July 1, 2024. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to July 15, 2025. The original conversion price of $0.50 per Unit approximated the fair value of the Units at the date of the agreements; therefore, no beneficial conversion feature exists. Management evaluated the terms and conditions of the embedded conversion features based on the guidance of ASC 815-15 “Embedded Derivatives” to determine if there was an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. An embedded derivative instrument (such as a conversion option embedded in the deferred compensation) must be bifurcated from its host instruments and accounted for separately as a derivative instrument only if the “risks and rewards” of the embedded derivative instrument are not “clearly and closely related” to the risks and rewards of the host instrument in which it is embedded. Management concluded that the embedded conversion feature of the deferred compensation was not required to be bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to the host instrument, and because of the Company’s limited trading volume that indicates the feature is not readily convertible to cash in accordance with ASC 815-10, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Effective February 1, 2023, a large portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were adjusted as set forth herein. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to September 15, 2025.
Effective January 9, 2025, the Board of Directors amended the terms of the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note owned by Ed Schafer, who retired from the Company’s Board of Directors on December 31, 2024. The maturity date of the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note has been extended to September 15, 2025.
On September 15, 2025, a settlement was reached with Mr. Schafer to cancel the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note, effective on that date. For details on the settlement agreement, see Item 1, Note F above.
As of June 30, 2025, the remaining unadjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Smith were $386,676 and $125,919, respectively. As of June 30, 2024, the remaining unadjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts (and his donees) and Smith, were $373,999 and $121,076, respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $17,521 and $16,558 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long-term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations and September 2015 Convertible Notes) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately $3.47 million, in aggregate) while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights. Because the modifications where with affiliates that are related parties, the debt modification was treated as an equity transaction. The Company recorded a deemed dividend for the reductions.
Smith, Bassani and Schafer, adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations (see above and Note 8.).
September 2015 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company entered into September 2015 Convertible Notes with Bassani, Schafer and a Shareholder which replaced previously issued promissory notes. The September 2015 Convertible Notes bear interest at 4% per annum, have maturity dates of July 1, 2024, and may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.60 per share. As the conversion price of $0.60 approximated the fair value of the common shares at the date of the September 2015 Convertible Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to September 15, 2025 for all note holders. On September 15, 2025 the maturity date for two of the 2015 Convertible Notes was extended to September 15, 2027.
Effective January 16, 2025, Mr. Schafer voluntarily surrendered 36,918 shares of common stock that would have been issued as the result of the conversion of his $4,246 Adjusted 2015 Convertible Note. The note was convertible at $0.115 per share.
As of June 30, 2025, the remaining unadjusted portion of the 2015 Convertible Notes balances including accrued interest, were $169,383, nil and $ , respectively. The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2024, including accrued interest owed Bassani, Schafer and Shareholder, are $164,183, nil and $ , respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $20,317 and $20,317 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
On September 15, 2025, settlements were reached with Mr. Smith, Mr. Schafer, and the Bassani family to surrender additional securities. Included in these agreements were provisions to cancel these convertible note obligations, effective on that date. For details on these settlement agreements, see Item 1, Note F above.
Convertible Bridge Loan/Default
On September 28, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement for a $1,500,000 bridge loan and executed documents including a convertible promissory note (“Note”) and a binding subscription agreement (“Subscription”) (collectively the Note and the Subscription are the “Bridge Loan Agreements”) with SEB LLC, a non-affiliated party (“Lender”). SEB and the note represented a strategic investment that would ‘anchor’ a larger capital raise. In addition to SEB, it was to include an offering to Bion shareholders, alongside new retail and institutional investors introduced by Titan Partners, the NY investment banking firm Bion engaged to underwrite the offering. The Bridge Loan Agreements required the Lender to loan the Company $1,500,000 in six monthly tranches of $250,000 commencing October 2023. All sums advanced under the Bridge Loan Agreements (and accrued interest thereon) would be due and payable (with interest accrued at 9% per annum) on October 1, 2024 if not previously converted into securities of the Company. The Note is convertible at $1.00 per unit, at the sole election of the Lender, into units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and a warrant to purchase one half share. The initial $250,000 tranche was received by the Company on October 5, 2023. However, no further funds were received by the Company from the Lender.
On May 10, 2024 the Company received $150,000 from affiliates of the Bridge Loan Lender on terms not yet finalized and included in an agreement. These funds were received in the context of negotiations/discussions regarding a potential larger investment by affiliates and/or associates of the Lender but no further funds were received and the larger transaction was never completed. The funds were used primarily to re-initiate operations at the Initial Project. The Company is currently involved in discussions with representatives of SEB in an effort to achieve a mutually satisfactory resolution.
The Company recorded interest expense of $36,298 and $18,659 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
May 2024 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company entered into May 2024 Convertible Notes with five individuals. The May 2024 Convertible Notes bear interest at 6% per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025, and may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into one restricted common shares and one warrant of the Company at a conversion price of $1.00 per unit. As the conversion price of $1.00 approximated the fair value of the common shares at the date of the May 2024 Convertible Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists.
The balances of the May 2024 Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $133,067 and $125,567 as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $7,500 and $567 for the year ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
2024 Secured Convertible Note
On October 22, 2024, Bion's Board of Directors ratified an agreement with the Bion BLG, LLC, loan group, effective October 15, 2024, to purchase a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $500,000. The Company received advances the year ended June 30, 2025 in the amount of $399,763 and interest was applied based on the date the funds were received. The note bears interest at 7.5% per annum and has a maturity date of April 15, 2025.
Three Bion Directors (Schoener, Turk and Weets) are members of the loan group and together comprise 60% ownership of the loan group (each member owns 20%). The Note is secured by the Company's Intellectual Property (IP)/patents. The Note will convert into securities in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise (or other source of funding) in excess of $3.0 million, which must be completed within six (6) months. On July 24, 2025, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement with Bion BLG, LLC, (effective July 15, 2025) extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to January 15, 2026 (attached as exhibit). The agreement was ratified by Bion’s Board on July 24, 2025. Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding under the Note will continue to bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum. Bion agreed to a new formula to determine BLG’s obligation for up to $100,000 in legal costs related to litigation over delinquent payment for construction costs incurred at Bion’s demonstration facility near Fair Oaks, IN (see Bion’s Forms 8-K, dated April 17, May 30 and July 24, 2025). Bion BLG, LLC, also extended their agreement to share their collateral with investors in the three prior Shareholder Note offerings, with investors participating in a new offering, dated July 25, 2025.
Effective October 15, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement with BLG, LLC, to purchase a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $500,000 (See Bion’s Form 8-K, dated October 24, 2024). At that time, BLG, LLC, consisted of three affiliates of the Company (Directors Greg Schoener (also Interim COO), Turk Stovall, and Bob Weerts) and two shareholders (one of whom is the brother of Greg Schoener). BLG membership is currently the same, but Bion accepted Turk Stovall’s resignation as a Director, effective May 30, 2025. Amounts outstanding under the original BLG Note bore interest at a rate of 7.5% per annum through the maturity date of the Note, which was April 15, 2025. The Note is secured by the Company’s Intellectual Property (IP)/patents and it will convert into securities in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise (or other source of funding) in excess of $3.0 million, that had to be completed within six (6) months, and other terms as defined in the Note and Security Agreements (attached as exhibits).
Effective May 29, 2025, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement with Bion BLG, LLC, extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to July 15, 2025 (See Bion’s Form 8-K, dated May 30, 2025). Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding under the Note began to bear interest at a rate of 9% per annum.
The balances of the 2024 Convertible Note Advances as of June 30, 2025 including accrued interest owed is $423,053.
The Company recorded interest expense of $23,290 for the years ended June 30, 2025.
November 2024 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2025, the Company entered into November 2024 Convertible Notes with twelve individuals. The November 2024 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5% per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025. The November Notes will convert into Units in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise, in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from this filing.
The balances of the November 2024 Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $207,389 as of June 30, 2025.
The Company recorded interest expense of $6,389 for the year ended June 30, 2025.
February 2025 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30 2025, the Company entered into February 2025 Convertible Notes with seven individuals. The February 2025 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5% per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025. The February 2025 Notes will convert into Units in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise, in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from this filing.
The balances of the February 2025 Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $157,416 as of June 30, 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $2,416 for the year ended June 30, 2025.
May 2025 Notes During the year ended June 30, 2025, the Company entered into May 2025 Convertible with two individuals. The May 2025 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5% per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025. The May 2025 Convertible Nores will convert into Unity in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise, in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from the filing.
The balances of the May 2025 Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $70,288 as of June 30, 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $287 for the year ended June 30, 2025.
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