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Note J - Note Payable
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-Term Debt [Text Block]

NOTE JNOTES PAYABLE

 

Securities Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2025

 

      On September 30, 2025, the Company entered into and closed a note purchase agreement with the Lender which provided for the issuance of a $1,130,000 principal amount senior secured promissory note (the “2025 Note”). The 2025 Note carries an original issue discount of $125,000 and the Company agreed to pay $5,000 to the Lender to cover its transaction costs, which were deducted from the proceeds of the 2025 Note resulting in a total of $1,000,000 being funded to the Company at closing. The proceeds are being used for general working capital.

 

      The principal amount of the 2025 Note is due 18 months following the date of issuance. Interest under the 2025 Note accrues at a rate of nine percent (9%) per annum. All repayments of principal due under the 2025 Note will be subject to an exit fee of seven percent (7%) of the principal amount being repaid (the “Exit Fee”). Commencing six months after the date of issuance of the 2025 Note (the “Redemption Start Date”), Lender shall have the right to redeem up to $135,000 of principal amount under the 2025 Note each month which amount plus the Exit Fee will be due and payable three (3) business days after Lender’s delivery of a redemption notice to the Company. At the end of each month following the Redemption Start Date, if the Company has not reduced the outstanding balance under the 2025 Note by at least $135,000, then by the fifth (5th) day of the following month, the Company must either pay to Lender the difference between $135,000 and the amount, if any, redeemed in such month plus the Exit Fee, or the outstanding balance due under the Note will automatically increase by one percent (1%). As of September 30, 2025, there have been no redemptions by the Lender.
 
      The 2025 Note is secured by a lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets and properties and the Company’s obligations under the 2025 Note are guaranteed by Pistol Star, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (Pistol). The 2025 Note can be prepaid in whole or in part without penalty at any time. In the event that the Company receives any proceeds in connection with any fundraising or financing transaction (including any warrant exercises), it will be required to make a mandatory prepayment equal to the lesser of (i) forty percent (40%) of the amount raised in such transaction and (ii) the full amount due under the 2025 Note. 

 

       The Note provides for customary events of default, including, among other things, the event of non-payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, a representation or warranty proving to have been incorrect when made, failure to perform or observe covenants within a specified period of time, the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of all or a substantial part of its property, and monetary judgment defaults of a specified amount. At December 31, 2025 the Company was not in default of any covenants.

 

    In connection with the October 27, 2025 warrant exercise agreement described in Note M, the Company prepaid approximately $455,000 of the amount due under the 2025 Note. At December 31, 2025, the principal balance due for the 2025 note was $545,000.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement dated June 24, 2024

 

On June 24, 2024, the Company entered into and closed a note purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) which provided for the issuance of a $2,360,000 principal amount senior secured promissory note (the “2024 Note”). The 2024 Note carried an original issue discount of $350,000 and the Company agreed to pay $10,000 to the Lender to cover its transaction costs, which were deducted from the proceeds of the 2024 Note resulting in a total of $2,000,000 being funded to the Company at closing. The proceeds were used for general working capital.

 

The principal amount of the 2024 Note was originally due eighteen months (18) following the date of issuance. Interest under the 2024 Note accrues at a rate of nine percent (9%) per annum. All repayments of principal due under the 2024 Note will be subject to an exit fee of seven percent (7%) of the principal amount being repaid (the “Exit Fee”). Commencing six months after the date of issuance of the Note (the “Redemption Start Date”), Lender shall have the right to redeem up to $270,000 of principal amount under the 2024 Note each month which amount plus the Exit Fee will be due and payable three (3) business days after Lender’s delivery of a redemption notice to the Company. 

 

The 2024 Note was secured by a lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets and properties and the Company’s obligations under the Note were guaranteed by Pistol. The 2024 Note could be prepaid in whole or in part without penalty at any time. In the event that the Company received any proceeds in connection with any fundraising or financing transaction (including any warrant exercises), it would be required to make a mandatory prepayment equal to the lesser of (i) forty percent (40%) of the amount raised in such transaction and (ii) the full amount due under the 2024 Note.

 

The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $2.0 million in connection with a financing transaction (see Note M Warrants). In accordance with the terms of the 2024 Note, on October 1, 2024, 40% of the proceeds received, or approximately $762,600, was used to prepay amounts due under the 2024 Note. 

 

Between January and September 2025, the Company entered into a number of Exchange Agreements with the holder of the 2024 Note pursuant to which it partitioned from the 2024 Note new promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,459,000 reducing the outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Note to approximately $338,400. On October 27, 2025, the Company entered into two Exchange Agreements (the “Exchange Agreements”) with the Lender. Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, the Company and Lender agreed to (i) partition from the 2024 Note two new Promissory Notes (the “Partitioned Notes”) in the original principal amounts of $261,841 and $66,150, respectively, (ii) cause the outstanding balance of the 2024 Note to be reduced by $327,991, the aggregate principal amount of the Partitioned Notes, and (iii) exchange the Partitioned Notes for an aggregate of 42,903 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (as adjusted 

to reflect our 1-for- 10 reverse stock split, which was effective April 30, 2026).  As a result of the Exchange Agreements, the 2024 Note has been paid in full.