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| SHORT-TERM LOANS | NOTE 13 – SHORT-TERM LOANS
Insurance funding borrowing
On August 5, 2025, the Company entered into a financing agreement of $407,500 for the purchase of an insurance policy with AFCO Insurance Premium Finance. The debt is payable in monthly installments through June 2026 and bears an interest rate of 7.5%. The carrying amount of and $205,403 is included as Short-term Loan on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as on June 30, 2026, and the audited consolidated balance sheet as on December 31, 2025, respectively. The Company recognized interest expense of $963 and $4,217 on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively.
A separate insurance financing agreement entered into in July 2024 was fully repaid in June 2025; the Company recognized related interest expense of $1,164 and $5,067 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Subsequent to three months ended June 30, 2026, the Company entered into a financing agreement of $493,532 for the purchase of an insurance policy with AFCO Insurance Premium Finance. The Company made a down payment of $172,736, which was applied to the loan amount at the time of the loan agreement. The debt is payable in 7 monthly installments of $47,189 per month and bears an interest rate of 6.99%.
Other short-term loans
The Company’s short-term loans with Endurance Antarctica Partners II, LLC and under the Term Sheets (including DRE Chicago LLC, a related party) are described in Note 11, Related Party Transactions above and described in greater detail in Note 7 to the Company’s Form 10-K. Both arrangements were fully repaid, together with accrued interest, as of December 31, 2025, and carried no balance as of June 30, 2026. The Company recognized interest expense of $103,938 towards other short-term loans on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding short-term loan arrangements:
Stardust Power Inc. and Subsidiaries NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
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