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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 

 

Ablis

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, Lifted sold $4,215 and $4,215 worth of finished goods to Ablis In comparison, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, Lifted sold $0 and $5,038 worth of finished goods to Ablis.

 

Outside Director Fees

 

Each of the Company’s outside directors, including Mr. Vincent Mesolella, Dr. Joshua Bloom, Ms. Sharial Howard, Dr. James Jacobs, and Mr. Kevin Rocio, receive quarterly director fees of $4,000. Prior to his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors on June 14, 2026, Mr. Richard Morrissy also received a quarterly director fee of $4,000. Dr. Jacobs is the brother of CEO Gerard M. Jacobs (“GJacobs”) and the uncle of President and CFO William Jacobs (“WJacobs”).

 

Lease and Purchase of 5511 95th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144

 

Toward the end of 2020, NWarrender, through his assigned entity 95th Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”), purchased the building located at 5511 95th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53144 (“5511 Building”) that was immediately leased to us to conduct our expanded operations. The 5511 Building includes office, laboratory and warehouse space. As part of the lease agreement with Holdings, the parties agreed that Lifted would eventually purchase the 5511 Building. The purchase price for the 5511 Building was originally subject to variation based on a formula agreed upon by the parties. Pursuant to the Omnibus Agreement with NWarrender on December 30, 2021, Lifted was obligated to purchase the 5511 Building from Holdings on or before December 31, 2022 for a fixed purchase price of $1,375,000.

 

Pursuant to an Acceleration Agreement, the deadline to purchase the 5511 Building was extended by one year to December 31, 2023. In addition, the Acceleration Agreement contained a provision that if we raised $5,000,000 of debt or equity capital, then Lifted or our designee would be obligated to purchase the 5511 Building from Holdings at the agreed upon $1,375,000 purchase price within two days. 

 

On December 14, 2023, LFTD Partners and Lifted (together the “Borrower”), jointly borrowed a total of $3,910,000 from Surety Bank, of DeLand, Florida (“Lender”), and simultaneously Lifted purchased the 5511 Building from Holdings for $1,375,000 as previously agreed upon.

 

The Lender made two five-year loans to the Borrower, as joint borrowers: (1) a working capital loan of $3,000,000 at 9.5% fixed annual interest (the “Working Capital Loan”), and (2) a $910,000 loan at 10% fixed annual interest (the “Business Loan”), the net proceeds of which were used by Lifted to pay a portion of the $1,375,000 purchase price of the 5511 Building. Prior to the WCL Payoff (defined below), the two loans had been cross collateralized by a first lien mortgage on the 5511 Building, and by a first lien security interest in all of the other assets owned by LIFD and Lifted, in favor of Surety Bank.

 

Then, on November 20, 2025, Borrower paid off the principal balance and accrued interest on the Working Capital Loan, which totaled $1,411,125, with no prepayment penalty (“WCL Payoff”). Following the WCL Payoff, Lender also agreed to immediately waive the covenants of the Business Loan Agreement regarding maintaining a minimum 1.50x debt service coverage ratio, and a $1,000,000 minimum deposit account balance (“Loan Term Changes”).

 

Prior to the WCL Payoff, the Board of Directors of the Company had authorized management of the Company to explore a sale of the 5511 Building, and, if the 5511 Building is sold, to apply the net proceeds of such sale, firstly to the full repayment of the Business Loan, and secondly to the partial repayment of the Working Capital Loan. Simultaneously with such authorization, the Board of Directors of the Company had authorized management of the Company to apply certain tax refunds expected to be received by the Company, plus certain cash on hand held by the Company, to the partial or full repayment of the Working Capital Loan. Pursuant to this authorization, during the third quarter ended September 30, 2025, the Working Capital Loan was paid down $592,050 using certain tax refunds received by the Company. Then, on November 20, 2025, the remaining principal and accrued interest on the Working Capital Loan (totaling $1,411,125) was paid off.

 

Laurie Warrender

 

On December 30, 2024, Laurie Warrender, NWarrender’s mother, was hired as an employee of Lifted, as a consultant and advisor to NWarrender, with a salary of $5,000 per month. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company reported expense reimbursements payable to Ms. Warrender totaling $4,962 and $5,304, respectively.

 

William Jacobs

 

At the closing of the acquisition of Lifted, 645,000 shares of unregistered common stock of the Company were designated as contingent deferred compensation (the “Deferred Contingent Stock”) to certain persons specified by NWarrender in a schedule delivered by him to the Company at the closing of the Merger (the “Deferred Contingent Stock Recipients”). Now that certain conditions and requirements have been met, starting on February 24, 2023, the Deferred Contingent Stock has begun to be issued to certain Deferred Contingent Stock Recipients who have instructed the Company to issue to them their respective, earned Deferred Contingent Stock. Through June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, 503,000 shares of Deferred Contingent Stock have been issued to certain Deferred Contingent Stock Recipients, including 200,000 shares of Deferred Contingent Stock to WJacobs.

 

Related Party Note

 

On April 1, 2025, the Company converted $350,000 of its cash into USD Coin (USDC), a digital stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. Shortly thereafter, the digital wallet containing the USDC was compromised by an unauthorized and unknown third party, resulting in the theft of the full amount. The Company promptly reported the incident to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and continues to cooperate fully in the ongoing investigation. The Company’s outside law firm is also advising the Company regarding the matter. At this time, the Company is doubtful whether any of the stolen funds will be recovered. On April 22, 2025, the Company borrowed $350,000 from Beachin Company, an affiliate of the Company’s CEO and CFO (the “Related Party Note”). The $350,000 loan did not bear interest, and was repaid by the Company using funds that otherwise would have been paid to the Company’s CEO and CFO in the form of salary or bonuses pursuant to their employment agreements with the Company.

 

Agreement to Sell Real Property

 

On July 22, 2026, Lifted entered into a binding agreement to sell its real property located at 5511 95th Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin for a purchase price of $1,500,000. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on September 16, 2026. Lifted’s listing agents with @properties are the Company’s director Kevin Rocio and Jake Hansen and Lifted expects to pay a commission of 3% of the sale price to Lifted’s listing agents. If the transaction is completed, Lifted expects to use the net sale proceeds to repay the outstanding mortgage loan with Surety Bank, including the $836,358 principal balance as of June 30, 2026, accrued interest, and any applicable prepayment penalty. The remaining proceeds are expected to be added to Lifted’s working capital. As discussed in NOTE 6 – ASSETS HELD FOR SALE, the property was classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2026 at a carrying amount of $1,294,211, and no impairment loss was recognized.