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NOTE PAYABLE
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
NOTE PAYABLE

NOTE 12. NOTE PAYABLE

 

On September 19, 2024, we entered into a note purchase agreement the (“Purchase Agreement”) with Streeterville Capital, LLC (“Holder”), pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell to Holder a secured promissory note in an initial principal amount of $4,380,000 (“Initial Note”) payable on or before 24 months from the issuance date (“Maturity Date”) and, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions in the Purchase Agreement, up to one additional secured promissory note (“Subsequent Note,” Initial Note and Subsequent Note collectively referred to as “Notes”). The initial principal amount of the Notes includes an original issue discount of 9% and expenses that the Company agreed to pay to the Holder to cover the Holder’s transaction costs. The original issue discount of the Initial Note was $360,000. Interest on the principal amount of the Notes accrues at a rate of 9% per annum. The Company may pay all or any portion of the amount owed under the Notes earlier than it is due. All payments made under the Notes, including any repayments, are subject to an additional payment amount equal to 6% of the portion of the outstanding balance being repaid.

 

The Purchase Agreement contained certain covenants and agreements, including that we will not pledge or grant any lien or security interest in our or our subsidiaries’ assets without the Holder’s prior written consent and that we will file reports under the Securities Exchange Act timely, and that our shares will continue to be listed or quoted on the NYSE American or Nasdaq. Also, without the Holder’s prior written consent, we may not: issue, incur or guarantee any debt obligations other than trade payables in the ordinary course; issue any security that has conversion rights in which the number of shares varies with the market price of our shares; issue any securities convertible into our shares with a conversion price that varies with the market price of our shares; issue any securities that have a conversion or exercise price subject to a reset due to a change in the market price of our shares or upon the occurrence of certain events related to our business (but excluding certain standard antidilution protection for any reorganization, recapitalization, noncash dividend, stock split or similar transaction); issue any securities pursuant to an equity line of credit, standby equity purchase agreement or similar arrangement. The Purchase Agreement also contained a most favored nations provision that provides we will grant to the Holder the same terms as we offer any subsequent investor in our debt securities and certain arbitration provisions in the event of a claim arising under the Purchase Agreement and other transaction documents.

 

The Company’s obligations under the Note were secured by: (i) a pledge of all the common stock the Company owns in USCF Investments, Inc. and (ii) a security interest in all of the assets of the Company. Further, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer’s trust, the Nicholas and Melinda Gerber Living Trust (“Gerber Trust”), provided: (i) a guaranty of the Company’s obligations to the Holder under the Note and (ii) a pledge of all of the common stock of the Company owned by the Gerber Trust.

 

Beginning on the date that is six months from the issuance date until the applicable Note is paid in full, each month the Holder has the right to require the Company to redeem up to an aggregate of $400,000 with respect to the Initial Note and $200,000 with respect to the Subsequent Note plus any interest accrued thereunder and an additional payment amount equal to 6% of the principal amount. The Company has the right to defer such redemption payments that Holder could otherwise elect to make three times by providing advance written notice to Holder. If the Company exercises its deferral right, the outstanding balance is automatically increased by 0.85% for each instance that the deferral right is exercised by Company, which cannot be exercised more than once every ninety calendar days.

 

The Company engaged Maxim Group LLC to serve as placement agent for the transaction between the Company and Holder in exchange for an aggregate commission equal to 7% of the gross cash proceeds received from the sale of the Notes.

 

As of June 30, 2025, the note payable balance outstanding, net of the original issue discount and fees paid, was $1.3 million. During the first quarter of fiscal 2026 the Company paid all principal and interest due under the Note in the aggregate of $1.4 million and all collateral and guarantees pledged to the lender in connection with the Note have been released. The Company has no other indebtedness. The effective interest rate for the Note was 41.3%. Interest expense for this note payable during fiscal year 2026 and 2025 was $0.1 million and $1.2 million, respectively.