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Mortgage Borrowings In February 2023, the Company obtained a mortgage loan of approximately $1.8 million (equivalent to HK$14.0 million) from a finance company in Hong Kong, which bears an average interest rate at 13.75% per annum and becomes repayable in February 2024. The loan was pledged by a fixed charge on an office premise owned by the Company. As of December 31, 2024, the carrying value of the loan is approximately $0.9 million. On October 31, 2024, the Company entered into a preliminary sales and purchase agreement with an independent third party to sell the office premises with a cash consideration of approximately $1.6 million. The transaction is completed in February 2025. In July 2024, the Company partially settled approximately $0.8 million, including approximately $0.02 million interest expense (equivalent to principal and interest of approximately HK$6.0 million and HK$0.15 million, respectively). The remaining principal and accrued interest are settled in February and June 2025.

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Short-term Loans In connection with the Merger Transaction, the Company assumed the liabilities of Triller Corp, which includes the short-term notes assumed at an aggregate principal amount of $11.0 million issued to various lenders (collectively, the “Short-term Loans”). The Short-term loans mature at various dates within the next twelve months and are included as current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company incurred approximately $2.0 million in interest expense and made aggregate payments of approximately $4.1 million toward the various short-term loans during the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, the aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest was approximately $14.5 million. On November 27, 2024, the Company also obtained a short-term loan of approximately $0.6 million from an independent third party in Hong Kong with a fixed interest rate of 6% per annum, repayable on December 31, 2024. The loan is unsecured and the fixed interest rate will increase to 15% per annum if there is any default on repayment. As of the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements, the Company has not repaid the amount due and considered default of settlement.

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Short-term Loans, Related Parties In September 2023, the Company obtained short-term loans of approximately $5.0 million from Giant Wisdom Ventures Limited, a company controlled by its controlling stockholder, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 12% per annum, repayable in October 2023. The borrowing is secured by a lien on the partial equity interest in Investment D owned by the Company. In connection with the Merger Transaction, the Company assumed the liabilities of Triller Corp, which includes the borrowing entered with DeSilva 2000 Living Trust, a company controlled by the director of its subsidiaries, for a principal of approximately $0.2 million with a fixed interest rate of 1.85% per annum. In October 2024, the Company entered a loan facility agreement with TAG Holdings Limited, its stockholder and immediate holding company, for borrowings up to $30.0 million. The loan is unsecured, repayable on demand and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6% per annum. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding loan balance was approximately $18.4 million. On October 16, 2024, Triller Corp. entered a short-term loan agreement with Giant Wisdom Ventures Limited, a company controlled by its controlling stockholder, for a principal of approximately $5.0 million with a fixed interest rate of 18% per annum. The loan is guaranteed by Triller Group and is collateralized by 5,000,000 shares of BKFC common stock. Both principal and accrued interest are due on January 16, 2025. In the event of a default, the interest rate increases to 21% per annum. As of December 31, 2024, the aggregate outstanding principal and accrued interest was approximately $5.2 million. In November and December 2024, the Company obtained aggregate short-term loans of approximately $0.5 million from the Company’s Chief Operating Officer with a fixed interest rate of 6% per annum, repayable on December 31, 2024. The loans are unsecured and the fixed interest rate will increase to 15% per annum if there is any default on repayment.

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Factoring loan In connection with the Merger Transaction, the Company assumed the liabilities of Triller Corp.’s subsidiary, Flipps Media Inc. (“Flipps”), which included certain sale of future receipts agreements (the “Agreements”) entered with certain third-party financing companies in October 2024. Pursuant to the Agreements, Flipps sold its future receipts of approximately $0.6 million for a principal amount of approximately $0.4 million. Flipps recorded a debt discount of approximately $0.03 million for the loan origination fees. The debt discount was amortized over the term of the loans with a range of four to twelve-month periods. The agreed weekly payment was approximately $0.03 million. As of December 31, 2024, the outstanding principal balance, net of debt discount, was approximately $0.2 million.