The Company’s senior secured convertible notes at March 31, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

On September 15, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), the Company issued two-year secured convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $15.0 million (the “Harvest Notes”) to Harvest Small Cap Partners, L.P. and Harvest Small Cap Partners, Ltd. (collectively, the “Purchaser”). The Purchaser are funds affiliated with No Street Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm.

The Harvest Notes, as amended, mature on June 3, 2024, accrue interest at 8.5% per year with interest payable quarterly in cash in arrears, and are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $4.50 per share at the applicable Purchaser’s option, subject to certain customary adjustments such as stock splits, stock dividends and stock combinations (the “Conversion Price”). The Company does not have the right to prepay any or all of the Harvest Notes prior to their maturity.

The current portion of accrued interest related to the Harvest Notes is included in Accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company’s obligations under the Harvest Notes may be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default (as defined in the Harvest Notes) and are guaranteed under a Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”), entered into by all of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) in favor of the Purchaser. The Company’s obligations under the Harvest Notes and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee are secured under a Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Security Agreement”), and an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “IP Security Agreement”), by a lien on all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ assets and intellectual property, subject to certain exceptions. The Harvest Notes require the Company to maintain aggregate cash deposits of $7.0 million until the Harvest Notes are paid in full. In May 2021 and in connection with the Company entering into a $7 million secured revolving credit facility, the holders of the Harvest Notes subordinated their security interest and extended the maturity date of the notes to June 3, 2023. In consideration of the above, the Company issued 60,000 shares of its common stock valued at $0.3 million to the Purchaser.

The Company evaluated the May 2021 agreement and determined that it was required to be accounted for as troubled debt restructuring under ASC 470-60, Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors. As a result, the Company recorded the shares of common stock issued to the Purchaser as an increase to Additional Paid In Capital and a corresponding debt discount included in Secured Convertible Notes, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company and the Purchaser also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date (the “RRA”), which granted the Assignees “demand” and “piggyback” registration rights to register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Notes and the Shares (collectively, the “Registrable Securities”) with the SEC for resale or other disposition. Pursuant to the RRA, the Company filed a resale Registration Statement on Form S-3 on October 14, 2020, and it was declared effective by the SEC on October 21, 2020. The Company also agreed to keep the initial Registration Statement continuously effective until the earliest to occur of (i) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder have been sold and (ii) the date on which all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement may be sold without volume restriction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

In connection with the SPA, and the Harvest Notes subsequent extension, Robert S. Ellin, the Company’s CEO, Chairman, director and principal stockholder, agreed not to dispose of any equity securities of the Company owned by Mr. Ellin or any entity of which he is the beneficial owner and not to cease to be the beneficial owner of any other equity securities of the Company of which Mr. Ellin was the beneficial owner as of June 3, 2021 until the Harvest Notes are paid in full (subject to certain customary exceptions), without the Purchaser’s prior written consent.

The Harvest Notes and the Shares were issued in private placement transaction that was not registered under the Securities Act, in reliance upon applicable exemptions from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

In July 2022, the Company entered into an amendment of notes agreement (collectively, the “Amendments”) with each of the holders of the Harvest Notes (the “Noteholders”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to (i) extend the maturity date of the Harvest Notes to June 3, 2024, (ii) defer the June 30, 2022 quarterly cash interest payment to July 18, 2022, and defer the quarterly cash interest payment for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2022 to be due and payable at the same time as the quarterly cash interest payment due and payable to the Noteholders for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022, (iii) reduce the amount of Free Cash (as defined in the Harvest Notes) as follows (x) $7,000,000 from the Effective Date through December 31, 2022 (inclusive), (y) $8,000,000 from January 1, 2023 and until June 30, 2023 (inclusive), and (z) $10,000,000 from July 1, 2023 and until the Harvest Notes are repaid in full at their new maturity date of June 3, 2024; provided, that in the event that the Harvest Notes are repaid or prepaid by the Company, the amount of required Free Cash shall be then permanently reduced to the amount equal to the product of the aggregate principal amount of the Harvest Notes then outstanding multiplied by 2/3, and (iv) permit the Company to prepay the Harvest Notes at any time without any repayment/prepayment penalties and without the written consent of the Noteholders, subject to approval from the Company’s senior secured lender, which approval was subsequently obtained; provided, that the Company shall give the Noteholders at least five days prior written notice of any such prepayment or repayment (collectively, “Loan Modification”).

The Company and the Noteholders also agreed that if (i) at least $5,000,000 of the original principal amount of the Harvest Notes is not repaid by the Company on or prior to January 1, 2023, the conversion price of the Harvest Notes shall be amended to $3.00 per share, and the Company shall issue to the Noteholders in aggregate an additional 250,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock; (ii) at least $7,500,000 of the original principal amount of the Harvest Notes is not repaid by the Company on or prior to June 30, 2023, the conversion price of the Harvest Notes shall be further amended to $2.50 per share, and the Company shall then issue to the Noteholders in aggregate an additional 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock; and (iii) the entire principal amount of the Harvest Notes then outstanding is not repaid by the Company on or prior to January 1, 2024, the conversion price of the Harvest Notes shall be further amended to $2.25 per share, and the Company shall then issue to the Noteholders in aggregate an additional 750,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. In addition, in consideration of the Loan Modification, the Company issued to the Noteholders in aggregate 500,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock. During the year ended March 31, 2023, pursuant to terms of the Amendments, the Company issued 250,000 shares valued a $0.2 million to Noteholders which was recorded as interest expense at the time of issuance.

The Company and the Noteholders further agreed to certain Harvest Note repayment conditions as provided in the Amendments in the event that the Company or any of its subsidiaries completes an equity or debt financing in the future or if Mr. Ellin ceases to be the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and unless an equally or better qualified CEO, as determined by the majority of the Company’s then-independent directors is appointed within the time provided by the Amendments, in each case prior to the full repayment of the Harvest Notes.

The Company evaluated the July 2022 Amendments and determined that it was not required to be accounted for as troubled debt restructuring under ASC 470-60, Troubled Debt Restructurings by Debtors. The Company also determined that the Amendments were not required to be accounted for as an extinguishment under ASC 470-50, Debt – Modifications and Extinguishment. The Company recorded the debt as a modification and recorded the derivative associated with the conversion feature as a derivative. The Company determined the value of the derivative to be $0.1 million.

The Company recorded $2.4 million and $2.3 million in interest expense associated with the Harvest Notes for the year ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, of which $1.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively, was attributed to the accretion of the debt discount associated with the senior secured convertible notes.

On February 3, 2023, the “Company entered into an exchange agreement (collectively, the “Exchange Agreements”) with (i) Harvest Small Cap Partners Master, Ltd. (“HSCPM”) in regard to that certain 8.5% Senior Secured Convertible Note in the aggregate amount of $10,503,965 issued by the Company on September 15, 2020, as amended on June 3, 2021 and July 6, 2022, to HSCPM (the “HSCPM Note”), (ii) Harvest Small Cap Partners, L.P. (“HSCP”) in regard to that certain 8.5% Senior Secured Convertible Note in the aggregate amount of $4,496,035 issued by the Company on September 15, 2020, as amended on June 3, 2021 and July 6, 2022, to HSCP (the “HSCP Note”); and (iii) Trinad Capital (and collectively with HSCPM and HSCP, the “Holders”) in regard to all promissory notes in the aggregate principal and interest amount of $6,177,218 issued by the Company to Trinad Capital (the “Trinad Notes” and collectively with the HSCPM Note and the HSCP Note, the “Notes”). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, the Holders exchanged the Notes, and with respect to Trinad Capital, together with interest, due and payable thereon, and relinquished any and all rights thereunder, for 21,177 shares of the Company’s newly designated and issued Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), with a stated value of $1,000 per share (the “Stated Value”), having the terms as set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) filed by the Company on February 2, 2023 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Pursuant to the Exchange Agreements, the Company agreed that at any time that any of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued to the Harvest Funds are outstanding, (i) to directly or through its 100% owned subsidiaries (as applicable), to own on a fully diluted basis at least 66% of the total equity and voting rights of any and all classes of securities of each of PodcastOne, Slacker, PPV One, Inc., and LiveXLive Events, LLC subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) not to issue shares of its common stock or convertible equity securities at a price less than $2.10 per share (subject to certain exceptions), provided, that such consent shall not be required in connection with any merger, acquisition or other business combinations of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries with any unaffiliated third party, (iii) not to raise more than an aggregate of $20,000,000 of capital in one or more offerings, including without limitation, one or more equity or debt offerings or a combination thereof, on an accumulated basis commencing after the Effective Date (the “Qualified Offering”); provided, that such consent shall not be required for any equity financing of the Company at a price of $2.25 per share or above, and (iv) if after the Effective Date the Company distributes any of its assets or any shares of its common stock or Common Stock Equivalents (as defined in the Exchange agreements) of any of its subsidiaries pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of its common stock, the Company shall distribute to the Holders its pro rata portion of any such distribution (calculated on an as-converted basis with respect to the then outstanding Series A Preferred Stock) concurrently with the distribution to the then record holders of any class of its common stock (including an applicable distribution of shares of PodcastOne’s common stock to the Harvest Funds in connection with the Company’s recently announced spin-out and special dividend of PodcastOne’s common stock to the Company’s stockholders of record), in each case without the Majority Holders’ prior written consent. Any breach of the aforementioned covenants shall constitute a material breach, which if uncured, shall result in the issuance of an aggregate of 56,473 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock (the “Default Shares”) to the Holders for each five trading days (or pro rata thereof) after the date of the breach; provided, that if such breach is cured within the applicable cure period, no Default Shares shall be issued.

In consideration for entry into the Exchange Agreements and the Holders’ willingness to forego certain rights to common stock of the Company previously agreed by the parties, the Company issued to the Harvest Funds an aggregate of 625,000 shares of its common stock (the “Harvest Shares”) and to Trinad Capital 200,000 shares of its common stock. In connection with the entry of the Exchange Agreements, unless otherwise agreed to by the Harvest Funds, Mr. Ellin agreed to (i) to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and (ii) extend the period during which he cannot dispose of any equity or convertible securities of the Company owned by him or any entity of which he is the beneficial owner and not to cease to be the beneficial owner of any other equity or convertible securities of the Company of which Mr. Ellin is the beneficial owner (subject to certain exceptions), in each case until the time that the Harvest Funds no longer own any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.

The Company evaluated the Exchange Agreement and the settlement was required to be accounted for as an extinguishment under ASC 470-50, Debt – Modifications and Extinguishment. As a result, we determined that the exchange should be accounted for as an extinguishment and we recorded the resulting loss on extinguishment of $1.0 million as “Loss on extinguishment of debt” in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.