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Note 19 - Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note 19  Subsequent Events

 

Securities Purchase Agreement

 

On  May 19, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the Company, and PodcastOne, Inc., the Company’s majority owned subsidiary, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with certain institutional investors (each, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which (i) the Company sold to the Purchasers the Company’s Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures (the “Initial Debentures”) in an aggregate principal amount of $16,775,000 for an aggregate cash purchase price of $15,250,000, and (ii) if certain conditions are satisfied as set forth in the SPA, including at least one of the Conditions (as defined below), the Company may sell at its option to the Purchasers the Company’s additional Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures in an aggregate principal amount of $11,000,000 on substantially the same terms as the Initial Debentures (the “Additional Debentures” and collectively with the Initial Debentures, the “Debentures”), in a private placement transaction. The Debentures are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “common stock”), at the holder’s option at a conversion price of $2.10 per share, subject to certain customary adjustments such as stock splits, stock dividends and stock combinations. The Company may sell to the Purchasers the Additional Debentures if within 15 months of the Closing Date either of the following conditions have been satisfied during such 15-month period (the “Conditions”): (x) the VWAP (as defined in the SPA) of the common stock has been equal to or greater than $4.20 per share (subject to certain customary adjustments such as stock splits, stock dividends and stock combinations) for 30 consecutive trading days, or (y) Free Cash Flow (as defined in the SPA) has been equal to or greater to $3,000,000 for three consecutive fiscal quarters, and has increased in each of the foregoing quarters from the immediately preceding fiscal quarter.

 

The Initial Debentures mature on May 19, 2028 and accrue interest at 11.75% per year. Commencing with the calendar month of August 2025 (subject to the following sentence), the holders of the Initial Debentures will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to redeem an aggregate of up to $100,000 of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures per month. For the month of August 2025, the holders may not submit a redemption notice for such a redemption prior to August 18, 2025. Commencing from November 18, 2025, May 18, 2026 and May 18, 2027, the holders of the Initial Debentures will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to redeem an aggregate of up to $150,000, $250,000 and $300,000, respectively, of the outstanding principal amount of the Initial Debentures per month. 

 

Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including applicable prior notice to the holders of the Initial Debentures, at any time after May 19, 2026, the Company may elect to prepay all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Initial Debentures for a prepayment amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with a prepayment premium equal to the following (the “Prepayment Premium”): (a) if the Initial Debentures are prepaid after May 19, 2026, but on or prior to May 19, 2027, 5% of the entire outstanding principal balance of the outstanding Initial Debentures (or the applicable portion thereof required to be prepaid by the Company); and (c) if the Initial Debentures are prepaid on or after May 19, 2027, but prior to the maturity date of the Initial Debentures, 4% of the entire outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures (or the applicable portion thereof required to be prepaid by the Company). Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company shall be required to prepay the entire outstanding principal amount of all of then outstanding Initial Debentures in connection with a Change of Control Transaction (as defined in the Initial Debentures) for a prepayment amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus the applicable Prepayment Premium based on when such Change of Control Transaction occurs within the period set forth above applicable to such Prepayment Premium; provided, that (x) if a Change of Control Transaction occurs on or prior to May 19, 2026, plus 10% of the entire outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures; (y) if the Specified Carve-Out Transaction (as defined in the Debentures) in consummated, the Company shall be required to prepay the Initial Debentures, in an aggregate amount equal to the lower of the outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures and $7,500,000, in each case, plus the applicable Prepayment Premium, and (z) if a Permitted Disposition (as defined in the Debentures) pursuant to clause (g) of the definition thereof is consummated, the Company shall be required to prepay the Initial Debentures in an aggregate amount equal to the lower of the outstanding principal balance of then outstanding Initial Debentures and 50% of the first $1,000,000 of net proceeds resulting from such Permitted Disposition up to $1,000,000 and 25% of such net proceeds in excess of $1,000,000, in each case, plus the applicable Prepayment Premium.

 

The Company’s obligations under the Debentures can be accelerated upon the occurrence of certain customary events of default. In the event of default and acceleration of the Company’s obligations, the Company would be required to pay the applicable prepayment amount described above.

 

The Company’s obligations under the Debentures have been guaranteed under a Subsidiary Guarantee, dated as of the Closing Date (the “Subsidiary Guarantee”), by certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries, including PodcastOne, Slacker, Inc. and LiveXLive, Corp. (collectively, the “Guarantors”). The Company’s obligations under the Debentures and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee are secured under a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”) entered into on the Closing Date among the Company, the Guarantors, certain Purchasers and JGB Collateral, LLC (the “Agent”) as agent for the Purchasers (the “Security Agreement”), by a lien on all of the Company, PodcastOne and the other Guarantors’ assets, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Company, PodcastOne and the other Guarantors agreed to pay to the Agent a collateral monitoring fee on the outstanding principal balance of the Debentures at per annum rate of 1%, which fee shall accrue daily and shall be payable to the Agent in cash on the last business day of each calendar month. The Company must also maintain a specified minimum cash balance (as set forth in the Debentures) and maintain minimum amounts of liquidity.

 

The Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or such other form that the Company is then eligible for) (the “Registration Statement”) to register the resale of the shares of its common stock underlying the Initial Debentures within 60 days of the Closing Date (and within 30 days of the sale, if any, of the Additional Debentures) and to obtain effectiveness of the Registration Statement within 150 days following the Closing Date (and within 90 days of the sale, if any, of the Additional Debentures).

 

In connection with the issuance of the Debentures, the Company paid off all obligations owing under, and terminated, the Business Loan Agreement and all related loan agreements.

 

Employment Agreements

 

On  June 27, 2025 and effective as of  June 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), PodcastOne entered into a new employment agreement with Kit Gray, PodcastOne’s current President (the “Gray Employment Agreement”). The term of the Gray Employment Agreement is for two years from the Effective Date at an annual salary of $375,000. Mr. Gray is eligible to earn a discretionary annual performance bonus for each whole or partial fiscal year of his employment period with PodcastOne in accordance with PodcastOne’s annual bonus plan applicable to PodcastOne’s executive officers. Mr. Gray’s “target” performance bonus shall be 100% of his average annualized base salary during the fiscal year for which the performance bonus is earned. Pursuant to the Gray Employment Agreement, Mr. Gray was granted 700,000 restricted stock units of PodcastOne, and 150,000 restricted stock units of the Company.

 

On  June 27, 2025 and effective as of the Effective Date, PodcastOne entered into a new employment agreement with Sue McNamara, PodcastOne’s current Chief Revenue Officer (the “McNamara Employment Agreement”). The term of the McNamara Employment Agreement is for two years from the Effective Date at an annual salary of $325,000. Ms. McNamara is eligible to earn a discretionary annual performance bonus for each whole or partial fiscal year of her employment period with PodcastOne in accordance with the PodcastOne’s annual bonus plan applicable to the PodcastOne’s executive officers. Ms. McNamara’s “target” performance bonus shall be 100% of her average annualized base salary during the fiscal year for which the performance bonus is earned. Pursuant to the McNamara Employment Agreement, Ms. McNamara was granted 150,000 restricted stock units of PodcastOne and 25,000 restricted stock units of the Company.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

On June 6, 2025, Sony Music Entertainment (“Sony”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Slacker and the Company alleging breach of contract and claiming that Slacker owes $2.6 million in unpaid licensing fees to Sony. As a result of LiveOne’s guarantee of up to $250,000 of Slacker’s payments to Sony, Sony’s claim against the Company is in the amount of $250,000. The Company and Slacker are evaluating this claim, have engaged counsel and intend to vigorously defend themselves in this matter.