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Note 18 - Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note 18  Subsequent Events

 

On January 13, 2025, the Company and SoundExchange, Inc. (“SX”) agreed to extend the payment period for the remaining balance due under the settlement agreement entered into by the parties by 24 months to January 2027, with the balance to be repaid in equal monthly payments over such period.

 

On  January 15, 2025, PodcastOne entered into a three-year Enterprise Service and Advertising Agreement (the “Agreement”) with ART19 LLC (“ART19”), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. to move the existing network of PodcastOne programming to the ART19 hosting platform. The Agreement is expected to drive additional monetization opportunities across PodcastOne’s vast library of popular podcasts. Pursuant to the Agreement ART19 is required to pay the Company a minimum guarantee of $15.0 million over the term of the Agreement based on PodcastOne achieving certain minimum impressions amount, which guarantee is subject to adjustment as provided in the Agreement, including if PodcastOne achieves higher minimum impressions amounts. In addition, the Agreement provides for a revenue share split between the Company and ART19 based on gross sales revenue achieved by PodcastOne under the Agreement.

 

On January 28, 2025, the Company entered into the 2025 Business Loan Agreement with the Senior Lender to update certain terms of the ABL Credit Facility, including to reduce the principal amount outstanding under the Promissory Note to $3,750,000, reflecting the Company’s repayment of $3,250,000 of the principal amount of the Promissory Note as of such date, and to extend the maturity date of the Promissory Note to November 20, 2025. Pursuant to the 2025 Change in Terms Agreement entered into in connection with the 2025 Business Loan Agreement, the Company is agreed to repay the remaining outstanding principal amount of the Promissory Note in 9 equal monthly payments of $400,000 each beginning February 20, 2025, and the final 10th payment of $151,291.67 on November 20, 2025. Pursuant to the 2025 Business Loan Agreement, the requirement that the Company and its related entities shall at all times maintain a certain minimum cash deposit with the Senior Lender is maintained at $5,000,000. The ABL Credit Facility continues to be collateralized by a first lien on all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries. Borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility are subject to certain covenants as set forth in the 2025 Business Loan Agreement and bear interest at a rate equal to the “Money Rate” column of The Wall Street Journal (Western Edition) as determined by the Senior Lender plus 2.50%, resulting in the initial rate of 10.00% and provided, that it shall not be less than 7.50%. The Company may prepay at any time without penalty all or a portion of the amount owed to the Senior Lender. The 2025 Business Loan Agreement includes customary events of default and various financial and other covenants with which the Company has to comply in order to maintain borrowing availability, including maintaining required minimum liquidity amount and Borrowing Base capacity. The occurrence of an event of default could result in the acceleration of all obligations of the Company to the Senior Lender with respect to indebtedness, whether under the 2025 Business Loan Agreement or otherwise. Other covenants include, but are not limited to, covenants limiting or restricting the Company’s ability to incur indebtedness, incur liens, enter into mergers or consolidations involving debt, dispose of assets, make loans and investments and pay dividends. In connection with the 2025 Business Loan Agreement, the Promissory Note issued to the Senior Lender continues in effect except as modified by the 2025 Business Loan Agreement and the 2025 Change in Terms Agreement.