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NOTES AND CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
NOTES AND CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

NOTE 8. NOTES AND CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company's outstanding debt consisted of the following:

​

 

September 30,
2024

 

 

December 31,
2023

 

Current portion of notes payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Junior Notes Issued November 2023

 

$

3,182,855

 

 

$

5,500,000

 

August 2024 Convertible Notes

 

 

673,000

 

 

 

-

 

Additional August 2024 Convertible Notes

 

 

687,315

 

 

 

-

 

Unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs

 

 

(311,129

)

​

 

(3,352,008

)

Current portion of notes payable

 

 

4,232,041

 

​

 

2,147,992

 

Long-term portion of notes payable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Convertible Notes Issued June 2023

 

 

4,511,880

 

 

 

6,713,241

 

Total debt

 

$

8,743,921

 

 

$

8,861,233

 

Junior Notes Issued November 2023

On November 13, 2023, the Company entered into Note and Warrant Purchase Agreements (the "Junior Note Purchase Agreements") with the lenders identified therein (the "Lenders") providing for (i) zero-interest promissory notes, issued with a 10% original issue discount, in the aggregate principal amount of $5,500,000 (the "Junior Notes"), and (ii) warrants ("Junior Note Warrants," refer to Note 10, Warrants), exercisable for an amount of the Company's common stock equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Junior Notes (limited to an aggregate of 19.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock until such time as the transaction

is approved by the Company's stockholders), which will be exercisable for $5.00 per share of the Company's common stock (subject to adjustments noted in the Junior Note Purchase Agreements).

The Junior Notes are junior and secured by the Company's patent portfolio pursuant to a security agreement among the parties (the "Security Agreement"). The Junior Notes will mature on the earlier of: (i) the Company closing a credit facility in principal amount of at least $20 million, (ii) a Sale Event (as defined in the Junior Note Purchase Agreements), or (iii) twelve months after issuance. The Junior Notes contain customary events of default. If the Junior Notes have not been repaid within six or nine months after issuance, the Junior Notes will begin to bear interest at the SOFR rate plus 9% and at the SOFR rate plus 12%, respectively, and an additional 25% warrant coverage will be provided at each such date, with a per share exercise price equal to 120% of the trading price of the Company's common stock at the time of issuance and a redemption right in favor of the Company when the trading price of the common stock is greater than 200% of the applicable exercise price for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days. Shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Junior Note Warrants will be limited to an aggregate of 19.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock until such time as the transaction is approved by the Company's stockholders.

Refer to Note 10 for the Company's accounting for the Junior Note Warrants. As a result of that accounting, the Notes contain the original issue discount of $500,000 as well as the discount associated with the Junior Note Warrant liability of $2,668,169. The total discount is amortized over the term of the Junior Notes in accordance with FASB ASC 835 - Interest.

The table below summarizes the outstanding principal amount of the Junior Notes to related parties:

Noteholder

September 30,
2024

 

​

December 31,
2023

 

David Seldin(1)

$

—

 

 

$

1,100,000

 

Eunomia, LP(2)

 

1,100,000

 

​

 

1,100,000

 

CST Global LLC(3)

 

—

 

 

 

220,000

 

Total Junior Notes - related parties

$

1,100,000

 

 

$

2,420,000

 
(1)
David Seldin was a member of the Legacy Nuburu board of directors and at the time of the issuance was the sole manager of Anzu Nuburu LLC, Anzu Nuburu II LLC, Anzu Nuburu III LLC and Anzu Nuburu V LLC (the "Anzu SPVs"), which at that time owned more than 5% of Legacy Nuburu’s capital stock.
(2)
Ron Nicol, manager of Eunomia, LP, is the Executive Chairman of the Company’s board of directors.
(3)
David Michael, an affiliate of CST Global LLC, was a member of the Legacy Nuburu board of directors.

Junior Notes Issued August 2024 (the "August 2024 Convertible Notes")

On August 6, 2024 and August 19, 2024, the Company entered into a subordinated convertible note agreement (the "August 2024 Convertible Note Agreement") with Esousa Group Holdings LLC ("Esousa") for the sale of convertible notes (the "August 2024 Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $673,000, issued at a discount of $25,000. The August 2024 Convertible Notes bear interest at 15% per annum, with principal and accrued interest due at maturity on February 6, 2025, unless earlier paid or converted into common stock. The notes are prepayable at any time prior to the maturity date without penalty. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an event of default or spin-off of a subsidiary, a default interest rate of an additional 5% per annum may be applied to any outstanding borrowings (in the case of an event of default only) and the investor may declare all outstanding principal plus accrued interest immediately due. Additionally, at any point after issuance, the investor has the option to convert the August 2024 Convertible Notes into common stock at the lower of (i) a fixed price of $2.03 or (ii) 80% of the lowest daily volume weighted-average price in the 10 trading days prior to such conversion date, subject to certain adjustments. Issuances of common stock on conversion are (i) subject to approval by NYSE American of a supplemental listing application, (ii) limited to an amount equal to 19.9% of the outstanding common stock as of the date of execution, until such time as the transaction is approved by stockholders and (iii) required to be registered with the SEC for resale. With certain exceptions, the Company is prohibited from issuing new securities until such stockholder approval is obtained and the registration statement registering the securities issuable under such notes has been effective for a period of at least 30 days (the “Restricted Period”). As of September 30, 2024, the effective interest rate of the August 2024 Convertible Notes was 180.2%, which reflects the impact of the August 2024 Convertible Note Derivative Liability, defined and described below.

As required under the terms of the August 2024 Convertible Notes, the Company called a stockholder meeting to approve the securities issuable upon conversion of such notes. However, the Company was unable to achieve quorum and was forced to delay obtaining such approval. Further, while the Company timely filed a registration statement for the resale of shares issuable on conversion, it has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. As a result, the Company is currently in default under the terms of such notes.

The Company determined that the conversion and share-settled redemption features, as well as the automatic increase in interest rate upon an event of default feature, of the August 2024 Convertible Notes were embedded derivatives that were required to be bifurcated from the host instrument and accounted for as embedded derivative instruments, which the Company compounded (the "August 2024 Convertible Note Derivative Liability"). As the Company did not elect the fair value option for the August 2024 Convertible Notes, the proceeds from the August 2024 Convertible Notes were allocated to the initial fair value of the August 2024 Convertible Note Derivative Liability, which was determined to be $179,000, with the residual balance allocated to the initial carrying value of the August 2024 Convertible Notes host instrument. For additional information related to the fair value of the August 2024 Convertible Note Derivative Liability, see Note 5.

The Company incurred $114,800 in debt issuance costs for legal fees related to the issuance of the August 2024 Convertible Notes. Additionally, in connection with the issuance of the August 2024 Convertible Notes, the Company issued warrants to a financial services firm as compensation for their services performed, the fair value of which was determined to be $7,691 and was recorded as a debt issuance cost. For additional information regarding these warrants, see Note 10.

Concurrent with the above, Esousa also purchased $687,315 of outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Senior Convertible Notes from an existing investor and subsequently exchanged such notes for subordinated convertible notes (the "Additional August 2024 Convertible Notes"). The Additional August 2024 Convertible Notes may be prepaid at any time without penalty, do not accrue interest, mature on February 6, 2025 and may be converted at any time on or after the issuance date into common stock at a conversion price of 25% of the closing price of the common stock on the trading day prior to such conversion date, subject to certain adjustments.

The August 2024 Convertible Notes and Additional August 2024 Convertible Notes are unsecured and subordinated to the Company’s outstanding senior convertible notes and junior bridge notes in right of payment, whether in respect to payment or redemptions, interest, damages, upon liquidation or dissolution or otherwise.

 

Senior Convertible Notes Issued June 2023

On June 12, 2023 and June 16, 2023, the Company entered into Note and Warrant Purchase Agreements (the “Senior Convertible Note Purchase Agreements”) with certain investors (each, an “Investor”) for the sale of (i) convertible promissory notes (“Senior Convertible Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $9,225,000, and (ii) warrants (“Senior Note Warrants," refer to Note 10, Warrants) to purchase up to 287,972 shares of the Company’s common stock from the June 12, 2023 Purchase Agreement and up to 47,238 shares of Common Stock from the June 16, 2023 Purchase Agreement.

The Senior Convertible Notes are senior, secured obligations of the Company, which became secured by the Company's patent portfolio per the Security Agreement as of November 2023, bear interest at the rate of 7.0% per annum, and are payable on the earlier of June 23, 2026 or the occurrence of an Event of Default, as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes. The Senior Convertible Notes are senior to the Junior Notes pursuant to an intercreditor agreement between the parties. The Senior Convertible Notes may be converted at any time following June 23, 2023 and prior to the payment in full of the principal amount of the Senior Convertible Notes at the Investor’s option. In the event of the Sale of the Company (as defined in the Senior Convertible Notes), the outstanding principal amount of each Senior Convertible Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest not otherwise converted into equity securities pursuant to the terms of the Senior Convertible Notes, shall (i) if the Investor so elects, be converted into equity securities pursuant to the terms of the Senior Convertible Notes at a price equal to $27.52 per share (subject to appropriate adjustment from time to time for any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other similar event), or (ii) be due and payable immediately prior to the closing of such Sale of the Company, together with a premium equal to 150% of the principal amount to be prepaid.

As further described above, during August 2024, $687,000 of outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Senior Convertible Notes was purchased by another investor and subsequently exchanged for the issuance of a subordinated convertible note.

The table below summarizes the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Convertible Notes to related parties:

Investor

September 30,
2024

 

​

December 31,
2023

 

Wilson-Garling 2023 Family Trust(1)

$

5,000,000

 

​

$

5,000,000

 

David Seldin(2)

 

—

 

​

 

1,200,000

 

Eunomia, LP(3)

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Curtis N Maas Revocable Trust(4)

 

100,000

 

 

 

100,000

 

Total Senior Convertible Notes - related parties

$

6,100,000

 

 

$

7,300,000

 
(1)
Thomas J. Wilson, an affiliate of Wilson-Garling 2023 Family Trust, was a member of the Legacy Nuburu board of directors.
(2)
David Seldin was a member of the Legacy Nuburu board of directors and at the time of the issuance was the sole manager of Anzu Nuburu LLC, Anzu Nuburu II LLC, Anzu Nuburu III LLC and Anzu Nuburu V LLC (the “Anzu SPVs”), which at that time owned more than 5% of Legacy Nuburu’s capital stock.
(3)
Ron Nicol, manager of Eunomia, LP, is the Chairman of the Company’s board of directors.
(4)
Curtis Maas, an affiliate of the Curtis N Maas Revocable Trust, was a member of the Legacy Nuburu board of directors.

Extinguishments

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company issued 2,399,850 and 4,648,162 shares, respectively, to noteholders to extinguish an aggregate $0.7 million and $4.8 million, respectively, of principal and accrued interest under the Senior Notes and Junior Notes. The reacquisition value of the debt was higher than the related carrying value, and thus resulted in an aggregate net loss on debt extinguishment of $1,165,585 and $11,511,693, respectively, recorded in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.