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Convertible Promissory Notes Payable
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Convertible Promissory Notes Payable [Abstract]  
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES PAYABLE

NOTE 10 — CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES PAYABLE

 

a) Convertible promissory notes

 

In October, November, and December 2021, the Company, issued seven (7) convertible promissory notes (the “Notes”) of an aggregate principal amount of $2,250,000, due in one year with discounted issuance price at 90.0%. The Notes bore interest at a rate of 8.0% per annum, payable in one year and matured on October 27, November 5, November 16, November 29, and December 2, 2022, respectively. Net proceeds after debt issuance costs and debt discounts were approximately $1,793,000. Debt issuance costs in the amount of $162,000 are recorded as deferred charges and included in the other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet. The debt discount and debt issuance costs are amortized into interest expense using the effective interest method over the terms of the Notes.

 

Unless the Notes are converted, the principal amounts of the Notes, and accrued interest at the rate of 8% per annum, are payable on the one-year anniversary of the issuance of the Notes (the “Maturity Date”). If the Company fails to satisfy its loan obligation by the Maturity Date, the default interest rate will be 16%.

 

The Lenders have the right to convert any or all of the principal and accrued interest on the Notes into shares of common stock of the Company on the earlier of (i) 180 calendar days after the issuance date of the Notes or (ii) the closing of a listing for trading of the common stock of the Company on a national securities exchange offering resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $15,000,000 or more (an “Uplist Offering”). If the Company closes an Uplist Offering on or before the 180th calendar date after the issuance date of the Notes, the conversion price shall be 70% of the per share offering price in the Uplist Offering; otherwise, the conversion price is $15.0 per share.

 

Subject to customary exceptions, if the Company issues shares or any securities convertible into shares of common stock at an effective price per share lower than the conversion price of the Notes, the conversion rate of the Notes shall be reduced to such lower price.

 

Until the Notes are either paid or converted in their entirety, the Company agreed with the Lenders not to sell any securities convertible into shares of common stock of the Company (i) at a conversion price that is based on the trading price of the stock or (ii) with a conversion price that is subject to being reset at a future date or upon an event directly or indirectly related to the business of the Company or the market for the common stock. The Company also agreed to not issue securities at a future determined price.

The Lenders have the right to require the Company to repay the Notes if the Company receives cash proceeds, including proceeds from customers and the issuance of equity (including in the Uplist Offering). If the Company prepays the Notes prior to the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay a 10% prepayment penalty.

 

From December 28, 2022 to April 6, 2023, the lenders of five outstanding Notes and the Company entered into an amendment to the Notes (“Amendment No. 1 to Promissory Note”) extending the term of the Notes for an additional 6 months.

 

From August 29 to September 9, 2023, the lenders of the outstanding Notes and the Company entered into an amendment to the Notes (“Amendment No. 2 to Promissory Note”) that upon the listing of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Uplist”), the Company shall within three (3) business days after the Uplist, pay to the Holders amounts equal to 105% of the total outstanding balance of the Convertible Debenture.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2023, principal and default charges totaling $1,200,000 were converted into 25,000 shares of common stock of the Company.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2023, principal, accrued and unpaid interest and default charges totaling $1,038,426 were converted into 69,228 shares of common stock of the Company. Two notes were fully converted.

 

On February 23, 2024, immediately upon the closing of the 2024 Public Offering, the Company made a full payment of $2,586,960 under the remaining five outstanding promissory notes, including the principal of $1,400,750 and the related accrued interests and default charges of $1,186,210. There were no convertible promissory notes as of February 23, 2024.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, amortization of discounts and issuance cost of the notes were $5,715 and $5,715, respectively.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized interest expenses of the Notes in the amount $1,169,974 and $1,169,974, respectively.

 

b) Warrants

 

Accounting for Warrants

 

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company also issued to the lenders seven (7) three-year warrants (the “Note Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 90,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrant Shares”).

 

The Note Warrants issued to the lenders granted the holders the rights to purchase up to 10,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $25 per share. However, if the Company closes an Uplist Offering on or before the 180th calendar date after the issuance date of the Note Warrants, then the exercise price shall be 125% of the offering price of a share in the Uplist Offering. If the adjusted exercise price as a result of the Uplist Offering is less than $25 per share, then the number of shares for which the Warrants are exercisable shall be increased such that the total exercise price, after taking into account the decrease in the per share exercise price, shall be equal to the total exercise price prior to such adjustment.

 

The lenders have the right to exercise the Note Warrants on a cashless basis if the highest traded price of a share of common stock of the Company during the 150 trading days prior to exercise of the Note Warrants exceeds the exercise price, unless there is an effective registration statement of the Company which covers the resale of the Lenders. 

 

If the Company issues shares or any securities convertible into shares at an effective price per share lower than the exercise price of the Note Warrants, the exercise price of the Note Warrants shall be reduced to such lower price, subject to customary exceptions.

 

The lenders may not convert the Notes or exercise the Note Warrants if such conversion or exercise will result in each of the lenders, together with any affiliates, beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock immediately after giving effect to such exercise unless such lender notifies the Company at least 61 days prior to such exercise.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, two lenders exercised the Note Warrants cashlessly for 22,338 shares of common stock of the Company.

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2024, one lender exercised the Note Warrants cashlessly for 2,725 shares of common stock.

 

As the Note Warrant was issued in 2021 and was valid for three years, the remaining 38430 Note Warrants expired during the six months ended June 30, 2024.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recorded $37,751 and $45,572 gain on changes in the fair value of common stock purchase warrants liability using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

 

(c) Registration Rights Agreements

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreements between the Company and lenders of the Notes, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the shares of common stock underlying the Notes and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Note Warrants within sixty days from the date of each Registration Rights Agreement. The Company also granted the lenders piggyback registration rights on such securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreements.