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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
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Subsequent Events

12.    Subsequent Events

IM Topco Equity Interest Transfer

On October 1, 2025, in accordance with the settlement agreement described in Note 2 and Note 11, Xcel transferred to WHP equity interests equal to 17.5% of the outstanding equity interests of IM Topco (which represented all of Xcel’s remaining equity interest in IM Topco) in exchange for (i) the release of the Company’s liability under a license agreement with IM Topco (see Note 10) and (ii) a capital appreciation right for the Company to receive 15% of the net consideration received by IM Topco and/or WHP in excess of $46 million in connection with any potential future capital transaction involving IM Topco which occurs on or before September 1, 2032.

Term Loan Debt Amendments

On October 7, 2025, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and its lenders and FEAC Agent, LLC entered into a further amendment of the December 12, 2024 loan and security agreement, pursuant to which the (i) the agents and lenders (as defined in the loan and security agreement) consented to the transfer and the release of the termination of the pledge agreement and the release of the agents’ liens on the equity interests of IM Topco, LLC; (ii) the liquid asset covenant requirement was reduced to $1,000,000; and (iii) Xcel made a prepayment of $250,000 against the outstanding principal amount of Term Loan A, of which $140,000 was paid from the blocked account.

On November 18, 2025, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and its lenders and FEAC Agent, LLC entered into the fourth amendment of the December 12, 2024 loan and security agreement, pursuant to which (i) the agents and lenders (as defined in the loan and security agreement) provided the Company with a limited waiver with respect to certain specified events of default, and also amended certain financial covenants related to the term loan agreement; (ii) the Company committed to make a prepayment of $3,250,000 on Term Loan A by February 20, 2026, along with the payment of an amendment fee of $450,000 (of which $125,000 is payable on December 5, 2025 and the remaining $325,000 will be due if the $3,250,000 principal amount of Term Loan A is not repaid on or prior to February 20, 2026); and (iii) the payment of the remaining principal balance on Term Loan A of $500,000 was changed to be due on December 31, 2026 which shall be held by IPX (See Note 10). In addition, upon the repayment of the $3.25 million of Term Loan A, the Company will have revised financial covenants. The minimum revenue requirement for the rolling 12 months ending December 31, 2025 will be $3.9 million and $1.7 million for the Included Subsidiaries and Halston, respectively, each as defined in the loan agreements. And after the Term Loan A payment is made, the minimum revenue requirement covenants shall remain at these levels for the duration of the loans and the minimum liquidity requirement shall be zero, which includes the lenders’ release of $1.0 million of restricted cash within the blocked account back to the Company.

Stock-based Awards

On October 30, 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors resolved that the Company shall grant of the following stock-based awards, subject to and conditioned upon stockholder approval of the proposal to increase the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan at the annual stockholder meeting scheduled to be held on December 3, 2025:

options to purchase an aggregate of 113,500 shares of common stock to non-management directors, with exercise price to be equal to the last sale price of the common stock on the grant date and vesting determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee on the grant date;

an aggregate of 39,583 shares of common stock to non-management directors, with vesting determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee on the grant date;

25,000 and 20,000 shares of common stock to Mr. D’Loren and Mr. DiSanto, respectively, which shall be fully vested immediately upon grant; and

options to purchase an aggregate of 340,200 shares of common stock to senior management, with vesting contingent upon the Company’s common stock achieving certain specified target prices and the exercise price to be equal to the last sale price of the common stock on the grant date. The vesting of 97,500 options shall occur if the stock price reaches $3.00 per share; 81,500 options shall vest if the stock price reaches $5.00 per share; 67,000 options shall vest if the stock price reaches $7.00 per share; 54,200 options shall vest if the stock price reaches $9.00 per share; and 40,000 options shall vest if the stock price reaches $11.00 per share.