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Note 8 - Notes Payable

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Note 8 - Notes Payable
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

8.

Notes Payable

 

Bridge Note from John K. Scott, Jr.

 

On April 10, 2022, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with John K. Scott, Jr., the current Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors, pursuant to which Mr. Scott agreed to make a loan to the Company in the principal amount of up to $2.5 million, of which $1.5 million was funded on the closing date. Mr. Scott funded an additional $1.0 million on July 1, 2022. The outstanding balance of the loan, which is evidenced by a Bridge Note, bears interest at a rate of 8% per annum, with payments of interest only to be made monthly over a period of two years. All outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under the Bridge Note is due and payable on the second anniversary of the Purchase Agreement. The Company’s obligations under the Bridge Note are secured by a first priority security interest in all of the Company’s assets and personal property pursuant to a Security Agreement. See Notes 11 and 16.

 

As consideration and partial inducement for Mr. Scott to enter into the Bridge Note, the Company exchanged all 50,000 shares of Mr. Scott’s Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series E Preferred Stock”) for 1,740 shares of Series F Preferred Stock and 3,260 shares of Series G Preferred Stock. In accordance with current accounting guidance, the Company recorded a debt discount of $835,876 including $821,250 related to the difference in the value of Mr. Scott’s Series E Preferred Stock and the Series F and Series G Preferred Stock and $14,626 of debt issuance costs. The debt discount is being amortized as non-cash interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Bridge Note. The balance of the debt discount was $779,695 as of June 30, 2022.

 

Interest expense related to the Bridge Note totaled $83,182 during the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2022. The principal balance of the Bridge Note was $1.5 million as of June 30, 2022.

 

IPFS Corporation

 

In November 2020, we prepaid $442,041 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS Corporation (“IPFS”) with an interest rate of 3.5%. The note was payable in seven monthly installments of $63,888, with the final payment made in June 2021. In November 2021, we prepaid $565,760 of insurance premiums through the issuance of a note payable to IPFS with an interest rate of 4.36%. The note was payable in five monthly installments of $114,388, with the final payment made in April 2022.

 

Interest expense related to the IPFS notes payable totaled $414 and $1,113 during the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Interest expense related to the IPFS notes payable totaled $4,126 and $3,883 during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The balance of the IPFS note was $0 as of June 30, 2022.

 

Summary

 

During the three-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we recorded interest expense of $83,596 and $1,113, respectively, related to our notes payable. During the six-month periods ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, we recorded interest expense of $87,308 and $3,883, respectively, related to our notes payable.