Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Outstanding Debt

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Outstanding Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Outstanding Debt Outstanding Debt
Secured Promissory Note
On December 19, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), PMI entered into a secured promissory note agreement with an individual investor for cash proceeds of $1.0 million (the “PMI Note”). The PMI Note has an annual interest rate of 15%. The PMI Note is due upon the sale of PMI or 12 months from the Closing Date. On January 16, 2025, the PMI Note was extinguished as a result of the disposal of PMI and PREH. The gain was recognized as part of gain from sale of discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
Collateralized Loan Agreement
On November 21, 2024 the Company entered into a financing agreement with CJEF Capital Partners PTE Ltd. (“CJEF”), to provide the Company with loan funding to be secured by 6 million common shares (the “Collateralized Loan Agreement”). Funding to be provided in tranches and shall mature 2 years from date of funding. Collateral retained by CJEF will be pledged and utilized to secure each funding and to be retained until all principal and interest have been paid. Interest will accrue on the outstanding principal amount of the Collateralized Loan at 6% per annum (payable semi-annually in advance) and an arranger fee of 5% will be retained by CJEF from Loan proceeds. As of March 31, 2025 the Company has been provided funding of $500,000 against the Collateralized Loan agreement, with the entire balance remaining outstanding.
Term Note Agreement

On October 22, 2024, the Company entered into a term note agreement with an individual investor for cash proceeds of $500,000 (the “Term Note”). The Term Note has an implicit interest rate of 15%. The Term Note has a term of
12 months and requires the Company to make interest only monthly payments in the amount of $6,250 with a $506,250 balloon payment at end of term. There are no warrants or convertible features associated with this note.
ERC Claim and Risk Participation Agreement 

In August 2023, the Company filed for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) for $2.2 million.  The ERC is a refundable tax credit for businesses that continued to pay employees while sustaining a full or partial suspension of operations limiting commerce, travel or group meetings due to COVID-19 pandemic and orders from an appropriate governmental authority or had significant declines in gross receipts from second quarter of 2020 to second quarter of 2021. The Company sustained a partial suspension of operations during this time due to governmental orders.  Eligible employers can claim the ERC on an original or adjusted employment tax return for a period within those dates. 

On September 16, 2024, the Company, as seller, received $1.9 million as a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the sale of the Company’s rights, title and interest per a Risk Participation of ERC Claim Agreement, dated September 13, 2024 (“Agreement”) by and between the Company and 1861 Acquisition LLC (the “Buyer”). The Company also incurred an issuance cost of $154,000.

The Agreement transferred all of the Company’s rights to receive any and all payments, proceeds or distributions of any kind (without set-off, deduction or withholding of any kind), including interest, from the United States Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) in respect of the employee retention credits duly and timely claimed by Seller on account of qualified wages paid by Seller and identified as a “Claim for Refund” under Form 941-X Adjusted Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund for the second (2nd), third (3rd) and fourth (4th) quarters of 2020, and the first (1st) and second (2nd) quarters of 2021 (the “Tax Refund Claim”) in the aggregate amount of $2.2 million (“Transferred Interests”).

The Company expects the IRS to approve or deny its claim within the next 24 months. Upon approval and payment of the claim, the Company will settle the outstanding balance in cash to the Buyer. In the event that the IRS disallows all or a portion of the ERC, the Buyer has the demand right to put all or a part of the disallowed portion back to the Company at a price equal to 85% of the impaired amount, plus interest at 10% per annum, calculated from the date of September 13, 2024 until payment is made.

The Company recognized a long-term obligation at March 31, 2025 for $1.8 million, which is net of discount of $368,000.
2024 Third Future Receipts Financing and Amendment

On August 1, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement of sale of future receipts (“Third Future Receipts Financing Agreement”) with RDM Capital Funding (“RDM”) by which RDM purchased from the Company, its future accounts and contract rights arising from the sale of goods or rendition of services to the Company’s customers. The purchase price was $500,000, which was paid to the Company on August 2, 2024, net of $17,500 origination fee. The Company also incurred a $17,500 brokerage fee. The Third Future Receipts Financing Agreement requires thirty two weekly payments of $21,094 for a total repayment of $675,000 over the term of the agreement.
On January 21, 2025, the Company entered into another agreement of sale of future receipts (the “Amended RDM Financing Agreement”) with RDM pursuant to which RDM restructured the existing Third Future Receipts Financing Agreement as described the above by amending the outstanding amount to $514,000 for gross proceeds to the Company of $370,000, less origination fees of $18,500 and the outstanding balance under the Third Future Receipts Financing Agreement of $169,000, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $183,000. The Company also incurred a $20,000 brokerage fee. The Amended RDM Financing Agreement shall be repaid by the Company in 28 weekly installments of $18,368.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $74,000 interest expense from the amortization of debt discount using the effective interest rate method. As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding balance under the Amended RDM Financing Agreement was $290,000, net of debt discount of $59,000.
2024 Second Future Receipts Financing and Amendments

On June 27, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement of sale of future receipts (“Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement”) with Slate Advance (“Slate”) by which Slate purchased from the Company, its future accounts and contract rights arising from the sale of goods or rendition of services to the Company’s customers. The purchase price was
approximate $1.5 million, which was paid to the Company on June 28, 2024, net of $42,000 origination fee. The Company also incurred $22,000 brokerage fee which was paid subsequently in July 2024. The Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement requires thirty two weekly payments of $60,718 for a total repayment of approximate $1.9 million over the term of the agreement.
On November 5, 2024, the Company entered into another agreement of sale of future receipts (the “Amended Slate Financing Agreement”) with Slate pursuant to which Slate restructured the existing Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement as described the above by increasing the outstanding amount to $2.1 million for gross proceeds to the Company of $1.5 million, less origination fees of $35,000 and the outstanding balance under the Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement of $1.0 million, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $527,000. The Amended Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement shall be repaid by the Company in 24 weekly installments of $89,000.
On January 16, 2025, the Company entered into another agreement of sale of future receipts (the “Second Amended Slate Financing Agreement”) with Slate pursuant to which Slate restructured the existing Amended Slate Financing Agreement as described the above by amending the outstanding amount to $1.5 million for gross proceeds to the Company of $1.1 million, less origination fees of $34,500 and the outstanding balance under the Amended Slate Financing Agreement of $1.1 million, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of $59,500. The Second Amended Second Future Receipts Financing Agreement shall be repaid by the Company in 25 weekly installments of $59,500.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized an aggregate of $218,000 interest expense from the amortization of debt discount using the effective interest rate method. As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding balance under the Second Amended Slate Financing Agreement was $692,000, net of debt discount of $89,000.
2024 Future Receipts Financing

On February 14, 2024 (the “Commencement Date”), the Company entered into an agreement of sale of future receipts (“Future Receipts Financing Agreement”) with Libertas Funding, LLC (“Libertas”) by which Libertas purchased from the Company, its future accounts and contract rights arising from the sale of goods or rendition of services to the Company’s customers. The purchase price was approximate $2.5 million, which was paid to the Company on February 16, 2024, net of $50,000 origination fee. The Future Receipts Financing Agreement requires twelve equal payments of $247,000 to be paid monthly for a total repayment of approximate $3.0 million (“Future Receipts”) over the term of the agreement. On February 14, 2024, the Company and Libertas executed an addendum to the Future Receipts Financing Agreement, pursuant to which the monthly payment term was revised to be $185,000 for the first two months and $259,000 for the remaining ten months. The Company has the right to pay to end this financing transaction early by repurchasing the Future Receipts sold to Libertas but not yet delivered. The repurchase price is equal to the discount factor ranging between 1.075-1.165 each month following the Commencement Date up to six months. This shall be multiplied by the purchase price unless amounts collected prior to the date in which the repurchase price is paid.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized $5,000 interest expense from the amortization of debt discount using the effective interest rate method. As of March 31, 2025, the outstanding balance under the Future Receipts Financing Agreement was $471,000, net of debt discount of $6,000.

2023 Unsecured Promissory Note Payable

On January 26, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “JXVII Note”) and guaranty for an aggregate principal amount of $7.6 million to JXVII Trust ("JXVII"). The JXVII Note is due and payable on January 27, 2026, the third anniversary of the date on which the JXVII Note was funded (the “Note Closing Date”), and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per year from the Note Closing Date, payable on a quarterly basis, until the JXVII Note is repaid in full. The Company has the right to prepay the JXVII Note at any time after the Note Closing Date and prior to the maturity date without premium or penalty upon providing seven days’ written notice to the note holder. Repayment of the JXVII Note has been guaranteed by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, PMI.

On August 15, 2024, the Company and JXVII entered into an amended and restated unsecured promissory note for the JXVII Note (the “Amended JXVII Note”), increasing the principal amount by $2.4 million to $10.0 million, increasing the interest rate to 15% per annum, and extending the maturity date from January 27, 2026 to August 15, 2027. The Company received $2.3 million cash and exchanged the outstanding interest of $94,000. The amendment was accounted for as a debt modification, and the remaining unamortized debt discount as of the amendment date from the JXVII Note will be amortized over the remaining term of the Amended JXVII Note.
On January 16, 2025 (the "Closing Date"), the Company completed the sale of the Pharmaloz Manufacturing Inc. business and Pharmaloz Real Estate Holdings, Inc. to JL Projects (the "Pharmaloz Sale"). In connection with the Pharmaloz Sale transaction, JL projects assumed the Amended JXVII Note outstanding principal and outstanding interest as of the Closing Date for total amount of $10.3 million, which was recognized as part of gain from sale of discontinued operations on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.