7. Notes Payable and Interest Expense

The following table presents details of our notes payable as of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

Schedule of Debt 

ACOA Note

On November 6, 2017, Livelenz (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), entered into an amendment of the original agreement dated December 2, 2014, with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (“ACOA”). Under this agreement, the note will mature, and the commitments will terminate on February 1, 2024. The monthly principal payment amount of $3,000 CAD increased to $3,500 CAD beginning on November 1, 2019, $4,000 CAD on August 1, 2021, $4,500 CAD on August 1, 2022, and $2,215 CAD during the remaining term of the agreement. Payments from April-December of 2020 were voluntarily deferred by ACOA due to COVID-19.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023 we repaid $20,004 USD of principal.

TD Bank Loan

On April 22, 2020, we entered into a commitment loan with TD Bank under the Canadian Emergency Business Account (“CEBA”), in the principal aggregate amount of $40,000 CAD, which is due and payable on December 31, 2023. This note bears interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of zero percent (0%) per annum during the initial term. Under this note, no interest or principal payments are due until December 31, 2023. Under the conditions of the loan, thirty-three percent (33%) of the loan will be forgiven if sixty-seven percent (67%) is repaid prior to the initial term date.

Related Party Notes

Secured Promissory Notes

On June 30, 2021, we entered into a Credit Facility Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Thomas Akin, one of the Company’s directors (the “Lender”). The Credit Agreement was amended on November 11, 2022. The Company can borrow up to $6,000,000 under the Credit Agreement (“the “Credit Facility”).

The Credit Facility is secured by all of our tangible and intangible assets including intellectual property. This loan bears interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum. The Company may prepay this loan without notice, penalty, or charge. In consideration of the Lender’s agreement to provide the Credit Facility, the Company issued warrants to purchase shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $1.67 per share in connection with the issuance of funds under the Credit Agreement. The warrants are exercisable for a period commencing upon issuance of the corresponding notes and ending 36 months after issuance of the financing. In addition, the Company has agreed to issue to the Lender additional warrants entitling the Lender to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to twenty percent (20%) of the amount of the advances made divided by the volume-weighted average price over the 30 trading days preceding the advance (the “VWAP”). Each warrant will be exercisable over a three-year period at an exercise price equal to the VWAP.

Under the original terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company was to begin repaying the principal amount, plus accrued interest, in 24 equal monthly installments commencing on June 30, 2022, and ending on June 30, 2024. On November 11, 2022, an amendment to the Credit Agreement was signed. The amendment updated the payment terms to the following: “Without limiting the foregoing Section 2.3(a), Borrower shall repay the principal amount of all Advances, plus accrued interest thereon, in 24 equal monthly installments commencing on January 31, 2023 and continuing thereafter on the last day of each month (or, if such last day is not a Business Day, on the Business Day immediately preceding such last day. Interest on the unpaid Advances will accrue from the date of each Advance at a rate equal to fifteen percent (15%) per annum. Interest will be calculated on the basis of 365 days in a year.” The amendment raised the maximum amount of the Credit Facility to $6,000,000. In addition, the interest which is accrued monthly between July 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, will be settled into equity. Common Stock will be issued at the end of each month at a rate of $1.08 per share of common stock in the amount of the interest accrued for each month.

On January 31, 2023, the Company then entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”), which amends our existing Credit Facility Agreement^[1], dated as of November 11, 2022, between the Company and Thomas B. Akin, and any convertible notes issued thereunder. The Amendment amends the existing Credit Facility Agreement to extend the maturity of the agreement and related convertible notes thereunder until December 1, 2025. Principal payments have been deferred to a period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending December 1, 2025, and further provides that any accrued interest on unpaid advances under the agreement is to be paid quarterly in shares of our common stock, at a price per share equal to the volume-weighted average price of our common stock quoted on the Over-The Counter Venture Market operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (“OTCQB®”) over the ninety (90) trading days immediately preceding such date. The Amendment provides for corresponding amendments to the form of convertible notes to be issued under the Credit Agreement in the future and any outstanding convertible notes issued under the existing Credit Facility Agreement. The Amendment was considered a debt modification as the cash flows under the amended terms do not differ by at least 10% from the cash flows under the original agreement.

On August 22, 2023, The Company took a draw of an additional $150,000 under the Credit Agreement.

On September 20, 2023, The Company took a draw of an additional $250,000 under the Credit Agreement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, a total of $591,880 of interest was accrued by the company. Interest payable of $391,139 to Thomas Akin was then surrendered to be converted and exchanged for the issuance of 362,335 shares of restricted common stock. The company recorded a loss of settlement of interest payable of $10,315 and amortized discount expense of $89,349.

During the nine months period ending September 30, 2023, the Company issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of 121,808 shares of its common stock at the stated exercise price per share in connection with the issuance of funds under the Credit Agreement. The estimated aggregate fair value of the warrants issued is $28,463 using the Black-Scholes option valuation model as of September 30, 2023.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had drawn a total of $5,573,125 and we have accrued interest of $589,345 and a discount balance of $191,653.

Unsecured Promissory Note

On July 1, 2021, we entered into UP Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $271,875 with Talkot Fund, LP and investor in the Company. Each UP Note bears interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum and the principal and accrued interest are due and payable no later than December 31, 2023. We may prepay any of the UP Notes without notice, subject to a two percent (2%) pre-payment penalty. The UP Note offer was conducted by our management and there were no commissions paid by us in connection with the solicitation. The Company issued to Talkot Fund LP warrants to purchase an aggregate of 33,017 shares of its common stock at the stated exercise price per share in connection with the issuance of funds under this UP Note.

On January 31, 2023, the Lender agreed to postpone the 24-month repayment period to a later period commencing on January 31, 2024, and further agreed that interest accrued on the loan between July 1, 2022 and December 1, 2025 is to be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock quarterly.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, a total of $30,926 of interest was accrued by the company. Interest of $20,504 payable to Talkot Fund, LP was then surrendered to be converted and exchanged for the issuance of 18,987 shares of restricted common stock. The company recorded a loss of settlement of interest payable of $542.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had an outstanding principal balance of $271,875, accrued interest of $65,952.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $237,376 and $193,501 during the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Interest expense was $720,265 and $520,454 during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.