Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

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Sep. 30, 2025
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12.   Debt

Equipment Financing

On October 12, 2022, the Company entered into an equipment financing master lease agreement and a lease supplement whereby $500,000 was borrowed over 36 months at an imputed interest rate of 10.62% and securitized by certain assets purchased for the San Diego research site. The financing is payable in monthly installments of $16,230 through October 2025. At September 30, 2025, the balance owed under the financing was approximately $16,000. Interest incurred under the financing for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 totaled approximately $1,000 and $6,000, respectively.

Future minimum payments under the equipment financing obligation are due as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal period ending on September 30:

    

Principal

    

Interest

    

Total

2026

$

16

$

$

16

Credit and Security Agreement

On January 16, 2024, the Company entered into a credit and security agreement (the “Credit and Security Agreement”) with Loeb Term Solutions LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (“Lender”), for a term loan or equipment line of credit loan (the “Loan”) pursuant to which the Company issued to Lender a term promissory note in the principal amount of $1,071,572 (the “2024 Term Note”) bearing interest at the Prime Rate, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal plus 8.5% (the “Effective Rate”), for proceeds of $1,027,455 after payment of $42,863 to Lender as an origination fee, $1,173 for appraisal costs, and $75 for bank wire fees.

The 2024 Term Note provides for monthly payments of principal and interest based on a four-year amortization period, with a balloon payment of all principal, accrued interest and any other amounts due on the two-year anniversary of the 2024 Term Note. The Credit and Security Agreement granted to Lender a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s assets other than any intellectual property related to any of the Company’s filed patents (the “Loeb Collateral”) to secure the Company’s obligations under the 2024 Term Note. The 2024 Term Note is subject to a prepayment fee of: 4% of the principal amount being prepaid if the 2024 Term Note is prepaid during the first 12 months from its issuance, and 3% of the principal amount being prepaid if the 2024 Term Note is prepaid during the second 12 months from its issuance date.  

The Credit and Security Agreement provides that the Company may request that Lender make further loan advances to the Company subject to certain conditions, including that the Company is not otherwise in default under the Credit and Security Agreement and its obligations and liabilities to Lender do not exceed a borrowing base equal to the lesser of: (a) eighty percent (80.0%) of the forced liquidation value of the Company’s Eligible Equipment as determined by Lender in its sole reasonable discretion, or (b) a monthly dollar amount. The Credit and Security Agreement defines “Eligible Equipment” as equipment that (a) is owned by the Company free of any title defect or any lien or interest of any person except the lien in favor of the Lender; (b) is located at locations permitted by the Credit and Security Agreement; (c) in the Lender’s reasonable opinion, is not obsolete, unsalable, damaged or unfit for further use; (d) is appraised by an appraiser satisfactory to the Lender; (e) complies with any representation or warranty with respect to equipment contained in the Credit and Security Agreement; and (f) is otherwise acceptable to the Lender in its reasonable discretion.

The Company’s obligations to Lender under the 2024 Term Note and Credit Security Agreement are further secured by a validity guarantee, dated January 16, 2024 (the “Validity Guarantee”), executed by Dr. Martin Brenner and Felipe Duran in their individual capacity (the “Indemnitors”) for the benefit of Lender. The Validity Guarantee provides that the Indemnitors will indemnify the Lender from any loss or damage, including any actual, consequential or incidental loss or damage, suffered by Lender as a result of, or arising out of, among other things, any willful or intentional misrepresentation or gross negligence by the Company in connection with the Loan and any acts of fraud, conversion, misappropriation or misapplication of funds or proceeds of any Loeb Collateral by the Company or the Indemnitors.

The Credit and Security Agreement contains customary events of default. If an event of default occurs, the 2024 Term Note provides that regardless of whether the Lender elects to accelerate the maturity of the 2024 Term Note, the entire principal remaining unpaid hereunder shall thereafter bear interest at the rate equal to the Effective Rate plus 6% per annum.

The financing is payable in monthly installments of $30,710 through December 2025 and a balloon payment of approximately $652,000 in January 2026, which includes approximately $9,000 of interest. At September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025, the balance owed under the financing was approximately $706,000 and $766,000, respectively. Interest incurred under the financing for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 totaled approximately $32,000 and $41,000, respectively.

Future minimum payments under the term promissory note obligation are due as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal period ending on September 30:

    

Principal

    

Interest

    

Total

2026

$

706

38

$

744

Insurance Premium Financing

On October 30, 2024, the Company entered into an insurance premium financing agreement with FIRST Insurance Funding, a division of Lake Forest Bank & Trust Company, N.A., whereby approximately $697,000 was borrowed over 14 months at an imputed interest rate of 6.99%. The financing is payable in monthly installments of $51,994 through December 2025. The balance was paid in full in May 2025, prior to the end of the financing term. Accordingly, at both September 30, 2025 and June 30, 2025, the balance owed under the financing was $0.