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| Related Party Transactions | 6. Related Party Transactions
The tables below summarize the Company’s transactions and balances with its related parties as of September 30, 2025 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Per the terms of management agreements between the Company and aircraft owners, certain aircraft expenses are the responsibility of the owners. However, the Company will pay for these costs on behalf of the owners and then invoice for the recovery of these amounts, which the Company refers to as “pass-through” costs. The Company has an aircraft management agreement for aircraft usage from Demeter Harvest Corp. (“Demeter”), an affiliated company owned by Sandra DiCicco, the majority owner of Tipp. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had pass-through amounts invoiced totaling $0 due from Demeter. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had a verbal agreement for repayment with Demeter. In October 2023, the Company entered into a note receivable arrangement with Demeter, see (j) and (m) below.
The Company began performing in-house maintenance on aircrafts in 2022. In prior years, aircrafts were sent to third party mechanics for service.
Per the terms of the management agreements between the Company and aircraft owners, a management fee is invoiced to owners on a monthly basis for the management of the aircraft, which primarily consists of handling administrative tasks in order to manage the rental of the planes. As of September 30, 2025, the Company doesn’t have an active management agreement with a related party.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company had charter sales transactions with affiliates totaling $230,977 and $158,468, respectively, and had outstanding receivable balances totaling $88,534 as of September 30, 2025. These entities are either 100% or majority owned by Sandra DiCicco or controlled by a direct family member of Sandra DiCicco. The Company does not have stated payment terms as it applies to related party sales.
Afinida Inc. (“Afinida”) is a payroll processing company that is a subsidiary of Trucept, Inc.; Sandra DiCicco’s family member is the Chairman of the Board at Trucept, Inc. From the period July 1, 2019 through January 30, 2022, Afinida paid certain payroll costs (salaries and wages) for the Company. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Afinida for these amounts in the future, but formal terms were not documented until June 2022, when a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note converted outstanding payroll services invoices due to Afinida as of December 31, 2021 in the amount of $1,674,032 into a note, payable over 36 months with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on July 1, 2022. On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and restated note with Afinida for $501,483 which represented the amounts due to Afinida at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $15,715 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 36 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.
Innoworks Employment Services (“Innoworks”) is a professional employer organization (“PEO”) in which a family member of Sandra DiCicco exercises significant influence over the operations. From the period February 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, Innoworks paid certain payroll costs (salaries and wages) for the Company. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Innoworks for these amounts in the future. As of December 31, 2023, no written agreement existed. However, in February 2024, a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note converted all outstanding payroll services invoice due to Innoworks as of December 31, 2023 in the amount of $2,756,327 into a note, payable over 96 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on March 1, 2024.
The Company entered into a note payable with Innoworks for $1,629,954 on August 1, 2024 for unpaid accounts from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024. The note is payable in monthly installments of $23,042 over a period of eight years and incurs interest at 8% per annum. First payment was to be made on December 1, 2024.
On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and restated note with Innoworks for $6,419,269 which represented the amounts due to Innoworks at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $55,680 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 120 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.
On August 5, 2025, related party notes payable and amounts due to Innoworks of $6,419,269 was converted into shares of Series A Preferred Stock (“Series A”). The note is convertible in to shares of common stock at $0.04 per share which represented the fair market value of the common stock on that date.
Prime Capital HR (“Prime”), which has a family member of the Company employed at Prime, has an agreement with Tipp to collect funds for and disperse such funds on behalf of Tipp; as such, it is a related party. From the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, Prime provided $153,514 to Premier to help finance operations. As of December 31, 2021, Prime had advanced a total of $817,209 to Premier. It was verbally agreed that the Company would pay Prime for these amounts in the future, but formal terms were not documented until July 2022, when a formal Promissory Note was put in place. The Promissory Note in the amount of $817,209 represents the amount due to Prime as of December 31, 2021, payable over 42 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment due on August 1, 2022. On March 19, 2025, the Company entered into an amended and restated note with Prime for $386,821 which represented the amounts due to Prime at December 31, 2024. Under the terms of the amended note, monthly principal and interest payments of $17,495 will commence on October 1, 2025 for period of 24 months. The amended note incurs an annual interest rate of 8%.
The Company acquired a $3,000,000 line of credit with Tipp Investments, LLC on August 1, 2024, with annual interest of 12% and a maturity date of December 31, 2025. As of September 30, 2025, there have been no draws on the line of credit.
The Company leased aircraft owned by Demeter on an hourly basis; per the terms of the management agreement, the Company pays the aircraft owner a rate per hour that the plane is used in charter sales. See (m) below for exchange with Demeter.
The Company paid Trucept, Inc. to perform marketing research, launch social media campaigns and improve website performance. Sandra DiCicco’s family member is the Chairman of the Board at Trucept, Inc.
From time to time the Company utilizes related entities to provide catering, repair work and placement agent services.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, additional advances from Innoworks for payroll related items were $3,990,311 and $2,706,372, and had an outstanding balance of $1,424,665 as of September 30, 2025. See (e) above for 2024 amounts converted into a promissory note.
On January 9, 2023, the Company signed a Promissory Note agreement with Demeter. The Promissory Note converted outstanding net amounts due from Demeter as of December 31, 2021 in the amount of $2,164,913 into a note receivable, payable over 46 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment of $49,417 to be received on February 1, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining balance of the note receivable is $2,027,453. See (m) below for exchange of this note receivable for aircraft and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2024.
On October 23, 2023, the Company signed a Promissory Note agreement with Demeter. The Promissory Note converted outstanding net amounts due from Demeter as of December 31, 2022 in the amount of $2,724,415 into a note receivable, payable over 72 months, with a simple interest of 5%, and with the first payment to be received on October 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining balance of the note receivable is $2,590,932. See (l) below for exchange of this note receivable for aircraft and right-of-use assets and lease liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2024. See (l) below for exchange with Demeter.
On December 31, 2023, the Company paid for AvMax lease payments on behalf of Demeter totaling $108,628. This was recorded as a prepaid asset for the Company to offset future payments due to Demeter which was done as party of the Demeter exchange. See (m) below for exchange with Demeter.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, the Company recorded revenue from related parties totaling $220,154 and $897,125, which consists of $220,154 and $158,468 for charter sales, $0 and $46,750 for management fee income, and $0 and $691,907 for maintenance revenue, respectively.
In May 2024, Demeter signed an Aircraft Asset Rights Transfer Agreement to include Right of Usage of aircraft tail numbers: N614AF, N207JB, N236CA, and N555DH. This agreement transferred the Right to Use (includes all Demeter revenue share) and the Net Book Value of the assets and liabilities to the Company. The net assets include various right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, improvements made to the right-of-use assets, deposits on engine reserves, and other deposits. The Company received assets totaling $21,639,368, assumed liabilities of $16,129,236 and relieved $6,403,529 in amounts due from Demeter resulting in a difference of $893,397 which was recorded as a reduction of capital. On the date of transfer, the Company recorded assets consisting of $2,320,690 in property and equipment, $2,325,946 in maintenance reserves, $16,992,731 in right of use assets and total liabilities of $16,129,236 related to right of use liabilities and assumed notes payable, The Company accounted for the assets and liabilities assumed at their carrying value due to both entities being under common control.
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