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LONG-TERM DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
LONG-TERM DEBT

 

13. LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Transactions related to the Company’s long-term debt for the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 include the following:

 

                                                               
    13.1     13.2     13.3     13.4     13.5     13.6     13.7     Total  
    $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Balance, December 31, 2023     389,283       397,013       76,408       -       -       -       -       862,704  
Advances     -       -       -       1,285,000       662,251       450,000       -       2,397,251  
Interest expense     34,752       40,580       11,890       85,112       -       10,938       -       183,272  
Payments     (383,333 )     (395,055 )     (88,298 )     (223,991 )     (50,760 )     -       -       (1,141,437 )
Balance, December 31, 2024     40,702       42,538       -       1,146,121       611,491       460,938       -       2,301,790  
Amortization     -       -       -       -       630,345       -       12,000,000       12,630,345  
Debt issuance costs     -       -       -       -       -       -       (739,313 )     (739,313 )
Accretion     -       -       -       -       -       -       181,694       181,694  
Interest expense     3,048       3,405       -       66,170       68,365       68,438       479,108       688,534  
Payments     (43,750 )     (45,943 )     -       (361,103 )     (723,876 )     -       (1,292,849 )     (2,467,521 )
Balance, December 31, 2025     -       -       -       851,188       586,325       529,376       10,628,640       12,595,529  
Current portion     -       -       -       851,188       216,474       -       1,508,566       2,576,228  
Non-current portion     -       -       -       -       369,851       529,376       9,120,074       10,019,301  

 

13.1 Note payable owed by Golden Harvests

 

On May 1, 2021, the Company assumed a note payable owed by Golden Harvests with a carrying value of $227,056. The note is for a principal amount of $250,000, interest payable monthly at 10% per annum, and a maturity date of January 14, 2024. After the maturity date, additional interest payments are due quarterly, at amounts that cause total interest paid over the life of the debt to equal $250,000. The note is reported at amortized cost using an effective interest rate of approximately 33%. The note was fully repaid during the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

13.2 Note payable owed by GR Distribution

 

On January 27, 2021, debt was issued by GR Distribution with a principal amount of $250,000, interest payable monthly at 10% per annum, and a maturity date of January 27, 2024. After the maturity date, additional interest payments are due quarterly, at amounts that cause total interest paid over the life of the debt to equal $250,000. The note is reported at amortized cost using an effective interest rate of approximately 27%. The note was fully repaid during the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

13.3 Note payable owed by GR Distribution

 

On November 23, 2020, debt was issued by GR Distribution with a principal amount of $125,000, interest payable monthly at 10% per annum, and a maturity date of November 23, 2023. After the maturity date, additional interest payments are due quarterly, at amounts that cause total interest paid over the life of the debt to equal $125,000. The note is reported at amortized cost using an effective interest rate of approximately 27%. The note was fully repaid during the year ended December 31, 2024.

 

13.4 Note payable owed by GRU Properties

 

On January 12, 2024, debt with a principal amount of $1,285,000 was received, secured by deed of trust of $1,285,000. Interest is paid at the higher of 5% or the London Interbank Offered Rate (‘LIBOR”) for the first twelve months. For the thirteenth month to the twenty-fourth month, interest is paid at the higher of 6% or the LIBOR and for twenty-fifth month to the thirty-sixth month, interest is paid at the higher of 7% or the LIBOR. Interest is paid at the end of the month in arrears and is computed based on a 30-day month and has a maturity date of December 1, 2027. The note is reported at amortized cost using an effective rate of approximately 7.2%.

 

13.5 Promissory notes payable owed by ABCO

 

On March 15, 2024, ABCO entered into a loan agreement whereby ABCO may borrow up to $1,100,000 from the lender in the form of secured promissory notes (“Advances”). The Advances are in the form of a promissory note of not less than $150,000 with interest rate to be determined at the time of borrowing. At any time after ABCO has paid twelve months’ worth of interest on any Advance it may prepay such Advance in whole without penalty. To prepay before such time, Borrower must pay twelve months’ worth of interest in addition to the otherwise payable payoff amount. The lender has a first priority lien and security interest in favor of the assets of ABCO.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024 the Company borrowed $662,251 as a first Advance. The interest rate on the borrowing was 17.32%. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company recorded interest expense of $3,240 related to the borrowing (year ended December 31, 2024 - $nil). The borrowing for the first Advance plus accrued interest was paid in full during the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025 the Company borrowed $630,345 through a series of Advances. The interest rate on the borrowings was 16%. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company has recorded interest expense of $65,124 related to the borrowings.

 

13.6 Convertible promissory note owed by ABCO

 

On October 17, 2024, debt was issued by ABCO with a principal amount of $450,000, accruing interest at 15% per annum, and a maturity date of October 17, 2027. The convertible promissory note is subject to an extension to October 17, 2028 if the CRC has not provided GR Unlimited its approval to exercise GR Unlimited’s option to acquire up to a total of 70% of the issued and outstanding equity of Nile of NJ LLC (Notes 9.2 and 9.4) and an additional extension to October 17, 2029 if GR Unlimited has not received CRC approval by October 17, 2028. Upon GR Unlimited receiving written notification of the CRC approval, the Nile of NJ LLC has the right and option to convert all or part of the outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest into equity of ABCO at a conversion rate equal to 1% of the equity of ABCO on a fully-diluted basis per $28,571 of principal and accrued interest unpaid at date of receipt of the conversion notice.

 

The Company evaluated the conversion feature under the guidance in ASC 815 and determined that the feature does not qualify as a derivative instrument because CRC approval is required, which precludes net cash settlement and results in the absence of a readily determinable fair value at inception. Additionally, the conversion feature meets the scope exception for contracts indexed to the Company’s own equity in accordance with ASC 815-40.

 

13.7 Western Alliance credit facility

 

On March 27, 2025, the Company entered and closed a $7,000,000 credit facility with Bridge Bank, a division of Western Alliance Bank (“WAB”), which is a national, FDIC-insured commercial bank. The Company incurred financing costs of $263,374 in connection with closing the loan. The Company intends to use the loan proceeds to support existing growth initiatives, provide additional working capital, and refinancing a small amount of existing debt. The credit facility has a term of four years and bears interest at a rate equal to the greater of a) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 4.9% and b) 9.0% per annum. Based on the current SOFR rate of 4.3%, this implies a current interest rate of 9.2% per annum. The facility amortizes over a six-year period and there are no prepayment penalties. Interest will be paid on a monthly basis. On September 9, 2025, the Company amended the credit facility limit to a maximum of $12,000,000 and a further $5,000,000 was drawn. The Company incurred financing costs of $383,815 in connection with closing the loan. This credit facility has a term of three and a half years and bears interest at a rate equal to the greater of a) the SOFR plus the applicable margin and b) 9.0% per annum. The obligations owed under the credit facility are secured by way of a general security agreement executed by the Company and its subsidiaries, in which the Company and its subsidiaries each granted the lender a security interest in the collateral pledged under the agreement. The collateral pledged includes all assets of the Company; this includes accounts, inventory, equipment, investments, and property, including trademarks and mortgaged real property located in Oregon, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to the agreement.

 

Pursuant to the credit agreement with WAB, the Company shall not permit the “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”1 to be less than 1.5 to 1.0 and shall not permit the “Leverage Ratio”1 to be more than 2.0 to 1.0, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. As at December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.

 

On March 27, 2025, there was the First Amendment to the credit agreement which changed the commencement date of repayment from April 1, 2025 to May 1, 2025. On April 30, 2025, the Second Amendment to the credit agreement was executed. The Second Amendment adds an additional debt covenant where for so long as any obligation remains unpaid or any advances are available to the borrower, the Company shall not, without the lender’s prior written, permit the “Current Ratio” to be less than 1.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing June 30, 2025. Additionally, pursuant to the Second Amendment, the Company is no longer required to maintain an aggregate balance of the Company’s deposit accounts with WAB as of the last day of any month to be at least (a) 70% of the balance of the loan at any time through December 31, 2027, or (b) 50% of the balance of the loan at any time thereafter. Instead, the Company shall not permit the aggregate balance of the Company’s deposit accounts with WAB to be less than $2,000,000 as of the last day of any month pursuant to the Second Amendment.

 

 

 
1  As defined in the agreement.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company made principal and interest payments of $1,292,849. All financing costs are treated as a contra-liability, to be netted against the outstanding loan balance and amortized over the remaining life of the loan. As at December 31, 2025, $465,495 of deferred financing costs remain unamortized. The Company was compliant with the debt covenants under the agreements for this credit facility.

 

A summary of the maturity of contractual undiscounted liabilities associated with the Company’s long-term debt as of December 31, 2025 is as follows:

 

       
Year ended December 31,   Amount
($)
 
2026     3,731,547  
2027     3,482,392  
2028     2,608,891  
2029     5,876,974  
2030     -  
Thereafter     -  
Total payments     15,699,804  
Less: Unamortized interest and debt discounts     (3,104,275 )
Total long-term debt     12,595,529