Convertible Notes Payable and Other Notes Payable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Convertible Notes Payable and Other Notes Payable

Convertible Notes Payable and Other Notes Payable

5. Convertible Notes Payable and Other Notes Payable

As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the respective notes payable was as follows:

	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Convertible notes payable, related party – current	$	-	$	376,526
Other notes payable, related party - current		684,000		884,000
March 2025 Convertible Notes, related party - noncurrent		1,500,000		-
March 2025 Convertible Notes - noncurrent		1,000,000		-
	$	3,184,000	$	1,260,526

The Company received funding in the form of convertible promissory note from Dr. Stephen T. Chen, the former Chief Executive Officer or Chen, (the “Chen Note”) in 2016 for the purpose of supporting working capital. The Chen Note is payable on demand and can be converted into common stock of the Company any time at the conversion price of $2.52 or $2.81 per share. The Chen Note bears an interest rate of 0.75% or 0.65%. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, $114,026 of the Chen Note was paid off in cash and the remaining $262,500 of the Chen Note was assigned by Chen to unrelated parties who exercised the conversion right and converted the Chen Note into 93,333 shares of common stock of the Company. The accrued interest expense related to the converted Chen Note was waived by Chen and the assigned parties.

The other notes payable were issued to Ainos KY, which is the controlling shareholder of the Company, in exchange for $800,000 in cash to support working capital of the Company in March 2022 (the “KY Note”). The Company paid off $200,000 of the KY Note during the six months ended June 30, 2023. Another notes payable was issued to i2China in exchange for consulting service in 2020 (the “i2China Note”) which remains outstanding for the amount of $84,000 as of June 30, 2023. Both other notes payable bear an interest rate of 1.85% per annum.

All of the aforementioned convertible promissory notes and other notes payable are unsecured and due upon maturity. The Company may prepay the notes in whole or in part at any time. The holder of convertible notes has the option to convert some or all of the unpaid principal and accrued interest to common stock of the Company.

In July and August 2023, the Company paid off $300,000 of the KY Note and $42,000 of the i2China Note together with the accrued interest and the remaining principal amount is $300,000 and $42,000 for KY Note and i2China Note, respectively.

March 2025 Convertible Notes

On March 13, 2023, the Company entered into two convertible promissory note purchase agreements pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 in the total principal amount of $3,000,000 with the following investors (the “March 2025 Convertible Notes” or “Notes”).

Convertible Note Issued to ASE Test, Inc. (the “ASE Note”)

Pursuant to the aforementioned agreement, ASE Test, Inc., a shareholder of Ainos KY, committed to pay a total aggregate amount of $2,000,000 to the Company in exchange for convertible promissory note(s) in three tranches in the amounts of $1,000,000 (the “First Tranche”), $500,000 (the “Second Tranche”), and $500,000 (the “Third Tranche”) which is conditioned, among other things, on the Company achieving certain business milestones. As of June 30, 2023, the Company received $1,500,000 in cash for the First Tranche and Second Tranche upon achieving pre-defined business milestones. The Third Tranche is pending on the achievement of milestone by the Company.

Convertible Note Issued to Li-Kuo Lee (the “Lee Note”)

The Company issued a convertible note to an unrelated party, Li-Kuo Lee in exchange of $1,000,000 in cash. As of June 30, 2023, the Company received the full amount of the payment.

The March 2025 Convertible Notes will mature in two years from the issuance dates, bearing interest at the rate of 6% compounded interest per annum. At any time after the issuance and before the maturity date, the Notes are convertible into the common stock of the Company at the conversion price of $1.50 per share, subject to anti-dilutive adjustment as set forth in the Notes. Unless previously converted, the Company shall repay the outstanding principal amount plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the maturity date. The Notes shall be an unsecured general obligation of the Company.

The total interest expense of convertible notes payable and other notes payable for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 were $37,991 and $44,924, respectively, compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 of $18,602 and $34,486, respectively. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the unpaid accrued interest expense was $64,795 and $35,282, respectively, among which $37,562 and nil was long-term liabilities, respectively.