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| Related Parties | Related Parties Nathaniel Bradley and EOS Holdings
Nathaniel Bradley, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, is a control person of EOS Holdings which became a related party of the Company at the close of the EOS Asset Acquisition on December 31, 2024. In addition, Sonia Choi, the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer is the spouse of the Company’s CEO and holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer of EOS Holdings, a related party of the Company. EOS Holdings received 3,999,911 shares of common stock of the Company at the close of the transaction. As described in Note 5 Borrowings, the Company fully paid the EOS Convertible Note to EOS Holdings during the first quarter of 2026. In the third quarter of 2025, EOS Holdings exercised its conversion right under the EOS Convertible Note, converting approximately $3.2 million of the principal balance into shares of the Company’s common stock.
In addition to the EOS Convertible Note, on January 16, 2025, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (“Transition Services Agreement”) to receive from EOS Holdings, employees to provide transition services in connection with the EOS Acquired Assets for a period of up to three months. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company has paid $11,431 to EOS Holdings and has a balance due to EOS as of March 31, 2026 of $0.5 million. $0.4 million was paid to EOS Holdings during the quarter ended March 31, 2025 in connection with the Transition Services Agreement.
Pursuant to the asset acquisition agreement with EOS Holdings, the Company is obligated to pay an earnout equal to 3% of Net Revenue (as defined in the agreement) generated from products and/or services utilizing the acquired Patent Rights. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded no earnout expense. There was no earnout expense or associated revenue during the quarter ended March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had accrued approximately $0.8 million in earnout payable to EOS Holdings which is included in the accrued liabilities section of the balance sheet. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had accrued approximately $0.8 million in earnout payable. This transaction is expected to be settled with the issuance of stock. No payments or stock issuances were made during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
Helge Kristensen
Mr. Kristensen has served as a member of the Company’s board of directors since 2010. Mr. Kristensen serves as vice president of Hansong Technology, an original device manufacturer of audio products based in China, president of Platin Gate Aps, a company with focus on service-branding in lifestyle products as well as pro line products based in Denmark and co-founder and director of Inizio Capital, an investment company based in the Cayman Islands.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Hansong Technology purchased modules from the Company and was assessed fees of approximately $141,000 and $11,000, respectively, and made no payments to the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2026. No payments were made for the three months ended March 31, 2025. At March 31, 2026, there was a Hansong deposit liability of $0.3 million. See Note 1 for further details regarding contract liabilities. At March 31, 2026 and 2025, Hansong Technology owed the Company zero and $35,000, respectively.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Hansong Technology sold speaker products to the Company of approximately $4,000 and $0, respectively, and the Company made no payments to the Hansong Technology for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. At March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company owed Hansong approximately $4,000 and $43,000, respectively.
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, Mr. Kristensen owned less than 1.0% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.
Scilex Advances and Bitcoin Transactions
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, Scilex, a related party and significant shareholder of the Company, provided short-term cash advances to the Company to support working capital and operating needs. The advances bore interest at an annual rate of 15.42%. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company received aggregate cash advances from Scilex of approximately $18.7 million and repaid approximately $18.1 million of principal and $0.1 million of accrued interest through transfers of Bitcoin. As of March 31, 2026, amounts outstanding under the advances totaled approximately $0.7 million of principal and $19,000 of accrued interest. The Company accounts for transfers of Bitcoin used to settle related party obligations as noncash financing activities and derecognizes the digital assets at their carrying value on the date of transfer. Any resulting realized gains or losses are recognized in Other expense, net. There were no Scilex advances for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Other Intangible Asset Acquisitions
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company acquired an additional patent from three inventors, including Dr. Henry Ji and Stephen Ma, both related parties, for an aggregate fair value of approximately $5.4 million. Dr. Ji is a related party of the Company, and Mr. Ma serves as Chief Financial Officer of Scilex, Inc., a significant shareholder and related party of the Company. The patent was assigned a useful life of 10 years based on the estimated period of expected future economic benefit. As consideration for the acquisition, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock, consisting of 2,500,000 initial closing shares and 5,000,000 contingent shares issuable upon achievement of specified milestones. The Company recorded amortization expense related to the acquired patent of approximately $0.1 million and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
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