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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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8. NOTES PAYABLE

The SVB Loan Facility

On June 18, 2021, the Company entered into a $10 million loan facility (the “SVB Loan Facility”) with Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). Imunon immediately drew down $6 million from the SVB Loan Facility and used the funds to retire all outstanding indebtedness with Horizon Technology Finance Corporation pursuant to a loan agreement entered into on June 27, 2018, under which the Company had drawn down $10 million and repaid $5 million in August 2020. Concurrently with this transaction, the Company used $6.0 million of other available funds to establish a restricted cash account which served as security for the SVB Loan Facility.

The SVB Loan Facility was in the form of money market secured indebtedness bearing interest at a calculated WSJ Prime-based variable rate. A final payment equal to 3% of the total $10 million commitment amount was due upon maturity or prepayment of the SVB Loan Facility. There was no facility commitment fee, and no stock or warrants were issued to SVB. Payments under the loan agreement were interest only for the first 24 months after loan closing, followed by a 24-month amortization period of principal and interest through the scheduled maturity date.

In connection with the SVB Loan Facility, the Company incurred financing fees and expenses totaling $243,370 which was recorded and classified as debt discount and was amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the loan. Also, in connection with the SVB Loan Facility, the Company was required to pay an end-of-term fee equal to 3.0% of the original loan amount at time of maturity. Therefore, these amounts totaling $300,000 were amortized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the life of the loan. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred interest expense of $197,080 and amortized $329,158, as interest expense for debt discounts and end-of-term fee in connection with the SVB Loan Facility.

On April 21, 2023, the Company repaid the outstanding principal balance, an early termination fee and the end-of-term charges in full satisfaction of the SVB Loan Facility. The following is a schedule of the amounts paid to SVB on April 21, 2023:

Principal balance at April 21, 2023	$	6,000,000
Early termination fees		120,000
End of term charges		300,000
Total payoff amount	$	6,420,000

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded a loss of $329,158 on the early termination of the SVB Loan Facility which represented the early termination fee and the end of the term fees, net of previously amortized interest expense totaling $334,212 on the date of its payoff.