Subsequent Events	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Subsequent Events
Subsequent Events	Note 15: Subsequent Events In accordance with ASC 855 “Subsequent Events”, the Company evaluated subsequent events after December 31, 2024, through the date these Consolidated Financial Statements were issued and has no transactions or events requiring disclosure except as set forth below: Name Change On January 23, 2025, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to change its corporate name from “Issuer Direct Corporation” to “ACCESS Newswire Inc.” effective as of January 27, 2025. Asset Purchase Agreement On February 28, 2025, the Company and Direct Transfer, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Direct Transfer” and, collectively with the Company, the “Sellers”) entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Buyer. Pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Purchase Agreement, the Buyer purchased certain assets related to the Sellers’s Compliance business (the “Purchased Assets”). The Purchased Assets consist of certain accounts receivable, prepaid assets, contracts and intellectual property, among other things, related to the Company’s services of providing the following: (i) disclosure software and services for financial reporting; (ii) stock transfer services; (iii) annual meeting, print and shareholder distribution and fulfillment services; and (iv) virtual annual meeting services (but not the intellectual property relating to the virtual annual meeting services). Revenue related to these services was previously included in the Company’s “Compliance revenue” stream as reported with the SEC in previous filings, except revenue related to virtual annual meeting services, which was previously reported in “Communications revenue” stream in previous SEC filings. Additionally, revenue related to providing SEDAR services and revenue related to our whistleblower hotline, which was previously reported as “Compliance revenue” will be retained by the Company. The Buyer will only assume certain liabilities related to the Purchased Assets, which includes certain accounts payable, accrued liabilities and deferred revenue. The transaction also closed on February 28, 2025. The purchase price for the Purchased Assets is $12,500,000 in cash, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, with $12,000,000 of the purchase price being paid to the Sellers at closing and $500,000 being retained by the Buyer as a holdback for a period of 12 months post-closing to satisfy potential indemnification claims by the Buyer under the Purchase Agreement if any. As discussed in more detail below, the Company used the entire $12,000,000 in closing cash to reduce its indebtedness to Pinnacle Bank (“Pinnacle”). Third Modification to Credit Agreement and Partial Release On February 28, 2025 and in connection with the Purchased Assets transaction described above, the Company and each of its wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a Third Modification to Credit Agreement and Partial Release (the “Third Modification to Credit Agreement”) with Pinnacle with respect to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 20, 2023, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), and more fully described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 22, 2023 and in the Company’s subsequent periodic filings with the SEC. Pursuant to the terms of the Third Modification to Credit Agreement, the Company and Pinnacle agreed to the following: (i) to pay down the current principal balance of the Term Loan (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by $12,000,000 as of the closing of the Purchased Assets transaction such that the current principal balance was reduced from $15,333,333 to $3,333,333; (ii) beginning on March 1, 2025, to reduce the monthly principal payments due by the Company to Pinnacle under the Term Loan from $333,333 to $72,464; (iii) to amend the financial covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended; and (iv) to release the Liens (as defined in the Credit Agreement) relating to the Purchased Assets.

Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Note 15: Subsequent Events

In accordance with ASC 855 “Subsequent Events”, the Company evaluated subsequent events after December 31, 2024, through the date these Consolidated Financial Statements were issued and has no transactions or events requiring disclosure except as set forth below:

Name Change

On January 23, 2025, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation to change its corporate name from “Issuer Direct Corporation” to “ACCESS Newswire Inc.” effective as of January 27, 2025.

Asset Purchase Agreement

On February 28, 2025, the Company and Direct Transfer, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Direct Transfer” and, collectively with the Company, the “Sellers”) entered into the Purchase Agreement with the Buyer.

Pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Purchase Agreement, the Buyer purchased certain assets related to the Sellers’s Compliance business (the “Purchased Assets”). The Purchased Assets consist of certain accounts receivable, prepaid assets, contracts and intellectual property, among other things, related to the Company’s services of providing the following: (i) disclosure software and services for financial reporting; (ii) stock transfer services; (iii) annual meeting, print and shareholder distribution and fulfillment services; and (iv) virtual annual meeting services (but not the intellectual property relating to the virtual annual meeting services). Revenue related to these services was previously included in the Company’s “Compliance revenue” stream as reported with the SEC in previous filings, except revenue related to virtual annual meeting services, which was previously reported in “Communications revenue” stream in previous SEC filings. Additionally, revenue related to providing SEDAR services and revenue related to our whistleblower hotline, which was previously reported as “Compliance revenue” will be retained by the Company. The Buyer will only assume certain liabilities related to the Purchased Assets, which includes certain accounts payable, accrued liabilities and deferred revenue. The transaction also closed on February 28, 2025.

The purchase price for the Purchased Assets is $12,500,000 in cash, subject to adjustment as set forth in the Purchase Agreement, with $12,000,000 of the purchase price being paid to the Sellers at closing and $500,000 being retained by the Buyer as a holdback for a period of 12 months post-closing to satisfy potential indemnification claims by the Buyer under the Purchase Agreement if any.

As discussed in more detail below, the Company used the entire $12,000,000 in closing cash to reduce its indebtedness to Pinnacle Bank (“Pinnacle”).

Third Modification to Credit Agreement and Partial Release

On February 28, 2025 and in connection with the Purchased Assets transaction described above, the Company and each of its wholly-owned subsidiaries entered into a Third Modification to Credit Agreement and Partial Release (the “Third Modification to Credit Agreement”) with Pinnacle with respect to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 20, 2023, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), and more fully described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 22, 2023 and in the Company’s subsequent periodic filings with the SEC.

Pursuant to the terms of the Third Modification to Credit Agreement, the Company and Pinnacle agreed to the following: (i) to pay down the current principal balance of the Term Loan (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by $12,000,000 as of the closing of the Purchased Assets transaction such that the current principal balance was reduced from $15,333,333 to $3,333,333; (ii) beginning on March 1, 2025, to reduce the monthly principal payments due by the Company to Pinnacle under the Term Loan from $333,333 to $72,464; (iii) to amend the financial covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended; and (iv) to release the Liens (as defined in the Credit Agreement) relating to the Purchased Assets.