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Pond Technologies Announces Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Note
Lowering of Interest Rate and 2024 Maturity Provide Additional Financial Flexibility MAR...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pond Technologies Announces Amended and Restated Secured Convertible NoteLowering of Interest Rate and 2024 Maturity Provide Additional Financial FlexibilityMARKHAM, ON / ACCESSWIRE / November 15, 2021 / Pond Technologies Holdings Inc. (\"Pond\") (TSXV:POND)(OTCQB:PNDHF)(FSE:4OO), an ESG company addressing global sustainability challenges of protein shortages and climate change, announces it has issued an amended and restated promissory note in the principal amount of CAD$1,988,500 (the \"Promissory Note\") to Georgian Villas Inc. (the \"Lender\"), an entity controlled by the Chairman of Pond, Mr. Robert McLeese. The Promissory Note replaces and supersedes the original promissory note in the principal amount of CAD$2,000,000 issued by Pond to the Lender on November 15, 2019. The new Promissory Note has the following material attributes:Reduction of interest rate from 12% to 9.55% per annum, payable quarterly, with the first interest payment due on February 15, 2022;Promissory Note maturing on November 15, 2024;Is convertible by the Lender into common shares in the capital of the Corporation (\"Common Shares\") at a conversion price equal to greater of (i) $0.39 per Common Share and (ii) the average closing price of a Common Share for the 30 trading days on the TSX Venture Exchange (\"TSXV\") immediately preceding November 15, 2021; andSecured by a security interest over all present and after-acquired undertaking, property and assets of Pond (excluding its equity interest in its subsidiary, Paige Growth Technologies Inc.) pursuant to an amended and restated security agreement granted by Pond in favour of the Lender.Mr. McLeese currently beneficially owns or controls, indirectly, 5,851,145 (12.34%) of the issued and outstanding common shares of Pond.CommentaryPresident and CEO at Pond, Grant Smith, said: \"We are extremely pleased to announce this amended and restated convertible note held by our supportive Chairman of the Board. The term and lowering of the interest rate further stabilize Pond's debt servicing expenses in the midst of our ongoing momentum within the business. We continue to see our sales pipeline grow as international organizations across a myriad of different industries continue to be impressed with our vertically integrated model, and we look forward to progressing on our commercialization efforts.\"About Pond ...