8. Government Grant Income – Paycheck Protection Program

In response to the coronavirus disease (“Covid-19”) COVID-19 pandemic, the second PPP was established under Consolidated Appropriations Act (“CAA”) and administered by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”). Companies who met the eligibility requirements set forth by the PPP could qualify for PPP loans. If the loan proceeds are fully utilized to pay qualified expenses, the full principal amount of the PPP loan, along with any accrued interest, may qualify for loan forgiveness, subject to potential reduction based on the level of full-time employees maintained by the organization.

On March 19, 2021, the Company received a loan of $608,224 under the PPP provided by SunTrust/Trust Bank. The loan bears interest at 1.0% and has an initial deferment period wherein no payments are due until the application for forgiveness is submitted, not to exceed ten months from the covered period. After the deferment period, if the loan is not forgiven under the terms of the PPP, the loan and interest will be paid back over the remaining period through maturity in March 2026. Funds from the loan may only be used for payroll costs, costs used to continue group health care benefits, mortgage payments, rent, utilities, and interest on other debt obligations. When it applied for the loan, the Company believed it would qualify to have the loan forgiven under the terms of the PPP and therefore consider the loan to be substantively a conditional government grant to be accounted for using an analogy to IAS 20.

As the Company believes that it completed the required activities by utilizing the PPP proceeds for payroll and other qualified expenditures prior to December 31, 2021, it has recognized PPP government grant income for the full amount of the PPP loan, $608,224, and no liability for the PPP loan is reflected in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.