NOTE 15 – PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM

In January 2021, one of our US companies, received $526,545 under the second round of the US Government Payroll Protection Program (“Second Round PPP”) for payroll assistance during the Pandemic. The proceeds from the Second Round PPP will be used to offset US employees’ salaries during the Pandemic. In the Current Quarter the Company utilized $89,971 of the Second Round PPP to defray payroll expense. This amount is recorded in our accounts as “Other Income” and the remaining $436,574 (“PPP Balance”) is recorded as “Long Term Debt”. As we utilize PPP Balance for qualifying expenditures defined under the Program, we will recognize these as “Other Income” thus reducing the amount recorded in Long Term Debt since we expect when utilized for qualifying expenditures defined under the Program, the Second Round PPP will be forgiven.

In the 2020 FY certain of our US companies, received $648,871 under the US Government Payroll Protection Program (“First Round PPP”). The proceeds from the First Round PPP were used to offset US employees’ salaries during the Pandemic. The amount received under the First Round PPP has now been forgiven under the Program. This amount is recorded in our accounts as “Other Income”.

The companies received their First Round PPP loans in April and May of 2020. The companies applied for forgiveness of the loans in September 2020 and the loans were forgiven in November 2020.