Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 27, 2024, Nuvve Holding Corp. (the "Company") issued a convertible promissory note (each a "Note" and collectively, the "Notes") to each of Poilasne Inc., an entity affiliated with Gregory Poilasne, the Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, and DMKT Ventures Corp., an entity affiliated with David Robson, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (collectively, the "Holders"). Each Note was issued with an original principal amount of $250,000 (the "Principal Amount"). The Principal Amount of each Note includes an original issue discount of $12,500, or 5%. In exchange for the Notes, each Holder paid a purchase price of $237,500 (the "Non-OID Principal Amount") in cash to the Company, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $475,000.
The Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 10.5% per annum, subject to an increase to 12.5% upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as that term is defined in the Notes), and have a maturity date of October 31, 2024 (the "Maturity Date"). Pursuant to the Notes, all accrued and unpaid interest and principal amount are payable in cash on the Maturity Date. If the Company consummates a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Notes), the outstanding balance of the Notes plus any unpaid accrued interest will become immediately due and payable.
The Company may prepay all or any portion of the outstanding principal and unpaid accrued interest under the Notes without penalty at any time prior to the Maturity Date. Further, the Company may elect to prepay the Notes in full at any time on or prior to September 30, 2024 (the "Early Prepayment Date") at the Non-OID Principal Amount plus any unpaid accrued interest thereon. In the event of such prepayment on or prior to the Early Prepayment Date, the amount owed by the Company to such Holder will equal the sum of (i) the outstanding Non-OID Principal Amount of such Note, and (ii) any unpaid accrued interest on the Non-OID Principal Amount.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Holder may at its option require all principal and unpaid accrued interest become immediately due and payable in full. Further, at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Holder may convert any outstanding principal and unpaid accrued interest under the Note into shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 (the "Common Stock"), at a conversion price per share of $0.492.
The Notes provide that, in the event currently outstanding security interests granted by the Company and its subsidiaries to certain lenders (the "Existing Security Interests") are released at any time during which the Notes are outstanding, the Company shall grant the Holders a security interest in substantially all of the Company's assets. To the extent the Existing Security Interests are not released prior to the Maturity Date or earlier termination of the Notes, the Notes will remain unsecured.
The foregoing description of the Notes is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Notes, a copy of the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.