Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of June 30, 2025, under the supervision and
with the participation of the Company’s President and Principal Financial Officer (the same person), management has evaluated the
effectiveness of the design and operations of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the President
and Principal Financial Office concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30,
2025 as a result of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting discussed below.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing
and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rule
13a-15(f). Our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (the same person) conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO Framework”) and the related guidance provided in Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting – Guidance for Smaller Public Companies, also issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations.
Based on this evaluation, management has concluded
that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2025. Our President and Principal Financial Officer
concluded we have a material weakness due to our control environment, and one condition caused by this is an inadequate of segregation
of duties as well as a lack of timely review and approval of related party transactions and a second condition is the a lack of timely
review and approval of capitalized internal costs and interest. Our size has prevented us from being able to employ sufficient resources
to enable us to have an adequate level of supervision and segregation of duties within our internal control system. There is one person
involved in the processing of the Company's accounting and banking transactions and a single person with overall supervision and review
of the cash disbursements and receipts and the overall accounting process. Therefore, while there are some compensating controls in place,
it is difficult to ensure effective segregation of accounting duties. While we strive to segregate duties as much as practicable, there
is an insufficient volume of transactions to justify additional full time staff. As a result of this material weakness, we have implemented
remediation procedures whereby in May 2006 we engaged an outside accounting and consulting firm with SEC and US GAAP experience to assist
us with the preparation of our financial statements, evaluation of complex accounting issues and the implementation of systems to improve
controls and review procedures over all financial statement and account balances. In December of 2021, there was a change made to a new
outside accounting and consulting firm. We believe that this outside consultant's review improved our disclosure controls and procedures.
If this review is effective throughout a period of time, we believe it will help remediate the segregation of duties material weakness.
However, we may not be able to fully remediate the material weakness unless we hire more staff. We will continue to monitor and assess
the costs and benefits of additional staffing.
This annual report does not include an attestation
report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s
report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC
that permit the Company to provide only management’s report on internal control in this annual report.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies
During the quarter ended June 30, 2025, no director
or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement”
as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
Our directors, executive officers and significant
employees/consultants, along with their respective ages and positions are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Directors and Officers:
Craig Scott
65
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jon Northrop
82
Director
Stephen Posner
81
Director
Greg Schoener
57
Chief Operating Officer and Director
Salvatore Zizza
79
Director
Robert Weerts
73
Director
Stephen Craig (Craig) Scott ( 65)
has been associated with Bion since 1993. Since that time he has been responsible for business and industry intelligence and analysis.
He was with Bion full-time from 1996 to 2000, then periodically as a consultant through 2005. Craig rejoined Bion in 2006 and has held
several senior positions, including Director of Communications, SVP – Capital Markets, and Head of Business Development. As of June
2024, he joined Bion’s Board of Directors and was subsequently named Interim Chief Executive Officer. Craig studied business and
communications at Montana State and Denver-Metro Universities.
Jon Northrop (82) has served as
our Secretary and a Director since March of 2003. Since September 2001 he has been self employed as a consultant with a practice focused
on business buyer advocacy. Mr. Northrop is one of our founders and served as our Chief Executive Officer and a Director from our inception
in September 1989 until August 2001. Before founding Bion Technologies, Inc., he served in a wide variety of managerial and executive
positions. He was the Executive Director of Davis, Graham & Stubbs, one of Denver’s largest law firms, from 1981 to 1989. Prior
to his law firm experience, Mr. Northrop worked at Samsonite Corporation’s Luggage Division in Denver, Colorado, for over 12 years.
His experience was in all aspects of manufacturing, systems design and implementation, and planning and finance, ending with three years
as the Division’s Vice President, Finance. Mr. Northrop has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Amherst College, Amherst,
Massachusetts (1965), an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (1969), and spent several years conducting post
graduate research in low energy particle physics at Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland.
Stephen Posner (81) is a financial
markets professional with a 50 year career raising capital, increasing public awareness, and advising on corporate strategy and M&A
for companies. He is experienced in facilitating the growth of both large and small companies, private and public. He is currently a Director
of a family of ETF’s. He is a proud husband, father, and grandpa and has been involved with Bion and a substantial shareholder in
the company for 25 years. He received a BA from Hofstra University, in New York.
Gregory (Greg) Schoener ( 57) currently
serves as the Chief Operating Officer and as a director of the company since June 1, 2024.He is a successful business owner and
operator, serving the construction industry in Houston, Texas. Mr. Schoener has broad management experience in the medical field
as well as the construction industry. Mr. Schoener is a Bion Shareholder since 2020.
Salvatore J. Zizza (79) Salvatore
Zizza has served as a director of Bion since February 15, 2023. He is presently President of Zizza & Associates Corp. a private holding
company which invests in various industries and retired Chairman of BAM (Bethlehem Advanced Materials), which designs and manufactures
high-temperature furnaces for sale and for its own use in the processing of specialty carbon, graphite and ceramic materials for semiconductor
and aerospace applications, and Chairman of Bergen Cove Realty Inc., with substantial holdings in residential real estate. Mr. Zizza serves
as Director & Chairman of Trans-Lux Corporation, a full-service provider of integrated multimedia systems for today’s communications
environments (since 2018) and served on board since 2009. Mr. Zizza bought NICO Construction Company, Inc., in 1978 and was President
and CFO until 1985 when NICO merged with The LVI Group Inc., a (NYSE), listed company. Prior to joining The LVI Group Inc., Mr. Zizza
was an independent financial consultant and had been a lending officer of Chemical Bank. Mr. Zizza is also an investor in numerous private
companies and real estate holdings. Mr. Zizza currently holds directorship positions at nineteen (19) Gabelli/GAMCO funds and trusts.
He has been associated with this family of investment funds for over thirty (30) years. He received a Baccalaureate/Political Science,
St. John’s University (1967) and a Master of Business Administration, St. John’s University (1972). In 2007 Mr. Zizza received
a Doctor of Commercial Sciences (Honorary) from St. John’s University.
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Robert (Bob) Weerts (73) Bob Weerts
has been a member of The Company’s Board of Directors since July currently serves Director of the company since June 27, 2024.He
is a successful entrepreneur from Winnebago, Minnesota where he serves on the City Council. He founded and operates Erosion Control
Plus, that serves county, state and federal highway projects; Blue Valley Sod, serving the upper Midwest since 1987; Green Energy &
Development, active in recycling and composting and Bedrock Ready Mix. He is actively involved with Umpqua Energy and was a founding
member/Chairman of the Corn Plus Ethanol Plant.
Family Relationships
There are currently no family relationships among
our Directors and Executive Officers.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our
officers and directors, and stockholders owning more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports
of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is not aware of any persons who failed
to timely file reports under this section.
Involvement in Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, during the past
five years, none of the following occurred with respect to our directors or executive officers:
(1)
any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which one of them was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
(2)
any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
(3)
being subject to any order, judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily inquiring, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; and
(4)
being found by a court of competent jurisdiction, the SEC or the CFTC to have violated Federal or state securities or commodities laws.
Audit Committee
The Company has no audit committee and is not
now required to have one, or an audit committee financial expert.
Code of Ethics
To date, the Company has not adopted a code of
business conduct and ethics applicable to its officers, directors or accounting officer.
Advisory Group
The Company, which has only five full-time employees/consultants
(all of whom are effectively ‘department heads’), has utilized many outside parties as consultants and contract workers for
various roles to augment our management capabilities and expertise. Over the last year the Company has begun to establish a more formal
‘advisory’ relationship with some of these people to insure their availability for consultation by our senior management (separate
from specific consulting engagements). At present, a) William Rupp (meat and beef industry), b) Matthew Lamb (agriculture/animal husbandry/dairy),
c) Stanley Rapp (government affairs), d) Dennis Tristao (agricultural tech, engineering and agricultural/environmental policy), e) Dennis
Bracht (organic seed, corn/feed grain cultivation and related matters), f) Steve Sands (former executive with performance Food Group),
Chris Cook (head of business development for Syngenta), and g) Lily Edwards-Callaway, PhD (animal health and welfare expert), have accepted
roles as members of our Advisory Group. The Company anticipates that additional persons will be added to this group over time.
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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The Company does not have a compensation committee
due to its small size and limited resources. The Board of Directors directly reviews and authorizes all compensation matters.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
The following table sets forth the compensation
paid to, or accrued for, each of our current executive officers during each of our last two fiscal years.
Name and Principal Position
Fiscal Year
Salary (1)
Bonus
Stock Awards
Option Awards (2)
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
Other Compensation
Total
Mark A. Smith (3)
2025
$ 5,000
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 5,000
President and Chief
2024
$ 210,000
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 210,000
Financial Officer (retired July 31, 2024)
Brightcap/Dominic Bassani (4)
2025
$ —
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ —
VP - Special Projects & Strategic
2024
$ 134,333
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 134,333
Planning and Chief Operating Officer (passed away November 11, 2023
William O'Neill
2025
$ —
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ —
Chief Executive Officer (5) (resigned May 31, 2024)
2024
$ 247,500
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 247,500
Craig Scott
2025
$ 168,000
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
$ 249,197
$ 417,197
Chief Executive Officer (6)
2024
$ 168,000
$ —
$ —
—
—
—
—
$ 168,000
(1)
Includes compensation paid by Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and our wholly owned subsidiaries.
(2)
Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to ASC 718.
(3)
Since October 2016, the Company approved a month-to-month contract extension with Smith which included a monthly deferred salary of $18,000 and the right to convert up to $300,000 of deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share until December 31, 2022 (which date was extended to January 15, 2025). Smith also has the right to convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part, at this sole election, at any time in an amount at "market" or into securities sold in the Company's most current/recent private offering. During fiscal year 2021 the Company paid Smith $13,460 for payroll taxes on his deferred compensation conversions which was treated as salary. During the fiscal year 2024, Smith’s compensation was reduced to $10,000 per month as of January 1, 2024 and Smith deferred $190,000 due to cash restraints of the company. Note: Mr. Smith retired effective July 31, 2024, and his salary ceased accruing at that time.
(4)
On February 10, 2015, Mr. Bassani agreed to an extension to continue his employment through December 31, 2017 at an annual salary of $372,000 effective January 1, 2015. During October 2016, Bassani was granted the right to convert up to $125,000 of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $0.75 per share which was expanded on April 27, 2017 to the right to convert up to $300,000). During February 2018, the Company agreed to the material terms of a binding two-year extension agreement. Bassani's annual salary will remain at $372,000 and the Company granted Bassani 2,000,000 fully vested options at $0.75 per share with an expiry date of December 31, 2024 which contain a 90% exercise price adjustment and the options may be extended for an additional 5 years at $0.01 per share per extension year. Note: Mr. Bassani passed away on November 11, 2023, and his salary ceased accruing at that time.
(5)
On May 1, 2022 William O'Neill joined the Company
with an annual salary of $420,000 which includes $10,000 monthly deferred compensation to be paid at the discretion of the Board. There
is an additional $1,500 per month health insurance allowance. Terms of the contract are thirty-seven months. O'Neill
was previously paid as a contractor through Identifoods. O’Neill resigned as of May 31, 2024. Total payments for the years ended
June 30, 2025 and June 2024, respectively were nil and $20,000.
(6)
Stephen Craig Scott
(“Scott”) was appointed interim CEO on June 1, 2024. Scott has held various
positions as employee/consultant with the Company since 1993 including Director of Communications, SVP – Capital Markets and Head
of Business Development. On October 25, 2023, Scott entered into an agreement with the Company which included provisions for a monthly
salary of $14,000 of which $2,000 is deferred. During the year ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Scott deferred substantial portions of his
monthly salary to help the Company conserve cash. For the year ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Scott was paid $5,000 and $64,000 respectively.
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 the Company extended options and warrants which had a non-cash value of $249,000 for Craig
Scott
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Employment Agreements:
Stephen Craig Scott (“Scott”) was
appointed interim CEO on June 1, 2024. Scott has held various positions as employee/consultant with the Company since 1993 including Director
of Communications, SVP – Capital Markets and Head of Business Development. On October 25, 2023, Scott entered into an agreement
with the Company which included provisions for a monthly salary of $14,000 of which $2,000 is deferred. During the year ended June 30,
2025, Scott deferred substantial portions of his monthly salary to help the Company conserve cash. For the year ended June 30, 2025 and
2024, Scott was paid $5,000 and $64,000 respectively.
Gregory (Greg) Schoener (“Schoener”) currently serves as
the interim COO of the company and as a Director since June 1, 2024. Schoener currently has no agreement with the Company and is not receiving
any compensation.
Mark A. Smith (“Smith”) has held the
positions of Executive Chairman, Director, President and General Counsel of Company and its subsidiaries under various agreements and
terms from March 2003 (details regard earlier years and periods between 2003 and 2020 may be found in the Company’s prior Forms
10-K and other SEC filings) until his retirement on July 31, 2024. Pursuant to the extension agreements after expiration of agreements
during the prior decades, Smith continued his agreement to: i) defer his cash compensation ($18,000 per month) until the Board of Directors
re-instates cash payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring their compensation. Due to expiration of his most recent
extension, Mr. Smith served the Company on a month-to –month basis through his retirement. On April 29, 2022, Smith’s nominal
monthly salary was increased to $25,000, of which $5,000 was to be deferred each month, but, in actuality, much or all of his salary was
deferred over recent years and then converted into securities of the Company by Smith. Mr. Smith may provide some transition related services
for the Company on a consulting basis over the course of the current year.
Dominic Bassani (“Bassani”) served
in senior management positions with the Company (as a full-time consultant) from 2001 until his death during 2023. See prior Forms 10-K
for detailed summaries regarding his agreements and compensation (much of which was deferred) and/or taken in the form of securities of
the Company.
William O’Neill (“O’Neill”)
joined as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) effective May 1, 2022. O’Neill had previously been working
with the Company as a consultant and had been employed by the Company as its CEO during 2010-2011. The Company and O’Neill have
entered into a thirty-seven (37) month employment agreement (subject to Board renewal for the final two (2) years during the 13th month)
with compensation of $25,000 cash and $10,000 deferred compensation per month. An entity affiliated with O’Neill was issued 1,000,000
Incentive Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share until April 30, 2026 of which up to 700,000 Incentive Warrants were cancellable until
O’Neill’s agreement was re-affirmed at 13 months and/or fails to serve the entire contract term thereafter. These warrants
each have a 75% exercise price adjustment if the terms set forth therein are met. As set forth in the Employment Agreement,
the Company and Wise Up Foods LLC (“WUF”) (an entity founded by O’Neill with which he continues to serve as a Director
and of which O’Neill and his family members are majority owners) sets forth the intent to form “… a strategic
alliance and committed to collaborate on projects each company has in their respective pipelines. WUF and Bion will work together
to use/create technology that will deliver the consumer verified sustainable results produced by Bion’s technology and technology
platform. The key to the strategic relationship is each company’s commitment to deliver real and verified results to the consumer
– free of marketing hype and greenwashing…”. O’Neill elected not to complete his term and resigned from all positions
effective May 31, 2024. As a result, 500,000 options that we not vested were forfeited and 304,743 warrants were cancel based on the terms
of his contract.
Bassani, Smith and Schafer have each agreed (multiple
times) to extend the maturity date of the outstanding 2020 Convertible Obligations and 2015 Convertible Notes (“CVObligations”)
set forth in the paragraphs above from December 31, 2017 (initial maturity date) to September 15, 2025 (current maturity date) which is
also the maturity date of all CV Obligations after adjustment.
Effective May 4, 2020 the Company agreed that
all options and warrants owned (or subsequently acquired by conversion of CvObligations) by its officers, directors and key employees
and consultants (including Craig Scott, Jon Northrop (director), Bassani, Smith and Schafer) and their donees be amended to: a) lower
the exercise price to $0.75 for any options/warrants with higher exercise prices and b) extend the expiration dates to December 31, 2024.
Subsequently, it was agreed that if any of the CVObligations are converted, the warrants in units received will be exercisable through
a date 3 years after conversion date with exercise price adjustment provision effective two years after the date on which the converted
portion of the CVObligations (as adjusted, if applicable) was accrued. The warrants and options have been extended to September 15, 2025.
Other Agreements
The Company has declared contingent deferred stock
bonuses to its key employees and consultants at various times throughout the years. The stock bonuses were contingent upon the Company’s
stock price exceeding a certain target price per share, and the grantees still being employed by or providing services to the Company
at the time the target prices are reached. During the year ended June 30, 2017, pursuant to agreement with the employees and a consultant
who had been granted the outstanding contingent stock bonuses, the Company cancelled all 117,500 outstanding contingent stock bonuses.
In consideration for the cancellations, the Company granted 109,500 fully vested options to these employees and a consultant to purchase
common stock of the Company at $1.00 per share until September 15, 2025 (including recent extensions).
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OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
The following table sets forth the number of shares
of common stock covered by outstanding stock option awards that are exercisable and unexercisable, and the number of shares of common
stock covered by unvested restricted stock awards for each of our directors and named executive officers as of June 30, 2025.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
Option Awards
Stock Awards
Name
Number of
Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options (#) Exercisable
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)Unexercisable
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options (#)
Option
Exercise
Price ($)
Option
Expiration
Date
Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested (#)
Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (3)
25,000
—
—
0.60
2026
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (3)
300,000
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (1)
600,000
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (2)
190,000
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (1)
50,000
—
—
1.20
2026
—
—
—
—
Edward Schafer (1)
50,000
—
—
1.00
2025
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
175,000
—
—
0.60
2026
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
995,000
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
100,000
—
—
1.00
2026
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
100,000
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
100,000
—
—
1.20
2026
—
—
—
—
Craig Scott (3)
75,000
—
—
2.00
2026
—
—
—
—
Jon Northrop (3)
100,000
—
—
0.60
2026
—
—
—
—
Jon Northrop (3)
317,500
—
—
0.75
2026
—
—
—
—
Jon Northrop (3)
50,000
—
—
1.00
2026
—
—
—
—
Jon Northrop (3)
25,000
—
—
1.20
2026
—
—
—
—
Jon Northrop (3)
25,000
—
—
2.00
2026
—
—
—
—
Salvatore Zizza (3)
50,000
—
—
2.00
2026
—
—
—
—
William Rupp (3)
50,000
—
—
2.00
2026
—
—
—
—
(1)
Options are subject to a 75% execution/exercise price adjustment upon notice of intent to exercise under certain conditions.
(2)
Options are subject to a 90% execution/exercise price adjustment upon notice of intent to exercise under certain conditions.
(3)
Options are subject to a 50% execution/exercise price adjustment upon notice of intent to exercise under certain conditions.
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Director Compensation
Members of the Board of Directors do not currently
receive any cash compensation for their services as Directors, but are entitled to be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses in attending
meetings of the Board. However, it is the Company's intention to begin to pay cash compensation to Board members at some future date (probably
during the current fiscal year).
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information
regarding the compensation paid to directors during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025:
Director Compensation
Name
Fees earned or paid in Cash ($)
Stock Awards ($)
Option Awards ($)(1)
Non-equity incentive plan compensation ($)
Nonqualified deferred
compensation earnings ($)
All other compensation ($)
Total ($)
Craig Scott
$ 5,000
—
—
—
$ 163,000
$ 249,197
$ 417,197
Jon Northrop
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Greg Schoener
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Salvatore Zizza
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Robert Weerts
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(1)
Reflects the dollar amount expensed by the Company during the applicable fiscal year for financial statement reporting purposes pursuant to ASC 718.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP
OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
As of August 1, 2025, the Registrant had
57,386,476 shares of common stock issued and 56,682,167 shares of common stock outstanding. (balance of 704,309 shares are owned
by Centerpoint, the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary).
The following table sets forth certain information
regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of August 1, 2025 by:
● each person that is known
by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock;
● each of our directors;
● each of our executive
officers and significant employees; and
● all our executive officers,
directors and significant employees as a group.
Under the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, beneficial ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to securities and includes the shares issuable under
stock options, warrants and convertible securities that are exercisable/convertible within sixty (60) days of August 1, 2024. Those
shares issuable under stock options, warrants and/or convertible securities are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of each
person holding options, warrants and/or convertible securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other
person. The percentage of beneficial ownership schedule ‘Entitled to Vote’ is based upon 56,532,170 shares outstanding
as of August 1, 2024. The address for those individuals for which an address is not otherwise provided is c/o Bion Environmental
Technologies, c/o PO Box 323, Old Bethpage, NY 11804. To our knowledge, except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and pursuant
to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting power and investment power with respect to all
shares of common stock listed as owned by them.
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Name and Address
Number
Percent
of Class Outstanding
Entitled
To Vote
Centerpoint Corporation (1)
c/o PO Box 323
Old Bethpage, NY 11604
704,309
1.2 %
—
Dominic Bassani Estate (2)
64 Village Hills Drive
Dix Hills, NY 11746
4,364,978
7.2 %
7.3 %
Mark A. Smith (3)
401 N. Riverside Beach #408
Pompano Beach, FL 33062
5,024,774
8.6 %
8.7 %
Christopher B. Parlow (4)
23 Longbow Drive
Commack, NY 11725
7,636.057
11.8 %
11.9 %
Danielle Lominy (5)
c/o Dominic Bassani Estate
64 Village Hill Drive
Dix Hills, NY 11746
8,244,803
11.8 %
11.9 %
Edward Schafer (6)
c/o PO Box 323
Old Bethpage, NY 11804
3,102,220
5.1 %
5.2 %
Gregory W. Schoener (7)
c/o Po Box 323
Old Bethpage
New York, NY 11804
1,000,000
1.7 %
1.8%
Robert Weerts (8)
c/o Po Box 323
Old Bethpage
New York, NY 11804
400,000
0.6 %
0.7 %
Craig Scott (9)
3131 North Daffodil Dr.
Billings, MT 59102
4,338,276
7.0 %
7.1 %
Jon Northrop (10)
59 Chestnut Street
Westfield, NY 14787
636,135
1.0 %
1.1 %
Salvatore Zizza (11)
641 Lexington Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10022
155,112
0.2 %
0.2 %
Stephan Posner (12)
219 Augusta Ct.
Roslyn, NY 11576
533,078
0.9 %
0.9 %
All executive officers and directors as a group (10 persons)
7,062,601
11.3 %
11.4 %
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(1)
Centerpoint Corporation is currently majority owned by the Company. Under Colorado law, Centerpoint Corporation is not entitled to vote these shares unless otherwise ordered by a court. These shares of common stock may be distributed to the shareholders of Centerpoint Corporation at a future date pursuant to a dividend declared during July 2004. The shares distributed to Bion, if any, will be cancelled immediately upon receipt.
(2)
Includes 535,221 shares, 1,215,000 shares underlying warrants held directly by Linda Bassani, and 909,747 shares held in IRA accounts. The total also includes: a) 773,354 shares of common stock and 515,827 underlying warrants that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of The Bassani Estate) of a convertible note in the amount of $386,677, (convertible @ $0.50 price) and b) 282,305 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of The Bassani Estate) of a convertible note in the amount of $169,383 (convertible @ $0.60 price) and c) 68,754 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of The Bassani Estate) of Adjusted Convertible Note in the amount of $7,906 (convertible @$.115 price) and d) 64,770 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of The Bassani Estate) of deferred compensation in the amount of $12,306. Mrs. Bassani disclaims beneficial ownership of shares and warrants owned by various other family members (including Christopher Parlow and Danielle Lominy who are itemized separately), none of whom live with her or are her dependents, and such shares are not included in this calculation. (Effective 9/15/2025, Linda Bassani agreed to a settlement along with her children (Danielle Lominy and Christopher Parlow (referred to collectively as “Holders) with the Company. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by the Holders, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes and warrants, the Holders (as a whole) will receive, in aggregate 7,200,000 shares of common stock).
(3)
Includes 2,354,822 shares held directly by Mr. Smith, and 1,626,323 shares held by Mr. Smith’s wife. Also includes 12,681 shares of common stock held by held by LoTayLingKyur Foundation and 85,354 shares of common stock held by LoTayLingKyur LLC which is controlled by Mr. Smith and his wife. Also includes 251,838 shares and 251,838 warrants underlying units that could be issued on the conversion by Mr. Smith of his 2020 Convertible Obligation in the aggregate amount of $125,918 Mr. Smith has the option to convert this amount into units with each unit consisting of 1 share of common stock and 1 warrant exercisable at $0.75 per share. The conversion price will be $.50 per unit. Also includes 441,918 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr. Smith) of deferred compensation in the amount of $83,964. Does not include shares and warrants owned by various other family members of which Mr. Smith disclaims beneficial ownership. Mr. Smith retired on 7/31/2024. (Effective 9/15/2025, Mr. Smith agreed to a settlement with the Company. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by Mr. Smith including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes, and warrants, Mr. Smith will receive 400,000 shares of common stock).
(4)
Includes 2,005 shares held directly by Christopher Parlow, 65,000 shares held jointly with wife, 250,000 shares owned by the Christopher Parlow Trust and 50,000 shares owned by Christopher Parlow’s minor daughters. Also includes 995,250 shares underlying warrants held by the Christopher Parlow Trust, 147,154 shares underlying warrants held jointly with wife, 150,000 warrants held directly by Mr. Parlow and 459,780 shares underlying warrants held by Mr. Parlow’s minor daughters. In addition, Christopher is the 50% beneficial owner of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable Trust (“2019 Trust”) which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and as a result, Christopher Parlow is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying exercise of the warrants. Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $459,277 principal amount of the Company’s Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations (“CVObligation”) which is convertible @$.0953 into 4,819,277 shares and 3,214,458 warrants. As a result, Christopher Parlow is the beneficial owner of 2,409,639 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,607,229 shares underlying the warrants issuable on conversion of the CVObligation. (Effective 9/15/2025, Christopher Parlow agreed to a settlement along with his sister Danielle Lominy and mother Linda Bassani (referred to collectively as “Holders) with the Company. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by the Holders, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes and warrants, the Holders (as a whole) will receive, in aggregate, 7,200,000 shares of common stock).
(5)
Includes 170,000 shares held directly by Danielle Lominy (formerly Danielle Bassani), 892,727 shares underlying warrants held by The Danielle Christine Bassani Trust, 400,000 shares owned by the Danielle Bassani Trust, 311,458 shares underlying warrants, 105,000 shares underlying warrants owned jointly with husband and 230,000 shares underlying warrants owned by Danielle Lominy’s minor daughter. In addition, Danielle is the 50% beneficial owner of the Dominic Bassani 2019 Irrevocable Trust (“2019 Trust”) which owns 3,000,000 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock and, as a result Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of 1,500,000 shares underlying exercise of the warrants. Additionally, the 2019 Trust owns $459,277 principal amount of the Company’s Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation (“CVObligation”) which is convertible @ $.0953 into 4,819,277 shares and 3,214,458 warrants. As a result, Danielle Lominy is the beneficial owner of 2,409,639 shares underlying conversion of the CVObligation and 1,607,229 shares underlying the warrants issuable on conversion of the CVObligation (Effective 9/15/2025, Danielle Lominy agreed to a settlement along with her brother Christopher Parlow and mother Linda Bassani (referred to collectively as “Holders) with the Company. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by the Holders, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes and warrants, the Holders (as a whole) will receive, in aggregate, 7,200,000 shares of common stock).
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(6)
Includes 158,254 shares held directly by Mr. Schafer, options to purchase 1,215,000 shares and warrants to purchase 23,934 shares. Also includes 1,070,021 shares and 535,011 warrants underlying units that could be issued on the conversion by Mr. Schafer of his Adjusted Convertible Obligation in the amount of $101,973. Mr. Schafer has the option to convert this amount into units with each unit consisting of 1 share of common stock and ½ warrant exercisable at $0.75 per share. The conversion price is $.0953 per unit. Mr. Schafer retired from the Board of Directors on 12/31/2024. (Effective 9/15/2025, Mr. Schafer agreed to a settlement with the Company. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by Mr. Schafer, including without limitation, convertible notes, warrants and options, Mr. Schafer will receive 501,746 shares of common stock).
(7)
Includes 700,000 shares held directly by Mr. Schoener and warrants to purchase 300,000 shares. Mr. Schoener is a 20% owner of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000. The note is secured by the Company’s Intellectual Property (IP/Patents). This note is not included in Mr. Schoener’s beneficial ownership calculations
(8)
Includes 400,000 shares held directly by Mr. Weerts. Mr. Weerts is a 20% owner of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $500,000. The note is secured by the Company’s Intellectual Property (IP)/Patents. This note is not included in Mr. Weerts’ beneficial ownership calculations
(9)
Includes 478,444 shares held directly by Mr. Scott, 4,000 shares held by his spouse, 1,545,000 shares underlying options and 573,747 shares underlying warrants held directly by Mr. Scott. This also includes 1,737,085 shares of common stock that could be issued on the conversion (at the election of Mr. Scott) of deferred compensation in the amount of $330,046. Mr. Scott’s spouse is the owner of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000. The note is secured by the Company’s intellectual property (IP)/Patents. This note is not included in Mr. Scott’s beneficial ownership calculations.
(10)
Includes 118,635 shares held directly by Mr. Northrop and options to purchase 517,500 shares held by Mr. Northrop. Does not include shares or options owned by the adult children of Mr. Northrop nor his former wife.
(11)
Includes 105,112 shares of common stock and 50,000 shares of common stock underlying options held directly by Mr. Zizza.
(12)
Includes 357,178 shares held directly by Mr. Posner and 150,900 held in IRA Accounts. Also includes 25,000 shares underlying warrants. Mr. Posner is the owner of a convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000. The note is secured by the Company’s intellectual property (IP)/Patents. This note is not included in Mr. Posner’s beneficial ownership calculations.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
Other than the employment/consulting agreements,
deferred compensation arrangements and conversions of debt described above in Item 1 Business and Item 11 Executive Compensation, there
are no related party transactions.
Four directors of the Company (Jon Northrop, Salvatore
Zizza, Stephen Posner, and Bob Weertz) are considered to be independent directors.
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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2024 by Haynie & Company for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements
and reviews of the interim financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (and related matters) were
$83,000.
The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2025 by Haynie & Company for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements
and reviews of the interim financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (and related matters) were
$84,000.
Audit Related Fees
There were no fees billed by Haynie & Company
for audit-related fees in the last fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.
Tax Fees
The aggregate fees billed for tax services rendered
by Haynie & Company for tax compliance and related services for the year ended June 30, 2025 was nil.
All Other Fees
None.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy
Under provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, the Company's principal accountant may not be engaged to provide non-audit services that are prohibited by law or regulation to
be provided by it, and the Board of directors (which serves as the Company's audit committee) must pre-approve the engagement of the Company's
principal accountant to provide audit and permissible non-audit services. The Company's Board has not established any policies or procedures
other than those required by applicable laws and regulations.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description and Location
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado on April 11, 2022. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2022).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2022).
10.1
Subscription Agreement dated January 10, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Centerpoint Corporation regarding issuance of stock in exchange for cash and claims regarding Aprilia (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.2
Agreement dated March 15, 2002 and effective January 15, 2002 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Centerpoint Corporation regarding purchase of warrant and management agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.3
Agreement dated February 12, 2003 between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Centerpoint Corporation canceling provisions of the Subscription Agreement by and between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Centerpoint Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.4
Promissory Note and Security Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Bright Capital, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.5
Letter Agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.6
Amended Agreement with Centerpoint Corporation dated April 23, 2003 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.7
Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Mark A. Smith related to deferred compensation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.8
Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Bright Capital, Ltd. related to deferred compensation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.9
Employment agreement with Mark A. Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.10
Employment agreement with Bright Capital, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.11
Employment agreement with Jeremy Rowland (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.12
2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.13
Memo to Dominic Bassani & Bright Capital, Ltd. dated October 16, 2006 regarding Change in Title/Status of DB/Amendment to Brightcap Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.14
Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement for Mark Smith, dated January 1, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 filed with Form 10SB12G/A on February 1, 2007).
10.15
Promissory Note and Conversion Agreement for Bright Capital, Ltd., dated January 1, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 filed with Form 10SB12G/A on February 1, 2007).
10.16
Extension Agreement dated March 31, 2007 between the Company and Mark A Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
10.17
Form of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $151,645.89 in favor of Mark A. Smith (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10. 2 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
10.18
Form of Note dated March 31, 2007 in the amount of $455.486.30 in favor of Bright Capital, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2007)
10.19
Memorandum of Understanding with Kreider Farms (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2008)
10.20
Subscription Agreement from Bright Capital, Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008)
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10.21
Amendment to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008)
10.22
Agreement between the Company and Mark A. Smith dated May 31, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 3, 2008).
10.23
Promissory Note between Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. and Dominic Bassani (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on September 30, 2008).
10.24
Promissory Note between Anthony Orphanos and Bion dated October 30, 2008, Guaranteed by Dominic Bassani (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008).
10.25
Addendum to Settlement Agreement and Release Stipulation from Bion, Bion Dairy and Mark Smith dated October 31, 2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008).
10.26
Kreider Farms Agreement (September 25, 2008): REDACTED (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2008).
10.27
Amendment #3 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2009).
10.28
Agreement between Bright Capital, Ltd. and Dominic Bassani and Bion effective January 11, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
10.29
Agreement between Mark A. Smith and Bion effective January 12, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
10.30
Orphanos Extension Agreement dated January 13, 2009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2009).
10.31
Extension Agreement with Mark A. Smith. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 18, 2010).
10.32
Agreement with Edward Schafer (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 18, 2010).
10.33
Schafer Employment Agreement (dated December 21, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
10.34
Biography of Edward T. Schafer (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on December 6, 2010).
10.35
Kreider Farms Clarification Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2011).
10.36
PADEP Certification of Kreider Poultry Credits (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 1, 2011).
10.37
Bassani/Bright Capital Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2011).
10.38
Smith Extension Agreement (executed August 31, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on September 2, 2011).
10.39
Bloom Employment Agreement (executed September 30, 2011) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2011).
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10.40
Extension/Conversion Agreement with Smith and Bassani (dated March 31, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2012).
10.41
Memorialization of extension of Maturity of Bassani convertible deferred compensation (dated July 31, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 3, 2012).
10.42
Memorialization of Smith Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
10.43
Memorialization of Bassani Extension Agreement (dated August 14, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
10.44
Memorialization of Schafer Agreement (dated August 21, 2012) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on August 21, 2012).
10.45
Board Ratification dated May 5, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2013).
10.46
Demand Promissory Note dated May 13, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2013).
10.47
Extension Agreement with Mark A. Smith (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
10.48
Extension Agreement with Dominic Bassani (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
10.49
Agreement with Edward Schafer (w/o exhibits) (February 10, 2015) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 10-Q filed on February 11, 2015).
10.50
Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Dominic Bassani dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.96 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
10.51
Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Edward Schafer dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.97 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
10.52
Convertible Promissory Note between the Company and Anthony Orphanos dated September 8, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.98 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 22, 2015).
10.53
Kreider Poultry Joint Venture Agreement (May 5, 2016) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 10-Q filed on May 9, 2016).
10.54
Bassani Warrant Purchase effective August 1, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.100 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
10.55
Smith Warrant Purchase effective August 1, 2018 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.101 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
10.56
Amendment #9 to 2006 Consolidated Incentive Plan, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.102 filed with Form 10-K filed on September 24, 2019).
10.57
Lease (executed September 23, 2021) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on September 29, 2021).
10.58
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 filed with Form 10SB12G on November 14, 2006).
10.59
Buflovak/Hebeler Purchase Order (January 28, 2022)(without Technical Details and Standard Terms and Conditions) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2022)
10.60
Agreement with BioNTech SE re sale/purchase of domain name <biontech.com> (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2022)
10.61
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Award Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on January 4, 2022).
10.62
William O’Neill Employment Agreement (effective May 1, 2022) (without exhibits). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on May 3, 2022).
10.63
Letter of Intent with Ribbonwire Ranch (July 20, 2022). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on July 27, 2022).
10.64
Letter
of Intent Transparency Wise LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed
on November 17, 2023).
10.65
Form
of Bassani Family Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed
on April 3, 2024).
10.66
Form
of MAS Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 3, 2024).
10.67
S. Craig Scott Resume (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2024).
10.68
Gregory Schoener Background
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 4, 2024).
10.69
Turk Stoval Resume (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on June 20, 2024).
10.70
Bassani
Family 20% Give Back List dated 6/30/2024 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form
8-K filed on July 3, 2024).
10.71
OMRI
Status Notification for Bion (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed
on August 29, 2024).
10.72
Dilling Group Summons
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2025).
10.73
Hamstra Builders Summons
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on April 17, 2025).
10.74
Perfect Blend LOI (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2025).
10.75
Yield
RMG LOI (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2025).
10.76
BLG Forbearance Agreement
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2025).
10.77
BLG Second Forbearance
Agreement (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with Form 8-K filed on July 24, 2025).
10.78
Bion
BLG Promissory Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with Form 8-K filed on July 24, 2025).
10.79
BLG Security Agreement
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with Form 8-K filed on July 24, 2025).
19.1
Insider Trading Policy
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002- Filed herewith electronically.
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002- Filed herewith electronically.
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Furnished*
32.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Furnished*
101.INS
Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*This exhibit is being furnished rather than filed
and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing, in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Table of Contents
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm ( Haynie & Company , PCAOB ID: 457 )
F-2
Consolidated balance sheets
F-4
Consolidated statements of operations
F-5
Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit)
F-6
Consolidated statements of cash flows
F-7
Notes to consolidated financial statements
F-8 - F-27
F- 1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (the Company) as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated statements
of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June
30, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations
and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has
yet to generate any revenue and has suffered recurring losses from operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about its ability
to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in Note 1. The financial statements
do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are
required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the
standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged
to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding
of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below
are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to
the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our
especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion
on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions
on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
F- 2
Equity Transactions and Convertible Debt
Transactions
As discussed in Note 5 and Note 6 to the financial
statements, the Company has numerous equity-based agreements, including stock options and warrants issued for services and debt convertible
into units (which include common stock and warrants). These agreements require management to estimate the value of options and warrants
issued for services on the measurement date, constituting a significant management estimate subject to possible management bias, or include
complicated calculations when debt is converted to equity, which requires significant knowledge for evaluation. During the year ended
June 30, 2025, the Company recorded interest expense related to the modification of warrants in the amount of $180,930, and modification
expense related to the extension of options and warrants of $332,128 and $511,410, respectively.
Our audit procedures required a significant amount
of time performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the financial statements.
Those procedures included gaining an overall understanding of the Company’s process for estimating fair value and the related calculations.
We read the related equity-based agreements verifying the terms of each agreement to the Company’s calculations and ensuring the
mathematical accuracy. We evaluated the assumptions used by management to develop their estimates and considered the relevant accounting
guidance.
/s/ Haynie & Company
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.
Salt Lake City, Utah
September 29, 2025
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F- 3
BION
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 30,
2025
June 30,
2024
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash
$ 4,441
$ 52,212
Prepaid expenses
15,602
16,723
Deposits and other assets
9,190
6,000
Total current assets
29,233
74,935
Operating lease right-of-use asset
—
36,622
Property and equipment, net (Note 3)
—
695
Total assets
$ 29,233
$ 112,252
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$ 2,764,769
$ 2,703,651
Deferred compensation (Note 4)
1,173,237
890,223
Convertible notes payable - affiliates (Note 5)
1,742,241
1,708,649
Convertible note payable (Note 5)
568,161
—
Convertible bridge note payable (Note 5)
454,957
418,659
Note payable - related party (Note 5)
423,053
—
Operating lease liability, current (Note 8)
—
36,431
Total current liabilities
7,126,418
5,757,613
Convertible notes payable (Note 5)
—
125,567
Total liabilities
7,126,418
5,883,180
Equity (deficit):
Bion's stockholders' equity (deficit):
Series A Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 50,000 shares authorized,
no shares issued and outstanding
—
—
Series C Convertible Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value,
60,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
—
—
Common stock, no par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized,
57,386,476 and 57,227,248 shares issued, respectively;
56,682,167 and 56,522,939 shares outstanding, respectively
—
—
Additional paid-in capital
134,677,594
133,623,927
Subscription receivable - affiliates (Note 7)
( 504,650 )
( 504,650 )
Accumulated deficit
( 141,307,702 )
( 138,927,778 )
Total Bion's stockholders’ equity (deficit)
( 7,134,758 )
( 5,808,501 )
Noncontrolling interest
37,573
37,573
Total equity (deficit)
( 7,097,185 )
( 5,770,928 )
Total liabilities and (deficit)
$ 29,233
$ 112,252
See notes to consolidated financial statements
F- 4
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
2025
2024
Revenue
$
—
$
—
Operating expenses:
General and administrative (including stock-based compensation)
2,145,151
2,045,849
Depreciation
695
1,582
Research and development (including stock-based compensation)
21,671
23,416
Total operating expenses
2,167,517
2,070,847
Loss from operations
( 2,167,517 )
( 2,070,847 )
Other (income) expense:
Interest income
( 62 )
( 652 )
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets
—
972
Interest expense
310,714
159,523
Gain on debt forgiveness
( 98,245 )
—
Loss on Impairment
—
9,460,425
Total other expense
212,407
9,620,268
Net (loss)
( 2,379,924 )
( 11,691,115 )
Net (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest
—
—
Net (loss) applicable to Bion's common stockholders
$ ( 2,379,924 )
$ ( 11,691,115 )
Net (loss) applicable to Bion's common stockholders
per basic and diluted common share
$ ( 0.04 )
$ ( 0.22 )
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted
56,682,167
51,995,654
See notes to consolidated financial statements
F- 5
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY (DEFICIT)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Bion's Stockholders'
Series A Preferred Stock
Series C Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Additional paid-in
Subscription Receivables for
Accumulated
Noncontrolling
Total
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
capital
Shares
deficit
interest
equity/(deficit)
Balances, June 30, 2023
—
$ —
—
$ —
48,880,237
$ —
131,935,418
$ ( 504,650 )
$ ( 127,236,663 )
$ 37,573
$ 4,231,678
Sale of units
—
—
—
—
593,589
—
610,742
—
—
—
610,742
Warrants exercised for common shares
—
—
—
—
38,000
—
28,500
—
—
—
28,500
Warrants exercised under cashless exercise
—
—
—
—
6,131,945
—
—
—
—
—
—
Options exercised under cashless exercise
—
—
—
—
3,661
—
—
—
—
—
—
Issuance of units for services
—
—
—
—
89,847
—
112,321
—
—
—
112,321
Issuance of warrants for services
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,000
—
—
—
5,000
Vesting of options for employees and services
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 18,315 )
—
—
—
( 18,315 )
Vesting of warrants for employees and services
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 13,012 )
—
—
—
( 13,012 )
Debt modification
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 33,720 )
—
—
—
( 33,720 )
Giveback of convertible liabilities and debt from affiliates
—
—
—
—
—
—
726,236
—
—
—
726,236
Conversion of debt and liabilities
—
—
—
—
1,489,969
—
140,951
—
—
—
140,951
Modification of warrants
—
—
—
—
—
—
150,206
—
—
—
150,206
Commission on sale of units
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 20,400 )
—
—
—
( 20,400 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 11,691,115 )
—
( 11,691,115 )
Balances, June 30, 2024
—
$ —
—
$ —
57,227,248
$ —
$ 133,623,927
$ ( 504,650 )
$ ( 138,927,778 )
$ 37,573
$ ( 5,770,928 )
Issuance of units for services
—
—
—
—
159,228
—
34,500
—
—
—
34,500
Modification of warrants
—
—
—
—
—
—
692,339
—
—
—
692,339
Modification of options
—
—
—
—
—
—
332,128
—
—
—
332,128
Commission on the sales of units
( 5,300 )
—
—
( 5,300 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
( 2,379,924 )
—
( 2,379,924 )
Balances, June 30, 2025
—
$ —
—
$ —
57,386,476
$ —
$ 134,677,594
$ ( 504,650 )
( 141,307,702 )
37,573
$ ( 7,097,185 )
See notes to consolidated financial statements
F- 6
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
2025
2024
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net (loss)
$ ( 2,379,924 )
$ ( 11,691,115 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation expense
695
1,582
Impairment of Assets
—
9,460,425
Accrued interest on loans payable, deferred compensation and other
310,714
159,523
Stock- based compensation
843,537
( 16,325 )
Stock-based compensation for services
34,500
112,321
Warrants issued for compensation for services
—
5,000
Forgiveness of debt
( 98,245 )
—
Increase (decrease) in prepaid expenses
( 2,069 )
62
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
155,117
345,410
(Increase) decrease in operating lease assets and liabilities
191
( 10,384 )
Increase in deferred compensation
267,250
784,332
Net cash used in operating activities
( 868,234 )
( 849,169 )
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property and equipment
—
( 869,398 )
Disposal of property and equipment
—
973
Net cash used in investing activities
—
( 868,425 )
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from sale of units
—
610,742
Commission on the sale of units and convertible debt
( 5,300 )
( 20,400 )
Proceeds from convertible loan
426,000
125,000
Proceeds from note payable loan - related party
399,763
—
Proceeds from convertible bridge note payable
—
400,000
Proceeds from exercise of warrants
—
28,500
Net cash provided by financing activities
820,463
1,143,842
Net decrease in cash
( 47,771 )
( 573,752 )
Cash at beginning of year
52,212
625,964
Cash at end of year
$ 4,441
$ 52,212
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest
$ —
$ —
Non-cash investing and financing transactions:
Adjustment for debt modification from giveback agreements
$ —
$ 17,734
Adjustment for deferred compensation modification from giveback agreements
$ —
$ 708,502
Conversion of debt and liabilities into common units
$ —
$ 140,951
Conversion of deferred compensation to notes payable
$ —
$ 80,767
Capitalized interest in property and equipment
$ —
$ 62,163
Purchase of property and equipment for accounts payable
$ —
$ 1,681,105
See notes to consolidated financial statements
F- 7
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
1. BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION :
Nature of Operations
Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.'s ("Bion,"
"Company," "We," "Us," or "Our") was incorporated in 1987 in the State of Colorado.
Our patented and proprietary
technology was developed to provide advanced waste treatment and resource recovery for large-scale livestock production facilities (also
known as “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations” or “CAFOs"). Our Gen3Tech can largely mitigate the environmental
problems of CAFOs, while simultaneously improving operational/ resource efficiencies by recovering high-value co-products from the waste
stream, including renewable energy, nutrients, and clean water. For the last several years, Bion was focused on the beef industry because
we believe it faces the most challenges of all the livestock sectors and can benefit the most from the application of Bion’s technology
and business strategy.
Until recently, we believed
that the best opportunity for the Company to prove its technology, along with the sustainable beef concept, was with the Stovall Ranch,
in Montana. In June 2024, Bion formed a strategic relationship with Turk Stovall and Stovall Ranching Companies. Bion and Stovall agreed
to establish a JV, to be led by Mr. Stovall, with the goal of developing a 16,000-head sustainable beef project at Stovall’s Yellowstone
Cattle Feeders (‘YCF’) location in Shepherd, Montana. We anticipated establishing the Stovall-Bion JV and creating related
distribution agreements with key value chain partners, with the intent to begin construction in the first quarter of 2025. However, due
to several factors, including 1) the extended development timeline to reach revenues at Stovall (which could be at least two years or
more), 2) a need to both prove our technology at full-scale as quickly as possible, and 3) enter the fertilizer markets with product in
the 2026 growing season, at the end of calendar 2024 we shifted our focus to smaller ‘bolt-on’ opportunities in both the animal
waste and industrial sectors that we think can be developed more quickly.
Bion’s patents were
expanded in 2024 to include industrial and municipal wastewater sources, in addition to animal waste streams that were previously covered.
To that end, Bion has directed most of its limited resources to pursuing opportunities to
apply its Ammonia Recovery System (ARS) as a bolt-on or ‘standalone’ ammonia control solution in the industrial sector. In
such cases, the ARS would be deployed as an ammonia control solution (vs integrated into a Bion Gen3Tech livestock platform) for facilities
(both new and existing) that produce biogas from organic waste streams, such as food, food processing, and livestock packing/slaughter.
These facilities are subject to EPA-mandated discharge limits that require ammonia control or face other limitations on ammonia/nitrogen
in the effluent from biogas production. We will also seek to identify opportunities to provide ammonia control solutions in the livestock/animal
waste at existing farms with anaerobic digesters already in place (which will also shorten the development timeline). While we have not
abandoned developing new integrated livestock projects with our Gen3tech platform, we believe there is a robust opportunity to provide
bolt-on ammonia control solutions to the operators of their own biogas projects, and we are now devoting almost all of our resources to
developing this opportunity.
Going Concern
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared
assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
The Company is not currently generating any significant revenues. Further,
the Company’s anticipated revenues, if any, from existing JVs and proposed projects will not be sufficient to offset operating and
capital costs (for Projects) for a minimum of two to five years. Further, there are no assurances that the Company will ultimately be
successful in its efforts to develop and construct its Projects and market its Systems; but, it is certain that the Company will require
substantial funding from external sources. Given the unsettled state of the current credit and capital markets for companies such as Bion,
there is no assurance the Company will be able to raise the funds it needs on reasonable terms. The aggregate effect of these factors
raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the year ended June 30, 2025 the Company
had a loss of $ 2,380,000 including $ 844,000 non-cash compensation expenses related to extension of warrants and options.
During the year ended June
30, 2024, a one-time, non-recurring, non-cash charge of $ 9,460,425 was incurred by the Company in connection with a write-down of the
capitalized carrying value of the Initial Project (at Fair Oaks, Indiana) because the Initial Project was recently reclassified as largely
a research & development facility and is located on land subject to a short term lease (as described above in Item 7, Management’s
Discussion and Analysis). This charge reduced the Company shareholders’ equity to ($ 5,808,501 ) and resulted in a loss of $ 11,691,115
for the 2024 fiscal year.
F- 8
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
The constraints on available
resources have had, and continue to have, negative effects on the pace and scope of the Company’s efforts to operate and develop
its business. The Company has had to delay payment of trade obligations and has had to economize in many ways that have potentially negative
consequences. If the Company is able to raise needed funds during the subsequent fiscal year, of which there is no assurance, management
will not need to consider deeper cuts (including additional personnel cuts) and/or curtailment of ongoing activities including research
and development activities. The Company will need to obtain additional capital to fund its operations and technology development, to satisfy
existing creditors, and to develop Projects. The Company anticipates that it may seek to raise from $ 3,000,000 to $ 10,000,000 or more
debt and/or equity through sale of its equity securities (common, preferred and/or hybrid) and/or debt (including convertible) securities,
and/or through use of ‘rights’ and/or warrants (new and/or existing) and/or license payments and/or through other means during
the next twelve months. Further, Bion may be required to fund $15 million (or more) in project finance for the initial ARS project, in
a combination of debt financing and equity investment. However, as discussed above, there is no assurance, especially in light of the
difficulties the Company has experienced in many recent years and the extremely unsettled capital markets that presently exist for small
pre- revenue companies like us, that the Company will be able to obtain the funds that it needs to stay in business, complete its technology
development or to successfully develop its business and Projects. Ultimately, in the event the Company cannot secure additional financial
resources, or complete a strategic transaction in the longer term, the Company may need to curtail or suspend its operational plans or
current initiatives, or potentially liquidate its business interests, and investors may lose all or part of their investment.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any
adjustments relating to the recoverability or classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result
should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. The following paragraphs describe management’s plans with regard to
these conditions.
Management’s Plan
The Company continues to explore
sources of financing to satisfy its current operating requirements and future growth needs. The Company faced substantial demand for capital
and operating expenditures during fiscal year 2025, which we expect to increase for the periods thereafter as we move toward commercial
implementation of our ARS (including costs associated with additions of personnel to carry out the business activities of the Company).
As a result, the Company has faced, and continues to face, significant cash flow management challenges due to material working capital
constraints. To partially mitigate these working capital constraints, the Company's core senior management and some key employees and
consultants have been deferring most of their cash compensation and/or are accepting compensation in the form of securities of the Company
and members of the Company's senior management have from time-to-time made loans to the Company in the past and may do so in future periods.
To help alleviate short-term cash needs for continued
operations, in August, three affiliates of the Company (Greg Schoener, Interim COO & Director; Turk Stovall, Director; Bob Weerts,
Director) and two shareholders (one of whom is the brother of Greg Schoener) began advancing money to Bion to cover critical payables.
They subsequently formed a loan group, BION BLG, LLC (“BLG”), and have continued to provide short-term funding for Bion in
a secured promissory note of up to $ 500,000 . Schoener, Weerts, and the two non-affiliate members were also large Bion shareholders, prior
to the formation of BLG. As a group, Schoener, Stovall, and Weerts own 60% of BLG, which has a security interest in the Company’s
Intellectual Property. The BLG note will bear interest at a rate of 7.5 % per annum and the maturity date is April 15, 2025, see further
details in subsequent events. As of the filing date, BLG has advanced 407,384 . The BLG note will convert into Units (shares and/or warrants)
in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise, in which Bion crosses the threshold of $3 (three) million in aggregate capital raised
(or other source of funding, and other terms as defined in the note). If the Company is unable to complete such funding within six (6)
months, it will be in default of the BLG note, which is secured by the Company’s Intellectual Property (“IP” “Collateral”).
BLG will share the Collateral on a pro rata basis with investors in a secured promissory note with similar terms being offered to previous
Bion investors. The BLG note and security agreements contain other terms set forth therein and are included as exhibits to this filing.
F- 9
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
In
November 2024, the Company launched a series of secured promissory note offerings to previous investors/shareholders (and certain others)(Shareholder
Notes) with similar terms to the BLG note. Based on feedback from shareholders and registered representatives with which the Company has
long standing relationships, management believed at that time that sufficient capital could be raised with this group to 1) continue to
cover critical payables to maintain operations that will allow the Company to finish the engineering report and technology demonstration
at Fair Oaks, 2) move forward with pre-development work on the Stovall project, 3) continue discussions with potential strategic partners,
and 4) position ourselves for the larger offering/ funding that will be required. As of the filing date, Bion has raised $611,000
in the Shareholder Note offerings. Further, Bion has changed
its focus from pre-development work on the Stovall project, to an initial bolt-on project at an existing facility.
To date, the Company has primarily
raised funds through private placements with accredited investors, often conducted through FINRA-registered broker/dealers. However, the
Company anticipates moving forward, it will need to raise capital using a combination of financial instruments and sources, that could
also include strategic and/or institutional investors, including family offices and private equity, brokered equity or debt offerings
with both public and private investors, and banks and other ag lending institutions, among others, although there can be no assurance
it will be successful. Many of these financing options may involve dilution, potentially substantial, for current shareholders. Management
intends to augment its access to capital by adding one or more staff members (or consultants) with experience in the capital markets,
as well as utilizing its current contacts and relationships in the capital markets.
Bion is currently in discussions
with several potential strategic partners in engineering, renewable energy (biogas/RNG) and clean fuels, organic fertilizer distribution,
and others involved in reducing the environmental footprint of biogas and livestock production. With today’s U.S, and global emphasis
on decarbonizing energy and the food supply chain, and their impacts on water and air pollution, the sectors have become closely intertwined.
They are evolving quickly, and integrated solutions have become increasingly desired, but complex. Bion is now evaluating engineering
and construction firms, biogas operators, and others as potential development partners for industrial and livestock opportunities. Further,
with the recent OMRI Listing for its commercial fertilizer, the Company has initiated discussions with several large U.S. fertilizer manufacturers
and distributors that have expressed interest in the product. Bion believes that such relationships could entail a direct investment in
Bion, licensing fee, or some other ‘up front’ financial benefit to Bion, although there is no assurance that they will. The
Company recently finished data acquisition at Fair Oaks needed to complete an independent engineering report that is critical to demonstrating
the technology performance and economics of its ammonia recovery technology to potential strategic partners.
THERE IS NO ASSURANCE THAT
THE COMPANY WILL REACH OR APPROACH THE GOALS/TARGETS SET FORTH ABOVE. REACHING SUCH GOALS/TARGETS WILL REQUIRE RESOLUTION OF THE COMPANY’S
EXISTING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND ACCESS TO VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF CAPITAL (EQUITY AND DEBT) AS EACH ARS MODULE IS PROJECTED TO COST
IN EXCESS OF $10 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT AND WILL REQUIRE MOBILIZATION OF SUBSTANTIAL PERSONNEL, TECHNICAL RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT POSSESS EITHER THE FINANCIAL OR PERSONNEL RESOURCES INTERNALLY AND WILL NEED TO SOURCE SUCH RESOURCES FROM STRATEGIC
PARTNERS.
F- 10
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
2. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of consolidation :
The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bion Integrated Projects Group, Inc., Bion Technologies, Inc., BionSoil,
Inc., Bion Services, Bion PA2 LLC and Bion 3G-1 LLC (“3G1”); and its 58.9% owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation (“Centerpoint”).
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Operating Segment:
The
Company operates a single reportable segment: advanced waste treatment and resource recovery solutions for organic waste streams. While
in the future the Company may pursue other segments—develop integrated livestock projects, implement CAFO retrofits, and exploit
other opportunities to use its proprietary technology (as previously described)—at this time it is now focused entirely on bolt-on
solutions for existing or planned biogas production facilities. The business is managed by the Chief Executive Officer who is the Chief
Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”). The CODM evaluates segment performance based on the operating income (loss) for purposes
of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The accounting policies of our single reportable segment are the same
as those for the Company as a whole.
Cash and cash equivalents :
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with
an original maturity of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents. As of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 there are no cash
equivalents.
Property and equipment :
Property and equipment
are stated at cost and are depreciated, when placed into service, using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the
related assets, generally three to twenty years. The Company capitalizes all direct costs and all indirect incrementally identifiable
costs related to the design and construction of its Integrated Projects such as consulting fees, internal salaries and benefits and interest.
The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value of the assets
or asset group exceeds its estimated fair value and is recognized as a loss from operations.
Patents :
The Company has elected to expense all costs and
filing fees related to obtaining patents (resulting in no related asset being recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets)
because the Company believes such costs and fees are immaterial (in the context of the Company’s total costs/expenses) and have
no direct relationship to the value of the Company’s patents.
Stock-based compensation :
The Company follows the provisions of Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718, which generally requires that share-based compensation transactions be accounted and recognized
in the statement of operations based upon their grant date fair values.
Derivative Financial Instruments :
Pursuant to ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and
Hedging” (“Topic 815”), the Company reviews all financial instruments for the existence of features which may require
fair value accounting and a related mark-to-market adjustment at each reporting period end. Once determined, the Company assesses these
instruments as derivative liabilities. The fair value of these instruments is adjusted to reflect the fair value at each reporting period
end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations as an adjustment to fair value of derivatives.
Options :
The Company has issued options to employees and
consultants under the 2006 Plan to purchase common shares of the Company. Options are valued on the grant date using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model. The expected volatility is based on the historical price volatility of the Company’s common stock. The dividend
yield represents the Company’s anticipated cash dividend on common stock over the expected term of the stock options. The U.S. Treasury
bill rate for the expected term of the stock options was utilized to determine the risk-free interest rate. The expected term of stock
options represents the period of time the stock options granted are expected to be outstanding based upon management’s estimates.
F- 11
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Warrants :
The Company has issued warrants to purchase common
shares of the Company. Warrants are valued using a fair value based method, whereby the fair value of the warrant is determined at the
warrant issue date using a market-based option valuation model based on factors including an evaluation of the Company’s value as
of the date of the issuance, consideration of the Company’s limited liquid resources and business prospects, the market price of
the Company’s stock in its mostly inactive public market and the historical valuations and purchases of the Company’s warrants.
When warrants are issued in combination with debt or equity securities, the warrants are valued and accounted for based on the relative
fair value of the warrants in relation to the total value assigned to the debt or equity securities and warrants combined.
Concentrations of credit risk :
The Company's financial instruments that are exposed
to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash. The Company's cash is in demand deposit accounts placed with federally insured financial
institutions and selected brokerage accounts. Such deposit accounts at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not
experienced any losses on such accounts.
Noncontrolling interests :
In accordance with ASC 810, “Consolidation”,
the Company separately classifies noncontrolling interests within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets and separately
reports the amounts attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition,
the noncontrolling interest continues to be attributed its share of losses even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling
interest balance.
Fair value measurements :
Fair value is defined as the price that would
be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
date in the principal or most advantageous market. The Company uses a fair value hierarchy that has three levels of inputs, both observable
and unobservable, with use of the lowest possible level of input to determine fair value.
Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level 2 – observable inputs other than Level
1, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in
markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and
Level 3 – assets and liabilities whose significant
value drivers are unobservable.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Observable inputs are based on market data obtained
from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions. Unobservable inputs require significant
management judgment or estimation. In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability may fall into different levels of the
fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified using the lowest level of input that
is significant to the fair value measurement. Such determination requires significant management judgment.
The fair value of cash and accounts payable approximates
their carrying amounts due to their short-term maturities. The fair value of the loan payable is indeterminable at this time due to the
nature of the arrangement with a state agency and the fact that it is in default. The fair value of the redeemable preferred stock approximates
its carrying value due to the dividends accrued on the preferred stock which are reflected as part of the redemption value. The fair value
of the deferred compensation and convertible notes payable - affiliates are not practicable to estimate due to the related party nature
of the underlying transactions.
Lease Accounting :
The Company accounts for leases under ASC 842, Leases (“ASC
842”). Accordingly, the Company will determine whether an arrangement contains a lease at the inception of the arrangement. If a
lease is determined to exist, the term of such lease is assessed based on the date on which the underlying asset is made available for
the Company’s use by the lessor. The Company’s assessment of the lease term reflects the non-cancelable term of the lease,
inclusive of any rent-free periods and/or periods covered by early-termination options which the Company is reasonably certain of not
exercising, as well as periods covered by renewal options which the Company is reasonably certain of exercising. The Company also determines
lease classification as either operating or finance at lease commencement, which governs the pattern of expense recognition and the presentation
reflected in the consolidated statements of operations over the lease term.
For leases with a term exceeding 12 months, a
lease liability is recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at lease commencement reflecting the present value of its
fixed minimum payment obligations over the lease term. A corresponding right-of-use (“ROU”) asset equal to the initial lease
liability is also recorded, adjusted for any prepaid rent and/or initial direct costs incurred in connection with execution of the lease
and reduced by any lease incentives received. For purposes of measuring the present value of its fixed payment obligations for a given
lease, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate, determined based on information available at lease commencement, as rates implicit
in its leasing arrangements are typically not readily determinable. The Company's incremental borrowing rate reflects the rate it would
pay to borrow on a secured basis and incorporates the term and economic environment of the associated lease.
Revenue Recognition :
The Company currently does not generate revenue
and if and when the Company begins to generate revenue the Company will comply with the provisions of ASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts
with Customers”.
Income (Loss) per share :
Basic income (loss) per share amounts are calculated
using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share assumes the
conversion, exercise, or issuance of all potential common stock instruments, such as options or warrants, unless the effect is to reduce
the income (loss) per share or increase the earnings per share. During the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the basic and diluted income
(loss) per share was the same, as the impact of potential dilutive common shares was anti-dilutive.
The following table represents the warrants and
options (as if exercised) and convertible securities (as if converted) that have been excluded from the calculation of basic income (loss)
per share:
Schedule of basic income (loss) per share
June 30,
2025
June 30,
2024
Warrants
15,910,225
17,147,725
Options
4,891,600
5,001,600
Convertible debt
12,902,947
9,340,750
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
The following is a reconciliation of the denominators
of the basic and diluted income (loss) per share computations for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
Schedule of reconciliation of the denominators of the basic and diluted income (loss) per share
Year ended
June 30,
2025
Year ended
June 30,
2024
Shares issued – beginning of period
57,227,248
48,880,237
Shares held by subsidiaries (Note 6)
( 704,309 )
( 704,309 )
Shares outstanding – beginning of period
56,522,939
48,175,928
Weighted average shares issued during the period
159,228
3,819,726
Diluted weighted average shares – end of period
56,682,167
51,995,654
Use of estimates :
In preparing the Company’s consolidated
financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements :
The Company continually assesses any new accounting
pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s
financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its consolidated financial statements
and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s consolidated financial statements properly reflect
the change.
ASU 2023-07: Improvements to Reportable
Segment Disclosures
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting
Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07, which amends Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The update is designed to improve financial reporting
by requiring public entities to disclose more detailed and disaggregated information about their reportable segments.
Key changes introduced by ASU 2023-07 include
the requirement for public entities to disclose significant expense categories for each reportable segment, applicable to expenses regularly
provided to the chief operating decision maker (CODM). Entities with a single reportable segment must now provide all segment disclosures
required by Topic 280. The expanded disclosures are required for both annual and interim periods. Entities may report multiple measures
of segment profit or loss, as long as one aligns with U.S. GAAP. Additionally, the title and position of the CODM and an explanation
of how the reported profit or loss measures are used must be disclosed.
ASU 2023-07 is effective for public entities
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early
adoption is permitted. The amendments are applied retrospectively unless impractical, and prior-period segment information should be
recast to conform to the new presentation.
The adoption of ASU 2023-07 primarily impacts
the disclosures in the notes to the consolidated financial statements by requiring more detailed segment expense information. It does
not affect the consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, or statements of cash flows. The company adopted this guidance
effective June 30, 2025.
3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT :
Property and equipment consist of the following:
Schedule of property and equipment
June 30,
2025
June 30,
2024
Computers and office equipment
12,607
12,607
Initial Project: construction in process
0
0
Property and equipment, gross
12,607
12,607
Less accumulated depreciation
( 12,607 )
( 11,912 )
Property and equipment, net
$ —
$ 695
Depreciation expense was $ 695 and $ 1,582 for the
years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
4. DEFERRED
COMPENSATION :
The Company owes deferred
compensation to various employees, former employees and consultants totaling $ 1,173,237 and $ 890,223 as of June 30, 2025 and June 30,
2024, respectively. Included in the deferred compensation balances as of June 30, 2025, are $ 367,500 , $ 12,306 and $ 83,964 owed William
O’Neill (“O’Neill”), the Company’s former CEO (until May 31, 2024), the estate/heirs of Dominic Bassani
(“Bassani”), the Company’s recently deceased former Chief Operating Officer (who was Chief Executive Officer until through
April 30, 2022) (NOTE: Dominic Bassani passed away on November 11, 2023.), and Mark A. Smith (“Smith”), the Company’s
recently retired President, respectively.
The sums owed to Bassani and
Smith are owed pursuant to extension agreements effective January 1, 2015, whereby unpaid compensation earned after January 1, 2015, accrues
interest at 4 % per annum and can be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at the election of the employee during the
first five calendar days of any month. The conversion price shall be the average closing price of the Company’s common stock for
the last 10 trading days of the immediately preceding month. The deferred compensation owed Bassani and Smith as of June 30, 2025 was
$ 12,306 and $ 83,964 , respectively.
O’Neill is owed a balance
of $ 367,500 and $ 367,500 at June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, pursuant to his 2021 employment agreement. There is no interest
accrual or conversion rights related to the deferred balance. O’Neill terminated his service to the Company prior to the full term
of his agreement.
The Company owes deferred compensation
to Craig Scott of $ 330,046 and $ 160,133 at June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, with similar conversion terms as those described
above for Bassani and Smith, with the exception that the interest accrues at 0% to 3% per annum.
The Company also owes various
consultants and employees, pursuant to various agreements, for deferred compensation of $ 306,920 and $ 202,509 as of June 30, 2025 and
June 30, 2024, respectively, with similar conversion terms as those described above for Bassani and Smith, with the exception that the
interest accrues at 0% to 3% per annum. The Company also owes a former employee $ 72,500 , which is not convertible and is non-interest
bearing.
Bassani and Smith have each
been granted the right to convert up to $ 300,000 of deferred compensation balances at a price of $ 0.75 per share until September 15, 2025,
into common shares (to be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan). Smith also has the right to convert all or part of his deferred compensation
balance into the Company’s securities (to be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan) “at market” and/or on the same terms
as the Company is selling or has sold its securities in its then current (or most recent if there is no current) private placement. Smith
also received the right to transfer future deferred compensation to his 2020 Convertible Obligation at his election but such right is
no longer in force.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 15,764
($ 10,131 with related parties) and $ 30,379 ($ 25,893 with related parties) for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
5. CONVERTIBLE NOTES
PAYABLE :
Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted
September 2015 Convertible Notes
Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers
of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations
and September 2015 Convertible Notes --- see below) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company
by 80% (approximately $3.47 million, in aggregate while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights). The debt
modification was treated as an equity transaction because the modifications were with affiliates that are related parties.
Mark A. Smith (the Company’s former
President)(“Smith”), Dominic Bassani (the Company’s former
Chief Operating Officer) (“Bassani”) ( NOTE :
Dominic Bassani passed away on November 11, 2023 and is no longer an affiliate during the year ended June 30, 2025.) and Ed Schafer
(Director)(“Schafer”), adjusted/reduced the principal owed to them by $ 1,109,649 ,
$ 1,939,670
and $ 424,873 ,
respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020
Convertible Obligations and the adjusted portion of the September 2015 Convertible Notes were renamed Adjusted September 2015
Convertible Notes. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations of Smith, Bassani and Schafer are convertible into Units (consisting of
1 share and from one half (1/2) to one (1) warrant) at prices of $ .0946 ,
$ .0953 ,
and $ .0953 ,
respectively, and the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into
restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $ 0.115
per share. The adjusted conversion prices slightly reduce the securities to be issued on conversion of each instrument from the
amount receivable under the unadjusted instruments. The Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Adjusted September 2015
Convertible Notes do not accrue any interest until their maturity date. After the adjustment, the Company owed
Smith, Bassani (and trust) and Schafer $ 262,154 ,
$ 434,016 and
$ 96,364 ,
respectively, of Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations and Bassani and Schafer, respectively, $ 24,230 and
$ 4,012 of
Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes. The Company has extended the maturity dates to September 15, 2025.
As of June 30, 2025, the Adjusted 2020
Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer were $ 459,277 ,
nil 0
and $ 101,973 ,
respectively. As of June 30 2024, the Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani (and
his donees), Smith and Edward Schafer were $ 459,277 ,
nil 0 and $ 101,973 , respectively.
As of June 30, 2025 the Adjusted September
2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $ 7,907
and nil 0 respectively. As of June 30, 2024 the Adjusted September 2015 Convertible Notes balances, including accrued interest, owed
Bassani Family Trusts and Schafer were $ 7,907 and $ 4,246 , respectively.
On September 15, 2025, settlements were reached
with Mr. Smith, Mr. Schafer, and the Bassani family, to surrender additional securities. Included in these agreements were provisions
to cancel these convertible note obligations, effective on that date. For details on these settlement agreements, see Item 1, Note F above.
2020 Convertible Obligations
The 2020 Convertible Obligations
(which combined/replaced prior convertible instruments dating to 2017 (or earlier), which accrue interest at either 4% per annum or 4%
compounded quarterly and effective January 1, 2020 were due and payable on July 1, 2024. The 2020 Convertible Obligations (including accrued
interest, plus all future deferred compensation added subsequently), are convertible, at the sole election of the holder, into Units consisting
of one share of the Company’s common stock and one half to one warrant to purchase a share of the Company’s common stock,
at a price of $0.50 per Unit until July 1, 2024. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to July 15, 2025. The original conversion
price of $0.50 per Unit approximated the fair value of the Units at the date of the agreements; therefore, no beneficial conversion feature
exists. Management evaluated the terms and conditions of the embedded conversion features based on the guidance of ASC 815-15 “Embedded
Derivatives” to determine if there was an embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. An embedded derivative instrument (such as
a conversion option embedded in the deferred compensation) must be bifurcated from its host instruments and accounted for separately as
a derivative instrument only if the “risks and rewards” of the embedded derivative instrument are not “clearly and closely
related” to the risks and rewards of the host instrument in which it is embedded. Management concluded that the embedded conversion
feature of the deferred compensation was not required to be bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to
the host instrument, and because of the Company’s limited trading volume that indicates the feature is not readily convertible to
cash in accordance with ASC 815-10, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Effective February 1, 2023, a large portion of the 2020 Convertible
Obligations were adjusted as set forth herein. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to September 15, 2025.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Effective January 9, 2025,
the Board of Directors amended the terms of the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note owned by Ed Schafer, who retired from the Company’s
Board of Directors on December 31, 2024. The maturity date of the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note has been extended to September 15, 2025.
On September 15, 2025, a settlement was reached
with Mr. Schafer to cancel the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note, effective on that date. For details on the settlement agreement, see Item
1, Note F above.
As of June 30, 2025, the remaining unadjusted
portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts and Smith were $ 386,676 and
$ 125,919 , respectively. As of June 30, 2024, the remaining unadjusted portion of the 2020 Convertible Obligation balances, including accrued
interest, owed Bassani Family Trusts (and his donees) and Smith, were $ 373,999 and $ 121,076 , respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 17,521
and $ 16,558 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Effective February 1, 2023, three (3) directors/officers
of the Company agreed to adjust the provisions of long-term convertible obligations (including most of the 2020 Convertible Obligations
and September 2015 Convertible Notes) owed to them by the Company in a manner which reduced the indebtedness of the Company by 80% (approximately
$3.47 million, in aggregate) while equitably maintaining existing conversion rights. Because the modifications where with affiliates
that are related parties, the debt modification was treated as an equity transaction. The Company recorded a deemed dividend for the reductions.
Smith, Bassani and Schafer, adjusted/reduced
the principal owed to them by $1,109,649, $1,939,670 and $424,873, respectively. Subsequent to the adjustment, the adjusted portion of
the 2020 Convertible Obligations were renamed Adjusted 2020 Convertible Obligations (see above and Note 8.).
September 2015 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company
entered into September 2015 Convertible Notes with Bassani, Schafer and a Shareholder which replaced previously issued promissory notes.
The September 2015 Convertible Notes bear interest at 4% per annum, have maturity dates of July 1, 2024, and may be converted at
the sole election of the noteholders into restricted common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.60 per share. As the
conversion price of $0.60 approximated the fair value of the common shares at the date of the September 2015 Convertible Notes, no beneficial
conversion feature exists. The maturity date of the notes has been extended to September 15, 2025
for all note holders. On September 15, 2025 the maturity date for two of the 2015 Convertible Notes was extended to September
15, 2027.
Effective January 16, 2025,
Mr. Schafer voluntarily surrendered 36,918 shares of common stock that would have been issued as the result of the conversion of his $4,246
Adjusted 2015 Convertible Note. The note was convertible at $0.115 per share.
As of June 30, 2025, the remaining
unadjusted portion of the 2015 Convertible Notes balances including accrued interest, were $ 169,383 ,
nil 0
and $ 491,107 , respectively. The balances of the September 2015 Convertible Notes as of June 30, 2024, including accrued interest
owed Bassani, Schafer and Shareholder, are $ 164,183 ,
nil 0 and $ 475,990 , respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 20,317
and $ 20,317 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
On September 15, 2025, settlements were reached
with Mr. Smith, Mr. Schafer, and the Bassani family to surrender additional securities. Included in these agreements were provisions to
cancel these convertible note obligations, effective on that date. For details on these settlement agreements, see Item 1, Note F above.
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Convertible Bridge Loan/Default
On September 28, 2023, the
Company entered into an agreement for a $ 1,500,000 bridge loan and executed documents including a convertible promissory note (“Note”)
and a binding subscription agreement (“Subscription”) (collectively the Note and the Subscription are the “Bridge Loan
Agreements”) with SEB LLC, a non-affiliated party (“Lender”). SEB and the note represented a strategic investment that
would ‘anchor’ a larger capital raise. In addition to SEB, it was to include an offering to Bion shareholders, alongside new
retail and institutional investors introduced by Titan Partners, the NY investment banking firm Bion engaged to underwrite the offering.
The Bridge Loan Agreements required the Lender to loan the Company $ 1,500,000 in six monthly tranches of $ 250,000 commencing October 2023.
All sums advanced under the Bridge Loan Agreements (and accrued interest thereon) would be due and payable (with interest accrued at 9 %
per annum) on October 1, 2024 if not previously converted into securities of the Company. The Note is convertible at $ 1.00 per unit, at
the sole election of the Lender, into units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and a warrant to purchase one
half share. The initial $ 250,000 tranche was received by the Company on October 5, 2023. However, no further funds were received by the
Company from the Lender.
On May 10, 2024 the Company
received $150,000 from affiliates of the Bridge Loan Lender on terms not yet finalized and included in an agreement. These funds were
received in the context of negotiations/discussions regarding a potential larger investment by affiliates and/or associates of the Lender
but no further funds were received and the larger transaction was never completed. The funds were used primarily to re-initiate operations
at the Initial Project. The Company is currently involved in discussions with representatives of SEB in an effort to achieve a mutually
satisfactory resolution.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 36,298
and $ 18,659 for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
May 2024 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June
30, 2024, the Company entered into May 2024 Convertible Notes with five individuals. The May 2024 Convertible Notes bear interest at 6%
per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025 , and may be converted at the sole election of the noteholders into one restricted
common shares and one warrant of the Company at a conversion price of $1.00 per unit. As the conversion price of $1.00 approximated the
fair value of the common shares at the date of the May 2024 Convertible Notes, no beneficial conversion feature exists.
The balances of the May 2024
Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $ 133,067 and $ 125,567 as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 7,500
and $ 567 for the year ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
2024 Secured Convertible Note
On October 22, 2024, Bion's Board of
Directors ratified an agreement with the Bion BLG, LLC, loan group, effective October 15, 2024, to purchase a Convertible Promissory
Note in the principal amount of up to $ 500,000 .
The Company received advances the year ended June 30, 2025 in the amount of $399,763 and interest was applied based on the date the
funds were received. The note bears interest at 7.5 %
per annum and has a maturity date of April
15, 2025 .
Three Bion Directors (Schoener,
Turk and Weets) are members of the loan group and together comprise 60% ownership of the loan group (each member owns 20%). The Note is
secured by the Company's Intellectual Property (IP)/patents. The Note will convert into securities in the Company at the terms of a later
capital raise (or other source of funding) in excess of $3.0 million, which must be completed within six (6) months.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
On July 24, 2025, the Company entered into a Forbearance
Agreement with Bion BLG, LLC, (effective July 15, 2025) extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to January 15, 2026 (attached as exhibit).
The agreement was ratified by Bion’s Board on July 24, 2025. Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding
under the Note will continue to bear interest at a rate of 9 % per annum. Bion agreed to a new formula to determine BLG’s obligation
for up to $ 100,000 in legal costs related to litigation over delinquent payment for construction costs incurred at Bion’s demonstration
facility near Fair Oaks, IN (see Bion’s Forms 8-K, dated April 17, May 30 and July 24, 2025). Bion BLG, LLC, also extended their
agreement to share their collateral with investors in the three prior Shareholder Note offerings, with investors participating in a new
offering, dated July 25, 2025.
Effective October 15, 2024, the Company entered
into an Agreement with BLG, LLC, to purchase a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $ 500,000 (See Bion’s
Form 8-K, dated October 24, 2024). At that time, BLG, LLC, consisted of three affiliates of the Company (Directors Greg Schoener (also
Interim COO), Turk Stovall, and Bob Weerts) and two shareholders (one of whom is the brother of Greg Schoener). BLG membership is currently
the same, but Bion accepted Turk Stovall’s resignation as a Director, effective May 30, 2025. Amounts outstanding under the original
BLG Note bore interest at a rate of 7.5 % per annum through the maturity date of the Note, which was April 15, 2025. The Note is secured
by the Company’s Intellectual Property (IP)/patents and it will convert into securities in the Company at the terms of a later capital
raise (or other source of funding) in excess of $3.0 million, that had to be completed within six (6) months, and other terms as defined
in the Note and Security Agreements (attached as exhibits).
Effective May 29, 2025, the Company entered
into a Forbearance Agreement with Bion BLG, LLC, extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to July 15, 2025 (See Bion’s Form 8-K,
dated May 30, 2025). Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding under the Note began to bear interest at a
rate of 9 % per annum.
The balances of the 2024 Convertible Note Advances as of
June 30, 2025 including accrued interest owed is $ 423,053 .
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 23,290 for the
years ended June 30, 2025 .
November 2024 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June 30, 2025, the Company
entered into November 2024 Convertible Notes with twelve individuals. The November 2024 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5 % per annum,
have maturity dates of December 31, 2025 . The November Notes will convert into Units in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise,
in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from this filing.
The balances of the November 2024 Convertible Notes including
accrued interest owed is $ 207,389 as of June 30, 2025.
The Company recorded interest expense of $ 6,389 for the year
ended June 30, 2025.
February 2025 Convertible Notes
During the year ended June
30 2025, the Company entered into February 2025 Convertible Notes with seven individuals. The February 2025 Convertible Notes bear interest
at 7.5 % per annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025. The February 2025 Notes will convert into Units in the Company at the terms
of a later capital raise, in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from this
filing.
The balances of the February
2025 Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $ 157,416 as of June 30, 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $ 2,416
for the year ended June 30, 2025.
May 2025 Notes
During the year ended June
30, 2025, the Company entered into May 2025 Convertible with two individuals. The May 2025 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5 % per
annum, have maturity dates of December 31, 2025. The May 2025 Convertible Nores will convert into Unity in the Company at the terms of
a later capital raise, in which the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from the
filing.
The balances of the May 2025
Convertible Notes including accrued interest owed is $ 70,288 as of June 30, 2025. The Company recorded interest expense of $ 287 for the
year ended June 30, 2025.
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
6. STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY :
Write down of carry value of Initial Project
Effective June 30, 2024, at the same time the
Initial Project was deemed placed in service, the Board of Directors determined that the capitalized carrying value of the Initial Project
on the Company balance sheet as of that date be reduced to $ 0 in order to conform to the applicable accounting practices, because the
Initial Project was recently reclassified as largely a research & development facility and is located on land subject to a short term
lease (as described above in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis). As a result, a large ‘one time/non-recurring’
‘non-cash’ charge of $ 9,460,425 has been taken by the Company at that date which charge reduced the Company shareholders’
equity to ($ 5,808,501 ) and resulted in a loss of $ 11,691,115 for the 2024 fiscal year.
“Give-back” Agreements to Additional
Paid in Capital
Effective April 1, 2024 the Company entered into
two material definitive agreements regarding voluntary surrender for cancellation of securities of the Company (and related matters) by:
a) members of the family of Dominic Bassani, recently deceased former Chief Executive Officer and (with his family) the Company’s
largest shareholder (collectively “Bassani Family”)(see Exhibit 10.1)(“Bassani Family Agreement”), and b) Mark
A. Smith, President of the Company and a director (see Exhibit 10.2)(“MAS Agreement”). The Bassani Family and Smith entered
into these agreements with the intention of mitigating dilution to shareholders as new, successor management is added to the Company’s
management team. The “giveback” agreements were treated as equity transactions because the forfeitures were with affiliates
that are related parties.
The Bassani Family agreed
to surrender not less than approximately 20% of its Company holdings (as of December 2023), which surrender would increase to approximately
30% based on certain financing performances. The Bassani Family elected to surrender deferred compensation of $ 652,252 (for 770,792 shares),
$ 17,734 of partial surrender of the 2015 adjusted replacement note (for 154,208 shares) and 4,025,000 options as of June 30, 2024. The
Bassani Family Agreement also sets forth requirements regarding conversion of convertible notes held by members of the Bassani Family
after the security surrender.
On January 18, 2025, under
the Bassani Family Agreement described above, Bion cancelled 1,237,500 warrants owned by the Bassani Family. Under the terms of the Agreement,
the Bassani Family was required to surrender an additional 5% of their holdings after Bion successfully raised $ 500,000 in funding, following
the date of the agreement. The warrants had a net exercise cost of $ 0.1875 .
MAS has agreed to surrender
approximately 30% of his Company holdings (as of December 2023). Immediately upon the effectiveness of the MAS Agreement, he cancelled
all Company options held by him ( 2,425,000 , in aggregate) and waived $ 56,250 of accrued deferred compensation (convertible into 75,000
shares of the Company’s common stock). The MAS Agreement also sets forth requirements regarding conversion of convertible notes
held by MAS after the security surrender and references the planned retirement of MAS on or before May 15, 2024.
Subsequently, and effective
June 27, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company agreed to amend the terms of the agreements dated April 1, 2024. The amendments solely
extend any dates of certain required conversions and/or exercises (and related promissory note maturity dates and warrant expiration dates),
if any, that were earlier than January 15, 2025, to said date.
On January 9, 2025, the Company
agreed to amend the terms of the agreements dated April 1, 2024 regarding voluntary surrender for cancellation of securities of the Company
(and related matters) by: a) members of the family of Dominic Bassani, recently deceased former Chief Executive Officer and (with his
family) the Company’s largest shareholder (collectively “Bassani Family”)(see Form 8-K dated April 3, 2024, Exhibit
10.1)(“Bassani Family Agreement”), and b) Mark A. Smith, President of the Company
and a director (“MAS”)(see Form 8-K dated April 3, 2024, Exhibit 10.2)(“MAS Agreement”). The Bassani Family and
MAS entered into these agreements with the intention of mitigating dilution to shareholders as new, successor management is added to the
Company’s management team. The amendments solely extend any dates of certain required conversions and/or exercises (and related
promissory note maturity dates and warrant expiration dates), if any, that were dated January 15, 2025, to April 15, 2025. No changes
were made regarding any ‘give backs’ of securities of the Company.
On September 15, 2025, settlements
were reached with Mr. Smith and the Bassani family, to surrender additional securities. Included in the Bassani family agreement was a
provision to cancel their remaining 5% obligation under the giveback agreement. For details on this settlement agreements, see Item 1,
Note F above.
Series B Preferred stock:
Since July 1, 2014, the Company had 200 shares
of Series B redeemable convertible Preferred stock outstanding with a par value of $ 0.01 per share, convertible at the option of
the holder at $ 2.00 per share, with dividends accrued and payable at 2.5% per quarter. The Series B Preferred stock is mandatorily
redeemable at $ 100 per share by the Company three years after issuance and accordingly was classified as a liability. The 200 shares
had reached their redemption date and the Company approved the redemption of the Series B preferred stock during the year ended June 30,
2022. The 200 shares of Series B redeemable convertible Preferred stock were redeemed for $ 41,000 , which included the $ 21,000 in
accrued dividend payable.
During the years ended June 30, 2025, and
2024, the Company declared dividends of nil 0
and nil 0 respectively. The dividends are classified as a component of operations as the Series B Preferred stock is presented as a
liability in these consolidated financial statements. There is no liability at June 30, 2025.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Common stock:
Holders of common stock are
entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by common stockholders. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company, the holders of common stock are entitled to share in all assets remaining after liabilities have been paid in full
or set aside and the rights of any outstanding preferred stock have been satisfied. Common stock has no preemptive, redemption or conversion
rights. The rights of holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any outstanding
series of preferred stock or any series of preferred stock the Company may designate in the future.
Centerpoint holds 704,309
shares of the Company’s common stock. These shares of the Company’s common stock held by Centerpoint are for the benefit of
its shareholders without any beneficial interest.
During the year ended June 30, 2025, 159,228 shares of restricted
common stock were issued for consulting services valued at $ 34,500 .
Warrants:
As of June 30, 2025, the Company
had approximately 15.9 million warrants outstanding, with exercise prices from $ 0.60 to $ 1.60 and expiring on various dates through December
31, 2026.
The weighted-average exercise price for the outstanding
warrants is $ 0.79 , and the weighted-average remaining contractual life as of June 30, 2025 is 40 years.
On July 15, 2024 the Company
modified 5,795,099 warrants by extending the exercise date. Employees and directors were extended two year and investors were extended
one year. The valuation method used by the Company determines the valuation based on prior private placements. One year extensions were
valued at $0.05 and two year extensions were valued at $0.15. The company had non-cash employee compensation of $ 326,475 and interest
expense of $ 180,929 .
On January 15, 2025 the Company
modified 7,147,369 warrants by extending the exercise date from January 15, 2025 to July 15, 2025. The valuation method used by the Company
determines the valuation based on prior private placements. 6 month extensions were valued at $0.025. The company had non-cash employee
compensation of $ 178,684 .
On January 18, 2025, under
the Bassani Family Agreement described above, Bion cancelled 1,237,500 warrants owned by the Bassani Family. Under the terms of the Agreement,
the Bassani Family was required to surrender an additional 5% of their holdings after Bion successfully raised $ 500,000 in funding, following
the date of the agreement. The warrants had a net exercise cost of $ 0.1875 .
On April 15, 2025 the Company modified
3,000,000 warrants by extending the exercise date from June 30, 2025 to July 15, 2025. The valuation method used by the Company
determines the valuation based on prior private placements. 6 month or less extensions were valued at $0.002. The company had
non-cash employee compensation of $ 6,250 .
On September 15, 2025, settlements
were reached with Mr. Smith and the Bassani family, to surrender additional securities. Included in the Bassani family agreement was a
provision to cancel their remaining 5% obligation under the giveback agreement. For details on this settlement agreements, see Item 1,
Note F above.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Stock
options:
On April 7, 2022 the Company’s
shareholders approved the Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “ Equi ty Plan ”).
The Equity Plan provides for the issuance of options (and/or other securities) to purchase up to 30,000,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock. The Equity Plan was adopted and ratified by Board of Directors on April 8, 2022. Terms of exercise and expiration of options/securities
granted under the Equity Plan may be established at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but no option may be exercisable for more
than ten years. No grants have been made pursuant to the Equity Plan as of the date of this report.
The Company’s 2006 Consolidated
Incentive Plan, as amended during the year ended June 30, 2021 (the “2006 Plan”), provides for the issuance of options (and/or
other securities) to purchase up to 36,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Terms of exercise and expiration of options/securities
granted under the 2006 Plan may be established at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but no option may be exercisable for more
than ten years. The 2006 Plan will be maintained to service grants already made thereunder (together with new grants, if any, to employees
and consultants who already has received grants pursuant to its terms).
The Company recorded compensation expense
related to employee stock options of $ 332,128
and $( 18,314 )
for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company granted nil 0
and nil 0 options for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
On July 15, 2024 the Company
modified 3,806,600 options by extending the exercise date. 3,736,600 options held by employees and directors were extended two years from
December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026. 70,000 options with a non-employee were extended one year from December 31, 2024 to December 31,
2025. The company used the Black- Scholes valuation method and expensed $ 332,128 to non-cash compensation.
On September 15, 2025, a settlement was reached
with Mr. Schafer to cancel the 2020 Adjusted Convertible Note and surrender options, effective on that date. For details on the settlement
agreement, see Item 1, Note F above.
A summary of option activity under the 2006 Plan for years ended June
30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:
Schedule of stockholders' equity
Options
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at July 1, 2023
12,006,600
0.85
1.83
5,085,659
Granted
—
—
Exercised
( 5,000 )
—
Forfeited
( 6,950,000 )
—
Expired
( 50,000 )
—
Outstanding at July 1, 2024
5,001,600
$ 0.84
0.85
$ —
Granted
—
—
Exercised
—
—
Forfeited
—
—
Expired
( 110,000 )
—
Outstanding at June 30, 2025
4,891,600
$ 0.85
1.40
$ —
The total fair value of stock options that
vested during the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was nil 0 and $ 2,730 , respectively. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had no
unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
7. SUBSCRIPTION
RECEIVABLE - AFFILIATES :
As of June 30, 2025, the
Company has three interest bearing, secured promissory notes with an aggregate principal amount of $ 428,250 ($ 551,766 , including interest)
from Bassani which were received as consideration for purchases of warrants to purchase 5,565,000 shares, in aggregate, of the Company’s
restricted common stock, which warrants have an exercise price of $ 0.75 (with a 75% exercise price adjustment provision) and have expiry
dates ranging from December 31, 2024 (extended to July 15, 2025) to December 31, 2025 (subject to extension rights) secured by portions
of Bassani Family Trust’s 2020 Convertible Obligation and Bassani Family Trust’s September 2015 Convertible Notes. The secured
promissory notes are payable July 15, 2025 (extended to September 15, 2025).
As of June 30, 2025, the Company has an interest
bearing, secured promissory note for $ 30,000 ($ 38,282 including interest) from Smith as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase
300,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $ 0.60 (with a 75% exercise price adjustment
provision) and had expiry dates of December 31, 2024 (extended to September 15, 2025). The promissory note bears interest at 4 % per annum
and is secured by $ 30,000 original principal ($ 38,282 including interest) of Smith’s 2020 Convertible Obligations. The secured promissory
note is payable July 15, 2025 (extended to September 15, 2025).
As of June 30, 2025, the
Company has an interest bearing, secured promissory note for $ 19,400 ($ 25,323 including interest) from Scott as consideration to purchase
warrants to purchase 485,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $ 0.75 (with a 90%
exercise price adjustment provision) and have expiry dates of December 31, 2024 (extended to December 31, 2026). The promissory note bears
interest at 4 % per annum and is secured by the warrants (which 400,000 were gifted subject to the security interest).
As of June 30, 2025, the Company
has one interest bearing, secured promissory note with an aggregate principal amount of $ 27,000 ($ 35,244 including interest) from one
employee as consideration to acquire warrants to purchase 570,000 shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants
are exercisable at $ 0.75 (with a 90% exercise price adjustment provision) and have expiry dates of December 31, 2024 (now extended to
December 31, 2026). The promissory note bears interest at 4 % per annum and is secured by a perfected security interest in the warrants,
and are payable on December 31, 2026.
These secured
promissory notes are recorded as “Subscription receivable—affiliates” on the Company’s balance sheet pending payment .
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
8. COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES :
A: Employment/Consulting (and related)
agreements:
Stephen Craig Scott (“Scott”)
was appointed interim CEO effective June 1, 2024. Scott had previously been working with the Company as an employee/consultant since
1993 in various positions including Director of Communications, SVP- Capital Markets and Head of Business Development. On October
25, 2023, Scott entered into an agreement with the Company which included provisions for a monthly salary of $ 14,000
almost all of which Scott deferred to help the Company conserve cash. For the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, deferred
compensation was $ 163,000
and $ 1 04,000
and Scott was paid $ 5,000
and $ 64,000
respectively.
William O’Neill (“O’Neill”)
was hired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) effective May 1, 2022 and he elected not to complete his
contractual term and ended his service with the Company effective May 31, 2024. O’Neill had previously been working with the Company
as a consultant and had been employed by the Company as its CEO during 2010-2011. (Upon the hiring of O’Neill, Bassani, CEO of the
Company from 2011, assumed the position of COO while retaining existing operational management responsibilities and working with O’Neill
on ‘commercialization’ of the Company’s technology and work related to JVs (and other transactions) based on the Company’s
Gen3 Technology and related matters until his recent death. Bassani’s compensation arrangements with the Company were not altered
in the context of the change of positions.) The Company and O’Neill entered into a thirty- seven (37) month employment agreement
with compensation of $ 25,000 cash and $ 10,000 deferred compensation per month. The cash payment was paid
$ 12,500 to O’Neill and $12,500 to an entity affiliated with O’Neill. An entity affiliated with O’Neill was issued 1,000,000
Incentive Warrants exercisable at $1.00 per share (a 75% exercise price adjustment provision
if the terms set forth therein are met) until April 30, 2026 of which up to 304,743 Incentive Warrants have been cancelled due to O’Neill’s
failure to serve the entire contract term. O’Neill was not paid, from October 31, 2023 until his resignation, deferring part or
all of his cash compensation due to the Company’s financial crisis described in multiple places herein, and $ 157,500 was accrued
during that period.
Until his retirement on July
31, 2024, Smith held the positions of Director, President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Company (and its subsidiaries)
under various agreements (and extensions) and terms since March 2003. On October 10, 2016, the Company approved a month-to-month contract
extension with Smith which included provisions for i) a monthly salary of $ 18,000 (deferred until the Board of Directors re-instated cash
payments to all employees and consultants who are deferring compensation), ii) the right to convert up to $ 300,000 of his deferred compensation,
at his sole election, at $ 0.75 per share, until December 31, 2024, and iii) the right to
convert his deferred compensation in whole or in part, at his sole election, at any time in any amount at “market” or into
securities sold in the Company’s current/most recent private offering at the price of such offering to third parties. Smith agreed
effective July 29, 2018 to continue to serve the Company under the same basic terms on a month-to-month basis. On May 1, 2022 Smith’s
compensation was increased to $ 25,000 per month of which $5,000 per month was deferred. Smith deferred substantial portions of his monthly
compensation to help the Company conserve cash. For the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Smith was paid nil and $ 20,000 , respectively,
of cash compensation. Smith was paid, deferring part or all of his cash compensation, since October 31, 2023, due to the Company’s
financial crisis described in multiple places herein and $ 135,000 has been accrued during that period until June 30, 2025.
From no later than March 31, 2005, the
Company had various agreements with Dominic Bassani (and/or Brightcap which provided his services during some of the years) (NOTE:
Dominic Bassani passed away on November 11, 2023.) who was serving as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer
(‘COO’) at the time of his passing and formerly served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
(‘CEO’) for the prior decade (any reference to Brightcap or Bassani for all purposes are referring to the same
individual). The Board appointed Bassani as the Company's CEO effective May 13, 2011. On February 10, 2015, the Company executed an
Extension Agreement with Bassani pursuant to which Bassani extended the term of his service to the Company to December 31, 2017
(with the Company having an option to extend the term an additional six months.) Pursuant to the Extension Agreement, Bassani
continued to defer his cash compensation ($ 31,000
per month) until the Board of Directors re-instated cash payments to all employees and consultants who were deferring their
compensation. During October 2016 Bassani was granted the right to convert up to $ 125,000
of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $ 0.75
per share, until March 15, 2018 (which was expanded on April 27, 2017, to the right to convert up to $ 300,000
of his deferred compensation, at his sole election, at $ 0.75
per share, until June 30, 2024 (including extensions). During February 2018, the Company agreed to the material terms for a binding
two-year extension agreement for Bassani’s services as CEO. Bassani’s salary remained $ 31,000
per month, which accrued in part during periods when the Board determined there was not adequate cash available. Additionally, the
Company agreed to pay or accrue $ 2,000
per month to be applied to life insurance premiums (which sums were accrued as liabilities). On August 1, 2018, in the context of
extending his agreement to provide services to the Company on a full-time basis through December 31, 2022) plus 2 years after that
on a part-time basis, the Company received an interest bearing secured promissory note for $ 300,000
from Bassani as consideration to purchase warrants to purchase 3,000,000
shares of the Company’s restricted common stock, which warrants are exercisable at $0.60 and have expiry dates of July 15, 2025 (extended to September 15, 2025). The promissory note is secured by a portion of Bassani’s 2020 Convertible
Obligations and, as of June 30, 2025, the principal and accrued interest was $ 386,677 .
For the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, Brightcap was paid nil 0
and $ 20,000 ,
respectively, of cash compensation.
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
Effective April 1, 2024 the
Company entered into two material definitive agreements regarding voluntary surrender for cancellation of securities of the Company (and
related matters) by: a) members of the family of Dominic Bassani, recently deceased former Chief Executive Officer and (with his family)
the Company’s largest shareholder (collectively “Bassani Family”)(“Bassani Family Agreement”), and b) Mark
A. Smith, recently retired President of the Company and a director (“MAS”) (“MAS Agreement”), as described in
multiple places herein.
B: Initial Project:
On January 28, 2022 Bion
Environmental Technologies, Inc. (‘Bion’), on behalf of Bion 3G1 LLC (‘3G1’), a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered
into a Purchase Order Agreement with Buflovak and Hebeler Process Solutions (collectively ‘Buflovak’) in the amount of $ 2,665,500
(and made the initial 25 % payment ($ 666,375 ) for the core of the ‘Bion System’ portion (without the crystallization modules
which will be ordered and fabricated pursuant to subsequent agreements) of the previously announced 3G Tech Initial Project. This Purchase
Order encompassed the core of Bion’s 3G Technology. The Company received progress billing in March 2022 and June 2022 for the second
and third 25 % installments, both of which have been paid as of the filing date. On January 17, 2023 the Company received an invoice from
Buflovak for $ 533,100 which was paid on March 1, 2023 and on April 24, 2023 the Company received an invoice from Buflovak for $ 83,275
which was paid on May 2, 2023 bringing the aggregate payments to $ 2,615,500 as of the date of this filing. On July 26, 2023 the Company
received the final invoice for $ 50,000 , $ 16,666 was paid on January 2, 2024 leaving a balance of $ 33,334 . In addition to the Purchase
Order, through June 30, 2025 the Company has incurred additional costs of $ 6,794,925 on the Initial Project for capitalized interest and
costs, non-cash compensation, equipment and consulting fees. $ 7,371,371 has been paid and $ 1,658,469 has been billed and not yet paid.
Buflovak (a division of Hebeler
Process Solutions) has worked with the Company on design and testing of its 3G Tech over several years. The basic design for the Initial
Project’s ARS System, fabrication and delivery of equipment from Buflovak, and assembly/construction were completed in July 2023,
followed by system startup. Steady-state operations were achieved in September 2023, after which time we began optimization of the ARS
in preparation for providing final design for full-scale systems, as well as demonstrating its performance and economics for an independent
engineering report. Due to delays and interruptions in our ability to operate the system (as below), those efforts have continued to date.
We worked in concert with Integrated Engineering Services, the primary site engineering firm for the facility, on the integration of all
project components/modules at the Initial Project site during assembly/construction. Additional agreements were entered into with various
professional services providers (engineers, surveyors, utilities, etc.) for work related to the Initial Project. The Company has incurred
costs of $ 8,406,434 on the Initial Project, not including capitalized labor and interest.
Management previously believed
that the Initial Project had reached the point where it could be appropriately deemed ‘placed in service’ at January 1, 2024.
However, discussions with the key technical and engineering personnel involved at the Initial Project during the recently concluded quarter
convinced management that such a characterization was premature as some key modules had not yet been completed and/or fully tested. Additionally,
due to some recent equipment break-downs, the Initial Project was in maintenance mode at that time (and not conducting operations), while
the Company awaited required replacement parts and subsequent repairs. This process was slowed by the Company’s ongoing difficulties
in raising needed funds for its activities. The Company’s Board of Directors re-evaluated the classification/status of the Initial
Project as part of the Company’s annual review process and determined that the Initial Project had been ‘placed in service’
at the June 30, 2024, fiscal year end. Further, after extensive discussion, it was determined that the ‘carrying value’ of
the Initial Project on the Company balance sheet as of that date be reduced to $0 in order to conform to accepted accounting practices,
because the Initial Project was recently reclassified as largely a research & development facility and is located on land subject
to a short term lease (as described below in Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis). As a result, a large ‘one time/non-recurring’
‘non-cash’ charge of $ 9,460,425 has been taken by the Company at that date which charge reduced the Company shareholders’
equity to ($ 5,808,501 ) and resulted in a loss of $ 11,691,115 for the 2024 fiscal year.
C: Lease:
The Company entered into an agreement on September
23, 2021, to lease approximately four acres of land near Fair Oaks, Indiana, for the development site of its Initial Project. The lease
ended December 31, 2024 and there is an agreement to extend month to month at the same rate.
The Company has not made consistent lease payments
since October 16, 2023 and has made no payments since February 24, 2025. The Company owes $ 106,250 in lease payments at June 30, 2025.
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BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
D: Litigation (and related matters):
On April 16, 2025, the Company
was served a summons by Hamstra Builders, Inc. (“Hamstra”) along with three other defendants: Bion Technologies, Inc. (“Biontech”),
Bion 3G-1, LLC (“3G-1”), both entities of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., and North Prairie Holdings, LLC (‘NPHLLC”)
the property lessor. The Hamstra suit is related to the Notice of Intent to file a Mechanic’s Lien, that was filed April 16, 2024,
and has been disclosed in our public filings since that date. Bion has retained counsel in Indiana to represent the company in these actions.
Hamstra is seeking to recover $1,494,513 in unpaid invoices related to the construction of Bion’s Ammonia Recovery System at Fair
Oaks, Indiana. This sum includes $653,915 owed to Dilling Group, Inc., a subcontractor of Hamstra. Dilling filed suit to recover that
amount on March 31, 2025, which was disclosed in Bion’s 8-K, dated April 7, 2025. These amounts are included in accounts payable
and accrued expenses.
The Company currently is not involved in any other material
litigation or similar events.
9. INCOME
TAXES :
The reconciliation between the expected federal
income tax benefit computed by applying the Federal statutory rate to loss before income taxes and the actual benefit for taxes on loss
for the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation
2025
2024
Expected income tax benefit at statutory rate
$ ( 500,000 )
$ ( 2,455,000 )
State taxes, net of federal benefit
( 87,000 )
( 428,000 )
Permanent differences and other
—
4,000
Expiration of net operating allowances
170,000
371,000
Change in valuation allowance
417,000
2,508,000 )
Income tax benefit
$ —
$ —
The Company has net operating loss carry-forwards (“NOLs”)
for tax purposes of approximately $ 32,879,000 as of June 30, 2025. These NOLs expire on various dates through 2043.
The utilization of the NOLs may be limited
under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Company’s deferred tax assets for
the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are estimated as follows:
Schedule of deferred tax assets
2025
2024
NOL carryforwards (Federal and State)
$ 6,905,000
$ 8,936,000
Stock-based compensation
5,659,000
5,451,000
Impairment
3,673,000
3,673,000
Business interest
454,000
377,000
Deferred compensation
( 719,000 )
( 641,000 )
Capitalized research and development
49,000
49,000
Gross deferred tax assets
16,021,000
17,845,000
Valuation allowance
( 16,021,000 )
( 17,845,000 )
Net deferred tax assets
$ —
$ —
The Company has provided a valuation allowance
of 100 % of its net deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of generating future profits that would allow for the realization of such
deferred tax assets
10. 401(k)
PLAN :
The Company has adopted the Bion Technologies,
Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the “401(k) Plan”), a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of its
employees. The 401(k) Plan is currently a salary deferral only plan and at this time the Company does not match employee contributions.
The 401(k) is open to all employees over 21 years of age and no service requirement is necessary.
The Company discontinued the 401K plan as of July 7, 2025.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 AND 2024
11. SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS :
During August and September, the Company extended
warrants with expiration dates of July 15, 2025 to August 15, 2025 and September 15, 2025.
On July 24, 2025, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement
with Bion BLG, LLC, (effective July 15, 2025) extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to January 15, 2026 (attached as exhibit). The
agreement was ratified by Bion’s Board on July 24, 2025. Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding under
the Note will continue to bear interest at a rate of 9 % per annum. Bion agreed to a new formula to determine BLG’s obligation for
up to $ 100,000 in legal costs related to litigation over delinquent payment for construction costs incurred at Bion’s demonstration
facility near Fair Oaks, IN (see Bion’s Forms 8-K, dated April 17, May 30 and July 20, 2025). Bion BLG, LLC, also extended their
agreement to share their collateral with investors in the three prior Shareholder Note offerings, with investors participating in a new
offering, dated July 25, 2025
Effective October 15, 2024, the Company entered
into an Agreement with BLG, LLC, to purchase a Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $ 500,000 (See Bion’s
Form 8-K, dated October 24, 2024). At that time, BLG, LLC, consisted of three affiliates of the Company (Directors Greg Schoener (also
Interim COO), Turk Stovall, and Bob Weerts) and two shareholders (one of whom is the brother of Greg Schoener). BLG membership is currently
the same, but Bion accepted Turk Stovall’s resignation as a Director, effective May 30, 2025. Amounts outstanding under the original
BLG Note bore interest at a rate of 7.5 % per annum through the maturity date of the Note, which was April 15, 2025. The Note is secured
by the Company’s Intellectual Property (IP)/patents and it will convert into securities in the Company at the terms of a later capital
raise (or other source of funding) in excess of $3.0 million, that had to be completed within six (6) months, and other terms as defined
in the Note and Security Agreements (attached as exhibits).
Effective May 29, 2025, the Company entered
into a Forbearance Agreement with Bion BLG, LLC, extending the maturity date of the BLG Note to July 15, 2025 (See Bion’s Form 8-K,
dated May 30, 2025). Under the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the amounts outstanding under the Note began to bear interest at a
rate of 9 % per annum.
During July 2025, the Company raised $ 35,000
under the May 2025 convertible note.
On August 11, 2025, the Company entered into
a demand note with 10 % interest with a current board member of $ 24,728 .
During August and September 2025, the Company
entered into July 2025 Convertible Notes with five individuals. The July 2025 Convertible Notes bear interest at 7.5 % per annum, have
maturity dates of December 31, 2025 . The July Notes will convert into Units in the Company at the terms of a later capital raise, in which
the Company crosses the threshold of $3 million aggregate capital raised, including proceeds from the Shareholder Note offerings.
Effective September 15, 2025, pending formal
documentation and execution, two affiliates of the Company (Danielle Lominy and Christopher Parlow, family members of the late Dominic
Bassani, Bion’s former CEO), and three non-affiliates of the Company (Dominic Bassani’s spouse, Mark A. Smith, previously
a Director and President, and Edward Schafer, previously a Director) (referred to hereinafter collectively as ‘Holders’) have
each individually agreed to a settlement (“Settlement Agreements”) that will simplify Bion’s capital structure and substantially
reduce the number of Fully Diluted Shares. In consideration of the cancellation of various obligations and security instruments held by
the Holders, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes, warrants, and options, the Holders (as a whole) will
receive, in aggregate, 8,101,746 shares of common stock. If all the instruments they forfeited had been converted or exercised, it could
have increased the Company’s shares outstanding by 22,498,405. The transactions represent a net reduction in fully diluted shares
of 14,369,659 and an increase in outstanding shares of 8,101,746 (approximately). The shares will be issued by January 15, 2026, or earlier
upon the election of the individual Holders. When the formal agreements are executed and ratified by the Board, they will be attached
as an exhibit to a Form 8-K.
On September 15, 2025 the maturity date for two
of the 2015 Convertible Notes was extended to September 15, 2027.
Effective September 26, 2025, Bob Weertz, a Bion
Director, was placed on an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunder duly authorized.
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated: September 29, 2025
By: /s/ Stephen Craig Scott
Stephen Craig Scott Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and
on the dates indicated:
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Stephen Craig Scott
Chief Executive Officer
September 29, 2025
Stephen Craig Scott
and Director
/s/ Jon Northrop
Secretary and Director
September 29, 2025
Jon Northrop
/s/ Stephen Posner
September 29, 2025
Stephen Posner
Director
/s/ Greg Schoener
Director
September 29, 2025
Greg Schoener
/s/ Robert Weerts
Director
September 29, 2025
Robert Weerts
/s/ Salvatore Zizza
Director
September 29, 2025
Salvatore Zizza
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