Zefiro Subsidiary Successfully Arranges Secured Loan to Resolve its Recently Announced Promissory Note Matter

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27-05-2025

For the principal purpose of repaying a promissory note payable to Stephen Plants for Zefiro's acquisition of Plants & Goodwin, Inc., Zefiro Methane Holding LLC, a subsidiary of Zefiro has obtained a USD $2,480,000 secured loan to settle the 'Notice of Failure to Pay' concerning Stephen Plants' $2 million promissory note.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZEFIRO METHANE CORP. (Cboe Canada: ZEFI) (Frankfurt: Y6B) (OTCQB: ZEFIF) (the 'Company', 'Zefiro', or 'ZEFI') is pleased to announce that it has successfully obtained a USD $2,480,000 secured loan for the principal purpose of 'curing' a payment-related discrepancy which led to the issuance of a Notice of Failure to Pay (the 'Notice') as announced in Zefiro's May 14, 2025 press release. The Notice was issued in connection with a USD $2,000,000 promissory note, which was created in conjunction with the May 12, 2023 acquisition of Plants & Goodwin, Inc. ('P&G').
In Zefiro's May 14, 2025 press release, the Company also announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal quarter that ended March 31, 2025 ('FQ3 2025'). Key highlights from these results are summarized below. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise specified.
Sequential growth of gross profit by 73.7% from approximately $600,000 in Zefiro's previous fiscal quarter (ended on December 31, 2024, referred to herein as 'FQ2 2025') to approximately $1,000,000 of gross profit for FQ3 2025.
Revenue of $6.9 million for FQ3 2025. Although revenue for this quarter was 8.7% lower than the $7.5 million in revenue earned during FQ2 2025, maintaining a comparable level of revenue during FQ3 2025 (calendar months of January, February, and March 2025) demonstrates Zefiro's resilience during what is historically 'slow season' in the environmental remediation industry. Additionally, Zefiro substantially maintained its revenue levels in the midst of widescale economic and federal policy volatility that caused slowdowns across multiple sectors for companies of all sizes throughout early 2025.
It should also be noted that Zefiro achieved 73.7% gross profit improvement between FQ2 2025 and FQ3 2025, despite 8.7% lower revenue for FQ3 2025. This reflects optimization of the Company's operations and key reductions to its overhead expenses without impacting performance.
The first three quarters of Zefiro's 2025 fiscal year had combined revenue of $24.4 million, an increase of approximately 5% over the first three quarters of Zefiro's 2024 fiscal year, which had combined revenue of $23.4 million. This sustained performance exhibits continued growth of Zefiro's core operations.
Please refer to Zefiro's public filings on SEDAR+ (https://www.sedarplus.ca/) for all details from recent earnings reports.Zefiro is the largest single plugger of orphaned/abandoned oil and gas wells in North America. As a fully integrated remediator, Zefiro has in-house teams and fleets of equipment to undertake plugging projects for private and public sector clients.
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Zefiro Founder and CEO Talal Debs commented, 'Zefiro's management team is proud to have taken swift action to align the necessary resources for rectifying the discrepancy which led to the Notice that was issued last week. As our industry's landscape stabilizes following economic and federal policy volatility, I believe that we are poised to continue with ramping up our performance with an ever-growing docket of environmental remediation work from government agencies and private land owners.'
Zefiro Methane Corp. has issued 14,950,000 warrants to the lenders in conjunction with the USD $2,480,000 secured loan, which was advanced by such lenders to Zefiro Methane Holding LLC, a subsidiary of Zefiro. The secured loan will carry a term of 18 months and accrue interest at a rate of 18% per annum, provided that it will be repayable at any time at the option of Zefiro. The loan is secured by a pledge of 100% of Zefiro Methane Holding LLC's holdings of Plants & Goodwin common stock. The principal use of proceeds of such loan will be to repay a USD $2,000,000 promissory note held by Stephen Plants, which was issued to Mr. Plants in connection with Zefiro's prior acquisition of Plants & Goodwin, Inc. in 2023. Such warrants have been issued with a strike price of CAD $0.23 per Zefiro common share, representing the closing price of the Zefiro common shares on May 22, 2025, and carry a three-year term.
Catherine Flax, who is a Director of the Company, is one of the lenders and subscribed for USD $800,000 of the principal amount of the loan and 4,820,000 of the CAD $0.23 warrants. Ms. Flax is a 'related party' of the Company within the meaning of Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ('MI 61-101'). As a result, the subscription by Ms. Flax of such portion of the loan and of such warrants are each considered to be a 'related party transaction', as such term is defined in MI 61-101. The Company relied on exemptions from the formal valuation and minority approval requirements of MI 61-101 (pursuant to subsections 5.5(a) and 5.7(a)) as the fair market value of the portion of the loan and the warrants subscribed by, and the consideration received from, Ms. Flax did not exceed 25% of the Company's market capitalization, as determined in accordance with MI 61-101. The transaction was reviewed and approved by the directors of the Company (with Ms. Flax abstaining). The Company did not file a material change report 21 days before the completion of the transaction as the Company needed to complete the transaction on an expedited basis.
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About Zefiro Methane Corp.
Zefiro is an environmental services company, specializing in methane abatement. Zefiro strives to be a key commercial force towards Active Sustainability. Leveraging decades of operational expertise, Zefiro is building a new toolkit to clean up air, land, and water sources directly impacted by methane leaks. The Company has built a fully integrated ground operation driven by an innovative monetization solution for the emerging methane abatement marketplace. As an originator of high-quality U.S.-based methane offsets, Zefiro aims to generate long-term economic, environmental, and social returns.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company,
ZEFIRO METHANE CORP.
'Talal Debs'
Talal Debs, Founder & CEO
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