Item 1. Legal Proceedings
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From
time to time, we are subject to ordinary routine litigation incidental to our normal business operations. We are not currently a party
to, and our property is not subject to, any material legal proceedings, except as set forth below.
On October 25, 2017, Genexosome entered into and closed
a Stock Purchase Agreement with Beijing Genexosome and Yu Zhou, MD, PhD, the sole shareholder of Beijing Genexosome, pursuant to which
Genexosome acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities of Beijing Genexosome in consideration of a cash payment in the amount
of $450,000, of which $100,000 is still owed. Further, on October 25, 2017, Genexosome entered into and closed an Asset Purchase Agreement
with Dr. Zhou, pursuant to which the Company acquired all assets, including all intellectual property and exosome separation systems,
held by Dr. Zhou pertaining to the business of researching, developing and commercializing exosome technologies. In consideration of the
assets, Genexosome paid Dr. Zhou $876,087 in cash, transferred 500,000 shares of common stock of the Company to Dr. Zhou and issued Dr.
Zhou 400 shares of common stock of Genexosome. Further, The Company had not been able to realize the financial projections provided by
Dr. Zhou at the time of the acquisition and has decided to impair the intangible asset associated with this acquisition to zero. Dr. Zhou
was terminated as Co-CEO of Genexosome on August 14, 2019. Further, on October 28, 2019, Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s
Hospital (“Research Institute”) filed a Complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern
Division against Dr. Zhou, Li Chen, the Company and Genexosome with various claims against the Company and Genexosome including misappropriation
of trade secrets in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 and violation of Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Research Institute
is seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief, exemplary damages, injunctive relief and other equitable relief. The Company intends to
vigorously defend against this action and pursue all available legal remedies. The criminal proceedings against Dr. Zhou and Li Chen have
been concluded and the civil litigation continue. While there can be no assurances, the Company believes it has substantial legal and
factual defenses to the Research Institute’s claims and the likelihood of any findings of liability for the Company cannot be assessed
at this time.
Text extracted from the filing as submitted to EDGAR. Formatting, tables and exhibits are simplified for reading; the original document is authoritative for anything you rely on.