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 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. The Company, Genexosome and the Research Institute entered into a settlement agreement dated June 7,
2022 (the “Settlement Date”), whereby the Company agreed to pay the Research Institute $450,000 on each of the sixty-day,
one year and two-year anniversaries of the Settlement Date. In addition, the Company agreed to pay the Research Institute 30% of the Company’s
initial pre-tax profit of $3,333,333, 20% of the Company’s second pre-tax profit of $3,333,333 and 10% of the Company’s third
pre-tax profit of $3,333,333. The parties provided a mutual release as well.
On or about July 22,
2025, the Company filed a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against Laboratory Services MSO, LLC and certain affiliates.
The Company has asserted a variety of claims, including breach of contract, arising out of its prior transactions with the defendants,
including the Redemption and Abandonment Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2025. The time for the defendants to respond to the Complaint
has not yet expired. The parties have agreed to a settlement in principle and the Company expects the lawsuit to be dismissed.
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