LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: From time to time, we are subject to ordinary
−Removed: routine litigation incidental to our normal business operations.
−Removed: We are not currently a party to, and our property is not subject to,
−Removed: any material legal proceedings, except as set forth below.
−Removed: On October 25, 2017, our subsidiary, Genexosome,
−Removed: entered into and closed a Stock Purchase Agreement with Beijing Jieteng (Genexosome) Biotech Co., Ltd., a corporation incorporated in
−Removed: the People’s Republic of China on August 7, 2015 (“Beijing Genexosome”) which was dissolved in June 2022, and Yu Zhou,
−Removed: MD, PhD, the sole shareholder of Beijing Genexosome, pursuant to which Genexosome acquired all of the issued and outstanding securities
−Removed: of Beijing Genexosome in consideration of a cash payment in the amount of $450,000, of which $100,000 is still owed.
−Removed: Further, on October
−Removed: 25, 2017, Genexosome entered into and closed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Dr.
−Removed: Zhou, pursuant to which the Company acquired all assets,
−Removed: including all intellectual property and exosome separation systems, held by Dr.
−Removed: Zhou pertaining to the business of researching, developing
−Removed: and commercializing exosome technologies.
−Removed: In consideration of the assets, Genexosome paid Dr.
−Removed: Zhou $876,087 in cash, transferred 3,333
−Removed: shares of our common stock to Dr.
−Removed: Zhou and issued Dr.
−Removed: Zhou 400 shares of common stock of Genexosome.
−Removed: Further, the Company had not been
−Removed: able to realize the financial projections provided by Dr.
−Removed: Zhou at the time of the acquisition and has decided to impair the intangible
−Removed: asset associated with this acquisition to zero.
−Removed: Zhou was terminated as Co-CEO of Genexosome on August 14, 2019.
−Removed: Further, on October
−Removed: 28, 2019, Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (“Research Institute”) filed a Complaint in the United
−Removed: States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division against Dr.
−Removed: Zhou, Li Chen, the Company and Genexosome with various
−Removed: claims against the Company and Genexosome including misappropriation of trade secrets in violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of
−Removed: 2016 and violation of Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
−Removed: Research Institute is seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief, exemplary damages,
−Removed: injunctive relief and other equitable relief.
−Removed: The Company intends to vigorously defend against this action and pursue all available legal
−Removed: The criminal proceedings against Dr.
−Removed: Zhou and Li Chen have been concluded.
−Removed: The Company, Genexosome and the Research Institute
−Removed: entered into a settlement agreement dated June 7, 2022 (the “Settlement Agreement”), whereby the Company agreed to pay the
−Removed: Research Institute $450,000 on each of the sixty-day, one year and two-year anniversaries of the Settlement Date.
−Removed: In addition, the Company
−Removed: 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
−Removed: pre-tax profit of $3,333,333 and 10% of the Company’s third pre-tax profit of $3,333,333.
−Removed: The parties provided a mutual release
+Added: From time to time, we may become involved in various
+Added: lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an
+Added: adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.
+Added: We are currently not aware of any such
+Added: legal proceedings or claims that will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition
+Added: or operating results.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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