Legal Proceedings
−Removed: Carebourn Capital, L.P.
−Removed: On January 29, 2021, Carebourn
−Removed: Capital, L.P.
−Removed: (“ Carebourn ”) commenced suit against the Company in the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin County District
−Removed: Court, Minnesota), alleging the Company breached the terms and conditions of two convertible promissory notes and accompanying securities
−Removed: purchase agreements Carebourn and the Company entered into on July 17, 2018 and July 24, 2018, respectively.
−Removed: Also on January 29, 2021, Carebourn moved for
−Removed: a temporary injunction to enjoin the Company from transferring any shares of its common stock to any third parties.
−Removed: Following submission
−Removed: of briefing by both parties and oral arguments on Carebourn’s motion, on March 17, 2021, the Court denied Carebourn’s motion
−Removed: for a temporary injunction.
−Removed: On April 14, 2021, Carebourn filed an amended
−Removed: complaint and asserted new claims.
−Removed: On May 13, 2021, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Carebourn’s amended complaint, arguing
−Removed: that Carebourn is conducting itself as an unregistered dealer, in violation of Section 15(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
−Removed: (the “ Act ”), and, pursuant to Section 29(b) of the Act, the Company is entitled to have all contracts arising under
−Removed: the unlawful securities transaction declared void ab initio and seek rescissionary damages for any unlawful securities transactions effected
−Removed: by Carebourn.
−Removed: As of the date hereof, a ruling has not been issued on the foregoing motions to dismiss filed by the Company and Standard
−Removed: Registrar and Transfer Company, Inc., and the Company and Carebourn are conducting discovery.
−Removed: The Company intends to defend itself against
−Removed: the allegations asserted in Carebourn’s amended complaint and interpose the defenses provided under the Act, including but not
−Removed: limited to asserting that Carebourn is an unregistered dealer acting in violation of Section 15(a) and, pursuant to Section 29(b), the
−Removed: Company interposing its right to rescind the unlawful securities contracts in their entirety and, furthermore, seek rescissionary damages
−Removed: for any unlawful securities transactions effected by Carebourn.
−Removed: Former DarkPulse Officers
−Removed: On June 10, 2021, Stephen Goodman, Mark Banash,
+Added: Former Officers
+Added: On September 10, 2021, Stephen Goodman, Mark Banash,
and David Singer (the “ Former Officers ”), all former officers and employees of the Company, commenced suit against
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in the Former Officers’ complaint.
−Removed: If the case progresses, then the Company
−Removed: will file countersuits against all plaintiffs.
+Added: if the case progresses the Company will file countersuits against all plaintiffs.
More Capital, LLC
−Removed: On June 29, 2021, More Capital,
−Removed: LLC (“ More ”) commenced suit against the Company, et al., in the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin County District Court,
−Removed: Minnesota), alleging the Company breached the terms and conditions of a convertible promissory note and accompanying securities purchase
−Removed: agreement that More and the Company entered into on August 20, 2018.
+Added: On June 29, 2021, More Capital, LLC (“ More ”)
+Added: commenced suit against the Company, et al., in the 4th Judicial District (Hennepin County District Court) (Minnesota), alleging the Company
+Added: breached the terms and conditions of a convertible promissory note and accompanying securities purchase agreement More and the Company
+Added: entered into on August 20, 2018.
On July 20, 2021, the Company filed a motion to
dismiss More’s complaint, arguing that the claims asserted against the Company fail to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
−Removed: The Company intends to defend itself against the
−Removed: allegations asserted in More’s complaint and interpose the defenses provided under the Act, including but not limited to asserting
−Removed: that More is an unregistered dealer acting in violation of Section 15(a) of the Act and, pursuant to Section 29(b) of the Act, the Company
−Removed: interposing its right to rescind the unlawful securities contracts in their entirety and, furthermore, seek rescissionary damages for
−Removed: any unlawful securities transactions effected by More.
+Added: The Company intends to defend itself against
+Added: the allegations asserted in More’s complaint and interpose the defenses provided under the Exchange Act, including but not limited
+Added: to asserting that More is an unregistered dealer acting in violation of Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act and, pursuant to Section 29(b)
+Added: of the Exchange Act, the Company interposing its right to rescind the unlawful securities contracts in their entirety and, furthermore,
+Added: seek rescissionary damages for any unlawful securities transactions effected by More.
+Added: The Company contends that its arguments are brought
+Added: in good faith, particularly in light of recent SEC enforcement actions and the SEC’s ongoing investigation against More, among
+Added: other parties, for violations of federal securities laws, including violations of Section 15(a) of the Exchange Act.
+Added: and Exchange Commission v.
+Added: Carebourn Capital, LP et al, Case No.
+Added: 1:20-cv-07162 (N.D.
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