iPower Inc. 10-Q

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS As described in Note 19 to our financial statements above, on April 3, 2024, the Company and the underwriter of our initial public offering, D.A. Davidson & Co (“D.A. Davidson”), entered into a settlement agreement and mutual release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with Boustead Securities, LLC (“BSL”) and its current and former employees, officers, directors, partners, agents and affiliates, pursuant to which all parties agreed to release all claims in exchange for the Company’s payment of $1.3 million (the “Settlement Amount”) to BSL. The Settlement Agreement was entered into for purposes of settling in full the FINRA Arbitration (FINRA Case No. 22-01133) which had been brought by BSL against the Company and D.A. Davidson after the Company opted not to complete its initial public offering with BSL but instead engaged and completed its initial public offering with D.A. Davidson. In entering into the Settlement Agreement, the Company is required to pay the Settlement Amount in four equal installments of $325,000 on each of April 3, 2024, May 3, 2024, June 3, 2024 and July 3, 2024, with the April and May payments having been completed on or about April 3 and May 3, 2024. Within five days of its receipt of the final payment, or by July 8, 2024, BSL will be obligated to dismiss the FINRA Arbitration against the Company, with prejudice, after which time the Company will be required to dismiss, with prejudice, all counterclaims brought by the Company against BSL. Other than the above settlement, we are not presently a party to any pending or other threatened legal proceedings or claims against us that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or operating results. Nonetheless, we may from time to time become involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.