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On July 26, 2022 and July 28, 2022, securities class action complaints (the former, the “Chow Action” and the latter, the
−Removed: “Manici Action”) were filed by purported stockholders of ours in the United States District Court for the Central District
−Removed: of California against us and certain of our current and former officers and directors.
−Removed: The complaints allege, among other things, that
−Removed: the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, by making
−Removed: false and misleading statements and omissions of material fact in connection with the Company’s relationship with Serhat Gümrükcü
−Removed: and its commercial prospects.
+Added: “Manici Action”) were filed by purported stockholders of the Company in the United States District Court for the Central District
+Added: of California against the Company and certain of the Company’s current and former officers and directors.
+Added: The complaints allege,
+Added: among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule
+Added: 10b-5 thereunder, by making false and misleading statements and omissions of material fact in connection with the Company’s relationship
+Added: with Serhat Gümrükcü and its commercial prospects.
The complaints seek unspecified damages, interest, fees, and costs.
−Removed: On November 22, 2022, the Manici Action
−Removed: was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, but the Chow action remains pending.
−Removed: The defendants did not respond to the complaint in the
−Removed: Manici action and have not yet responded to the complaint in the Chow action.
−Removed: The Company intends to contest this matter but expresses
−Removed: no opinion as to the likelihood of a favorable outcome.
+Added: On November 22, 2022, the Manici Action was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice, but the Chow action remains pending.
+Added: The defendants
+Added: did not respond to the complaint in the Manici action and have not yet responded to the complaint in the Chow action.
+Added: intends to contest this matter but expresses no opinion as to the likelihood of a favorable outcome.
Federal Derivative Litigation .
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to dismiss in the Securities Class Action Litigation.
−Removed: The Court also set a status conference for November 6, 2023.
−Removed: The defendants have
−Removed: not yet responded to the complaint.
−Removed: The Company intends to contest this matter but expresses no opinion as to the likelihood of a favorable
−Removed: On October 21, 2022, the Company filed a Complaint in the Superior Court of
−Removed: the State of California for the County of Los Angeles against Serhat Gümrükcü, Wittekind, G Tech, SG & AW, and SRI.
−Removed: The Complaint alleges that the defendants engaged in a “concerted, deliberate scheme to alter, falsify, and misrepresent to the
−Removed: Company the results of multiple studies supporting its [Hepatitis B] and SARS-CoV-2/influenza pipelines.” Specifically, “Defendants
−Removed: manipulated negative results to reflect positive outcomes from various studies, and even fabricated studies out of whole cloth.”
−Removed: As a result of the defendants’ conduct, the Company claims that it “paid approximately $25 million to Defendants and third-parties
−Removed: that it would not otherwise have paid.” On April 21, 2023, defendants Wittekind, G Tech, SG & AW, and SRI filed a demurrer with
−Removed: respect to some, but not all, of the Company’s claims, as well as a motion to strike.
−Removed: On December 28, 2022, the Company received a demand
−Removed: letter on behalf of Weird Science LLC (“Weird Science”), William Anderson Wittekind, the William Anderson Wittekind 2020 Annuity
−Removed: Trust, the William Anderson Wittekind 2021 Annuity Trust, the Dybul 2020 Angel Annuity Trust, and the Ty Mabry 2021 Annuity Trust alleging
−Removed: that the Company breached the February 16, 2018 Investor Rights Agreement between the Company, Weird Science, and RS Group ApS.
−Removed: Specifically,
−Removed: the demand letter alleges that the Company “breached its obligations under the Investor Rights Agreement to provide the requisite
−Removed: thirty days’ notice” to Holders of Registrable Securities in connection with SEC Form S-3 filings on July 13, 2020 and February
−Removed: 11, 2022 and demands over $64 million in damages.
−Removed: The Company denies these allegations and intends to vigorously defend against this claim.
−Removed: On March 1, 2021, former Enochian BioSciences Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer, Robert Wolfe and his company, Crossfield, Inc., filed a Complaint in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court for the District of Vermont
−Removed: against the Company, Enochian BioSciences Denmark ApS, and certain directors and officers.
+Added: The defendants have not yet responded to the complaint.
+Added: The Company intends to contest
+Added: this matter but expresses no opinion as to the likelihood of a favorable outcome.
+Added: 21, 2022, the Company filed a Complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles against Serhat
+Added: Gümrükcü, William Anderson Wittekind (“Wittekind”), G Tech, SG & AW Holdings, LLC, and SRI.
+Added: The Complaint
+Added: alleges that the defendants engaged in a “concerted, deliberate scheme to alter, falsify, and misrepresent to the Company the results
+Added: of multiple studies supporting its Hepatitis B and SARS-CoV-2/influenza pipelines.” Specifically, “Defendants manipulated
+Added: negative results to reflect positive outcomes from various studies, and even fabricated studies out of whole cloth.” As a result
+Added: of the defendants’ conduct, the Company claims that it “paid approximately $25 million to Defendants and third-parties that
+Added: it would not otherwise have paid.” On April 21, 2023, defendants Wittekind, G Tech, SG & AW Holdings, LLC, and SRI filed a demurrer
+Added: with respect to some, but not all, of the Company’s claims, as well as a motion to strike.
+Added: On September 6, 2023, the court denied
+Added: in part and granted in part the pending motions.
+Added: On September 7, 2023, the court entered a case management order setting the final status
+Added: conference, trial, and other intervening deadlines.
+Added: We will continue to pursue our claims against these defendants.
+Added: On March 1, 2021, the Company’s
+Added: former Chief Financial Officer, Robert Wolfe and his company, Crossfield, Inc., filed a Complaint in the U.S.
+Added: District Court for the District
+Added: of Vermont against the Company, Renovaro BioSciences Denmark ApS, and certain directors and officers.
In the Complaint, Mr.
−Removed: Wolfe and Crossfield,
−Removed: asserted claims for abuse of process and malicious prosecution, alleging, inter alia, that the Company lacked probable cause to file
−Removed: and prosecute an earlier action, and sought millions of dollars of compensatory damages, as well as punitive damages.
−Removed: The allegations
−Removed: in the Complaint relate to an earlier action filed by the Company and Enochian BioSciences Denmark ApS in the Vermont Superior Court,
−Removed: Orange Civil Division.
−Removed: On March 3, 2022, the court partially granted the Company’s motion to dismiss, dismissing the abuse of process
−Removed: claim against all defendants and all claims against Mark Dybul and Henrik Grønfeldt-Sørensen.
−Removed: On November 29, 2022, the
−Removed: Company filed a motion for summary judgment with respect to the sole remaining claim of malicious prosecution.
−Removed: The Company denies the
−Removed: allegations set forth in the Complaint and will continue to vigorously defend against the remaining claim.
+Added: Crossfield, Inc.
+Added: asserted claims for abuse of process and malicious prosecution, alleging, inter alia, that the Company lacked probable
+Added: cause to file and prosecute an earlier action, and sought millions of dollars of compensatory damages, as well as punitive damages.
+Added: allegations in the Complaint relate to an earlier action filed by the Company and Renovaro BioSciences Denmark ApS in the Vermont Superior
+Added: Court, Orange Civil Division.
+Added: On March 3, 2022, the court partially granted the Company’s motion to dismiss, dismissing the abuse
+Added: of process claim against all defendants and all claims against Mark Dybul and Henrik Grønfeldt-Sørensen.
+Added: On November 29,
+Added: 2022, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment with respect to the sole remaining claim of malicious prosecution.
+Added: On August 24,
+Added: 2023, the court denied the motion for summary judgment.
+Added: On September 7, 2023, the Company moved for reconsideration of the court’s
+Added: The Company denies the allegations set forth in the Complaint and will continue to vigorously defend against the remaining claim.
+Added: 7, 2023, Weird Science LLC (“Weird Science”), Wittekind, the William Anderson Wittekind 2020 Annuity Trust, the William Anderson
+Added: Wittekind 2021 Annuity Trust, the Dybul 2020 Angel Annuity Trust, and the Ty Mabry 2021 Annuity Trust (collectively, the “Trusts”)
+Added: (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed a Verified Complaint against the Company in the Court of Chancery of Delaware.
+Added: allege that the Company breached the February 16, 2018 Investor Rights Agreement between the Company, Weird Science, and RS Group ApS
+Added: (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).
+Added: According to the Verified Complaint, the Investor Rights Agreement required the Company
+Added: to (i) notify all “Holders” of “Registrable Securities” at least 30 days prior to filing a registration statement
+Added: and (ii) afford such Holders an opportunity to have their Registrable Securities included in such registration statement.
+Added: Plaintiffs allege
+Added: that the Company breached these registration rights by failing to provide the required notice in connection with S-3 registration statements
+Added: filed by the Company on July 13, 2020 and February 11, 2022.
+Added: Plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, costs,
+Added: and attorneys’ fees.
+Added: The Company denies Plaintiffs’ allegations and intends to vigorously defend against the claim.
+Added: On August 24, 2023, counsel on
+Added: behalf of Weird Science, Wittekind, individually, and Wittekind, as trustee of the Trusts served a demand to inspect the Company’s
+Added: books and records (the “Demand”) pursuant to Delaware General Corporation Law, § 220 (“Section 220”).
+Added: The Demand seeks the Company’s books and records in connection with various issues identified in the Demand.
+Added: The Company takes its
+Added: obligations under Section 220 seriously and, to the extent that the requests are proper under Section 220, intends to comply with those
Risk Factors.
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business and financial results are discussed within Item 1A ”Risk Factors” of our annual report for the fiscal year ended
−Removed: June 30, 2022, on Form 10-K (“2022 Form 10-K”) filed with the SEC on February 27, 2023.
+Added: June 30, 2023, on Form 10-K (“2023 Form 10-K”) filed with the SEC on October 2, 2023.
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