Marker Therapeutics, Inc. 10-Q

Item 1. Legal Proceedings From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings, and we are not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceeding against us that we believe could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition. An arbitration proceeding was brought against us before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, by a broker seeking to be paid compensation for two financing transactions that occurred in 2018, a warrant conversion and a private placement brokered by another broker. The broker’s claims were based on a placement agent agreement for a private placement it brokered in 2017, under which it alleged it was entitled to compensation for the 2018 transactions. The FINRA panel found in favor of the broker and awarded the broker $2.4 million for compensation, interest and attorney fees. On September 17, 2021, the broker filed a petition to confirm the FINRA arbitration award in the Supreme Court of New York for the County of New York. We removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 27, 2021. On October 22, 2021, we filed a motion in federal court to vacate the award. On March 9, 2022, the Company was notified that its motion to vacate the award was denied and the broker was awarded an additional $0.1 million in interest. Post judgment interest accrued at 1.02% until the judgement was paid. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded an additional $0.1 million of expense related to this matter. We paid the $2.5 million judgement on March 24, 2022. ​ 23 Table of Contents ​