4 unchanged sentences
in which losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated.
−Removed: On September 21, 2023, we were served with a complaint
−Removed: (the “Complaint”) filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, Commercial Division (the “Court”)
−Removed: under Index Number 654633/2023, by Joseph Gunnar, LLC, an investment broker-dealer located in New York City (“Gunnar”), and
−Removed: Lucosky Brookman LLP, the attorneys for Gunnar during the relevant period (collectively the “Plaintiffs”), suing the Company,
−Removed: Gareth Sheridan (our CEO and a director), Serguei Melnik, (our President and a director),Vitalie Botgros (a stockholder of the Company),
−Removed: TII Jet Services LDA (an aircraft leasing firm, “Jet Services”) and Wolf Blitz, Inc.
−Removed: (a consulting company, “Wolf Blitz”),
−Removed: collectively the “Defendants”.
−Removed: The Complaint alleges, in multiple counts, damages
−Removed: resulting from the Company’s termination in or about July 2023 of an April 6, 2023 engagement letter between Gunnar and the Company,
−Removed: (the “Engagement Letter”), that contemplated a public offering of our common stock to be underwritten and sold by Gunnar as
−Removed: the sole underwriter.
−Removed: Subsequently, the Company, due to market conditions and prior to executing an underwriting agreement or similar
−Removed: commitment as to the terms of the offering with Gunnar, declined to proceed with the offering and accordingly terminated the Engagement
−Removed: Agreement in July 2023.
−Removed: The Complaint alleges claims for damages against:
−Removed: (1) the Company, Gareth Sheridan and Serguei Melnik (the “Company Defendants”) for breach of contract due to the Company’s
−Removed: failure to proceed with the offering;
−Removed: (2) the Company Defendants for fraudulently inducing Gunnar to enter into the Engagement Letter;
−Removed: (3) the Company Defendants for fraudulent statements made in connection with the contemplated offering;
−Removed: (4) the Company Defendants for
−Removed: fraudulent concealment of pursuit of alternative financing during the engagement period under the Engagement Letter;
−Removed: (5) Jet Services,
−Removed: Vitalie Botgros and Wolf Blitz for tortious interference resulting from discussions concerning alternative financing during the engagement
−Removed: (6) Jet Services, Vitalie Botgros, and Wolf Blitz for tortious interference with a prospective business opportunity;
−Removed: (7) the Company
−Removed: Defendants for negligent misrepresentation;
−Removed: and (8) against the Defendants other than Jet Services for promissory estoppel as to promises
−Removed: purportedly made to complete the offering.
−Removed: Further, Gunnar seeks an award of actual and compensatory
−Removed: damages in an amount exceeding $500,000, as well as exemplary and punitive damages, while Lucosky Brookman LLP seeks attorneys’
−Removed: fees, costs and expenses pursuant to indemnification obligations under the Engagement Letter.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company believes the Engagement
−Removed: Letter is unenforceable and, even if enforceable, was properly terminated by the Company under the terms of the Engagement Letter and
−Removed: the market conditions under which the Engagement Letter was terminated.
−Removed: On or about November 2, 2023, legal counsel for
−Removed: the Company filed an Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaims with the Court in response to the Complaint.
−Removed: The Company vigorously
−Removed: denied the claims asserted against it and asserted the following counterclaims with their Answer:
−Removed: Intentional interference with prospective
−Removed: economic advantage, consumer fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract (damages in the amount of $1,000,000 were requested on
−Removed: each of the preceding counterclaims) and a declaratory judgment affirming that Gunnar’s actions constituted gross negligence or
−Removed: willful misconduct, and the Company’s termination of the Engagement Letter on such grounds was proper pursuant to its terms.
−Removed: Plaintiffs have denied the allegations surrounding
−Removed: the Company’s counterclaims and asserted their own affirmative defenses against the counterclaims, and argue that they have the
−Removed: right to be reimbursed for attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in responding to the counterclaims.
+Added: The Company is currently a defendant in a lawsuit
+Added: initiated by Joseph Gunnar, LLC (“Gunnar”) and Lucosky Brookman LLP (“LB”) in the Supreme Court of the State of
+Added: New York, New York County, under Index No.654633/2023.
+Added: The lawsuit alleges multiple allegations such as breach of contract, fraudulent
+Added: activities, and tortious interference and seeks damages following the Company’s termination of an engagement letter for assistance
+Added: with a public stock offering.
+Added: Gunnar is seeking over $500,000 in damages plus punitive damages, while LB is demanding reimbursement of
+Added: In response, the Company denies all allegations,
+Added: alleging that the engagement letter was unenforceable, and its termination was legally justified.
+Added: The Company has also initiated counterclaims
+Added: against Joseph Gunnar & Co., accusing them of intentional interference and breach of fiduciary duty, and is seeking $1,000,000 for
+Added: each claim along with a declaratory judgment affirming the legality and justification of the termination.
+Added: The plaintiffs have denied these
+Added: counterclaims.
+Added: Currently, there are no pending hearings or motions
+Added: as both parties are engaged in discovery and are attempting to resolve the matter amicably.
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.