Legal Proceedings
−Removed: Note 12, Commitment and Contingencies - Legal Proceedings , of the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report,
−Removed: for a description of certain material legal proceedings involving the Company, which description is incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Court of Chancery Complaint
−Removed: November 2, 2020, a stockholder of the Company, on behalf of himself and other similarly situated stockholders, filed a complaint in
−Removed: the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging broker non-votes were not properly counted in accordance with the Company’s bylaws at the
−Removed: Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 24, 2020, and, as a result, asserted certain matters deemed to have been approved
−Removed: were not so approved (including matters relating to the increase in the size of the PAVmed Inc.
−Removed: 2014 Long-Term Incentive Equity Plan
−Removed: and the PAVmed Inc.
−Removed: Employee Stock Purchase Plan).
−Removed: The relief sought under the complaint included certain corrective actions by the Company,
−Removed: but did not seek any specific monetary damages.
−Removed: The Company did not believe it was clear the prior approval of these matters was invalid
−Removed: or otherwise ineffective.
−Removed: However, to avoid any uncertainty and the expense of further litigation, on January 5, 2021, the Company’s
−Removed: board of directors determined it would be advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to re-submit these
−Removed: proposals to the Company’s stockholders for ratification and/or approval.
−Removed: In this regard, the Company held a special meeting of
−Removed: stockholders on March 4, 2021, at which such matters were ratified and approved.
−Removed: The parties reached agreement on a Settlement Term Sheet
−Removed: Agreement, dated January 28, 2021, to settle the complaint, the terms of which did not contemplate payment of monetary damages to the
−Removed: putative class in the proceeding.
−Removed: In connection with the foregoing, on August 3, 2022, the parties agreed that plaintiff’s counsel
−Removed: would not seek an award from the Court in excess of $450,000, to be paid by the Company, upon Court approval, as compensation for the
−Removed: benefits conferred by the settlement, and the Company would not object to an award of up to such maximum amount.
−Removed: The settlement and a
−Removed: plaintiff’s fee award of $450,000 were approved by the Court on November 3, 2022, with such award having been subsequently paid
−Removed: by the Company in December 2022.
−Removed: Investments, Inc.
−Removed: / Benchmark Investments LLC
−Removed: December 23, 2020, Benchmark Investments, Inc.
−Removed: filed a complaint against the Company in the U.S.
−Removed: District Court of the Southern District
−Removed: of New York alleging the registered direct offerings of shares of common stock of the Company completed in December 2020 were in violation
−Removed: of provisions set forth in an engagement letter between the Company and Kingswood Capital Markets, a “division” of Benchmark
−Removed: Investments, Inc.
−Removed: On December 16, 2021, the court granted PAVmed’s motion to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
−Removed: On February 7, 2022, Benchmark Investments LLC, which claimed to be a successor to Benchmark Investments, Inc., filed a new complaint
−Removed: in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, asserting claims similar to those in the federal action, and adding to
−Removed: its allegations that financings conducted by the Company in January 2021 and February 2021 also violated the Company’s engagement
−Removed: letter with Kingswood Capital Markets.
−Removed: In November 2022, the Company filed its answer to such complaint and asserted certain counterclaims
−Removed: against Kingswood Capital Markets, including for fraudulent inducement and breach of contract.
−Removed: The Company disagrees with the allegations
−Removed: made by Kingswood Capital Markets set forth in the complaint and intends to vigorously contest the complaint.
−Removed: On February 13, 2023, the
−Removed: Company entered into a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with EF Hutton, a division of Benchmark Investments,
−Removed: LLC (f/k/a Kingswood Capital Markets, a division of Benchmark Investments, Inc.) (“EF Hutton”) and Benchmark Investments,
−Removed: LLC (f/k/a Benchmark Investments, Inc.).
−Removed: Under the Settlement Agreement, the Company agreed to pay EF Hutton $450,000 in full and final
−Removed: satisfaction of all claims and disputes the parties made or could have made against one another arising out of or relating in any way
−Removed: to the above described actions.
−Removed: The Settlement Agreement also included a mutual release and certain other covenants that are customary
−Removed: for agreements of this nature.
−Removed: On February 17, 2023, the Company wired the settlement payment to EF Hutton.
−Removed: On that same date, the parties
−Removed: filed a stipulation of discontinuance, ending the action and resolving the dispute.
−Removed: the ordinary course of our business, particularly as it begins commercialization of its products, the Company may be subject to certain
−Removed: other legal actions and claims, including product liability, consumer, commercial, tax and governmental matters, which may arise from
−Removed: time to time.
−Removed: Except as otherwise noted herein, the Company does not believe it is currently a party to any other pending legal proceedings.
+Added: the ordinary course of PAVmed business, particularly as it begins commercialization of its products, the Company may be subject to legal
+Added: actions and claims, including product liability, consumer, commercial, tax and governmental matters, which may arise from time to time.
+Added: The Company is not aware of any such pending legal or other proceedings that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on the Company.
Notwithstanding, legal proceedings are subject-to inherent uncertainties, and an unfavorable outcome could include monetary damages,
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