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Except as set forth below, we are not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims against the Company.
−Removed: or about February 25, 2020, the Company, as plaintiff, filed a complaint with the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland against
−Removed: Vivos Holdings, LLC, Vivos Real Estate Holdings, LLC and Mr.
−Removed: Naveen Doki, to enforce Maslow’s rights under certain promissory notes
−Removed: and a personal guarantee made by the defendants.
−Removed: August 9, 2021, Reliability filed an additional claim in the Debt Collection Suit and Vivos Default Counterclaim in the Circuit Court
−Removed: of Montgomery County, Maryland against Doki, Valleru, Pathuri, Janumpally, Igly, and Judos, that the Respondents breached the Merger
−Removed: Agreement in a number of significant respects and committed fraud in connection with the Merger.
−Removed: September 7, 2021, the Company entered in Arbitration and Tolling Agreements with alleged shareholder Naveen Doki, M.D., and his affiliates
−Removed: and all other persons who were parties to the pending litigation previously reported in the Texas, New York and Maryland courts and before
−Removed: the American Arbitration Association.
−Removed: The Agreements call for the stay or dismissal of the pending litigation, with the parties agreeing
−Removed: to resolve their disputes before a single arbitrator in Maryland.
−Removed: The parties also agreed to maintain the status quo in corporate governance
−Removed: and related matters pending a final non-appealable judgment confirming any award in arbitration.
−Removed: The parties also signed a Tolling Agreement
−Removed: to toll the statute of limitations following the dismissal of a pending litigation.
−Removed: August 2, 2022, VREH filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection in the District Court of Maryland.
−Removed: This action prevented the Arbitrator
−Removed: from providing any ruling relating to Note II in the arbitration case at the time of his award.
−Removed: August 24 , 2022, the Company filed a motion to stay the VREH Bankruptcy filing to allow the Arbitrator to rule on the claims
−Removed: against VREH.
−Removed: The motion to lift the stay was granted by the court on September 16, 2022, after the initial award by the Arbitrator.
−Removed: August 31, 2022, the Arbitrator issued an award (the “Award”) with the Company with MMG prevailing on their claims.
−Removed: and MMG were awarded the following:
−Removed: award in favor of MMG against Vivos under Note I (as defined in the Award) in the amount of $3,458, with interest thereon from June
−Removed: 30, 2022, at the rate of 4.5% per year;
−Removed: award as to Note II (as defined in the Award) until and at such time as the automatic stay imposed by the United States Bankruptcy
−Removed: Court as a result of the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by VREH is lifted or the bankruptcy proceeding is terminated;
−Removed: award in favor of MMG against Vivos under Note III (as defined in the Award) in the amount of $800, with interest thereon from June
−Removed: 30, 2022, at the rate of 2.5% per year, plus collection costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in the effort
−Removed: to collect Note III;
−Removed: award in favor of MMG against Naveen under the Personal Guaranty (as defined in the Award) in the amount of $2,309, plus interest
−Removed: thereon at the rate of 6% per year from the date of the Award;
−Removed: award in favor of the Company against Naveen, Valleru, Janumpally, individually and as Trustee of Judos Trust, and Pathuri, as Trustee
−Removed: of Igly Trust, jointly and severally, for contract damages of $1,000, to be satisfied by the transfer of their shares of the Company
−Removed: common stock to the Company equal in value to $1,000, valued as of the date of the Award, in accordance with the provisions of Section
−Removed: 9.06(d) of the Merger Agreement;
−Removed: award in favor of the Company against Naveen, Valleru, Janumpally, individually and as Trustee of Judos Trust, and Pathuri, as Trustee
−Removed: of Igly Trust, jointly and severally, for fraud damages in the amount of $4,327, plus interest thereon at the rate of 6% per year
−Removed: from the date of the Award, together with any out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including attorneys’ and accountants’
−Removed: award appointing a rehabilitative receiver for the Company under the deadlock situation provisions of Section 11.404(a)(1)(B) of
−Removed: the Texas Business Organizations Code, the primary function of which is to collect the contract and fraud damages, including costs,
−Removed: expenses and fees provided in the Award, due to the Company, with matters regarding such receivership to be set forth in a supplemental
−Removed: relief in favor of the Company and its officers and directors.
−Removed: 11.404(a)(1)(B) of the Texas Business Organizations Code provides for the appointment of a rehabilitative receiver when “the governing
−Removed: persons of the entity are deadlocked in the management of the entity’s affairs, the owners or members of the entity are unable
−Removed: to break the deadlock, and irreparable injury to the entity is being suffered or is threatened because of the deadlock.” With respect
−Removed: to the receivership, the owners or holders of all of the shares of common stock of the Company received as a result of the conversion
−Removed: of 1,600 shares of common stock of MMG owed by Naveen and Valleru under the Merger Agreement shall not be entitled to vote any of those
−Removed: shares at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Company during the period of the receivership.
−Removed: Upon the completion
−Removed: of the receiver’s primary function of collecting damages due to the Company, the receivership shall terminate and the restrictions
−Removed: on the rights of the shareholders of the Company imposed by the Award shall be lifted.
−Removed: parties to the Arbitration filed their requests related to the Supplemental Award and the assignment of a Receiver to the Arbitrator
−Removed: on November 23, 2022.
−Removed: The Company does not have a definitive date by which it will receive the supplemental award identified in the Arbitration
−Removed: Award dated August 31, 2022, but hopes it will be received before the end of the second quarter 2023.
−Removed: following legal proceedings where Vivos Group borrowings impacting MMG:
−Removed: August 2, 2022, VREH filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the U.S.
−Removed: Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland.
−Removed: The Automatic stay imposed
−Removed: by bankruptcy law prevented the Arbitrator from providing any ruling relating to Note II in the arbitration case at the time of his award.
−Removed: August 24 , 2022, the Company filed a motion to modify the automatic stay in the VREH Bankruptcy case filing to allow the Arbitrator
−Removed: to rule on the Company’s claims against VREH.
−Removed: The Court granted the motion to modify the stay on September 16, 2022, after the
−Removed: initial award by the Arbitrator.
−Removed: The parties submitted material for clarification of the Award on March 7, 2023, and March 20, 2023,
−Removed: which included proposed language for an award to be entered against VREH, in light of the bankruptcy court order lifting the stay.
−Removed: September 2022 MMG learned that Vivos IT, LLC lawsuit against Second Wind Consultants (“SWC”) in May 2019 included MMG as
−Removed: The lawsuit brought claims of Fraud in the inducement, unjust enrichment and other monetary claims against SWC.
−Removed: The 5 parties
−Removed: suing SWC, included Vivos IT, LLC, Maslow Media Group, Suresh Venkat Doki, Naveen Doki and Silvija Valleru The lawsuit related to a debt
−Removed: restructuring services agreement secured by Suresh Doki, Naveen Doki and Silvija Valleru to assist the following then owned Vivos entities:
−Removed: Maslow Media Group, Inc., Health Care Resources Network, Inc., Mettler & Michael, Inc., 360 IT Professionals, Inc.
−Removed: and US IT Solutions,
−Removed: Inc., SWC countersued all plaintiffs on September 30th, 2019 seeking to collect the balance of $403 not paid by the Vivos Group.
−Removed: This was not disclosed to Maslow Management or to Reliability before the Merger closed on October 29, 2019.
−Removed: has retained Counsel and has filed a motion to include all original parties to the SWC agreement, as two of the original parties were
−Removed: not in the original filings (HCRN & Media Solutions).
−Removed: Counsel for SWC requested an extension to the deadline to respond to this motion
−Removed: but has failed to respond before the extension deadline received.
−Removed: The motion is currently being considered by the court.
+Added: series of legal actions and hearings took place starting in March of 2020 with the Vivos Group over Merger agreement violations and Vivos
+Added: Group debt obligations.
+Added: Arbitration was agreed to in the fall of 2021 by both the Vivos Group and MMG with the proceedings commencing
+Added: in February 2022.
+Added: August 31, 2022, the arbitrator issued the Award with the Company and MMG prevailing on their claims.
+Added: The awards included citing of fraud
+Added: Supplemental awards were subsequently issued on May 17, 2023, October 10, 2023, and finally on October 27, 2023.
+Added: MMG was awarded the totals of all notes the Vivos Group had with MMG for its borrowings, the contracted interest, attorneys’ fees
+Added: and expenses of $1,209, and a contract damage of $1,000, to be satisfied by the transfer of their shares of the Company Common Stock to
+Added: the Company equal in value to $1,000.
+Added: The aggregate amount of the Awards totaled $7,710.
+Added: May 17, 2023 award also appointed a Receiver whose primary function is to collect the contract and fraud damages, including costs, expenses,
+Added: and fees provided in the awards.
+Added: December 29, 2023, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland signed orders entering all three arbitration awards as judgments
+Added: in Reliability’s case against the Vivos Group.
+Added: These orders became final on January 29, 2024, when the appeal period expired for
+Added: the defendants.
+Added: The judgments are good for 12 years and can be enrolled in other states.
+Added: Reliability has collectible judgments which
+Added: the Receiver is now eligible to pursue.
+Added: following represents legal proceedings where Vivos Group borrowings impact MMG:
+Added: September 2022, MMG learned that a Vivos IT, LLC lawsuit against SWC in May 2019 included MMG as a plaintiff.
+Added: The lawsuit related to
+Added: a debt restructuring services agreement secured by Suresh Doki, Naveen Doki, and Silvija Valleru to assist the following then-owned Vivos
+Added: Maslow Media Group, Inc., Health Care Resources Network, Inc., Mettler & Michael, Inc., 360 IT Professionals, Inc., and
+Added: US IT Solutions, Inc.
+Added: SWC countersued all plaintiffs on September 30, 2019 seeking to collect the balance of $403 not paid by the Vivos
+Added: This was not disclosed to Maslow management or to Reliability before the Merger which closed on October 29, 2019.
+Added: counsel filed a motion to include all original parties to the SWC agreement, as two of the original parties were not in the original
+Added: SWC filed a motion for summary judgment and Maslow responded on March 18, 2024 opposing the motion.
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