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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies

 

Pediatric Portfolio Fixed Payments and Product Milestone

 

The Tris Karbinal Agreement grants the Company exclusive right to distribute and sell Karbinal ER in the United States. The initial term of the agreement was 20 years. The Company will pay Tris a royalty equal to 23.5% of net revenue from the product.

 

The Tris Karbinal Agreement also contains minimum unit sales commitments, which is based on a commercial year that spans from August 1 through July 31, of 70,000 units annually through 2025. The Company is required to pay Tris a royalty make-whole payment of $30 for each unit under the 70,000‑unit annual minimum sales commitment through 2025. The Tris Karbinal Agreement make-whole payment is capped at $2.1 million each year. The annual payment is due in August of each year. The Tris Karbinal Agreement also has multiple commercial milestone obligations that aggregate up to $3.0 million based on cumulative net revenue from the product, the first of which is triggered at $40.0 million.

 

Rumpus Earn Out Payments

 

On April 12, 2021, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets of Rumpus, pursuant to which the Company acquired certain rights and other assets, including key commercial global licenses with Denovo Biopharma LLC (“Denovo”) and Johns Hopkins University (“JHU”), relating to AR101. Upon the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones, up to $67.5 million in earn-out payments, which are payable in cash or shares of common stock, generally at the Company’s option, are payable to Rumpus. Under the license agreement with Denovo, the Company made a payment of $0.6 million for a license fee in April 2022. In addition, upon the achievement of regulatory and commercial milestones, the Company may be required to pay up to $101.7 million and escalating royalties based on net revenue from the product ranging in percentage from the low teens to the high teens. Finally, under the license agreement with Johns Hopkins, the Company assumed the responsibility for royalties of 3.0% of net revenue from the product, with a minimum of $20,000 per year, and upon the achievement of certain regulatory and commercial milestones, up to $1.6 million. In October 2022, the Company announced the indefinite suspension of its development of AR101.

 

Legal Matters

 

Witmer Class-Action Securities Litigation

 

A stockholder derivative suit filed on September 12, 2022, in the Delaware Chancery Court by Paul Witmer, derivatively and on behalf of all Aytu stockholders, and later amended, against Armistice Capital, LLC, Armistice Capital Master Fund, Ltd., Steven Boyd (Armistice’s Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner, and a former director of Aytu) (collectively “Armistice”), and certain other current and former directors of Aytu, Joshua Disbrow, Gary Cantrell, John Donofrio, Jr, Carl Dockery and Ketan B. Mehta. The amended complaint alleges that (i) Armistice facilitated the sale of assets of Cerecor, Inc., in 2019 and Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in 2020 to Aytu in exchange for convertible securities, which it subsequently converted and sold at a profit on the open market; (ii) the Armistice defendants breached their fiduciary duties, were unjustly enriched and wasted corporate assets in connection with these acquisitions; (iii) the Armistice defendants breached their fiduciary duties by engaging in insider trading; and (iv) the other directors breached their fiduciary duties, and aided and abetted the Armistice defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, in connection with these acquisitions. The amended complaint seeks unspecified damages, equitable relief, restitution, disgorgement of profits, enhanced governance and internal procedures, and attorneys’ fees. While the Company believes that this lawsuit is without merit and has vigorously defended against it, the Company has agreed to settle the matter, as against it and the director defendants other than Mr. Boyd, for various corporate governance modifications and the payment of plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees. That settlement is subject to court approval, the hearing on which has not yet been scheduled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sabby Litigation

 

A complaint was filed on February 22, 2023, in the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Sabby Volatility Warrant Master Fund Ltd (“Sabby”) and Walleye Opportunities Master Fund Ltd (“Walleye”), holders of certain warrants to purchase common stock, against the Company. The complaint alleges that the Company improperly adjusted the exercise price of the warrants and miscalculated the number of shares the warrant holders may receive, and that the Company failed to provide prompt notice to the warrant holders of such adjustment. The complaint seeks a declaratory judgment of the warrant share calculation, that 575,000 warrant shares be due to Sabby on exercise of its warrants rather than 312,908 shares, and that 100,000 warrant shares be due to Walleye on exercise of its warrants rather than 54,146 shares. In October 2023, the Company entered into a settlement agreement and general release with Sabby and Walleye.

 

Stein Litigation

 

Cielo Stein (“Stein”), a former sales specialist, filed a complaint on February 1, 2023, in Jefferson County Circuit Court in Kentucky against the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Neos Therapeutics. The complaint alleges that Aytu retaliated against Stein in violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act after she opposed what she contends was unwelcome behavior by her supervisor. The complaint also alleges that the Company’s response to Stein’s subsequent complaint to human resources was inadequate. The complaint seeks an award of unspecified compensatory damages, emotional-distress damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Company removed the lawsuit to the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky and filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which was denied. A Section 16 pretrial conference is scheduled for June 3, 2024. Due to the early stage of litigation, and while the Company believes that this lawsuit is without merit, the Company is not able to predict at this time whether this proceeding will have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations and intend to vigorously defend this case.