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COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES [Abstract]  
COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

NOTE 10 - COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

  a. Commitment

 

In March 2010, the Company entered into a license agreement (the "License Agreement") to use a stent design ("MGuard Prime") developed by a company owned by a former director of InspireMD Ltd. (the "Licensor"). Pursuant to the agreement, the Licensor was entitled to receive royalty payments of 7% of net sales outside the United States and, for sales within the U.S., royalty payments as follows: 7% of the first $10,000,000 in net sales and 10% of net sales exceeding $10,000,000.

 

On October 20, 2012, the Company, InspireMD Ltd. and the Licensor entered into an amendment (the "First Amendment") to the License Agreement, pursuant to which, amongst other things, the Licensor agreed to reduce the royalty owed with respect to sales of MGuard Prime to 2.9% of all net sales both inside and outside the U.S. in exchange for (i) InspireMD Ltd. waiving $85,000 in regulatory fees for the CE Mark that were owed by the Licensor to InspireMD Ltd., (ii) InspireMD Ltd. making full payment of royalties in the amount of $205,587 due to the Licensor as of September 30, 2012 and (iii) 215,000 shares of the Company's common stock, that were valued at the closing price of the common stock on October 19, 2012 at $8.20 per share. The total amount paid to the Licensor was valued at $1,848,000, inclusive of the shares issued as well as the $85,000 waiver, and was allocated in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2013 as follows: approximately $930,000 was allocated to royalties' buyout and approximately $918,000 was allocated to "research and development" expenses based on the MGuard Prime registration status in various territories. The royalties' buyout amortization is calculated using the economic pattern of the Company's estimated future revenues over the estimated useful life of the royalties' buyout. The amortization is recorded in "Cost of Revenues" in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

On August 22, 2013, the Company, InspireMD Ltd. and the Licensor entered into an amendment to the License Agreement (the "Second Amendment"), pursuant to which the Company and the Licensor agreed to amend the royalty fee from 2.9% of all net sales during the term of the agreement to (i) 2% of the first $10.56 million of net sales from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, provided that the Company makes an advance royalty payment of $192,000 on the date of the amendment, (ii) 2.5% of net sales in excess of $10.56 million from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015, payable within 45 days of June 30, 2015, and (iii) 2.9% of all net sales beginning on July 1, 2015. The above referenced advance royalty payment has been included in long term prepaid expenses.

 

  b. Litigation

 

In July 2012, a purported assignee of options in InspireMD Ltd. submitted a statement of claim against the Company, InspireMD Ltd., and the Company's former CEO and President for a declaratory and enforcement order that it is entitled to options to purchase 83,637 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $0.76 per share. In January 2013, the defendants submitted a motion to dismiss the claim or move it to the Economic Department to the Tel Aviv District Court due to the lack of material jurisdiction of the court where the claim was filed. The court accepted such motion and transferred the case to the Economic Department to the Tel Aviv District Court. In April 2013, the Company's former CEO and President submitted a motion to dismiss the claim against them on the grounds that the letter of claims does not present any legal case against any of them. The first hearing in the case was held on April 23, 2013, during which the judge suggested the parties try to solve the dispute through mediation. On July 3, 2013, the parties held a first mediation meeting. After considering the views of its legal counsel as well as other factors, the Company's management believes that a loss to the Company is neither probable nor in an amount or range of loss that is estimable.

 

In December 2012, a former service provider of InspireMD GmbH filed a claim with the Labor Court in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the amount of $193,378 plus interest (6% in dollars or 18.5% in pesos), social benefits, legal expenses and fees (25% of the award) against InspireMD Ltd. and InspireMD GmbH. The court dismissed the claim based on a lack of jurisdiction. Following this dismissal, the plaintiff appealed the ruling. While the Company believes that this claim is wholly without merit, the Company's management, after considering the views of its legal counsel as well as other factors, recorded a provision of $250,000 in the financial statements for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. The Company's management estimates that the ultimate resolution of this matter could result in a loss of up to $80,000 in excess of the amount accrued.

 

  c. Liens and pledges

 

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had fixed liens aggregating $93,000 to Bank Mizrahi in connection with the Company's credit cards.