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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended 15 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2024
Jul. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]    
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Note 12: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Leases

 

The Company leases office space under short-term leases with terms under a year. Total rent expense for the nine months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $9,426 and $4,900, respectively.

 

Contingencies

 

In connection with the Gameface acquisition on February 2, 2022, the Company agreed to earn-out consideration of common shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value of $1,334,000.

 

The Company issued 14,960 common shares to the former Gameface shareholders in June 2022. The remaining balance of the contingent consideration of $418,455 was converted on October 23, 2023.

 

From time to time, the Company may become involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not presently a party to any legal proceedings that it currently believes would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial statements.

 

On February 8, 2023, Oasis Capital, LLC (“Oasis”) filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking damages (i) in the amount of $764,647.53 in for an alleged breach of the terms of the 8% senior convertible note and the securities purchase agreement entered into between Oasis and the Company in connection with the Note (as defined below), which in December 2021 was increased to $600,000 in principal amount (the “Note”) and (ii) an unspecified amount of damage for an alleged breach of the exclusivity provisions of a term sheet that the Company and Oasis entered into on July 7, 2022 plus an actual damages in an amount to be proven at trial, interest and costs, reasonable attorney’s fees and such other legal and equitable relief as the court deems just and proper. On June 30, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Company’s motion to dismiss this complaint but with leave to amended complaint. On July 31, Oasis filed an amended complaint against the Company and its Chief Executive Officer, Mike Ballardie, seeking damages in an amount to be proven at trial, interest and costs for breach of fiduciary duty and violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. On February 28, 2024, the Company and Oasis settled this matter by entering into a settlement agreement pursuant to which the Company paid Oasis $225,000 in cash in exchange for a dismissal of the action by Oasis and a full release.

 

We know of no pending proceedings to which any director, member of senior management, or affiliate is either a party adverse to us or has a material interest adverse to us.

 

 

Nasdaq Compliance

 

On July 26, 2023, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that the Company’s stockholders’ equity as reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 31, 2023 did not satisfy the continued listing requirement under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires that a listed company’s stockholders’ equity be at least $2.5 million (the “Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”). In addition, the Company did not meet the alternatives of listed securities or net income from continuing operations as of the date of the letter. The Company timely submitted a compliance plan to the Panel and on August 23, 2023 received notice from Nasdaq that it has until January 22, 2024 to demonstrate compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. On January 22, 2024, the Company consummated and received a cash investment of $16,500,000 (as described in more detail below), which increased the Company’s stockholder equity to $4,045,326, which has brought the Company back into compliance with the Minimum Stockholders’ Equity Requirement. On January 30, 2024, the Company received a letter from Nasdaq confirming that following the receipt of a an investment of $16.5 million as disclosed in the Company’s current report filed on Form 8-K on January 24, 2024 (i) the Company has regained compliance with the minimum shareholder equity requirement in Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Equity Rule”), as required by the Nasdaq Hearing Panel’s decision dated April 12, 2023, and (ii) in application of Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(B), the Company will be subject to a mandatory panel monitor for a period of one year from the date of such letter. If, within that one-year monitoring period, the Company is no longer in compliance with the Equity Rule, then, notwithstanding Rule 5810(c)(2), the Company will not be permitted to provide Nasdaq with a plan of compliance with respect to such deficiency and Nasdaq will not be permitted to grant additional time for the Company to regain compliance with respect to such deficiency, nor will the Company be afforded an applicable cure or compliance period pursuant to Ruel 5810(c)(3). Instead, Nasdaq will issue a delist determination letter and the Company will have the opportunity to request a new hearing. The Company will have the opportunity to respond/present to the hearing panel as provided by Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(C) and the Company’s securities may at that time be delisted from Nasdaq.

 

On December 12, 2023, the Company received a letter (the “Notice”) from the Staff informing the Company that because the closing bid price for the Common Stock listed on Nasdaq was below $1.00 for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was given a period of 180 calendar days from December 12, 2023, or until June 10, 2024, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement.

 

On June 11, 2024, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that (i) the Company did not regained compliance with the Rule within the prescribed time period and is not eligible for a second 180-day remediation period. Specifically, the Company did not comply with the $5,000,000 minimum stockholders’ equity initial listing requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market under the Equity Standard and (ii) unless the Company requests an appeal by June 18, 2024, of this determination, Nasdaq has determined that the Company’s securities will be scheduled for delisting from Nasdaq and will be suspended at the opening of business on June 21, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on The Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Delisting Determination”).

 

The Company appealed of the Delisting Determination on June 18, 2024 by requesting a hearing before the Panel to stay the suspension of the Company’s securities and the filing of the Form 25-NSE with the SEC. On June 27, 2024, the Company effected a 1-20 reverse stock split, which brought its share price to $8.71, which, in turn, caused the Company to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and on July 11, 2024, the Company completed 10 consecutive trading days with the bid price in excess of $1 and on July 18, 2024 received Nasdaq confirmation that the hearing panel has been cancelled and the Delisting Determination has been withdrawn.

 

 

Note 12: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Leases

 

The Company leases office space under short-term leases with terms under a year. Total rent expense for the three months ended July 31, 2024 and 2023 amounted to $2,300 and $1,969, respectively.

 

Contingencies

 

In connection with the Gameface acquisition on February 2, 2022, the Company agreed to earn-out consideration of common shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value of $1,334,000.

 

The Company issued 14,960 common shares to the former Gameface shareholders in June 2022. The remaining balance of the contingent consideration of $418,455 was converted on October 23, 2023.

 

From time to time, the Company may become involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not presently a party to any legal proceedings that it currently believes would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business or financial statements.

 

Nasdaq Compliance

 

Although the Company is currently in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements, if the Company loses its compliance with the minimum shareholder equity requirement in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Equity Rule”), then, notwithstanding Rule 5810(c)(2), the Company will not be permitted to provide Nasdaq with a plan of compliance with respect to such deficiency and Nasdaq will not be permitted to grant additional time for the Company to regain compliance with respect to such deficiency, nor will the Company be afforded an applicable cure or compliance period pursuant to Rule 5810(c)(3). Instead, Nasdaq will issue a delist determination letter and the Company will have the opportunity to request a new hearing. The Company will have the opportunity to respond/present to the hearing panel as provided by Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(C) and the Company’s securities may at that time be delisted from Nasdaq.