NOTE 12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In the ordinary course of business, it is possible that the Company may be the subject of lawsuits and claims from time to time. The Company’s management, with input from legal counsel, assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise in judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings pending against us or unasserted claims that may result in proceedings, evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein. If the assessment of a contingency indicates that a probable and material loss has been incurred and the amount of liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the financial statements. If the assessment indicates a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, is disclosed. Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed. The Company is not party to any pending or threatened litigation in connection with its principal business activities.