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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases – The Company leases office space under an operating lease that commenced December 1, 2017 and was extended through multiple lease extensions. The third lease extension extended the lease for twenty-four months, beginning on June 1, 2022 and ended on May 31, 2024. The fourth lease extension, signed on January 30, 2024, extended the lease for twenty-four months, beginning June 1, 2024 and ending on May 31, 2026. The monthly rent is $3,805 for the first year of the extension and increasing to $3,860 for the second year of the extension.
The Company records rent expense associated with this lease on the straight-line basis in conjunction with the terms of the underlying lease. During the quarter ended March 31, 2025, rents paid totaled $11,415. During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, rents paid totaled $11,250.
Right of use asset is summarized below:
Operating lease liability is summarized below:
Future minimum rental payments required under the lease are as follows:
Legal Matters – The Company is currently not a defendant in any litigation or threatened litigation that could have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
CAR T License – On August 31, 2022, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with the University of Pittsburgh for certain intellectual property rights related to the universal self-labeling SynNotch and CARs for programable antigen-targeting technology platform. The Company paid the University of Pittsburgh a non-refundable fee in the amount of $75,000 for the exclusive patent rights to the licensed technology. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company has been assigned the worldwide development and commercialization rights to the licensed technology in the field of human treatment of cancer with antibody or antibody fragments using SNAP-CAR T-cell technology, along with (i) an intellectual property portfolio consisting of issued and pending patents and (ii) options regarding future add-on technologies and developments. In consideration of these rights, the Company paid an initial license fee of $75,000, and will have annual maintenance fees ranging between $15,000 and $25,000, as well as developmental milestone payments (as defined in the agreement) and royalties equal to 3.5% of net sales. On January 25, 2023, the Company entered into a corporate research agreement with the University of Pittsburgh for the pre-clinical development of SNAP-CAR T-cells targeting HER2. The Company agreed to pay $716,714 for performance-based milestones over a two-year term, of which $298,768 has been paid as of March 31, 2025. The Company’s liability was $417,946 and $507,535 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which is included within accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
In September 2023, the Company expanded its exclusive license agreement with the University of Pittsburgh to include the SNAP-CAR technology platform in natural killer (NK) cells. The Company agreed to pay $2,000 to amend the agreement.
Deverra Therapeutics, Inc. – On August 16, 2023, the Company entered into an exclusive licensing arrangement (the “License Agreement”) with Deverra Therapeutics Inc. (“Deverra”), pursuant to which the Company completed the exclusive license of key patent families and related intellectual property related to a proprietary allogeneic stem cell expansion and directed differentiation platform for the generation of multiple distinct immune effector cell types, including natural killer (NK) and monocyte/macrophages. The License Agreement provides the Company with exclusive rights to use the license patents and related intellectual property in connection with development and commercialization efforts in the defined field of use (the “Field”) of (a) use of unmodified NK cells as anti-viral therapeutic for viral infections, and/or as a therapeutic approach for treatment of relapsed/refractory AML and high-risk MDS; (b) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate NK cells for the purpose of engineering with Coeptis SNAP-CARs and/or Coeptis GEAR Technology; and (c) use of Deverra’s cell therapy platform to generate myeloid cells for the purpose of engineering with the Company’s current SNAP-CAR and GEAR technologies. In support of the exclusive license, the Company also entered into with Deverra (i) an asset purchase agreement (the “APA”) pursuant to which the Company purchased certain assets from Deverra, including but not limited to two Investigational New Drug (IND) applications and two Phase 1 clinical trial stage programs (NCT04901416, NCT04900454) investigating infusion of DVX201, an unmodified natural killer (NK) cell therapy generated from pooled donor CD34+ cells, in hematologic malignancies and viral infections and (ii) a non-exclusive sublicense agreement (the “Sublicense Agreement”), in support of the assets obtained by the exclusive license, pursuant to which the Company sublicensed from Deverra certain assets which Deverra has rights to pursuant a license agreement (“FHCRC Agreement”) by and between Deverra and The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (“FHCRC”).
In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Sublicense Agreement, the Company agreed to pay FHCRC certain specified contingent running royalty payments and milestone payments under the FHCRC Agreement, in each case to the extent such payments are triggered by the Company’s development activities.
Until December 2024, we operated under a Shared Services Agreement (“SSA”) with Deverra, which provided Coeptis and Deverra to share resources and collaborate on the development of Coeptis’ GEAR and SNAP-CAR platforms. The Company is continuing its development focus on both GEAR and SNAP-CAR, and will be considering prospective strategic partners for such development.
Registration Rights - Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on October 29, 2020, the holders of the founder shares, the Private Placement Warrants and underlying securities, and any securities issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and underlying securities) would be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. The holders of at least a majority in interest of the then-outstanding number of these securities were entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Imperial, I-Bankers and Northland did not exercise their demand and “piggyback” registration rights after five (5) and seven (7) years after the effective date of the registration statement and did not exercise its demand rights on more than one occasion. The registration rights agreement did not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company would bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Finder’s Fee and Indemnity Agreement – The Company entered into a finder’s fee and indemnity agreement with a third party, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay a fee in connection with the successful introduction and executive of the SEPA. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company was obligated to pay a 4% fee upon the closing of the net funding amount of $1,350,000, equaling $54,000, and then 6% of the total cash consideration received by the Company or the Company’s creditors in connection with any follow on financing, and 0.5% on the amount of any drawdown made by the Company on the SEPA. The Company also agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the third party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties, judgments, any and all legal and other actions caused by or related to the third party’s engagement with the Company. As of March 31, 2025, the Company paid a total of $103,500 to the third party in connection with this finder’s fee and indemnity agreement.
Master Services Agreements – On December 31, 2024, the Company entered into one-year agreements with five customers to provide access to the NexGenAI Affiliates Network platform. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company is obligated to deliver platform access and related services over the contract period beginning in 2025. Revenue recognition will commence upon the start of services in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. As these agreements represent future contractual obligations, there was no impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows as of December 31, 2024. The total contract value associated with these agreements is approximately $1.6 million, which is expected to be recognized as revenue over the respective service periods in 2025.
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