NOTE 13 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Joint Venture with BioXtek, LLC

On February 4, 2025, the Company entered into a Binding Memorandum of Understanding (“Binding MOU”) with BioXtek, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“BioXtek”) setting forth the terms of a joint development, manufacturing, marketing and funding arrangement to be entered into by the Company and BioXtek in various phases (“Joint Venture”).

The Joint Venture contemplates, among other matters:

The Company and BioXtek are continuing to work in good faith towards the preparation, authorization, execution and delivery of a series of definitive agreements documenting the Joint Venture, including the mutual agreement to modify certain terms as set forth in the Binding MOU with respect to the Company relocating its operations to the BioXtek Facility and the structure of how the parties will collaborate in future clinical trials and the sale of products that were intended to be sold in connection with the SPE Business.

Deferred Revenue

Amounts received by the Company for future purchases of inventory or for products that have yet to be delivered to the customers as of July 31, 2025 and October 31, 2024 are reflected in the Company’s balance sheet as deferred revenues and were comprised of the following:

Employment Agreements

Dr. Peter A. M. Everts, Ph.D.

Effective February 7, 2025, Dr. Peter A. M. Everts, Ph.D. (“Dr. Everts”) was appointed the Company’s Chief Scientific and Technology Officer. Dr. Everts’ employment agreement provides for a base salary of $220,000 for the first year and $235,000 per annum for each subsequent year it is in effect, subject to adjustment of up to $15,000, in the event certain compensation under a consulting agreement which Dr. Everts is party to with a non-affiliated third party is not paid. In connection with the employment agreement, Dr. Everts was granted an option under the 2021 Plan to purchase 25,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $3.05 per share (fair market value on the date of grant) (“Everts Option”). The Everts Option vests 50% on the one-year anniversary of the effective date of the employment agreement and 50% on the second anniversary, contingent upon Dr. Everts’ continued employment with the Company and to the extent vested, expires five years from the date of grant.

Dr. Everts may also be paid a performance bonus to the extent earned, based on criteria established by the Company’s Board of Directors, and may be eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans maintained by the Company and generally applicable to other senior executives of the Company.

Dr. Everts’ employment with the Company is “At Will” meaning that his employment with the Company and his employment agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all and with or without “Cause” (as defined in the Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time after the first ninety (90) days of the term, the Company terminates Dr. Everts’ employment without Cause or Dr. Everts terminates his employment with the Company for “Good Reason” (as defined in the Agreement), Dr. Everts will be entitled to receive an amount equal to one quarter (1/4) month’s salary for each successive three (3) months of employment completed as severance.

On July 18, 2025, Dr. Everts resigned his position with the Company effective August 1, 2025. As a result of Dr. Everts resignation, the Everts Option was forfeited effective August 1, 2025.

Ron Borsheim

Effective April 1, 2025, Ron Borsheim was appointed the Company’s Chief Sales Officer - Aesthetics. Mr. Borsheim’s employment agreement provides for a base salary of $225,000 and the grant of an option under ZEO’s Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to purchase 40,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $2.50 per share (fair market value on the date of grant) (the “Option”). The Option vests 50% on the one-year anniversary of the effective date of the employment agreement and 50% on the second anniversary, contingent upon Mr. Borsheim’s’ continued employment with the Company and to the extent vested, expires five years from the date of grant.

Mr. Borsheim may also be paid a performance bonus to the extent earned, based on criteria established by the Company’s Board of Directors or its Compensation Committee, and is eligible to participate in the employee benefit plans maintained by the Company and generally applicable to other senior executives of the Company.

Mr. Borsheim’s employment with the Company is “At Will” meaning that his employment with the Company and his employment agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all and with or without “Cause” (as defined in the employment agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time after the first ninety (90) days of the term, the Company terminates Mr. Borsheim’s employment without Cause or Mr. Borsheim terminates his employment with the Company for “Good Reason” (as defined in the employment agreement), Mr. Borsheim will be entitled to receive an amount equal to one quarter (1/4) month’s salary for each successive three (3) months of employment completed as severance.

Mr. Borsheim’s employment agreement contains customary confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation covenants.

Purchase Commitments

During July 2025, the Company entered into an exclusive supply agreement (“Supply Agreement”) with a third-party contract manufacturer (“CDMO”) in connection with the manufacturing and processing of certain biological products (“CDMO Products”) that the Company that the Company intends to sell to third party medical providers. Under the terms of the Supply Agreement, the Company paid an initial deposit of $225,000 on August 1, 2025 and is required to pay an additional $225,000 deposit upon confirmation that the CDMO has initiated cGMP processing of the CDMO Products. Under the terms of the Supply Agreement, the deposits will be applied against the actual CDMO Products that are released to the Company. The Company has agreed to make a minimum of 8 purchase orders within specified periods based on satisfactory release of prior productions of the CDMO Products (“Minimum Purchase Orders”). In connection with each purchase order, the Company is required to have minimum deposits paid to the CDMO equal to 50% of the value of the purchase order. The Supply Agreement may be extended by the Company based on submitting a minimum amount of additional purchase orders after the Minimum Purchase Orders have been released.

Legal Matters

Dr. Golub

On November 19, 2024, Howard Golub, M.D., the Company’s former Chief Science Officer (“Plaintiff”), filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida against the Company, alleging a breach of contract as a result of the Company’s failure to pay Plaintiff severance in the amount of $150,000 in connection with the non-renewal of the Plaintiff’s employment agreement with the Company. Plaintiff is demanding judgment in the amount of $150,000 plus interest and attorney’s fees. The Company is currently exploring its legal options and intends to vigorously defend against the lawsuit.

Other

In addition to the foregoing, from time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. Litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in any such matter may harm our business.