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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

 

A: Employment/Consulting (and related) agreements:

 

Stephen Craig Scott (“Scott”) was appointed interim CEO effective June 1, 2024. Scott had previously been working with the Company as an employee/consultant since 1993 in various positions including Director of Communications, SVP- Capital Markets and Head of Business Development. On October 25, 2023, Scott entered into an agreement with the Company which included provisions for a monthly salary of $14,000 almost all of which Scott deferred to help the Company conserve cash. For the nine months ended March 31, 2026 and year ended June 30, 2025, deferred compensation was $271,000 and $163,000, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Scott was paid $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Scott was paid $18,000 and $5,000 respectively.

  

Effective April 1, 2024 the Company entered into two material definitive agreements regarding voluntary surrender for cancellation of securities of the Company (and related matters) by: a) members of the family of Dominic Bassani, recently deceased former Chief Executive Officer and (with his family) the Company’s largest shareholder (collectively “Bassani Family”)(“Bassani Family Agreement”), and b) Mark A. Smith, recently retired President of the Company and a director (“MAS”) (“MAS Agreement”), as described in multiple places herein. 

 

Until his retirement on July 31, 2024, MAS held the positions of Director, President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel of Company (and its subsidiaries) under various agreements (and extensions) and terms since March 2003. Over the years, MAS accumulated various obligations and security instruments, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes, warrants, and options, as noted above in 6. STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY, Giveback and Settlement Agreements. On September 18, 2025, MAS surrendered all obligations and security instruments and accepted 400,000 common shares in settlement. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, MAS was paid nil and nil , respectively, of cash compensation. For the nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, MAS was paid nil and nil , respectively, of cash compensation.

 

Dominic Bassani, who was serving as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer (‘COO’) at the time, passed away on November 11, 2023. He had served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (‘CEO’) since 2011 (any reference to Brightcap or Bassani for all purposes are referring to the same individual). Over the years, Bassani accumulated various obligations and security instruments, including without limitation deferred compensation, convertible notes, warrants, and options, as noted above in 6. STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY, Giveback and Settlement Agreements. On September 18, 2025, the Bassani family surrendered all obligations and security instruments and accepted 7,200,000 common shares in settlement. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Bassani/Brightcap was paid nil and nil , respectively, of cash compensation. For the nine months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Bassani/Brightcap was paid nil and nil , respectively, of cash compensation.

 

B: Initial Project:

 

On January 28, 2022 Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (‘Bion’), on behalf of Bion 3G1 LLC (‘3G1’), a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a Purchase Order Agreement with Buflovak and Hebeler Process Solutions (collectively ‘Buflovak’) in the amount of $2,665,500 (and made the initial 25% payment ($666,375) for the core of the ‘Bion System’ portion (without the crystallization modules which will be ordered and fabricated pursuant to subsequent agreements) of the previously announced 3G Tech Initial Project. This Purchase Order encompassed the core of Bion’s 3G Technology. The Company received progress billing in March 2022 and June 2022 for the second and third 25% installments, both of which have been paid as of the filing date. On January 17, 2023 the Company received an invoice from Buflovak for $533,100 which was paid on March 1, 2023 and on April 24, 2023 the Company received an invoice from Buflovak for $83,275 which was paid on May 2, 2023 bringing the aggregate payments to $2,615,500 as of the date of this filing. On July 26, 2023 the Company received the final invoice for $50,000, $16,666 was paid on January 2, 2024 leaving a balance of $33,334. In addition to the Purchase Order, through March 31, 2026 the Company has incurred additional costs of $6,794,925 on the Initial Project for capitalized interest and costs, non-cash compensation, equipment and consulting fees. $7,371,371 has been paid and $1,658,469 has been billed and not yet paid.

 

Buflovak (a division of Hebeler Process Solutions) has worked with the Company on design and testing of its 3G Tech over several years. The basic design for the Initial Project’s ARS System, fabrication and delivery of equipment from Buflovak, and assembly/construction were completed in July 2023, followed by system startup. Steady-state operations were achieved in September 2023, after which time we began optimization of the ARS in preparation for providing final design for full-scale systems, as well as demonstrating its performance and economics for an independent engineering report. Due to delays and interruptions in our ability to operate the system (as below), those efforts have continued to date. We worked in concert with Integrated Engineering Services, the primary site engineering firm for the facility, on the integration of all project components/modules at the Initial Project site during assembly/construction. Additional agreements were entered into with various professional services providers (engineers, surveyors, utilities, etc.) for work related to the Initial Project. The Company has incurred costs of $8,406,434 on the Initial Project, not including capitalized labor and interest.

 

Management previously believed that the Initial Project had reached the point where it could be appropriately deemed ‘placed in service’ at January 1, 2024. However, discussions with the key technical and engineering personnel involved at the Initial Project during the recently concluded quarter convinced management that such a characterization was premature as some key modules had not yet been completed and/or fully tested. Additionally, due to some recent equipment break-downs, the Initial Project was in maintenance mode at that time (and not conducting operations), while the Company awaited required replacement parts and subsequent repairs. This process was slowed by the Company’s ongoing difficulties in raising needed funds for its activities. The Company’s Board of Directors re-evaluated the classification/status of the Initial Project as part of the Company’s annual review process and determined that the Initial Project had been ‘placed in service’ at the June 30, 2024, fiscal year end. Further, after extensive discussion, it was determined that the ‘carrying value’ of the Initial Project on the Company balance sheet as of that date be reduced to $0 in order to conform to accepted accounting practices, because the Initial Project was recently reclassified as largely a research & development facility and is located on land subject to a short term lease (as described below in Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis). As a result, a large ‘one time/non-recurring’ ‘non-cash’ charge of $9,460,425 has been taken by the Company at that date which charge reduced the Company shareholders’ equity to ($5,808,501) and resulted in a loss of $11,691,115 for the 2024 fiscal year.

 

C: Lease:

 

The Company entered into an agreement on September 23, 2021, to lease approximately four acres of land near Fair Oaks, Indiana, for the development site of its Initial Project. The original lease ended on December 31, 2024 and there is an agreement to extend month to month at the same rate.

 

The Company has not made consistent lease payments since October 16, 2023. The Company made four payments totaling $25,000 in the fiscal year to date. The Company owes $137,500 in lease payments at March 31, 2026.

 

D: Litigation (and related matters):

 

On April 16, 2025, the Company was served a summons by Hamstra Builders, Inc. (“Hamstra”) along with three other defendants: Bion Technologies, Inc. (“Biontech”), Bion 3G-1, LLC (“3G-1”), both entities of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., and North Prairie Holdings, LLC (‘NPHLLC”) the property lessor. The Hamstra suit is related to the Notice of Intent to file a Mechanic’s Lien, that was filed April 16, 2024, and has been disclosed in our public filings since that date. Bion has retained counsel in Indiana to represent the company in these actions. Hamstra is seeking to recover $1,494,513 in unpaid invoices related to the construction of Bion’s Ammonia Recovery System at Fair Oaks, Indiana. This sum includes $653,915 owed to Dilling Group, Inc., a subcontractor of Hamstra. Dilling filed suit to recover that amount on March 31, 2025, which was disclosed in Bion’s 8-K, dated April 7, 2025. These amounts are included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses.

 

The Company currently is not involved in any other material litigation or similar events.