NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

Michael Trepeta, a former Co-CEO and director of the Company, filed a lawsuit against the Company and its subsidiary, Mobiquity Networks in April 2023 in the New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County. The claims stem from a Separation Agreement and Release that Mr. Trepeta and the Company entered into in April 2017 which terminated Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement and discontinued his employment and directorship with the Company, among other things, by mutual agreement. Mr. Trepeta also gave the Company a release in the Separation Agreement and Release. Mr. Trepeta has claimed that the Company fraudulently induced him to enter into the Separation Agreement and Release; that the Company breached Mr. Trepeta’s employment agreement; and that the Company breached its covenant of good faith and fair dealing and its fiduciary duty. Mr. Trepeta is claiming not less than $2.5 million in damages. Based on the Company’s initial internal review of the situation, the Company believed that the claims lack merit and vigorously defended the claims. In December 2023, the Company was notified that its motion to dismiss Mr. Trepeta’s action was granted but Mr. Trepeta has filed a notice of appeal. In September of 2025, the Company was notified that Mr. Trepeta’s appeal was denied, and the court has since dismissed the case.