FIREFLY NEUROSCIENCE, INC. Commitments Disclosure
NOTE 11: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
a. Royalty Commitment - Israeli Innovation Authority (“IIA”)
The Company is committed to pay royalties to the State of Israel, through the IIA, on proceeds from sales of products which the IIA participated by way of grants for research and development. No grants were received in 2024 or 2023. Under the terms of the prior IIA grant agreements, the principal value of financial assistance received along with annual interest based on London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is repayable in form of royalties based on 3.0% of BNA™ sales. Since the elimination of LIBOR, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) subsequently replaced LIBOR as a reference rate of interest for IIA grant agreements. In the case of lack of commercial feasibility of the project that was financed using the grant, the Company is not obligated to pay any royalty. The Company cannot reasonably determine the outcome of the commercialization of the technology and considers the liability to be contingent upon generation of sales, hence no liability has been recognized as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. The contingent liability amounts to $5,833 and $5,625 for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Sale of the technology developed utilizing the grants from IIA is restricted and is subject to IIA’s approval.
b. Equity Line of Credit
On December 20, 2024, the Company entered into an equity line of credit agreement with an investor (the “Purchase Agreement”), allowing the Company to direct the investor purchase up to $10,000 in shares of common stock, subject to certain conditions, including filing a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company has the right to submit an advance notice for the lower of (i) an amount equal to 40% of the average of the Daily Value Traded (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of common stock on the five trading days immediately preceding an advance notice, or (ii) $2,000. The purchase price will be 88% of the daily VWAP on the trading day commencing on the date of the advance notice. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company has committed to pay a $300 commitment fee. The Company may not issue shares to the counterparty if it would result in the counterparty owning more than 9.99% of the outstanding shares of common stock. The Company incurred $36 of deferred offering costs associated with the Purchase Agreement and recorded within prepaid expenses and deposits.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company did not issue any shares pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
About Commitments Disclosures
Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.
Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.