10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Proceedings

 

Information pertaining to legal proceedings and related contingencies can be found in “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Minimum Royalties

 

As required under the License Agreement (see Note 3), following the first sale of cartridges, the Company will also make royalty payments to Toray equal to 7.5% of the net sales of the cartridges for a term of 10 years. A 50% reduction in the royalty rate applies upon expiry of applicable Toray patents on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis. There were no sales of or revenues from the cartridges through December 31, 2025.

 

Indemnification

 

The Company has certain agreements with service providers with which it does business that contain indemnification provisions pursuant to which the Company typically agrees to indemnify the party against certain types of third-party claims. The Company accrues for known indemnification issues when a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Company would also accrue for estimated incurred but unidentified indemnification issues based on historical activity. As the Company has not incurred any indemnification losses to date, there were no accruals for or expenses related to indemnification issues for any period presented.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 6, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 31, 2025
2023Mar 28, 2024
2022Mar 20, 2023
2021Mar 10, 2022

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.