NOTE 8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Distribution Agreement with Chinese Partner

 

On February 3, 2021, the Company entered into a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with three China-based partners, pursuant to which the Chinese partners will be responsible for conducting the necessary registration trials for commercial approval of the Company’s products in China, followed by an eight-year exclusive distribution right to sell the Company’s products in China with the term of the agreement continuing on a year-to-year basis unless terminated. Under the Distribution Agreement, the China-based partners will be subject to minimum purchase obligations. The Distribution Agreement may be terminated for cause upon failure to meet minimum purchase obligations, failure to obtain regulatory approvals or for other material breaches.

 

In addition, the agreement stipulates that if the Distributor fails to obtain the Regulatory Approvals by the time stipulated in the agreement due to the failure of the clinical trials, and this Agreement was terminated as a result of such failure to obtain Regulatory Approvals, InspireMD shall reimburse Distributor in an amount which is 50% of Distributor’s direct out of pocket costs to 3rd parties for conducting the clinical trials, which reimbursement will not exceed USD 1,000,000. The consolidated financial statements include a liability, based on 50% of the Distributor costs incurred until December 31, 2024. The liability at December 31, 2023 and 2024 is immaterial.

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2024Mar 12, 2025Showing above
2023Mar 5, 2024
2022Mar 30, 2023
2021Mar 7, 2022
2020Mar 8, 2021
2019Mar 10, 2020
2018Feb 19, 2019
2017Feb 13, 2018
2016Feb 16, 2017
2015Mar 28, 2016

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.