NOTE 9 —Commitments and Contingencies

 

The terms and conditions of applicable bylaws, certificates or articles of incorporation, agreements or applicable law may obligate DNA X under certain circumstances to indemnify its current and former directors, officers or employees, and underwriters, with respect to certain of the matters described below.

 

Purchase Commitments—There are no noncancelable purchase orders as of December 31, 2025 for continuing operations. The company stopped issuing purchase commitments in 2025 in anticipation of the closing of the asset sale.

 

Royalty payments—For its discontinue operations, the Company is required to pay per unit royalties to wireless essential patent holders. The Company pays licensing fees for the use of software for its crypto trading platform.

 

General litigation—The Company is occasionally involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. The Company is not involved in any material litigation as of the date of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

The results of any future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty and, regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management time and resources and other factors.

 

Indemnification—For discontinued operations, under the terms of its agreements with wireless carriers and other partners, the Company has agreed to provide indemnification for intellectual property infringement claims related to the Company’s product sold by them to their end customers. From time to time, the Company receives notices from these wireless carriers and other partners of a claim for infringement of intellectual property rights potentially related to their products. These infringement claims have been settled, dismissed, or have not been further pursued by the customers.

 

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Apr 15, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 31, 2025
2023Mar 27, 2024
2022Mar 20, 2023
2021Mar 21, 2022
2020Mar 18, 2021
2019Mar 27, 2020

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.