SUBSEQUENT EVENTS | NOTE 19 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Executive Officer and Board of Director Developments On April 21, 2022, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer resigned from the Company for personal family commitments. On May 2, 2022, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) announced their resignation from the Board and all committees thereof, effective immediately. The resignation allowed that former member of the Board to focus on personal and other professional commitments. On September 1, 2022, the Company’s then Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s then President resigned from the Company as part of the Company’s ongoing transition. David A. Knight was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer by the Board. On October 10, 2022, a member of the Board announced their resignation from the Board and all committees thereof. The resignation allowed that former member of the Board to focus on personal and other professional commitments. On November 23, 2022, the Board appointed David A. Knight as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Acting Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, and a Director of the Board. Mr. Knight is entitled to receive (i) an annual base salary of $180,000 which will be increased to $250,000 upon the Board’s Compensation Committee’s determination of adequate funding; (ii) eligibility to participate in a cash bonus program for meeting quarterly and annual goals, milestones, and metrics, as established by the Compensation Committee; (iii) eligibility to receive grants under the terms of the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan; (iv) the right to participate in all benefit plans offered to the Company’s senior executive officers; and (v) severance payments of three months of salary, benefits, and prorated bonus (the “Severance”) if terminated without cause before completion of one year of service, and six months of Severance if terminated without cause after reaching one year of service. Business Developments Commencing in May 2022, the Company embarked on a restructuring, including a reduction of over 70% of overhead and personnel through the divestment of non-core assets in favor of a refocus on our true core competencies in 5G and beyond technology. In May 2022, InduraPower suspended operations. On May 23, 2022, a third party acquired certain assets and employees from the Canadian subsidiary of DragonWave-X, LLC (“DragonWave Canada”), in return for assuming DragonWave Canada’s employment liabilities and assuming DragonWave Canada’s lease in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, through an Asset Purchase Agreement. In June 2022, the Company idled SAGUNA Networks Ltd. (“SAGUNA”), Sky Sapience Ltd. (“SKS”) and VEO Photonics, Inc. (“VEO”). On June 21, 2022, the Company sold its Sovereign Plastics LLC (“Sovereign Plastics”) business unit for total consideration of $2 million to TheLandersCompanies LLC. On June 23, 2022, the Company reached an agreement to return fifteen patents and five pending or provisional patents to the former owners of Innovation Digital, LLC (“Innovation Digital”) in return for the cancelation of an outstanding $600,000 promissory note, the return of 500,000 shares of common stock, and the waiver of certain severance payments. Debt and Equity Developments On April 1, 2022, the Company entered into a note agreement with a related party who is an Executive Officer of the Company for cash proceeds of $100,000 with a maturity date of March 31, 2023 and an interest rate of 3%. As of March 31, 2022, the proceeds were recorded as a related party note deposit in current liabilities. On or about April 15, 2022, as a result of the Company not filing its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 on a timely basis, the Company’s secured senior convertible notes payable (see Note 12 – Debt On or about April 29, 2022, the Company sold an original issue discount note with a face value of $550,000 to an investor for the purchase price of $500,000. This note was due approximately July 29, 2022 and bears a default rate of 12% after the maturity date. On July 26, 2022, the Company received notice from a promissory note holder that the promissory note in the principal amount of $550,000 was due. As of the date of this filing, this note remains outstanding. On May 9, 2022, in connection with the note issuance, the Company issued 240,000 shares of common stock to an advisor pursuant to an advisory agreement dated April 29, 2022. On May 24, 2022, the Company received notice from counsel for holders of $11.15 million of convertible promissory notes issued in connection with the acquisition of Fastback that the Company had failed to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K in a timely manner, as required by the terms of the convertible promissory notes. The notice indicated that the holders were reserving their rights. On or about May 25, 2022, the Company announced that it had suspended the payment of dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock to preserve cash. Since June 20, 2022, dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are accruing at the rate of approximately $61,664 per month. The total arrearage on the date of filing for the accrued dividends is approximately $370,000. On June 23, 2022, the Company reached an agreement to cancel a $600,000 promissory note (see Business Developments On July 29, 2022, the Company sold a promissory note in the principal amount of $26,250 to the Company’s senior secured lenders. This note bears interest at 15% per annum and is due July 29, 2023. On October 17, 2022, the Company sold a promissory note in the principal amount of $367,500 to the Company’s senior secured lenders. This note bears interest at 6% per annum, is due October 17, 2023, and is secured by the August 25, 2021 Amended and Restated Security Agreement between the Company and its senior secured lenders. On November 8, 2022, the Company sold a promissory note in the principal amount of $262,500 to the Company’s senior secured lenders for proceeds of $250,000. That note bears interest at 6% per annum, is due November 8, 2023, and also is secured by the August 25, 2021 Amended and Restated Security Agreement between the Company and its senior secured lenders. On or about December 8, 2022, the Company canceled 66,666 shares of outstanding common stock due to the non-vesting of certain restricted stock awards. Lease Developments In May 2022, the Company abandoned its lease of the Tucson Building (see Note 11 – Leases In June 2022, ComSovereign Corp. abandoned its Dallas, TX office lease and VEO Photonics, Inc. abandoned its San Diego, CA office lease. In July 2022, the Company abandoned its Chantilly, VA office lease. Litigation, Claims and Contingencies Developments On June 16, 2022, the Company received notice from certain former shareholders of SAGUNA claiming breaches of the SAGUNA stock purchase agreement and claiming that all of the former shareholders of SAGUNA have suffered damages totaling approximately $13.9 million, which they calculated as the value related to the consideration issued to those former shareholder for the acquisition of SAGUNA. The Company denies those claims and has not accrued for any contingent loss. However, the Company may face legal claims or proceedings regarding those claims. By notice dated July 14, 2022, the Company received notice from a distributor that has a distribution agreement with InduraPower claiming that InduraPower, and the Company as guarantor, has breached the distribution agreement, and are claiming approximately $2 million in damages, which includes a claim for $0.5 million of foregone profit, which is not accrued because the Company denies that claim. The Company had received $1.5 million in cash as a deposit against future product deliveries, of which $0.2 million has been recognized as revenue (resulting from product deliveries) through March 31, 2022 and the other $1.3 million is included in contract liabilities – current in the March 31, 2022 balance sheet. On or about July 17, 2022, the former employees of SKS filed an insolvency request against SKS in the Nazareth District Court, Israel, No. 35035-06-22. The action represents $400,000 of post-March 31, 2022 claims of the former employees. On or about July 28, 2022, a former employee filed suit against the Company, Dustin McIntire, and Daniel Hodges in the San Diego County California Superior Court, Case No. 37-2022-00028083-CU-BC-CTL. The plaintiff alleged that his wages were not paid, that he was constructively discharged, that the Company failed to issue him stock options, and that he is owed future amounts. He is claiming damages of no less than $238,000. The Company has accrued for the wage claims for services provided, but has not accrued for the claims associated with future services. The Company disputes certain allegations of the plaintiff and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. On or about August 22, 2022, two former Fastback employees filed suit against the Company, DragonWave and Fastback in the Alameda County Superior Court, California, Case No. 22CV016666. The plaintiffs allege that their payroll was late and that the Company failed to make one payroll, failed to timely pay wages three times, failed to pay accrued vacation time, and owes penalties under California law. Each plaintiff is claiming damages of no less than $66,500. The Company has accrued for the wage claims for services provided, but has not accrued for penalties. The Company disputes certain allegations of the plaintiff and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. On or about August 23, 2022, a former employee filed suit against the Company in the Clark County District Court, Nevada, Case No. 3 A-22-857361-C. The plaintiff alleged that his wages were not paid, that he was constructively discharged, that the Company failed to issue him stock options, and that he is owed future amounts. He is claiming damages of no less than $184,000. The Company has accrued for the wage claims for services provided, but has not accrued for the claims associated with future services. The Company disputes certain allegations of the plaintiff and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. On or about September 20, 2022, the Company was served with a suit that was filed on or about May 27, 2022 by the holder of a Transform-X Inc. (“Transform-X”) promissory note, suing the Company, Daniel Hodges, and Transform-X in the Richland County Court of Common Pleas, South Carolina, Case No. 2022CP4002806. The plaintiff alleges that for $125,000 he purchased an 8% promissory note in 2018 from Transform-X which has not been paid. Plaintiff alleges that the Company is also liable under the Transform-X promissory note. This lawsuit was removed to the United States District of South Carolina, Civil Action No.:3:22-cv-03645-MGL. The Company strongly disputes the plaintiff’s allegations, has not accrued for any contingent losses, and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. On or about November 14, 2022, an intellectual property law firm filed suit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego. The plaintiff alleges that they performed work for the Company and its subsidiaries subsequent to March 31, 2022 and are owed approximately $75,000. On or about November 15, 2022, the Company resolved the claims of former employees of SAGUNA who had, on or about July 17, 2022, filed an insolvency request against SAGUNA in the Nazareth District Court, Israel, No. 27624-07-22. The approximately $200,000 of post-March 31, 2022 claims of the former employees were resolved and the action was dismissed on or about November 17, 2022. Nasdaq Compliance Developments As previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K filed on August 16, 2022, and in subsequent Form 8-K filings, the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), the $1.00 minimum closing bid price requirement (“minimum bid price”) due to the price of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, because the Company was late with filing its Quarterly Reports on Form10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022, and September 30, 2022 (collectively the “Delinquent Reports”), the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1), which requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports (“filing requirements”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). On November 17, 2022, a hearing was held before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) regarding the Company’s request for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market of the Company’s common stock and additional time to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules. On November 29, 2022, the Panel issued its determination, granting the Company’s request for the continued listing of the Company’s common stock, subject to evidencing compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price requirement by February 2, 2023, and evidencing compliance with Nasdaq’s filing requirement by getting the Company’s remaining Delinquent Reports filed with the SEC by February 24, 2023, and certain other conditions. The Company is working to file its Delinquent Reports with the SEC as soon as practicable and is otherwise taking definitive steps to evidence compliance with all other applicable criteria for continued listing on Nasdaq. The Company has put forth a reverse split proposal to our stockholders to be voted on at the Company’s Annual Stockholders meeting on January 18, 2023, as part of the Company’s efforts to gain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. There can be no assurances, however, that we will be able to gain compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules. |