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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies 

 

Indemnification Arrangements

 

We enter into standard indemnification arrangements in our ordinary course of business. Pursuant to these arrangements, we indemnify, hold harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified parties for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified parties (generally our business partners or customers) in connection with any trade secret, copyright, patent or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third-party with respect to our products. The term of these indemnification agreements is generally perpetual any time after the execution of the agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these agreements is not determinable. We have never incurred costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims related to these indemnification agreements. As a result, we believe the estimated fair value of these agreements is minimal.

  

We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers that may require us to indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers, other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature. These agreements also require us to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified and to make good faith determination whether or not it is practicable for us to obtain directors and officers insurance. We currently have directors and officers liability insurance.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may be involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In general, management believes that ordinary course of business matters will not have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position or results of operations and are adequately covered by our liability insurance. However, it is possible that condensed consolidated cash flows or results of operations could be materially affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of one of more of these contingencies or because of the diversion of management’s attention and the incurrence of significant expenses.

 

See Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings, in this Form 10-Q for additional details on the status of motions in the following proceedings.

BV Advisory v. QCi Breach Lawsuit

 

At the time of the QPhoton Merger in June 2022, QPhoton had an outstanding balance of principal and interest due to BV Advisory Partners LLC (“BV Advisory”) based on a note purchase agreement that QPhoton had entered into with BV Advisory on March 1, 2021 (the “BV Note Purchase Agreement”). Accordingly, the Company had recorded an estimated payable, recognized as other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated financial statements, based on best available information in the amount of $536 thousand as of December 31, 2024. During the quarter ended September 30 2025, this amount was settled for $750K with the remaining amount recognized once the settlement agreement was finalized.

 

On August 16, 2022, BV Advisory filed a complaint in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware naming QPhoton, the Company and certain of the Company’s directors and officers (among others) as defendants seeking, among other relief, monetary damages for an alleged breach of the BV Note Purchase Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2024, BV Advisory’s other claims were dismissed by the Delaware Chancery Court and BV Advisory transferred its claim for breach of the BV Note Purchase Agreement to the Delaware Superior Court. On July 17, 2025, the Company, Keith Barksdale (“Barksdale”) (the managing member of BV Advisory), and BV Advisory entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which BV Advisory, dismissed its claims under the BV Note Purchase Agreement with prejudice. The terms of the settlement agreement are summarized in Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

BV Advisory v. QCi Appraisal Action

 

BV Advisory was a shareholder of QPhoton, Inc., the predecessor in interest to QPhoton, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (both referred to as “QPhoton” in this Legal Proceedings discussion). BV Advisory rejected the Merger Consideration (as defined below) and on October 13, 2022 filed a petition in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking appraisal of the shares of QPhoton it owned (which shares represented 10% of the shares of QPhoton outstanding immediately prior to the Company’s acquisition of QPhoton). The Company included BV Advisory’s ownership of QPhoton in the purchase price accounting for the QPhoton Merger.

 

The Company’s total purchase price of QPhoton was approximately $71.0 million, or $69.9 million net of cash acquired, consisting of Company common stock, Series B Preferred Stock and the QPhoton Warrants (as defined below). While the total shares of the Company’s common stock on an as-converted basis offered in the QPhoton Merger was 36,600,823 (the “Merger Consideration”), the fair market valuation contemplated 31,299,417 of the shares, which assumed full conversion of the 2,377,028 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to common stock at the 10:1 ratio, and that only 1,726,931 of the warrants to purchase up to 7,028,337 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “QPhoton Warrants”) would eventually be exercised (specifically only the QPhoton Warrants for which the associated Company options and/or warrants had an exercise price at or below $2.27 at the time of the QPhoton Merger).

 

Accordingly, as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had neither issued 2,957,251 shares of the Company’s common stock on an as converted basis (the “Unissued QPhoton Shares”) nor 702,834 warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Unissued QPhoton Warrants”) that were included in the Merger Consideration. The shares of common stock underlying the Unissued QPhoton Warrants are included in the condensed consolidated statement of stockholder’s equity as additional paid in capital as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and the Unissued QPhoton Warrants have a carrying value of $14.7 million and $40.5 million, respectively, as a liability on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the Company agreed to issue to Barksdale or his designees 1.9 million shares of the Company’s common stock and BV Advisory dismissed its claims under the appraisal action with prejudice. The terms of the settlement agreement are summarized in Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings.