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

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts with clinical research organizations, drug manufacturers and other vendors for preclinical and clinical research studies, research and development supplies and other services and products for operating purposes. These contracts generally provide for termination on notice and are cancellable contracts.

Indemnification

The Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, while the officer or director is or was serving at the Company’s request in such capacity. The Company purchases directors and officers liability insurance coverage that provides for reimbursement to the Company for covered obligations and this is intended to limit the Company’s exposure and enable it to recover a portion of any amount it pays under its indemnification obligations. The Company had no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, as no amounts were probable.

Employee Agreements

The Company has signed employment agreements with certain key employees pursuant to which, if their employment is terminated following a change of control of the Company, the employees are entitled to receive certain benefits, including accelerated vesting of equity incentives.

Legal Matters

The Company may, from time to time, be involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. An unfavorable resolution of any such matter could materially affect the Company’s future financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2024, a putative class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against Exscientia plc, Andrew Hopkins, Ben R. Taylor and David Nicholson (Campanile v. Exscientia plc, Case No. 1:24-cv-05692). In June 2024, a separate complaint was filed against the same defendants in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Case 1:24-cv-07181). Both complaints allege that the defendants violated federal securities laws by, among other things, making materially false and misleading statements regarding Exscientia’s business, operations and prospects. The complaints seek unspecified compensatory damages, as well as an award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs, on behalf of persons and/or entities which purchased Exscientia securities between March 2022 and February 2024. The cases were consolidated and plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on November 11, 2024 against Exscientia plc, Andrew Hopkins and David Nicholson, and the Company moved to dismiss on January 21, 2025. On October 7, 2025, that motion to dismiss was granted and the District Court dismissed the plaintiff’s claims without prejudice; permitting leave to re-file the complaint within 30 days. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had no liability recorded for these events as an unfavorable outcome was not probable.

In February 2021, the Company entered into a lease agreement for laboratory and office space (the Industry Lease) with Industry Office SLC, LLC (the landlord). In March 2023, the Company sent a letter to the landlord detailing numerous construction delays and irregularities, deficiencies and deviations from applicable structural drawings and/or non-conforming conditions with applicable building codes (collectively, the Claims). On June 23, 2023, the landlord filed a lawsuit against the Company (Industry Office SLC, LLC v. Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 230904627) amended in October 2023, in the Third District Court for Salt Lake County, State of Utah (the Court), alleging anticipatory repudiation, breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and seeks monetary damages and attorney’s fees. As of September 30, 2025, the Company had no liability recorded for these events as an unfavorable outcome was not probable. In September 2023, the Company filed claims in the Court against the landlord alleging, among other things, breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation (the Counterclaims). In October 2023, the landlord filed an answer and denied the Company’s allegations asserted in the Counterclaims. In October 2025, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment against the Claims and in favor of a number of its Counterclaims, which remains pending. The Company is unable to estimate the possible amount or range of damages associated with the Counterclaims.
Pledged Assets

As of September 30, 2025, assets pledged as collateral against finance leases totaled $19.5 million. Assets pledged as collateral are Lab Equipment reported in “Property and Equipment, net” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. As of September 30, 2025, the liabilities associated with collateral pledged were solely comprised of a finance lease and had a carrying value of $20.5 million. The collateral pledged under the lease agreement may only be operated by the Company within the continental United States and must maintain a good title. The assets cannot be sold, disposed of or repledged by the Company.