Company: XERI
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001477932-25-007303
Chunk: 77

Company: XERIANT, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 77
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On January 22, 2025, the Company agreed to issue a new advisor 1,000,000 common shares, vesting and issued quarterly, beginning April 21, 2025, and $2,500 per meeting paid in cash and an additional bonus of $25,000 paid in common shares issued at the end of each year of service. Advisory agreement is open ended and can be terminated by consent of either party upon written notice. Litigation On October 19, 2023, Xeriant filed a complaint in the United States Southern District of New York (Case no.1:23-cv-09200) against Auctus Fund LLC, to invalidate allegedly illegally designed contractual agreements, including contesting the enforceability of the related note and amendments, and to set aside improper and unlawful securities transactions effectuated in violation of Section 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. § 78o(a)(1)) by the Defendant, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and related claims. On February 9, 2024, the case was dismissed. The Company filed a Notice of Civil Appeal on March 13, 2024, primarily based on public welfare because of the pending litigation between the SEC and Auctus Fund Management, LLC, which complaint was filed on June 1, 2023. On June 19, 2024, the Company filed an appeal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Case no. 24-682-cv), which is still pending. On June 25, 2025, the appellate court affirmed the lower court’s decision. The Company’s counsel is in the process of filing an appeal to the United States Supreme Court to challenge this decision, which went against precedent decisions in other districts. In addition to the pending legal matters, the Company is currently in discussions with Auctus in an attempt to come up with a settlement. The Company’s ongoing lawsuit against XTI Aircraft Company has a connection to the Auctus matter in that the Company’s obligations to Auctus were, according to Xeriant’s complaint, to be assumed by XTI as provided in a Letter Agreement.  The foregoing descriptions of the legal actions do not purport to be complete and are subject in their entirety by the full text of the court filings. On December 6, 2023, the Company initiated legal proceedings against XTI Aircraft Company in the Federal District Court for the Southern