Commitments and Contingencies | 7. Commitments and Contingencies UCLA TDG Exclusive License Agreement Effective April 9, 2019, we entered into an Amended and Restated Exclusive License Agreement dated as of March 21, 2019, which was subsequently amended through three sets of amendments (as so amended the “Amended License Agreement”) with the UCLA TDG. The Amended License Agreement amends and restates the Amended and Restated Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2017 (the “2017 Agreement”). The 2017 Agreement amended and restated the Exclusive License Agreement, effective March 15, 2006, between the Company and UCLA TDG, as amended by ten amendments. Under the terms of the Amended License Agreement, the Regents have continued to grant us exclusive rights to develop and commercialize NELL-1 (the “Licensed Product”) for spinal fusion by local administration, osteoporosis and trauma applications. The Licensed Product is a recombinant human protein growth factor that is essential for normal bone development. We have agreed to pay an annual maintenance fee to UCLA TDG of $ 10,000 50,000 250,000 0.333 10 20 We are obligated to make the following milestone payments to UCLA TDG for each Licensed Product or Licensed Method: ● $ 100,000 ● $ 250,000 ● $ 500,000 ● $ 1,000,000 We are also obligated pay to UCLA TDG a fee (the “Diligence Fee”) of $ 8,000,000 ● Due upon cumulative Net Sales equaling $50,000,000 following the Triggering Sale Date - $2,000,000; ● Due upon cumulative Net Sales equaling $100,000,000 following the Triggering Sale Date - $2,000,000; and ● Due upon cumulative Net Sales equaling $200,000,000 following the Triggering Sale Date - $4,000,000 Our obligation to pay the Diligence Fee will survive termination or expiration of the Amended License Agreement and we are prohibited from assigning, selling, or otherwise transferring any of its assets related to any Licensed Product unless our Diligence Fee obligation is assigned, sold, or transferred along with such assets, or unless we pay UCLA TDG the Diligence Fee within ten (10) days of such assignment, sale or other transfer of such rights to any Licensed Product. We are also obligated to pay UCLA TDG a cash milestone payment within thirty (30) days of a Liquidity Event (including a Change of Control Transaction and a payment election by UCLA TDG exercisable after December 22, 2016) such payment to equal the greater of: ● $ 500,000 ● 2 As of June 30, 2023, none of the above milestones have been met. We are obligated to diligently proceed with developing and commercializing licensed products under UCLA TDG patents set forth in the Amended License Agreement. We are required to meet certain diligence milestone deadlines pursuant to the Amended License Agreement. Applicable for the current year, we are required to spend at least $ 1,000,000 We must reimburse or pre-pay UCLA TDG for patent prosecution and maintenance costs incurred during the term of the Amended License Agreement. We have the right to bring infringement actions against third party infringers of the Amended License Agreement, UCLA TDG may join voluntarily, at its own expense, or, at our expense, be joined involuntarily to the action. We are required to indemnify UCLA TDG against any third party claims arising out of our exercise of the rights under the Amended License Agreement or any sublicense. Payments to UCLA TDG under the Amended License Agreement for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were $ 20,112 29,059 Development Contracts The Company has two contracts with one vendor for development activities of NELL-1. As of June 30, 2023, there were no 877,428 1,738,539 At June 30, 2023 there exists a concentration of payables to two vendors of approximately 87 Contingencies The Company is subject to claims and assessments from time to time in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management does not believe that any such matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In July 2019, Dr. Bessie (Chia) Soo and Dr. Kang (Eric) Ting (“Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) in federal court in Massachusetts against the Company, Bruce Stroever (“Stroever”), John Booth (“Booth”), Stephen LaNeve (“LaNeve”, and together with Stroever and Booth, the “Individual Defendants”), and MTF Biologics (f/k/a The Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Inc.) (“MTF”). The Complaint alleges claims for breach of contract against the Company and tortious interference with contract against the Individual Defendants and MTF arising from the termination of the Professional Service Agreements, dated as of January 8, 2016, between the Company and each of the Plaintiffs. The Individual Defendants have been sued for actions taken by them in connection with their service to the Company as directors and/or officers of the Company. As such, the Company has certain indemnification obligations to the Individual Defendants. The Company and the Individual Defendants intend to vigorously defend against the allegations in the Complaint. Although the Complaint was filed several years ago, due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and long delays in the court ruling on various motions to dismiss, in terms of case progression the case is still in its early stages with the claims in the case not being set until April 2022 and preliminary discovery starting since then. Based on the early stage of the litigation, it is not possible to estimate the amount or range of any possible loss arising from the expenditure of defense fees, a judgment or settlement of the matter. NASDAQ Notice On June 28, 2023, Bone Biologics Corporation (the “Company”) received a letter (the “Letter”) from the Hearings Advisor in the Nasdaq Office of General Counsel confirming the decision of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC’s (“Nasdaq”) Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), that the Company currently demonstrates compliance with the requirements for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market for the minimum bid price, as outlined in Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). Pursuant to the Letter, the Company will be subject to a “Panel Monitor,” as defined by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(A), through June 27, 2024. In the event the Company fails to satisfy a continued listing requirement during the one year monitoring period, the Company will not be provided with the opportunity to present a compliance plan to Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Department (the “Department”) and the Department will not be permitted to grant additional time for the Company to regain compliance with respect to that deficiency, nor will the Company be afforded an applicable cure or compliance period pursuant to Rule 5810(c)(3), which process might otherwise be available under the Nasdaq Listing Rules but would instead have an opportunity to request an appeal of the determination pursuant to Listing Rule 5815(d)(4)(C). The Company’s securities may at that time be delisted from Nasdaq. |