Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Jul. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Note 7 – Commitments:

On December 7, 2009, the Company entered into a long-term agreement with sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH (“sanofi”). Under this agreement, sanofi will manufacture and supply recombinant human insulin to the Company in the territories specified in the agreement. Through this agreement, the Company will procure recombinant human insulin crystals for use in the production of Generex Oral-lyn™. The terms of the supply agreement required the Company to make certain minimum purchases of insulin from sanofi through the period ended December 31, 2011. To date, the Company has not met the minimum purchase commitments under this agreement. After December 31, 2011, sanofi may terminate the agreement due to the Company’s failure to meet such purchase commitments. Upon termination, the Company would be obligated to pay sanofi for all materials and components that it has acquired or ordered to manufacture insulin based on the Company’s forecasts or minimum purchase commitments, all related work-in-progress (at cost) and all finished insulin in inventory. To date, the Company has not provided forecasts to sanofi for the purchase of insulin and sanofi has not terminated the agreement.

Note 7 - Commitments and Contingent Liabilities:

Leases

The Company has entered into various operating lease agreements for the use of operating space, vehicles and office equipment.

Aggregate minimum annual lease commitments of the Company under non-cancelable operating leases as of July 31, 2013 are as follows:

Fiscal Year	Amount
2014		152,094
2015		106,205
2016 and thereafter		—
Total Minimum Lease Payments	$	258,299

Lease expense amounted to approximately $153,000 $185,000 and $210,000for the years ended July 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.

In October 2012, the Company signed a lease for office space in Toronto Canada which runs from October 2012 through September 2014 at a monthly gross rent, including taxes and expenses of approximately $6,800 per month.

The preceding data reflects existing leases and does not include replacements upon their expiration. In the normal course of business, operating leases are generally renewed or replaced by other leases.

Supply Agreements and Purchase Obligations

On December 7, 2009, the Company entered into a long-term agreement with sanofi-aventis Deutschland GmbH (“sanofi”). Under this agreement, sanofi will manufacture and supply recombinant human insulin to the Company in the territories specified in the agreement. Through this agreement, the Company will procure recombinant human insulin crystals for use in the production of Generex Oral-lyn™. The terms of the supply agreement required the Company to make certain minimum purchases of insulin from sanofi through the period ended December 31, 2011. To date, the Company has not met the minimum purchase commitments under this agreement. After December 31, 2011, sanofi may terminate the agreement due to the Company’s failure to meet such purchase commitments. Upon termination, the Company would be obligated to pay sanofi for all materials and components that it has acquired or ordered to manufacture insulin based on the Company’s forecasts or minimum purchase commitments, all related work-in-progress (at cost) and all finished insulin in inventory. To date, the Company has not provided forecasts to sanofi for the purchase of insulin and sanofi has not terminated the agreement.

The Company has a supply agreement with Presspart Manufacturing Limited (“Presspart”), whereby the Company will purchase its entire requirements for products to use in the administration of insulin through the buccal mucosa and shall not purchase the products or any metal containers competitive to the products from any other person in exchange for an exclusive non-transferable royalty-free irrevocable license to use the products. The contract shall continue for a minimum period of four contract years from the end of the first contract year in which the total quantity of products purchased by the Company from Presspart exceeds 10,000,000 units, and thereafter, shall continue until terminated by either party by giving twelve months written notice. As of July 31, 2013, the Company has not yet completed a contract year in which the total quantity has exceeded 10,000,000 units and as such the expiration date of this contract cannot be determined.

The Company’s subsidiary, Antigen, has a Clinical Study Agreement with the Henry Jackson Foundation (“HJF”) to provide services related to Antigen’s Phase II AE37 breast cancer trials. The agreement requires quarterly payments to HJF until October 1, 2013. The remaining required payments, after our fiscal year ended July 31, 2013 and until October 1, 2013, total approximately $226,000.

The Company has a directors and officers insurance policy covering the period from April 28, 2013 to April 28, 2014. We are paying the policy in equal monthly installments until January 28, 2013. As of July 31, 2013, the total remaining installment payments are approximately $108,000.

Pending Litigation

In February 2001, a former business associate of the former Vice President of Research and Development (“VP”) of the Company and an entity known as Centrum Technologies Inc. (“CTI”) commenced an action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against the Company and the VP seeking, among other things, damages for alleged breaches of contract and tortious acts related to a business relationship between this former associate and the VP that ceased in July 1996. The plaintiffs’ statement of claim also seeks to enjoin the use, if any, by the Company of three patents allegedly owned by CTI. The three patents are entitled Liquid Formulations for Proteinic Pharmaceuticals, Vaccine Delivery System for Immunization, Using Biodegradable Polymer Microspheres, and Controlled Releases of Drugs or Hormones in Biodegradable Polymer Microspheres. It is the Company’s position that the buccal drug delivery technologies which are the subject matter of the Company’s research, development, and commercialization efforts, including Generex Oral-lyn™ and the RapidMist™ Diabetes Management System, do not make use of, are not derivative of, do not infringe upon, and are entirely different from the intellectual property identified in the plaintiffs’ statement of claim. On July 20, 2001, the Company filed a preliminary motion to dismiss the action of CTI as a nonexistent entity or, alternatively, to stay such action on the grounds of want of authority of such entity to commence the action. The plaintiffs brought a cross motion to amend the statement of claim to substitute Centrum Biotechnologies, Inc. (“CBI”) for CTI. CBI is a corporation of which 50 percent of the shares are owned by the former business associate and the remaining 50 percent are owned by the Company. Consequently, the shareholders of CBI are in a deadlock. The court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss the action of CTI and denied the plaintiffs’ cross motion without prejudice to the former business associate to seek leave to bring a derivative action in the name of or on behalf of CBI. The former business associate subsequently filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for an order granting him leave to file an action in the name of and on behalf of CBI against the VP and the Company. The Company opposed the application. In September 2003, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted the request and issued an order giving the former business associate leave to file an action in the name of and on behalf of CBI against the VP and the Company. A statement of claim was served in July 2004. The Company is not able to predict the ultimate outcome of this legal proceeding at the present time or to estimate an amount or range of potential loss, if any, from this legal proceeding.

On May 20, 2011, Ms. Perri filed a statement of claim (subsequently amended) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, naming as defendants the Company and certain directors of the Company, Mr. Barratt, Ms. Masterson, Mr. McGee, and Mr. Fletcher. In this action, Ms. Perri has alleged that defendants engaged in discrimination, harassment, bad faith and infliction of mental distress in connection with the termination of her employment with the Company. Ms. Perri is seeking damages in this action in excess of $7,000,000 for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of the Ontario Human Rights Code and aggravated and punitive damages. On September 20, 2011, the defendants filed a statement of defense and counterclaim, also naming Time Release Corp., Khazak Group Consulting Corp., and David Khazak, C.A. as defendants by counterclaim, and seeking damages of approximately $2.3 million in funds that the defendants allege Ms. Perri wrongly caused the Company to pay to third parties in varying amounts over several years and an accounting of certain third-party payments, plus interests and costs. The factual basis for the counterclaim involves payments made by the Company to third parties believed to be related to Ms. Perri. The Company intends to defend this action and pursue its counterclaim vigorously and is not able to predict the ultimate outcome of this legal proceeding at the present time or to estimate an amount or range of potential loss, if any, from this legal proceeding.

On June 1, 2011, Golden Bull Estates Ltd. filed a claim (subsequently amended) in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, naming the Company, 1097346 Ontario, Inc. and Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as defendants. The plaintiff, Golden Bull Estates, is controlled by Ms. Perri. The plaintiff alleges damages in the amount of $550,000 for breach of contract, $50,000 for punitive damages, plus interest and costs. The plaintiff’s claims relate to an alleged contract between the plaintiff and the Company for property management services for certain Ontario properties owned by the Company. The Company terminated the plaintiff’s property management services in April 2011. Following the close of pleadings, the Company served a motion for summary judgment. The plaintiff responded by amending its statement of claim to include a claim to the Company’s interest in certain of its real estate holdings. The plaintiff moved for leave to issue and register a Certificate of Pending Litigation in respect of this real estate. The motion was not successful in respect of any current real estate holdings of the Company. The Company is not able to predict the ultimate outcome of this legal proceeding at the present time or to estimate an amount or range of potential loss, if any, from this legal proceeding.

In August 2011, the estate of Antonio Perri, the late father of Ms. Perri, commenced an action against Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the law firm of Brans, Lehun, Baldwin LLP and William Lehun in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice claiming that the estate is entitled to the proceeds of sale (approximately $1,730,000) received by the Company on its sale of two properties to Golden Bull Estates Ltd., a company controlled by Ms. Perri. The suit alleges that no consideration was received when the Company purchased the two properties from Antonio Perri in 1998. The Company has responded to this statement of claim and intends to defend this action vigorously. The Company is not able to predict the ultimate outcome of this legal proceeding at the present time or to estimate an amount or range of potential loss, if any, from this legal proceeding.

In December 2011, a vendor of the Company commenced an action against the Company and its subsidiary, Generex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice claiming damages for unpaid invoices including interest in the amount of $429,000, in addition to costs and further interest.  The Company responded to this statement of claim and also asserted a counterclaim in the proceeding for $200,000 arising from the vendor’s breach of contract and detinue, together with interest and costs. On November 16, 2012, the parties agreed to settle this action and the Company has agreed to pay the plaintiff $125,000, following the spinout of its subsidiary Antigen, from the proceeds of any public or private financing related to Antigen subsequent to such spinout.  Each party agreed to execute mutual releases to the claim and counterclaim to be held in trust by each party’s counsel until payment of the settlement amount.  Following payment to the plaintiff, the parties agree that a Consent Dismissal Order without costs will be filed with the court.  If the Company fails to make the payment following completion of any post-spinout financing related to Antigen or any other subsidiaries, the Plaintiffs may take out a judgment in the amount of the claim plus interest of 3% per annum and costs fixed at $25,000.

The Company is involved in certain other legal proceedings in addition to those specifically described herein. Subject to the uncertainty inherent in all litigation, the Company does not believe at the present time that the resolution of any of these legal proceedings is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, operations or cash flows.

With respect to all litigation, as additional information concerning the estimates used by the Company becomes known, the Company reassesses its position both with respect to accrued liabilities and other potential exposures.

Employment Agreements

As of July 31, 2013, the Company had an employment arrangement with its President & Chief Executive Officer, whereby the Company is required to pay an annual base salary of $475,000. The term of service for this executive extended through March 16, 2008, which term had not been formally extended as of July 31, 2013. In the event the agreement is terminated, by reason other than cause, death, voluntary retirement or disability, the Company is required to pay the employee in one lump sum twelve months base salary and the average annual bonus.

As of July 31, 2013, the Company has two at will employment agreements with Antigen employees requiring the Company to pay an annual aggregate salary of $371,305 to the two employees. In the event any agreement is terminated by reason other than death, disability, a voluntary termination not for good reason (as defined in the agreement) or a termination for cause, the Company is required to pay the employees severance of six months’ salary, in accordance with the terms of the individual employment agreements.