Note 14 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
3 Months Ended |
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Aug. 31, 2021 | |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Note 14 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | Note 14 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In connection with the acquisition of ESD, the Company assumed a lease for approximately 13,000 square feet of warehouse space located in Gilroy, California at a base rent of $5,248 per month. The lease terminates on June 30, 2021. In addition, the Company entered into an employment agreement with a general manager, for a period of one year at a cost of $58,000. The employment agreement expired in July 2017. During the year ended May 31, 2020, the Company shut down ESD’s operations. As part of this shut down, the Company and the landlord agreed to find a new tenant for the facility. The landlord has leased the property to a third party and the Company’s obligation under the lease ended effective August 1, 2019.
Rent expense for the years ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, totaled $6,680 and $283, respectively.
On November 20, 2019, a Complaint was filed with the Superior Court-Judicial District of New Haven by a former employee, naming the Company as Defendant. The Complaint claims that the Company owes the former employee back wages of $60,000 and unpaid expenses of $20,000, which were due to be paid to the former employee upon his termination from the Company on November 1, 2019, in accordance with an employment agreement dated November 18, 2018. The Company has responded that the employee was terminated for cause and, as such, no longer obligated under the terms of the employment agreement. As of August 17, 2020, the parties have not engaged in extensive discovery or any substantial motion practice and no trial date has been set. In addition to the back wages of $60,000, severance of $45,000 and unpaid expenses of $20,000, the Company has recorded legal expenses of $15,000 during the year ended May 31, 2020, as a result of receiving the Complaint.
On March 23, 2021, the Company and Redstart Holdings Corp (“Redstart”) settled litigation in connection with a complaint by Redstart in the Supreme Court of Nassau County, New York alleging events of default under the terms of 2 Convertible Notes of which Redstart was the Holder. In connection with settlement of the litigation, Redstart filed a motion to dismiss their complaint against the Company with prejudice, which settles all matters pertaining to the Redstart litigation and complaint. The Company no longer owes Redstart any further consideration. As per the Settlement Agreement, both parties mutually released one another from any and all claims.
On March 16, 2021, we received a complaint filed by Anshu Sharma and Aditya Sharma against the Company and the Company's officers/directors in the County of Hennepin, Minnesota (District Court; Fourth Judicial District) in connection with our agreement regarding an investment by the Plaintiffs in our Preferred C Shares. On March 29, 2021, we filed “Defendant’s Joint Motion to Dismiss” to dismiss the complaint. The Company believes that there is no merit to the complaint, and it intends to vigorously defend this matter. |