CEA Industries Inc.

On October 20, 2023, Sweet Cut Grow, LLC and Green Ice, LLC (collectively, “Claimant”) a client of the Company with which it had an equipment contract and engineering contract, filed a demand for arbitration asserting claims for breach of contract, breach of warranty, and unjust enrichment, and a demand for $1,049,280 in damages, plus interest (“Claims”). The Company denies all the Claims and has asserted a counterclaim. The Company believes Claimant is owed nothing as the Company fulfilled all its obligations under the contracts to Claimant, and further, that the negligence of a third-party supplier is the basis of the Claims. We are defending the Claims on the basis that we promptly addressed all problems, and that any issues with defective HVAC equipment are the responsibility of the third-party equipment manufacturer. The Company’s equipment contract with Claimant requires the parties to arbitrate their disputes under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The arbitration will be heard in Denver, Colorado, commencing October 13, 2025. The matter is in the discovery phase. The parties will pay their own legal fees and expenses. The Company intends to defend itself vigorously, believing there are no merits to the Claims as currently presented.

Given the current uncertainty around estimating the likelihood of success of claims and potential damages, we have not recorded an accrual for any potential loss related to these matters.

On or about April 17, 2024, Optima Consulting Services, LLC (the “Claimant”), a client of the Company with which it had an equipment contract and engineering contract, advised the Company of a potential claim related to work performed by the Company for Claimant and demanded mediation under the parties’ contract. On or about October 28, 2024, Claimant informed the Company it was asserting claims for negligent/defective design and breach of warranty, and alleges its damages exceeded $2,000,000 (Claims”). The Company denied all the Claims and that Claimant was entitled to any damages. The Company believed the Claimant was owed nothing as the Company fulfilled all its obligations under the contracts to Claimant and performed all work in line with all applicable standards. The Company believed all work was performed pursuant to the contract and any alleged issues that may have occurred were the result of actions by Claimant and/or third parties. The case was mediated with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).

Effective May 9, 2025, the Company entered into a settlement agreement whereby all Claims by Optima Consulting Services, LLC against the Company were settled in full upon the payment of $250,000 by the Company to Optima Consulting Services, LLC. This settlement payment was funded by the Company’s insurance coverage, except for $35,000 in deductibles which we paid by the Company itself.

From time to time, in the normal course of its operations, the Company is subject to litigation matters and claims. Litigation can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict, and the Company’s view of these matters may change in the future as the litigation and events related thereto unfold. The Company expenses legal fees as incurred. The Company records a liability for contingent losses when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss is known. An unfavorable outcome to any legal matter, if material, could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operations or its financial position, liquidity or results of operations.

Canadian Payroll Taxes

We have estimated approximately $200,000 of potential liability-based work with the Canadian Revenue Agency to remedy a tax issue for the period spanned from 2020-2025, other than this issue, no other losses and no other provision for loss contingency have been recorded to date.

As discussed inNote 9 Related Party Note Payable and Related Party Convertible Note Payableabove*,*the liability arising in respect of this issue will reduce the amount of the loan repayment to the former owners of Fat Panda will be reduced, dollar for dollar, by the amount of any tax liability assessed.