Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

5. Related Party Transactions

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5. Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

In addition to the transactions discussed in note 4 and note 7, the Company had the following related party transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

 

Alcimede billed the Company $0.3 million for consulting fees pursuant to a consulting agreement for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

 

During the second quarter of 2016, the Company received a short-term advance from Jason Adams, the Company’s then Chief Financial Officer, in the amount of $50,000, all of which was repaid during the second quarter.

 

On August 1, 2015, Medytox entered into a non-exclusive consulting agreement with Monarch Capital, LLC ("Monarch"). Michael Goldberg, at the time a director of Medytox and currently a director of the Company, is the Managing Director of Monarch. Under this agreement, Monarch provides business and financial advice. The original term of the agreement was through August 31, 2016, and is subject to automatic renewal for an additional one year unless Medytox provides the consultant with 180 days’ prior written notice of its intent not to renew. The agreement has been renewed for an additional year. Monarch billed the Company $0.2 million and $15,000 for consulting fees pursuant to this agreement for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

In August 2016, the Company exchanged an aggregate of $2.1 million of indebtedness and other obligations to various related parties for an aggregate of 5,544,441 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 3,123,313 shares of the Company’s common stock. The warrants issued have an exercise price of $0.45 per share, are immediately exercisable and have a five-year term. The issuance of the shares of common stock and warrants was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in accordance with Section 4(a)(2) thereof, as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering.

 

On June 30, 2015, the Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock to SS International Consulting Ltd., of which a former director of the Company is the sole manager, pursuant to a consulting contract.

 

The foregoing transactions were completed at arm’s length at values commensurate with those of independent third parties.