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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
8. Related Party Transactions

See the description of the Merger Agreement between the Company and JHC in Note 7 above, pursuant to which the Company acquired JHC in the Merger and JHC became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company on October 1, 2018.

Before completion of the Merger, the Company's portfolio of leased aircraft assets were managed and administered under the terms of a management agreement (the "Management Agreement") with JMC, which is  an integrated aircraft management, marketing and financing business.  Certain officers of the Company were also officers of JHC and JMC and held significant ownership positions in both JHC and the Company.  Under the Management Agreement, JMC received a monthly management fee based on the net asset value of the assets under management.  JMC also received an acquisition fee for locating assets for the Company.  Acquisition fees were included in the cost basis of the asset purchased.  JMC also received a remarketing fee in connection with the re-lease or sale of the Company's assets.  Remarketing fees were amortized over the applicable lease term or included in the gain or loss on sale. 

In April 2018, subsequent to the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, JHC and JMC entered into a waiver and reimbursement agreement (the "Waiver/Reimbursement Agreement"), pursuant to which JHC and JMC agreed to waive their right to receive management and acquisition fees ("Contract Fees") otherwise owed by the Company to JMC pursuant to the Management Agreement for all periods after March 31, 2018 and until the consummation of the Merger, and in return, the Company agreed to reimburse JMC for expenses ("Management Expense") incurred in providing management services set forth under the Management Agreement.  As a result, the Company has been responsible for all expenses incurred by JMC in managing the Company's assets beginning April 1, 2018 and will continue to be responsible for all such expenses in all periods after the Merger, and no Contract Fees have been or will be payable by the Company to JMC for those periods.

Notwithstanding the Waiver/Reimbursement Agreement, the Company accrued as an expense the Contract Fees that would have been due under the Management Agreement through September 30, 2018.  For the quarter ended September 30, 2018,  Contract Fees exceeded the Management Expense by $525,900 of management fees.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, Contract Fees exceeded the Management Expense by $1,023,100 of management fees and $494,400 of acquisition fees (collectively, the "JMC Margin").  The amount of the JMC Margin will be considered in the acquisition accounting for the calculation of the settlement loss that will be recognized by the Company in the fourth quarter of 2018, upon closing of the Merger.

Contract Fees incurred during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:

  
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
  
For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
 
  
2018
  
2017
  
2018
  
2017
 
Management fees
 
$
4,482,800
   
4,588,700
  
$
1,534,000
  
$
1,583,700
 
Acquisition fees
  
494,400
   
850,500
   
-
   
208,600
 
Remarketing fees
  
-
   
51,100
   
-
   
-
 

In March 2017, the Company exchanged one of its engines for 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company held by a holder of more than 5% of the Company's then-outstanding common stock.  The Company recorded no gain or loss related to the exchange.