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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

15. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

In October 2018, the Company entered into an office lease covering approximately 7,250 square feet of rental space in the building located at 40 West 57th Street in New York City. The lease is for a term of three years. The annual lease rate is $60 per square foot. Initially the Company will occupy and pay for only 3,275 square feet of space, and the Company is not obligated under the lease to pay for the remaining 3,975 square feet covered by the lease unless we elect to occupy that additional space. Comparable annual lease rates for similar office space in the area range between $67 and $110 per square foot. The Company believes the terms of the lease are very favorable to us, and the Company obtained these favorable terms through the assistance of Peter A. Cohen, a director, which he provided so that the company he owns, Peter A. Cohen, LLC (“Cohen LLC”), could sublease a portion of the office space.

 

Initially, the Company is using three offices and two work stations in the office and share common areas representing approximately 2,055 square feet. Cohen LLC is using approximately 1,220 square feet. The monthly lease payment for 3,275 square feet is $16,377. Of this amount $6,103 is allocated pro rata to Cohen LLC based on square footage occupied. Additional lease charges for operating expenses and taxes are allocated under the sublease based on the ratio of rent paid by the Company and Cohen LLC to total rent.

 

Cohen LLC identified two associated entities that may wish to occupy an additional 2,753 square feet of space in the office. Under the terms of the sublease Cohen LLC can add this additional space to the 1,220 square feet occupied, which would bring the total space occupied by us and Cohen LLC to 6,028 square feet. Because a portion of the additional space subleased to Cohen LLC is less private and attractive, the Company agreed to reduce the overall annual lease rate for the Cohen LLC space to $58.60 per square foot, which means the Company will be paying an annual lease rate for the space the Company uses of $62.70. Assuming Cohen LLC subleases the additional office space, our annual lease payment to the lessor would be $361,680, and Cohen LLC would pay to the Company $232,830 under the sublease. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized $51,000 of sublease income related to this agreement. As of March 31, 2019, there was $28,000 due from the related party under this agreement.

 

In August 2018 David Seaburg was elected by the Board of Directors to serve as a director of the Company. Subsequently the Company entered into a written consulting agreement with Mr. Seaburg pursuant to which he will provide investor relations and other services to the Company over a period of two years for a fee consisting of (i) quarter-annual cash payment of $10,000, (ii) 60,000 restricted stock units issued under the Company equity incentive plan that vest in four equal installments every six months during the term of the agreement subject to continued service, and (iii) an annual award under the Company equity incentive plan of options exercisable over a term of 10 years to purchase common stock in number equal to the number of shares of common stock with a value of $150,000 at the time of the award based on a Black-Scholes calculation. The agreement terminated effective March 11, 2019, when he joined the Company as President of Corporate Development. Upon termination of the consulting agreement, Mr. Seaburg was issued new awards. The new awards related to his employment were entered into concurrently with the cancellation of the original awards under his consulting agreement. The modification is accounted for by calculating the incremental value of the new award as of the modification date. The incremental value will be expensed over the new award service period while the original value will continue to be expensed over the original term. As of the date the consulting agreement terminated 15,000 restricted stock units were vested and $6,667 of cash payments were accrued. The total value of Mr. Seaburg’s consulting agreement was approximately $1.7 million, which was being recognized as expense over the 24-month consulting period. Under this consulting agreement, the Company recognized approximately $121,000 of expense prior to the termination of the  consulting agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2019.