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Related-Party Agreements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Agreements Related-Party Agreements
We conduct business with several affiliates under written agreements and informal arrangements. Below is a summary of outstanding balances and a description of significant relationships (in thousands):
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(Unaudited)
Due from related party–NantBio, Inc.$1,294 $1,294 
Due from related party–NantOmics LLC— 591 
Due from related parties–Various10 118 
Total due from related parties$1,304 $2,003 
  
Due to related party–NantWorks$4,974 $10,650 
Due to related party–Duley Road, LLC2,374 2,787 
Due to related party–NantBio, Inc.943 943 
Due to related party–605 Nash, LLC284 — 
Due to related party–Immuno-Oncology Clinic, Inc.122 271 
Due to related party–Various— 187 
Total due to related parties$8,697 $14,838 
Our Executive Chairman, Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, and principal stockholder founded and has a controlling interest in NantWorks, which is a collection of companies in the healthcare and technology space. As described below, we have entered into arrangements with NantWorks, and certain affiliates of NantWorks, to facilitate the development of new genetically modified NK cells for our product pipeline. Affiliates of NantWorks are also affiliates of the company due to the common control by and/or common ownership interest of our Executive Chairman and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer.
NantWorks
Under the NantWorks shared services agreement executed in November 2015, but effective August 2015, NantWorks, a related party, provides corporate, general and administrative, manufacturing strategy, research and development, regulatory and clinical trial strategy, and other support services. We are charged for the services at cost plus reasonable allocations of employee benefits, facilities and other direct or fairly allocated indirect costs that relate to the employees providing the services. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded $1.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded $0 million and $0.6 million of expense reimbursements under this arrangement in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded $4.2 million and $4.5 million, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expense, and $0.4 million and $1.8 million, respectively, of expense reimbursements under this arrangement in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. These amounts exclude certain general and administrative expenses provided by third-party vendors directly for our benefit, which were reimbursed to NantWorks based on those vendors’ invoiced amounts without markup by NantWorks.
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we owed NantWorks a net amount of $5.0 million and $10.7 million, respectively, for all agreements between the two affiliates, which is included in due to related parties, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. We also recorded $1.5 million and $1.1 million of prepaid expenses for services that have been passed through to the company from NantWorks as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, which are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
In November 2015, we entered into a facility license agreement with NantWorks for approximately 9,500 square feet of office space in Culver City, California, which has been converted to a research and development laboratory and a current Good Manufacturing Practice (“cGMP”) manufacturing facility. The initial license was effective from May 2015 through December 2020. The base rent for the initial lease term was $47,000 per month, with annual increases of 3% beginning in January 2017. In September 2020, we amended this agreement to extend the term of this lease through December 31, 2021. Commencing January 1, 2021, the base rent increased by 3% to approximately $54,500 per month. Subsequent to December 31, 2021, the lease term will automatically renew on a month-to-month basis, terminable by either party with at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party. In addition, we have a one-time option to extend the lease term through December 31, 2022. If we exercise the option to extend the lease through December 31, 2022, or continue on a month-to-month basis, the base rent will increase by 3% annually commencing on January 1 of each year. On the date of the amendment, we recorded an increase of $1.2 million in both operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, reflecting our belief that we will extend the term of this lease through December 31, 2022. Lease expense for this facility totaling $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was recorded in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Immuno-Oncology Clinic, Inc.
Beginning in 2017, we entered into multiple agreements with Immuno-Oncology Clinic, Inc. (the “Clinic”) to conduct clinical trials related to certain of our product candidates. The Clinic is a related party as it is owned by an officer of the company and NantWorks manages the administrative operations of the Clinic. Prior to June 30, 2019, one of our officers was an investigator or sub-investigator for all of our trials conducted at the Clinic.
In July 2019, we entered into a new agreement with the Clinic (the “Clinic Agreement”), which became effective on July 1, 2019. The Clinic Agreement, as amended on March 31, 2020, covers clinical trial and research-related activities on a non-exclusive basis relating to existing clinical trials, commenced prior to July 1, 2019, and prospective clinical trials and research projects. The Clinic Agreement also specifies certain services and related costs that are excluded from the Clinic Agreement. Prior to commencing any work under the Clinic Agreement, the parties have agreed to execute written work orders setting forth the terms and conditions related to specific services to be performed, including financial terms. For clinical trials that commenced prior to July 1, 2019, excluding certain NantCell trials not covered by the agreement, fees incurred for services performed after July 1, 2019 are covered under the Clinic Agreement and applied towards the below-mentioned prepayments. The Clinic Agreement allows for automatic renewal and additional extensions beyond the initial one-year term.
In consideration of the services to be performed under the Clinic Agreement, as amended on March 31, 2020, we agreed to make payments of up to $7.5 million to the Clinic, of which $3.8 million and $1.9 million were paid in July 2019 and October 2019, respectively. As amended, a conditional payment of $1.9 million shall be due and payable at such time, if any, that the payments made in July 2019 and October 2019 have been earned by the Clinic through the performance of services. On a quarterly basis, our prepayment is increased by a nominal interest credit computed in accordance with terms specified in the Clinic Agreement.
To the extent any portion of the prepayments remain unearned by the Clinic on the third anniversary of the Clinic Agreement, we may elect at our sole discretion either to (i) not extend the term of the Clinic Agreement and have the Clinic reimburse us for the total amount of any remaining unused portion of the prepayments, or (ii) extend the term of the Clinic Agreement for up to three additional one-year periods, at which time the Clinic will reimburse us for the total amount of any remaining unused portion of the prepayments plus interest if reimbursement is not made within 60 days of expiration. The Clinic may terminate this agreement upon each anniversary date upon 60 days prior written notice and reimbursement in full to us of any outstanding unearned balance of the prepayments, provided that any such termination by the Clinic will not apply with respect to any work orders still in effect at the time of such termination.
We executed a clinical trial work order under the Clinic Agreement for an open-label, Phase I study of PD‑L1.t‑haNK for infusion in subjects with locally advanced or metastatic solid cancers. In July 2020, but effective on June 22, 2020, we and NantCell executed a clinical trial work order under our existing master agreement with the Clinic for an open-label, randomized, comparative Phase II study of NantCell’s proprietary IL‑15 superagonist (“N‑803”) and aldoxorubicin hydrochloride (“Aldoxorubicin”) and our PD‑L1.t‑haNK with standard-of-care chemotherapy versus standard-of-care chemotherapy for patients with locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer treated as first-line, second-line, or third-line or greater, in three separate cohorts, respectively.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, ImmunityBio executed multiple work orders under an existing master agreement with the Clinic. Under these work orders, the parties agreed that the Clinic would serve as a site for the following multi-site clinical trials:
A Phase IB open-label study of the safety, reactogenicity, and immnogenicity of prophylactic vaccination with 2nd generation E1/E2B/E3-deleted adenoviral-COVID-19 in normal healthy volunteers;
A Phase IB open-label study of the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of subcutaneously and orally administered prophylactic vaccination with 2nd generation E1/E2B/E3-deleted adenoviral-COVID-19 in normal healthy volunteers;
A Phase I study of the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of subcutaneously- and orally-administered supplemental spike & nucleocapsid-targeted COVID‑19 vaccine to enhance T cell-based immunogenicity in participants who have already received a vaccine authorized for emergency use;
A Phase I study of the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a supplemental spike & nucleocapsid-targeted COVID‑19 vaccine to enhance T cell-based immunogenicity in participants who have already received a vaccine authorized for emergency use; and
A Phase I open-label study of M‑ceNK cells in subjects with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
Based on a review of our updated clinical trial programs post-Merger, we updated our estimates of the investigator fees for the clinical trials currently underway or planned at the Clinic. As certain programs costs are excluded from and certain services are subject to credit adjustments under the Clinic Agreement, we determined the expected future fees for services to be performed are less than the carrying value of the prepaid asset on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. As a result, we partially wrote down the value of our prepayments under the Clinic Agreement and recorded approximately $1.9 million in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. In addition, we reclassified $0.8 million of prepaid assets from prepaid expenses and other current assets to other assets, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets during the three months ended September 30, 2021 based on the additional time expected for them to be realized than initially estimated.
For the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we incurred $0.6 million and $0.2 million in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to the Clinic Agreement. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we incurred $1.4 million and $0.4 million in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to the Clinic Agreement. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we owed the Clinic $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for services excluded from the Clinic Agreement. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had prepaid balances related to the Clinic Agreement of $2.6 million and $4.7 million, respectively.
NantBio, Inc.
In March 2016, NantBio and the NCI entered into a CRADA. The initial five-year agreement covered NantBio and its affiliates, including us. Under the agreement, the parties collaborated on the preclinical and clinical development of proprietary recombinant NK cells and mAbs in monotherapy and combination immunotherapies. In each of the contractual years under the agreement, we paid $0.6 million to the NCI for services under the agreement. We recognized expenses related to this agreement ratably over a 12-month period for each funding year. This CRADA expired in March 2021. In November 2021, we entered into a third amendment to the 2015 NCI CRADA, which was effective as of March 16, 2021, and transferred the research plan from this expired CRADA into the research plan of the amended 2015 NCI CRADA. We accrued $0.4 million in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations related to the third amendment for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. See Note 6, Collaboration and License Agreements—National Cancer Institute, for further information.
In August 2018, we entered into a supply agreement with NantCancerStemCell, LLC (“NCSC”), a 60% owned subsidiary of NantBio (with the other 40% owned by Sorrento). Under this agreement, we agreed to supply VivaBioCell’s proprietary GMP-in-a-Box bioreactors and related consumables, made according to specifications mutually agreed to with both companies. The agreement has an initial term of five years and renews automatically for successive one-year terms unless terminated by either party in the event of material default upon prior written notice of such default and the failure of the defaulting party to remedy the default within 30 days of the delivery of such notice, or upon 90 days’ prior written notice by NCSC. We recognized revenue of $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. We recorded $0.1 million and $0.3 million of deferred revenue for bioreactors that were delivered but not installed as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we recorded $0.9 million in due to related parties, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets related to this agreement.
In 2018, we entered into a shared service agreement pursuant to which we are charged for services at cost, without mark-up or profit by NantBio, but including reasonable allocations of employee benefits that relate to the employees providing the services. In April 2019, we agreed with NantBio to transfer certain NantBio employees and associated research and development projects, comprising the majority of NantBio’s business, to the company. After the transfer, NantBio continued to make payments on our behalf for certain employee benefits and vendor costs related to the research and development projects that were transferred to the company. In addition, we settled certain employee bonuses and benefits that were accrued by NantBio for 2018. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we recorded a net receivable from NantBio of $1.3 million, which included $1.0 million for employee bonuses and $0.3 million for vendor costs we paid on behalf of NantBio.
NantOmics, LLC
In 2019, we made a strategic decision and transferred certain employees from NantOmics, a related party that is controlled by our Executive Chairman and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, to the company. After the transfer, we settled certain employee bonuses and benefits that were accrued by NantOmics for the year ended December 31, 2020. We recorded no receivable and a $0.6 million receivable from NantOmics as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
605 Doug St, LLC
In September 2016, we entered into a lease agreement with 605 Doug St, LLC, an entity owned by our Executive Chairman and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, for approximately 24,250 rentable square feet in El Segundo, California, which has been converted to a research and development laboratory and a cGMP manufacturing facility. The lease runs from July 2016 through July 2023. We have the option to extend the lease for one additional three-year term through July 2026. The base rent is approximately $72,385 per month, with annual increases of 3% that began in July 2017. Lease expense of $0.7 million for this facility for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, was recorded in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The prepaid rent for this lease was $0.1 million, which was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and the security deposit for this lease was $0.1 million, which was included in other assets, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2021.
Duley Road, LLC
In February 2017, Altor BioScience Corporation (succeeded by our wholly-owned subsidiary Altor BioScience, LLC), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a lease agreement with Duley Road, a related party that is indirectly controlled by our Executive Chairman and Global Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, for approximately 12,000 rentable square feet of office and cGMP manufacturing facility space in El Segundo, California. The lease term is from February 2017 through October 2024. We have the option to extend the initial term for two consecutive five-year periods through July 2034. The base rent is approximately $40,700 per month, with annual increases of 3% that began in November 2018. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we recorded rent payable to Duley Road of $1.2 million and $1.0 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded rent expense of $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, which is reflected in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Effective in January 2019, we entered into two lease agreements with Duley Road for a second building located in El Segundo, California. The first lease is for the first floor of the building with approximately 5,650 rentable square feet. The lease has a seven-year term commencing in September 2019. The second lease is for the second floor of the building with approximately 6,488 rentable square feet. The lease has a seven-year term commencing in July 2019. Both floors of the building are used for research and development and office space. We have options to extend the initial terms of both leases for two consecutive five-year periods through 2036. The base rent for the two leases is approximately $35,800 per month that increases at a rate of 3% per year.
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we recorded $0.9 million and $0.7 million of leasehold improvement payables, respectively, and $0.3 million and $1.1 million of lease-related payables to Duley Road, which were included in due to related parties, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, we recorded $0.3 million and $0.2 million of rent expense for the two leases, respectively, which was included in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The security deposits for the leases totaled $0.1 million as of September 30, 2021, which were included in other assets, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
605 Nash, LLC
In February 2021, but effective on January 1, 2021, we entered into a lease agreement with 605 Nash, a related party, whereby we leased approximately 6,883 square feet (the “Initial Premises”) in a two story mixed use building containing approximately 64,643 rentable square feet on 605-607 Nash Street in El Segundo, California. This facility is used primarily for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing purposes. The lease term commenced in January 2021 and expires in December 2027, and includes an option to extend the lease for one three-year term through December 2030. The base rent is approximately $20,300 per month with an annual increase of 3% on January 1 of each year during the initial term and, if applicable, during the option term. In addition, under the agreement, we are required to pay our share of estimated property taxes and operating expenses. We will receive a rent abatement for the first seven months, and a tenant improvement incentive of $0.3 million from the landlord for costs and expenses associated with the construction of tenant improvements for the Initial Premises. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we recorded rent expense of $0.2 million, which is reflected in research and development expense, on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
In May 2021, but effective on April 1, 2021, we entered into an amendment to our Initial Premises lease with 605 Nash. The amendment expanded the leased square feet by approximately 57,760 rentable square feet (the “Expansion Premises”). The lease term of the Expansion Premises commenced in April 2021 and expires in March 2028, whereby the company has the option to extend the initial term for three years. Per the terms of the amendment, the term of the Initial Premises lease was extended for an additional three months and now expires on March 31, 2028. Base rent for the Expansion Premises is approximately $170,400 per month with annual increases of 3% on April 1 of each year. We are responsible for the build out of the facility space and associated costs. The amended lease provides for a rent abatement for the first seven months, and for a tenant improvement allowance of approximately $2.6 million for costs and expenses related to improvements made by us to the Expansion Premises. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we incurred $1.0 million of rent expense related to the Expansion Premises lease agreement. The security deposits for the leases total $0.2 million as of September 30, 2021, which are included in other assets, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
557 Doug St, LLC
On September 27, 2021, we entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Nant Capital (the “Purchase Agreement”). Nant Capital is a related party controlled by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. The Purchase Agreement transferred all outstanding membership interests in 557 Doug St, LLC from the company to Nant Capital. The only asset owned by 557 Doug St, LLC is the improved property located at 557 South Douglas Street, El Segundo, California with a building area of approximately 36,434 rentable square feet (the “Douglas Property”).
The purchase price under the Purchase Agreement was $22.0 million, and after the offset prorated property taxes of $0.1 million, the net proceeds from the sale were $21.9 million. An independent appraisal of the Douglas Property (the “Appraisal”) assigned the Douglas Property a value of $22.0 million. The net carrying value of the property was $20.5 million as of the closing date. We accounted for the transfer as a sale of an asset to an entity under common control, recorded the transfer at book value and recognized the excess of net consideration over carrying book value of $1.4 million as a capital contribution received from Nant Capital in additional paid-in capital, on the condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ deficit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.
In September 2021, we entered into a lease agreement with Nant Capital under which we leased back 557 South Douglas Street for an initial lease term of seven years, which commenced on September 27, 2021. The monthly base rent under the lease is approximately $81,976 per month with an annual increase of 3% on October 1 of each year beginning in 2022 during the initial term and, if applicable, during the option term. For the first two years under the lease we will not be charged rent; we will begin paying rent on October 1, 2023 at the current monthly base rent. We will prepay the first month rent and security deposit totaling $0.2 million upon the execution of the lease. We have an option to extend the lease for two additional seven-year periods when the prior term expires. We have included the first option to extend the lease term for seven years as part of the initial lease term as it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the option, which implies lease expiration on September 30, 2035. The lease is classified as an operating lease, and as of September 30, 2021, future minimum lease obligations associated with the lease total $7.1 million, which will be recognized over the lease term.
Related-Party Notes Payable
As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, related-party notes payable consist of the following (in thousands):
Total Notes and Interest Payable
Related-Party Notes PayableNote
Year
Outstanding
Advances
Interest
Rate
September 30,
2021
December 31,
2020
(Unaudited)
Nant Capital (1)
2015$55,226 5.0 %$60,632 (2)$58,482 (2)
Nant Capital (1)
202050,000 6.0 %53,009 (3)50,764 (3)
Nant Capital (4)
202140,000 6.0 %40,000 (4)— 
NantMobile (1)
201955,000 3.0 %57,930 (5)56,660 (5)
NantWorks (1)
201743,418 5.0 %53,402 (6)51,546 (6)
NCSC (1)
201833,000 5.0 %38,267 (7)36,901 (7)
Total related-party notes payable$276,644 $303,240 $254,353 
(1)
All outstanding advances and accrued and unpaid interest is due and payable on September 30, 2025. Interest on related-party notes payable is compounded annually. We may prepay the outstanding principal at any time without premium, penalty or the prior consent of the issuer. All outstanding amounts under the notes become due and payable upon certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events. There are no equity or equity-linked convertible rights related to these promissory notes.
(2)
Accrued and unpaid interest on this note totaled $5.4 million and $3.3 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
(3)
Accrued and unpaid interest on this note totaled $3.0 million and $0.8 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
(4)
The outstanding principal is due and payable on September 30, 2025. Interest on this related-party note is compounded annually and payable quarterly commencing on June 30, 2021. We paid $1.4 million in interest on this loan during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. All outstanding amounts under the note become due and payable upon certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events. There are no equity or equity-linked convertible rights related to this promissory note.
(5)
Accrued and unpaid interest on this note totaled $2.9 million and $1.7 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
(6)
Accrued and unpaid interest on this note totaled $10.0 million and $8.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
(7)
Accrued and unpaid interest on this note totaled $5.3 million and $3.9 million as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.