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Related Party Disclosures
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Disclosures

19. Related Party Disclosures

KCA

KCA is an affiliate of the Company and is under common ownership with the Company. To gain efficiencies and economies of scale with billing and administrative functions, KCA serves as a paymaster for the Company for payroll and related functions, the entirety of which KCA passes through to the subsidiaries of the Company proportionally. In addition, KCA has purchased the naming rights of the Company for the Company to use.

KCA sponsors a defined-contribution retirement plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code that covers substantially all employees. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, KCA has earned no profit for providing any services to the Company as KCA passes through any revenue or expenses to the Company’s subsidiaries.

PW

PW brokers the insurance policies for related parties. Revenue for PW from related parties was $7,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Revenue for PW from related parties was $102,000 and $62,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Gloria E. Gebbia, John J. Gebbia, and Gebbia Family Members

On March 31, 2022, Gloria E. Gebbia exchanged approximately $2.9 million of her notes payable to Company for 24% of the outstanding and issued membership interests in RISE.

The Company has entered into various debt agreements with Gloria E. Gebbia, the Company’s principal stockholder. Refer to Note 12 – Notes Payable – Related Party for additional detail.

The Company’s obligations under its line of credit with East West Bank are guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee agreement by and among, John J. Gebbia and Gloria E. Gebbia, individually, and as a co-trustees of the John and Gloria Gebbia Trust. Refer to Note 11 – Long-Term Debt for additional detail.

Gloria E. Gebbia has extended loans to certain Company employees for the purchase of the Company’s shares. These transactions have not materially impacted the Company’s financial statements.

The sons of Gloria E. Gebbia and John J. Gebbia hold executive positions within the Company’s subsidiaries and their compensation was in aggregate $820,000 and $210,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The compensation for the sons of Gloria E. Gebbia and John J. Gebbia was in aggregate $1,894,000 and $608,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

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Gebbia Sullivan County Land Trust

The Company operates on a month-to-month lease agreement for its branch office in Omaha, Nebraska with the Gebbia Sullivan County Land Trust, the trustee of which is a member of the Gebbia Family. For both the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, rent expense was $15,000 for this branch office. For both the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, rent expense was $45,000 for this branch office.

Tigress and Cynthia DiBartolo

On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with Tigress in exchange for 24% of RISE and shares of the Company’s common stock. Refer to Note 8 – Equity Method Investments in Related Parties for additional detail.

As part of the transaction, Tigress’ founder, Cynthia DiBartolo, will continue as CEO of Tigress, and assumed the position as CEO of RISE. Gloria E. Gebbia, one of Siebert’s and RISE’s directors, assumed the position of Chief Impact Officer at RISE. Ms. DiBartolo was appointed to Siebert’s and RISE’s Board of Directors and Ms. Gebbia was appointed to Tigress’ Board of Directors.

Hedge Connection and Lisa Vioni

On January 21, 2022, RISE entered into an agreement with Hedge Connection, a Florida corporation and a woman-owned fintech company founded by Lisa Vioni. Refer to Note 8 –Equity Method Investments in Related Parties and Note 12 – Notes Payable – Related Party for additional detail.