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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

15.    RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

In April 2017, the Company renewed a consulting agreement with a shareholder, incurring $73 and $76 in fees and reimbursed travel costs in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Additionally, the Company has a consulting agreement with LS Associates by which the Company paid consulting fees of $86 and $64 in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. LS Associates is owned in part by the Company’s CEO, Robert W. Leasure Jr. The Company received consulting services form LS Associates prior to Mr. Leasure being elected as CEO and continues to use services of the consulting firm on an as needed basis.

The Company leased space from SWL Properties, LLC. SWL Properties is owned by two current employees, one of which is an officer, and one former employee of the company. The lease term was seven years, with the possibility of extension for two successive terms of seven years each. The Company purchased the building in May 2021 as the lease included an option to purchase the building during the first five years of the lease at fair market value. The lease was reflected as a financing lease on the balance sheets as of September 30, 2020. Lease expense incurred was $260 and $390 in fiscal years 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company has an unsecured promissory note in the initial principal amount of $800 made by PCRS Purchaser, in favor of Don Maul, who is an affiliate of the Company. See description of promissory note in Note 7. In addition, the affiliate leases space to the Company. The initial term of the lease is five years with the possibility of extension for two successive terms of five years each. The lease is reflected as an operating lease on the balance sheet. Lease expense incurred was $188 and $85 in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively.

The Company has unsecured subordinated promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500 payable to the former shareholders of Boulder BioPATH, who are affiliates of the Company. See description of the promissory notes in Note 7.

The Company sub-leases space to the prior owner of HistoTox Labs. The Company purchased HistoTox Labs in April 2021 as described in Note 12. The Company recorded $20 of rental income related to the sub-lease in fiscal 2021. Additionally, the Company has a consulting agreement with the prior owner of HistoTox Labs by which the Company paid consulting fees of $100 in fiscal 2021.