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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 13 – Related Party Transactions

Debt with Street Capital

Until the second quarter of 2014, as discussed below, Street Capital was the Company’s majority stockholder. Street Capital remained a related party following the distribution of its investment in HGI to Street Capital stockholders as a result of the Services Agreement and the relationship of the Company’s Chairman of the Board discussed below. The Services Agreement terminated on August 31, 2015, however subsequent to its termination Street Capital remained a related party as a result of the Street Capital Loan as well as the Company’s Chairman of the Board, who is also a significant stockholder of the Company, is also the chairman of the board of Street Capital.  At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company reported amounts owed to Street Capital of $0.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, as related party debt (see Note 9). Total interest of $0.5 million has been accrued to the principal balance of the debt through December 31, 2017, and remains unpaid.

 

Transactions with Other Related Parties

Through April 2016, as part of the operations of HGP the Company leased office space in Foster City, CA that is owned by an entity jointly controlled by Ross Dove and Kirk Dove, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and Chief Operating Officer, respectively.  The Company terminated the lease agreement in the second quarter of 2016.  The total amount paid to the related party for the lease is outlined in the table below.  Both Ross Dove and Kirk Dove shared equally in the payments in 2016.    

As part of the operations of NLEX, the Company leases office space in Edwardsville, IL that is owned by the President of NLEX, David Ludwig. The total amount paid to the related party is outlined in the table below.  All of the payments were made to David Ludwig.    

The lease amounts paid by the Company to the related parties, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, are detailed below (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year ended

December 31,

 

Leased premises location

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Foster City, CA

 

$

 

 

$

76

 

Edwardsville, IL

 

 

100

 

 

 

99

 

Total

 

$

100

 

 

$

175

 

In 2016 the Company entered into multiple related party loan agreements with certain executive officers of the Company.  These related party loans are described more fully in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements.  Both Ross Dove and Kirk Dove, who were parties to the related party loans, shared equally in all payments made by the Company to satisfy obligations under the loan agreements.      

During 2017 the Company paid David Ludwig $0.9 million for his third earn-out provision payment.