RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2018 | |
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
NOTE 2 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On December 20, 2013, we executed an agreement effective March 1, 2014, with a Company director, Dr. Paul Mark Baker, to provide clinical research and support services related to new and enhanced applications for the FREEDOM System. Authorized by the Board of Directors, the agreement provided for payment of 420,000 shares of common stock valued at $0.20 per share over a three-year period. Amortization was zero for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and was $7,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017; the agreement is fully amortized.
On June 24, 2016, Cyril Narishkin, the Company’s former Chief Operating Officer, executed a termination and general release agreement, which terminated his previous consulting agreement, and resigned as an officer and director for personal reasons. Mr. Narishkin was compensated for services as a consultant through January 31, 2017 at a monthly rate of $16,000 per month for up to eight days of service a month upon request of the Company. Mr. Narishkin’s compensation was $16,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
In January 2017, Brad Sealfon, the son of Andrew Sealfon, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, consulted for the Company in its production and quality departments and was compensated $5,184. In March 2017, Mr. Sealfon provided additional consulting as a principal of Stokequest, LLC for the Company in its marketing department and was compensated $2,000.
LEASED AIRCRAFT
The Company leases an aircraft from a company controlled by Andrew Sealfon, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. The lease payments were $3,876 and $5,375 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The original lease agreement has expired and the Company is currently on a month-to-month basis for rental payments.
BUILDING LEASE
Mr. Mark Pastreich, a director, is a principal in the entity that owns the building leased by Company. The Company is in year twenty of a twenty-year lease. With a monthly lease amount of $11,042, the lease payments were $33,126 for the three months ended March 31, 2017, and $33,126 for the three months ended March 31, 2017. The Company also paid property taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2018 in the amount of $12,712 and $12,167 for the three months ended March 31, 2017. On November 14, 2017, we executed a lease extension, which calls for six month extensions beginning March 1, 2019 with the option to renew six times at monthly lease amount of $12,088. |