Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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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 September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and zero and $7,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively; 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 zero for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and was zero and $16,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

LEASED AIRCRAFT

 

The Company leased an aircraft from a company controlled by Andrew Sealfon, a Company director and former President and Chief Executive Officer. The lease payments were $1,292 and $3,876 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively and $9,045 and $13,128 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  Upon the termination of Mr. Sealfon as President and Chief Executive Officer on July 25, 2018, the Company ceased leasing this aircraft.

 

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 each of the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 and $99,378 for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.  The Company also paid property taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 in the amount of $12,431 and $12,862, respectively, and $37,863 and $37,447 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  On November 14, 2017, the Company executed a lease extension, which calls for six month extensions beginning March 1, 2019 with the option to renew six times at a monthly lease amount of $12,088.