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Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
17. Related Party Transactions
 
Other Related Parties
 
The Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, individually and through certain trusts over which he has voting and dispositive control, beneficially owned approximately 15.3% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as of March 31, 2019. The Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development owns approximately 14.9% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock at March 31, 2019.
 
Shared Services Agreement with TGTX
 
TGTX and the Company entered into an arrangement to share the cost of certain research and development employees. The Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development, is Executive Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of TGTX. Under the terms of the Agreement, TGTX will reimburse the Company for the salary and benefit costs associated with these employees based upon actual hours worked on TGTX related projects. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company invoiced TGTX $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively. At March 31, 2019, the amount receivable from TGTX related to this arrangement approximated $0.1 million.
 
Desk Space Agreements with TGTX and OPPM
 
In connection with the Company’s Desk Space Agreements with TGTX and Opus Point Partners Management, LLC (“OPPM”), as of March 31, 2019, the Company had paid $0.7 million in rent under the Desk Space Agreements, and invoiced TGTX and OPPM approximately $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for their prorated share of the rent base. At March 31, 2019, the amount due from TGTX approximated $0.4 million and the amount due from OPPM approximated $0.4 million.
 
Opus Credit Facility
 
On March 12, 2018, the Company and OPHIF amended and restated the Opus Credit Facility (the “A&R Opus Credit Facility”). The A&R Opus Credit Facility extends the maturity date of the notes issued under the Opus Credit Facility from September 14, 2018 by one year to September 14, 2019. The A&R Opus Credit Facility also permits the Company to make portions of interest and principal repayments in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock and/or in common stock of the Company’s publicly-traded subsidiaries, subject to certain conditions. Fortress retains the ability to prepay the Notes at any time without penalty. The notes payable under the A&R Opus Credit Facility continue to bear interest at 12% per annum. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company paid nil and $0.3 million, respectively.
  
Founders Agreements
 
The Company has entered into Founders Agreements and, in some cases, Exchange Agreements with certain of its subsidiaries as described in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019. The following table summarizes, by subsidiary, the effective date of the Founders Agreements and PIK dividend or equity fee payable to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Founders Agreements, Exchange Agreements and the subsidiaries’ certificates of incorporation. 
 
Fortress Partner Company
 
Effective Date
(1)
 
PIK Dividend as
a % of fully
diluted
outstanding
capitalization
 
 
Class of Stock
Issued
Helocyte
 
March 20, 2015
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
Avenue
 
February 17, 2015
 
 
0.0
%
(2)
 
Common Stock
Mustang
 
March 13, 2015
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
Checkpoint
 
March 17, 2015
 
 
0.0
%
(3)
 
Common Stock
Cellvation
 
October 31, 2016
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
Caelum
 
January 1, 2017
 
 
0.0
%
(4)
 
Common Stock
Cyprium
 
March 13, 2017
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
Aevitas
 
July 28, 2017
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
Tamid
 
November 30, 2017 
(5)
 
 
2.5
%
 
Common Stock
 
Note 1: Represents the effective date of each subsidiary’s Founders Agreement. Each PIK dividend and equity fee is payable on the annual anniversary of the effective date of the original Founders Agreement or has since been amended to January 1 of each calendar year.
 
Note 2: Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Stock Purchase and Merger Agreement (“SPMA”) entered into between, Avenue, the Company and InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“InvaGen”) (together, the “SPMA Parties”), the SPMA Parties entered into a waiver agreement (the “Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company irrevocably waived its right to receive the annual dividend of Avenue’s common shares under the terms of the Class A preferred stock and any fees, payments, reimbursements or other distributions under the management services agreement between the Company and Avenue and the Founders Agreement, for the period from the effective date of the Waiver Agreement to the termination of InvaGen’s rights under the SPMA. Pursuant to the Waiver Agreement, immediately prior to the closing of the Merger Transaction contemplated under the SPMA, the Company will convert all of its preferred shares into common shares pursuant to the terms of the certificate of incorporation of Avenue, as amended from time to time.
 
Note 3: Instead of a PIK dividend, Checkpoint pays the Company an annual equity fee in shares of Checkpoint’s common stock equal to 2.5% of Checkpoint’s fully diluted outstanding capitalization.
 
Note 4: Effective January 31, 2019 the Caelum Founders Agreement and MSA with Fortress were terminated in conjunction with the execution of a Development Option and Share Purchase Agreement (“DOSPA”) between Caelum and Alexion Therapeutics, Inc. (See Note 4).
 
Note 5: Represents the Trigger Date, the date that the Fortress partner company first acquires, whether by license or otherwise, ownership rights in a product.
 
Management Services Agreements
 
The Company has entered in Management Services Agreements (the “MSAs”) with certain of its subsidiaries as described in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019. The following table summarizes, by subsidiary, the effective date of the MSA and the annual consulting fee payable by the subsidiary to the Company in quarterly installments:
 
Fortress partner company
 
Effective Date
 
Annual MSA Fee
(Income)/Expense
 
Helocyte
 
March 20, 2015
 
$
500
 
Avenue
(1)
 
February 17, 2015
 
 
 
Mustang
 
March 13, 2015
 
 
500
 
Checkpoint
 
March 17, 2015
 
 
500
 
Cellvation
 
October 31, 2016
 
 
500
 
Caelum
(2)
 
January 1, 2017
 
 
 
Cyprium
 
March 13, 2017
 
 
500
 
Aevitas
 
July 28, 2017
 
 
500
 
Tamid
 
November 30, 2017
 
 
500
 
Fortress
 
 
 
 
(3,500
)
Consolidated (Income)/Expense
 
 
 
$
 
  
Note 1: Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the SPMA entered into between, Avenue, the Company and InvaGen Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“InvaGen”) (together, the “SPMA Parties”), the SPMA Parties entered into a waiver agreement (the “Waiver Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company irrevocably waived its right to receive the annual dividend of Avenue’s common shares under the terms of the Class A preferred stock and any fees, payments, reimbursements or other distributions under the management services agreement between the Company and Avenue and the Founders Agreement, for the period from the effective date of the Waiver Agreement to the termination of InvaGen’s rights under the SPMA. Pursuant to the Waiver Agreement, immediately prior to the closing of the Merger Transaction contemplated under the SPMA, the Company will convert all of its preferred shares into common shares pursuant to the terms of the certificate of incorporation of Avenue, as amended from time to time. (See Note 4).
 
Note 2: Effective January 31, 2019 the Caelum Founders Agreement and MSA with Fortress were terminated in conjunction with the execution of a DOSPA between Caelum and Alexion Therapeutics, Inc. and $1.0 million of fees accrued under the MSA were written off (See Note 4).