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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

15. Related Party Transactions

 

Board of Directors and Outside Counsel

A former member of the Company’s Board of Directors who did not stand for re-election at the Company's 2021 annual meeting of stockholders is a partner at a law firm previously used by the Company. The Company did not incur any expenses related to services provided by the outside counsel during the year ended December 31, 2022. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred expenses of approximately $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, related to services provided by the outside counsel. The Company had no outstanding payables or accrued expenses related to services performed by the outside counsel as of December 31, 2022.

 

Real Estate Leases

On May 26, 2017, the Company and M&F Incorporated entered into the New HQ Lease, pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease 3,200 square feet at 31 East 62nd Street, New York, New York. The Company is utilizing premises leased under the New HQ Lease as its corporate headquarters. The Company's rental obligations consist of a fixed rent of $25,333 per month in the first sixty-three months of the term, subject to a rent abatement for the first six months of the term. From the first day of the sixty-fourth month of the term through the expiration or earlier termination of the lease, the Company's rental obligations consist of a fixed rent of $29,333 per month. In addition to the fixed rent, the Company will pay a facility fee in consideration of the landlord making available certain ancillary services, commencing on the first anniversary of entry into the lease. The facility fee was $3,333 per month for the second year of the term and increases by five percent each year thereafter, to $4,925 per month in the final year of the term. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company paid $0.4 million of expenses associated with this lease.