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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 5 - Related Party Transactions

Timothy N. Tangredi, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, is a founder and a member of the board of directors of Aegis BioSciences, LLC (“Aegis”). Mr. Tangredi currently owns 52% of Aegis’ outstanding equity and spends approximately one to two days per month on Aegis business for which he is compensated by Aegis. Aegis has two exclusive, world-wide licenses from us under which it has the right to use and sell products containing our polymer technologies in biomedical and health care applications. As a result of a $150,000 payment made by Aegis, the first license is considered fully paid and as such no additional license revenue will be forthcoming. Pursuant to the second license Aegis made an initial one-time payment of $50,000 and is to make royalty payments of 1.5% of the net sales price it receives with respect to any personal hygiene product, surgical drape or clothing products (the latter when employed in medical and animal related fields) and license revenue it receives should Aegis grant a sublicense to a third party. To date Aegis has sold no such products nor has it received any licensing fees requiring a royalty payment be made to us. All obligations for such payments will end on the earlier of June 2, 2015 or upon the aggregate of all sums paid to us by Aegis under the agreement reaching $1 million. The term of each respective license runs for the duration of the patented technology.

 

The Company rents a building that is owned by two stockholders of the Company, one of which is the Chief Executive Officer. Rent expense for this building is currently $4,066 per month. The Company recognized rent expense of approximately $12,200 and $11,400 during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company recognized rent expense of approximately $24,400 and $22,800 during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, $97,835 and $82,195, respectively, were included in accounts payable for amounts owed for rent.

 

The Company also has accrued compensation due to the Chief Executive Officer and other employees for deferred salaries earned and unpaid as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 of $1,559,349 and $1,494,739, respectively. The Company determined that total accrued compensation should be classified as a long term liability, as the Company does not believe it will be repaid within the next year.

 

The above terms and amounts are not necessarily indicative of the terms and amounts that would have been incurred had comparable transactions been entered into with independent parties.