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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 

 

Accrued Liabilities – Related Party

 

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the accrued liabilities – related party balance was $86 thousand and $30 thousand, respectively, which represented amounts owed to various contractors, officers and employees of the Company as described below.

 

On November 10, 2017, the Company and Global Security Innovative Strategies, LLC (“GSIS”), a company in which David Aguilar, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, is a principal, entered in an agreement (the “GSIS Agreement”) pursuant to which GSIS agreed to provide business development support and general consulting services for sales opportunities with U.S. government agencies and other identified prospects and consulting support services for the Company. The GSIS Agreement had an initial term of six months beginning on November 1, 2017. On September 26, 2018, the parties amended the GSIS Agreement to extend the period of service through September 2019 with monthly automatic renewals thereafter. The Company also agreed to issue an option to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.00. This option immediately vested and terminates on September 26, 2022. Pursuant to the GSIS Agreement, GSIS is paid a fee of $10 thousand per month. In addition, GSIS is paid for the expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its duties under the GSIS Agreement. Either party may terminate or renew the GSIS Agreement at any time, for any reason or no reason, upon at least 30 days’ notice to the other party. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, GSIS was owed $31 thousand and $30 thousand, respectively, for normal monthly retainers and expenses incurred and these amounts were recorded in accrued liabilities – related party.

 

Notes Payable – Related Party

 

On August 5, 2019, Daniel L. Hodges, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and his wife, loaned DragonWave $0.2 million at an interest rate of 5.0% per annum and an 18.0% default interest rate with a maturity date of December 31, 2020. Interest was payable monthly while the full principal balance was due at maturity. During fiscal 2020, this loan became past due and was accruing interest at an increased default rate of 18.0% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, $0.2 million was outstanding and past due under the loan. The aggregate principal amount of this note was fully repaid during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.

  

On July 1, 2020, Brent Davies, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee, loaned the Company $50 thousand at an interest rate of 4.80% per annum with an original maturity date of August 31, 2020. This note was amended to extend the maturity date to November 30, 2020. Interest and the full principal balance was due at maturity. During fiscal 2020, this loan became past due and was accruing interest at an increased default rate of 18.0% per annum. As of December 31, 2020, $50 thousand was outstanding and past due under the loan. The aggregate principal amount of this note was fully repaid during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.

 

Between October 15, 2020 and December 28, 2020, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $0.6 million from Dr. Dustin McIntire, the Company’s Chief Technology Officer, and issued promissory notes evidencing such loans. The principal amounts of the notes were between $0.1 million and $0.4 million, and such notes bore interest at 10% per annum and were due between January 14, 2021 and March 28, 2021. As of December 31, 2020, $0.6 million was outstanding under these notes. The aggregate principal amount of these notes was fully repaid during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.

 

Between November 13, 2020 and December 24, 2020, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $0.16 million from Richard J. Berman, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, and issued promissory notes evidencing such loans. The principal amounts of the notes were between $40 thousand and $120 thousand, and such notes bore interest at 8% per annum and were due between February 12, 2021 and March 23, 2021. As of December 31, 2020, $0.16 million was outstanding under these notes. On January 26, 2021, the aggregate principal amount of this note, a 10% principal bonus, and all accrued interest with a combined total of $0.18 million, was fully extinguished at the rate of $4.15 per unit, as defined in our public offering and disclosed in Note 15- Stockholders’ Equity, resulting in the issuance of 42,776 shares of common stock, along with warrants to purchase up to 42,776 shares of common stock that are exercisable for a purchase price of $4.50 per share at any time on or prior to January 26, 2026.