Related-Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Related-Party Transactions

Related-Party Transactions

12.   Related-Party Transactions

Relationship with HandsOn Global Management

The Company incurred reimbursable travel expenses to HOVS LLC and HandsOn Fund 4 I, LLC (collectively, and together with certain of their affiliated entities managed by HandsOn Global Management LLC, including such entity, “HGM”) of less than $0.1 million for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. Certain members of our Board, including our Executive Chairman, Par Chadha, Sharon Chadha, Ron Cogburn, and James Reynolds are, have been, or may be deemed to be affiliated with HGM.

Pursuant to a master agreement dated January 1, 2015 between Rule 14, LLC, a portfolio company of HGM, and a subsidiary of the Company, the Company incurs marketing fees to Rule 14, LLC. Similarly, the Company is party to ten master agreements with entities affiliated with HGM’s managed funds, each of which were entered into during 2015 and 2016. Each master agreement provides the Company with use of certain technology and includes a reseller arrangement pursuant to which the Company is entitled to sell these services to third parties. Any revenue earned by the Company in such third-party sales is shared 75%/25% with each of HGM’s venture affiliates in favor of the Company. The brands Zuma, Athena, Peri, BancMate, Spring, Jet, Teletype, CourtQ and Rewardio are part of the HGM managed funds. The Company has the license to use and resell such brands, as described in the master agreements. The Company incurred fees of $1.5 million relating to these agreements for each of the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The Company incurred fees of $4.6 million and $4.2 million relating to these agreements for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Certain operating companies lease their operating facilities from HOV RE, LLC and HOV Services Limited, which are affiliates under common control with HGM. The rental expense for these operating leases was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and $0.2 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. In addition, HOV Services, Ltd. provides the Company data capture and technology services. The expense recognized for these services was approximately $0.4 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $1.0 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. These expenses are included in cost of revenue in the consolidated statements of operations.

Consulting Agreement

The Company receives services from Oakana Holdings, Inc. The Company and Oakana Holdings, Inc. are related through a family relationship between our Executive Chairman and the president of Oakana Holdings, Inc. There was an expense reversal of less than $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and the expense recognized for these services was less than $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The expense recognized for these services was less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Subscription Agreements

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into separate subscription agreements with five of its directors. Pursuant to these subscription agreements, the Company issued and sold 3,125, 7,936, 3,174, 3,968 and 1,984 shares of Common Stock of the Company to Sharon Chadha, Par Chadha, Martin Akins, J. Coley Clark and John Rexford, respectively, for a purchase price of $0.1 million, $0.2 million, less than $0.1 million, $0.1 million and less than $0.1 million, respectively.

On July 21, 2022, the Company entered into a subscription agreement with its Executive Chairman. Pursuant to this subscription agreement, on August 11, 2022, the Company issued and sold 70,921 shares of Common Stock of the Company to Par Chadha for a purchase price of $0.1 million.

Subscription, Voting and Redemption Agreement

On May 19, 2022, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of special voting preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Redeemable Special Voting Preferred Stock”) at par value of $100 to GP-HGM LLC, an entity affiliated to the Executive Chairman of the Company, pursuant to a certain subscription, voting and redemption agreement (the “Subscription, Voting and Redemption Agreement”). The Company designated 1,000,000 shares of its authorized and unissued preferred stock as special voting preferred stock and filed a certificate of designations, preferences, rights and limitations for the special voting preferred stock. The Executive Chairman of the Company was the designated manager of GP-HGM LLC. As a sole holder of the Redeemable Special Voting Preferred Stock, GP-HGM LLC was entitled to 20,000 votes per share, to be voted together and in proportion with the holders of the Company’s voting capital stock as a single class at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of the stockholders on two specific proposals: (a) approval of the adoption of an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse split of its outstanding Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”) and (b) approval of an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of preferred stock from 20,000,000 shares to 40,000,000 shares (the “Preferred Stock Increase Proposal”). The Redeemable Super Voting Preferred Stock were redeemed at par on June 28, 2022.

Payable and Receivable/Prepayment Balances with Affiliates

Payable and receivable/prepayment balances with affiliates as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:

	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Receivables and Prepaid Expenses		Payables		Receivables and Prepaid Expenses		Payables
HOV Services, Ltd	$	402	$	—	$	708	$	—
Rule 14		—		1,698		—		1,483
HGM		102		—		7		—
Oakana		—		—		—		1
	$	504	$	1,698	$	715	$	1,484