Note 13 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

13.          RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Commencing in October 2017 the Company began reimbursing Mr. Elwood Norris, a former officer, current 10% stockholder and consultant of the Company, $1.5 per month on a month-to-month basis for laboratory facility expense, for an aggregate of $4.5 and $13.5 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022, respectively. Mr. Norris retired as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer effective September 30, 2021, and commencing July 1, 2021, was engaged as a month-to-month consultant. Mr. Norris was paid a monthly fee of $7.5 per month for aggregate consulting payments of $22.5 and $67.5 during each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, and 2022.

On June 29, 2023, we entered into the Purchase Agreement with certain investors, including Mr. Scot Cohen, the Executive Chairman of the Company, and V4, an entity over which Mr. Cohen exercises control and whose securities are beneficially owned by Mr. Cohen (the “Affiliated Offering”), pursuant to which the Company issued to Mr. Cohen and V4 an aggregate of 3,000 Series A Preferred and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,068,966 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $3,000,000 (excluding the proceeds the Company may receive from the exercise of the warrants issued in the Affiliated Offering) (the “Affiliated Proceeds”). The Certificate of Designation for the Series A Preferred provides that Series A Preferred held by a holder who serves as a director, officer or is an employee of the Company shall only be convertible into shares of Common Stock following receipt of approval of a majority of the Company’s stockholders (“Stockholder Approval”). Similarly, any warrant issued to one of our directors may not be exercised prior to date that is the later of (x) the date on which the Company received Stockholder Approval and (y) the date that is six months from the date of issuance). Stockholder Approval was attained at a special meeting of stockholders held on September 19, 2023. 

On August 9, 2023, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Intrensic and the Sellers, including Kevin Mullins, a director of the Company and its Chief Executive Officer. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase, and Sellers, including Mr. Mullins, agreed to sell, 100% of the Membership Interests of Intrensic for the following consideration: (i) $554 in cash, subject to adjustment based upon the outstanding indebtedness of Intrensic and Intrensic’s working capital; and (ii) 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company. Kevin Mullins owns approximately 9.53% of the Membership Interests, and as such, has a financial interest in the sale of Intrensic to the Company.

See Notes 1, 7 and 12 for additional information on related party transactions and obligations.