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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 9 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company has historically maintained an intercompany balance due to/from related parties that relates to cash advances for investments, loan repayments, charges for services provided to the Company by IDT and payroll costs for the Company's personnel that were paid by IDT. This is partially offset by rental income paid to the Company by various companies under common control to IDT. The Company recorded expense of approximately $142,000 in related party services to IDT, of which approximately $29,000 is included in due to related parties at January 31, 2020.

 

The Company provides Rafael Pharmaceuticals with administrative, finance, accounting, tax and legal services. Howard S. Jonas serves as a Chairman of the Board of Rafael Pharmaceuticals and owns an equity interest in Rafael Pharmaceuticals. The Company billed Rafael Pharmaceuticals $120,000 during each of the first and second quarters of fiscal 2020. As of January 31, 2020, Rafael Pharmaceuticals owed the Company $120,000 included in "Due from Rafael Pharmaceuticals".

 

On November 15, 2018, Howard Jonas entered into an agreement to purchase a convertible note from the Company for $15.0 million convertible into shares of Class B common stock at $8.47 per share. The term of the note was three years with interest on the principal amount at a rate of 6% per annum, compounded quarterly. At issuance, the Company recorded a debt discount of approximately $70,000 related to the beneficial conversion feature of the note and amortized approximately $16,000 of the discount in fiscal 2019 which was recorded as interest expense. In addition, the Company recorded approximately $650,000 of interest expense for the year ended July 31, 2019. In August 2019, the note including accrued interest of approximately $667,000 was converted into 1,849,749 shares of common stock.

 

On January 10, 2019, Pharma Holdings partially exercised a warrant to purchase 5.1 million shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Rafael Pharmaceuticals for $6.4 million, of which $640,000 was contributed by Howard Jonas.

 

On January 23, 2019, Pharma Holdings partially exercised a warrant to purchase 36.3 million shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock of Rafael Pharmaceuticals for $34.4 million, of which $3.4 million was contributed by Howard Jonas.

 

On January 29, 2020, in connection with the vesting of certain restricted shares of Class B common stock held by an officer of the Company, the Company withheld 5,238 shares to pay for the payroll taxes on the officer's behalf, totalling approximately $116,000.

 

The Company leases space to related parties which represented approximately 43% and 51% of the Company's total revenue for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 43% and 48% for the six months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. See Note 14 for future minimum rent payments from related parties and other tenants.