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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

19. Related Party Transactions

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Dr. Robert Hariri

 

On January 25, 2023, in order to address the Company’s current working capital requirements, Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, agreed to temporarily reduce payment of his salary pursuant to his employment agreement to minimum wage level with the remaining salary deferred until December 31, 2023. As of June 30, 2025, $1,604 was recorded to accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

In order to comply with the Securities Purchase Agreement dated January 12, 2024 with Dragasac Limited that Dr. Hariri not be paid the $1,088 in base salary that was otherwise due to him for the 2023 calendar year unless the Company raises additional cash through offerings of equity securities with aggregate net proceeds equal or greater to $21,000 at a valuation at least equal to the valuation, cost per security or exercise/conversion price, as applicable, of the Class A common stock and January 2024 PIPE Warrant purchased by Dragasac Limited in January 2024. In compliance with the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors approved a cash bonus program, or bonus program, effective February 16, 2024, pursuant to which Dr. Hariri will be paid 125% of his unpaid base salary upon the satisfaction of the foregoing performance conditions. Accordingly, the Company entered into a second amendment to Dr. Hariri’s employment agreement implementing the 85% base salary reduction effective as of February 16, 2024, and documenting the bonus program. As a result of the reduction, Dr. Hariri’s annual rate of base salary for the 2024 year was $180. Payment of Dr. Hariri’s base salary at the rate in effect prior to the reduction resumed on January 1, 2025.

 

Loan Agreement with Dr. Robert Hariri

 

On August 21, 2023, the Company entered into a $1,000 loan agreement with Dr. Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, which bears interest at a rate of 15% per year, with the first year of interest being paid in kind on the last day of each month and was schedule to mature on August 21, 2024. The loan maturity date was subsequently extended to December 31, 2025. On September 30, 2024, Dr. Hariri assumed the loans of two unaffiliated lenders who were parties to an August 21, 2023 loan agreement. See Note 10 for more information.

 

On October 12, 2023, in order to further address the Company’s immediate working capital requirements, Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and the Company signed a promissory note for $285 which bears interest at a rate of 15.0% per year (see Note 10).

 

C.V. Starr Loan

 

On March 17, 2023, the Company entered into a $5,000 loan agreement with C.V. Starr. C.V. Starr is an investor in the Company, holding 125,000 warrants to purchase Class A common stock and 1,528,138 shares of Class A common stock as of June 30, 2025.

 

Employment of an Immediate Family Member

 

Alexandra Hariri, the daughter of Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D., Celularity’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is employed by Celularity as an Executive Director, Corporate Strategy & Business Development. Ms. Hariri’s annual base salary for 2025 and 2024 was $265. Ms. Hariri has received and continues to be eligible to receive a bonus, equity awards and benefits on the same general terms and conditions as applicable to unrelated employees in similar positions.

 

 

Fountain Life Management LLC

 

On November 7, 2024, the Company entered into a Technology Services Agreement with Fountain Life Management LLC (“Fountain Life”) under which the Company agreed to process and store mononuclear cells isolated from blood samples collected by Fountain Life or its authorized representatives in accordance with the Company’s adult banking enrollment processes. In consideration of the services, Fountain Life will pay the Company a one-time fee of two thousand five hundred dollars per sample collected and stored. The initial term of the agreement is one year and automatically extends for one-year periods unless earlier terminated by either party. The Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Robert Hariri, M.D, Ph.D., and director, Peter Diamandis, M.D., are founding partners of Fountain Life.