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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

Note 10.  Related Party Transactions

Baker Brothers

Julian C. Baker, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors until his resignation in September 2018, is a principal of Baker Bros. Advisors, LP.  Additionally, Kelvin M. Neu, a member of Company’s Board of Directors until his resignation in June 2019, is an employee of Baker Bros. Advisors, LP. At December 31, 2020, Baker Bros. Advisors, LP and certain of its affiliated funds (collectively, “Baker Brothers”) held sole voting power with respect to an aggregate of 4,608,786 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 12% of the Company's then outstanding common stock.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, Baker Brothers exercised warrants to purchase 2,708,812 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.08 per share for a total exercise price of approximately $0.2 million. Additionally, Baker Brothers converted 23,684 shares Series B1 Preferred Stock into 2,368,400 shares of the Company’s common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2021.

At June 30, 2022, Baker Brothers held sole voting power with respect to an aggregate of 2,047,180 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 4% of the Company's outstanding common stock.

Pillar Investment Entities

Youssef El Zein, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors until his resignation in October 2017, is a director and controlling stockholder of Pillar Invest Corporation (“Pillar Invest”), which is the general partner of Pillar Pharmaceuticals I, L.P., Pillar Pharmaceuticals II, L.P., Pillar Pharmaceuticals III, L.P., Pillar Pharmaceuticals IV, L.P., Pillar Pharmaceuticals V, L.P., Pillar 6, Pillar 7, and Pillar Partners (collectively, the “Pillar Investment Entities”). As of June 30, 2022, the Pillar Investment Entities owned approximately 16% of the Company's common stock and beneficially owned approximately 19.99% of the Company's common stock.

As of June 30, 2022, the Pillar Investment Entities held (i) prefunded warrants to purchase up to 1,533,159 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, (ii) warrants to purchase up to 3,039,514 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.28 per share, (iii) warrants to purchase up to 2,764,227 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.58 per share, and (iv) warrants to purchase up to 1,373,626 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.71 per share.

During the six months ended June 30, 2021, certain of the Pillar Investment Entities exercised warrants to purchase 3,158,386 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share for a total exercise price of less than $0.1 million. 19,052 shares were used to fund the exercise costs.

Note 10. Related Party Transactions (Continued)

Board Fees Paid in Stock

Pursuant to the Company’s director compensation program, in lieu of director board and committee fees of $0.1 million during each of the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company issued 91,241 and 47,400 shares of common stock, respectively, to certain of its directors. Director board and committee fees are paid in arrears and the number of shares issued was calculated based on the market closing price of the Company’s common stock on the issuance date.