XML 44 R20.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.22.2.2
Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

Note 14.  Related Party Transactions

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 September 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 September 30, 2022, the Pillar Investment Entities held (i) warrants to purchase up to 3,039,514 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.28 per share, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 nine months ended September 30, 2022, certain of the Pillar Investment Entities exercised warrants to purchase 1,533,159 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.

During the nine months ended September 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.

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 nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company issued 149,757 and 68,699 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.