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(a) Investor relations agreements The Company currently has contracts with several investor relations specialists to help support the ongoing financing activities of the business. Further details of historic fees paid and arrangements are detailed in our Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019. Investor Relations Company 2 - On May 1, 2019, the existing agreement with investor relations company 2 was restated, still as a rolling monthly contract with a three month assumed length, although cancellable after each completed month. A payment of $7,500 was agreed at the beginning of each month, plus an additional $2,500 per month for additional services, if taken; and if the contract runs for the whole three month term, 12,500 shares will be issued at the end of the term. $20,000 was expensed in the three months ended June 30, 2019 relating to cash payments. Investor Relations Company 3 - On March 18, 2019 the Company cancelled its existing agreement with investor relations company 3 and entered into a new agreement. The term of this contract has been agreed to be on a month to month basis. Compensation is partly in cash and partly in restricted common stock. At the beginning of each monthly term a cash payment of $5,000 will be made and 7,500 shares of restricted stock will be issued. This contract ended in May 2019. 7,500 shares with a fair value of $1.04 were issued in April and 7,500 shares with a fair value of $0.90 were issued in May totaling $14,550. $13,320 was expensed in relation to cash paid for this agreement during the three months ended June 30, 2019, including $2,097 released from prepaid expenses at April 1, 2019. Total stock compensation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $17,888. (b) Management Consultancy Agreement Management Consulting Company 1 - On June 1, 2019, the terms for management consulting company 1 were amended being for a 4-month period from June 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019, with $40,000 cash to be paid up front and 27,500 shares issued up front. $30,000 of this cash expense is within prepaid expenses at June 30, 2019. The shares were recorded at fair value on the first day of the contract of $0.87 and the cost will be expensed over the 4-month term of which $18,434 was included in prepaid expenses at June 30, 2019. Cash payments expensed of $36,667 include the release of $26,667 prepaid at April 1, 2019 and $26,091 was expensed for share expense including $20,600 in prepaid expenses at April 1, 2019, all of which were expensed during the quarter ended June 30, 2019. Management Consulting Company 2 - On January 7, 2019 the Company entered into a six-month contract with management consulting company 2 for the provision of specialist consulting services. 150,000 restricted shares were issued on the fourth month after commencement of the original contract, being May 2019. A fair value of $0.94, being the share price on May 7, 2019 (the first day of the first amendment of the consulting agreement) was applied as the shares were issued fully and irrecoverably on the first day of the contract. The cost is being expensed evenly over the 5-month contract term, with a prepaid expense of $84,600 at June 30, 2019. $118,275 was expensed in relation to this agreement for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, including $61,875 released from prepaid expenses at April 1, 2019. Total stock based compensation recognized during the quarter ended June 30, 2019 was $162,254. (c) Subsequent events On July 10, 2019 the Company submitted its De Novo 510(k) medical device application to the US Food and Drug Administration for sugarBEAT, following clinical studies and usability studies.
The Company was notified by NASDAQ on July 15, 2019 that the Company no longer meets the requirements of NASDAQ Rule 5550(a)(2) requiring listed securities to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1 per share. If the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock is $1.00 per share or more for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days at any time prior to January 11, 2020, the Company will regain compliance.
On July 31, 2019, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Carter Gem Properties Limited (“Carter Gem”) pursuant to which Carter Gem agreed to lend the Company up to $8,000,000 in tranches with a 20 day calendar notice prior to each tranche. The loan carries an 8% interest rate with quarterly interest payments and balloon maturity date in five years. Carter Gem has discretion to proceed with each tranche. The first $3.5 million became available immediately for draw down, to help fund the Company’s European commercial launch. Carter Gem is a company owned by a trust designed to benefit the family of Sufyan Ismail, who is a major stockholder of the Company. The transaction was approved by the Company’s Audit Committee, as a related party transaction |