RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
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| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Transactions with B. Riley Based on Schedule 13D filings with the SEC, B. Riley beneficially owns approximately 29.3% of our outstanding common stock as of March 31, 2025. B. Riley currently has the right to nominate one member of our Board of Directors pursuant to the investor rights agreement we entered into with B. Riley in April 2019. The investor rights agreement also provides pre-emptive rights to B. Riley with respect to certain future issuances of our equity securities. As described in Note 12, in connection with our entry into the Axos Credit Agreement in January 2024, we entered into a guaranty agreement (the "B. Riley Guaranty") and a fee and reimbursement agreement (the "B. Riley Fee Agreement") with B. Riley. The B. Riley Guaranty provides for the guarantee of all of our obligations under the Credit Agreement. The B. Riley Guaranty is enforceable in certain circumstances, including, among others, certain events of default and the acceleration of our obligations under the Credit Agreement. The B. Riley Fee Agreement provides, among other things, for us to pay an annual fee to B. Riley equal to 2.00% of Aggregate Revolving Commitments under the Credit Agreement (or approximately $3 million) as consideration for B. Riley's agreements and commitments under the B. Riley Guaranty. The B. Riley Fee Agreement also requires us to reimburse B. Riley to the extent that B. Riley Guaranty is called upon by the agent or lenders under the Credit Agreement and requires us to execute a junior secured promissory note with respect to the same within 60 days after the execution of the B. Riley Fee Agreement (or such other date as B. Riley may agree to). As described in Note 13, in April 2024, we entered into a sales agreement with B. Riley Securities, Inc., among others, in connection with the offer and sale from time to time of shares of our common stock. B. Riley will be entitled to compensation equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from each sale of the shares sold through it as the designated Agent. We entered into an agreement with BRPI Executive Consulting, LLC, an affiliate of B. Riley, in November 2018 and amended the agreement in November 2020 and December 2023 to retain the services of Mr. Kenneth Young to serve as our Chief Executive Officer until December 31, 2028, unless terminated by either party with thirty days written notice. Under this agreement, payments are $0.75 million per annum, paid monthly. Subject to the achievement of certain performance objectives as determined by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors, a bonus or bonuses may also be earned and payable to BRPI Executive Consulting, LLC. In September 2024, we came to an agreement with BRPI Executive Consulting, LLC to terminate the agreement to retain the services of Mr. Kenneth Young effective immediately and concurrently entered into a direct arrangement with Mr. Kenneth Young. We paid nothing and $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, to BRPI Executive Consulting, LLC. We entered into an Advisory Services Agreement with B. Riley on December 12, 2024 to provide financial advisory services to the Company relating to the Company's evaluation of debt financing alternatives. Under this agreement, payments are a cash fee equal to 1.75% of the total financing value, due and payable immediately upon the closing of each debt financing. Transactions with Board of Directors We entered into a Consultant Agreement with Henry E. Bartoli, a member of our Board of Directors, dated November 5, 2020. On November 26, 2024, we entered into a third amendment to the Bartoli Consulting Agreement that extends the term through December 1, 2025, subject to earlier termination by either party as provided in the Bartoli Consulting Agreement.
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