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6. Related Party Transactions

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6. Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company was advised by four members of its Board of Directors, who were Managers of the LLC prior to the Company’s conversion to a C Corporation. The four former Managers are also current common stockholders (owning approximately an aggregate 3% of the common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018). Three of the former Managers are also Managing Members of Tactic Pharma the Company’s largest and controlling stockholder (beneficially owning 46% of the Company at March 31, 2018 and together with Gem through TacticGem owning 77%). Monopar paid Managing Members of Tactic Pharma and the Manager of CDR Pharma, LLC, which is the Manager of TacticGem the following during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017: Chandler D. Robinson, the Company’s Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, common stockholder, Managing Member of Tactic Pharma, former Manager of the predecessor LLC, and the Manager of CDR Pharma, LLC, which is the Manager of TacticGem: $99,230 and $80,500, respectively; and Andrew P. Mazar, the Company’s Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, common stockholder, Managing Member of Tactic Pharma and former Manager of the predecessor LLC, $93,462 and $75,000, respectively. The Company also paid Christopher M. Starr, the Company’s Co-Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, common stockholder and former Manager of the predecessor LLC $25,224 and $25,224 during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

 

The Company reimbursed Tactic Pharma, a de minimis amount in monthly storage fees during the three months ended March 31, 2017. In March 2017, Tactic Pharma wired $1 million to the Company in advance of the sale of the Company’s common stock at $6 per share under a private placement memorandum. In April, the Company issued to Tactic Pharma 166,667 shares in exchange for the $1 million at $6 per share once the Company began selling stock to unaffiliated parties under the private placement memorandum. In August 2017, Tactic Pharma surrendered 2,888,727 shares of common stock back to the Company as a contribution to the capital of the Company. This resulted in reducing Tactic Pharma’s ownership in Monopar from 79.5% to 69.9%. Following the surrender of the common stock, Tactic Pharma contributed 4,111,272.88 shares of its holdings in Monopar’s common stock to TacticGem pursuant to the Gem Transaction discussed in detail in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, Tactic Pharma beneficially owned 46% of Monopar’s common stock, and TacticGem owned 77% of Monopar’s common stock.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company paid or accrued legal fees to a large national law firm, in which a family member of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer is a law partner, approximately $53,000 and $30,000, respectively. The family member personally billed a de minimis amount of time on the Company’s legal engagement with the law firm in these periods.