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6. Related Party Transactions

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6. Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

During the three and six months ended June 30, 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 June 30, 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 June 30, 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: 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: $107,500 and $80,500 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $215,000 and $161,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, 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, $109,038 and $75,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, $202,500 and $150,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and. 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 in board fees for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and $50,448 and $50,448 in board fees for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Michael Brown, as a managing member of Tactic, a previous managing member of Monopar as an LLC and shareholder and uncompensated board member (until Q3 2017) of Monopar as a C Corporation was paid $10,000 and $20,000 in board fees for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

The Company reimbursed Tactic Pharma a de minimis amount in monthly storage fees during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 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 4,111,273 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 26, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, Tactic Pharma beneficially owned 46% of Monopar’s common stock, and TacticGem owned 77% of Monopar’s common stock.

 

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, 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 $39,584 and $92,584, respectively, compared to $20,000 and $40,000 paid or accrued legal fees for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, 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.