Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

14.	Related Party Transactions

Certain facilities leased by Spectrum LifeSciences, LLC (“Spectrum”) are owned by the former owner of Spectrum. The former owner held greater than 10% of the Company’s outstanding commons stock until the Company completed its public offering of 3,144,531 shares of its common stock on May 3, 2019. The lease amounts paid to this former owner and current shareholder were negotiated in connection with the Spectrum Acquisition. The Company has incurred rent expense totaling $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 related to these leases.

As part of the Spectrum Acquisition, the Company was responsible for filing all tax returns for Spectrum for the period from January 1, 2017 through July 31, 2017, the day before the Spectrum Acquisition. The Company was responsible for collecting any tax refunds from federal and state authorities and remitting these refunds to the former shareholders of Spectrum, including the former owner of Spectrum who held greater than 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock prior to May 3, 2019. During 2018, the Company collected $1.7 million of these tax refunds, which the Company paid to the Spectrum shareholders during the fourth quarter of 2018, net of $0.2 million of expenses paid by the Company on behalf of Spectrum for tax preparation and other fees.