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Related party transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Related party transactions | Note 15 – Related party transactions Consulting Services Lifeway obtained consulting services from Ludmila Smolyansky, a former member and former Chairperson of the Company’s Board of Directors. On January 4, 2022, the Company notified Ms. Smolyansky that it was terminating the consultancy agreement effective January 17, 2022. Service fees earned are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and were $0 and $22 during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Endorsement Agreement Lifeway was also a party to an endorsement agreement, dated as March 14, 2016, by and between the Company and Ludmila Smolyansky, a former member and former Chairperson of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Endorsement Agreement”) under which it paid Ms. Smolyansky a royalty based on the sale of certain Lifeway products, not to exceed $50 in any fiscal month. On September 6, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Ms. Smolyansky that terminated the Endorsement Agreement as of September 6, 2022. Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, the Company and Ms. Smolyansky have agreed, among other things, that (i) the Company paid Ms. Smolyansky a lump sum payment of $400,000, (ii) Ms. Smolyansky will no longer have any further claims against the Company under the Endorsement Agreement, and (iii) the Endorsement Agreement was terminated and of no further force or effect except for the provisions thereof that expressly survive termination. Royalties earned are included in selling expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and were $0 and $400 during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Stock Purchase Agreement See the November 2022 stock purchase agreement between Ms. Smolyansky and the Company in Note 14.

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