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Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Note 16—Related Party Transactions

The Company was formerly a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (“IDT”). On October 28, 2011, the Company was spun-off by IDT. The Company entered into various agreements with IDT prior to the spin-off including an agreement for certain services to be performed by the Company and IDT. Also, the Company provides specified administrative services to certain of IDT’s foreign subsidiaries.

The Company leases office space and parking in New Jersey and Israel from Rafael Holdings, Inc. ("Rafael") a former subsidiary of IDT that was spun off from IDT in March 2018. Howard S. Jonas is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Rafael. The leases expire in April 2025.

The charges for services provided by IDT to the Company, and rent charged by Rafael, net of the charges for the services provided by the Company to IDT, are included in “Selling, general and administrative” expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2020				2019				2020				2019
	(in thousands)								(in thousands)
Amount IDT charged the Company		$	249			$	255			$	520			$	438
Amount the Company charged IDT		$	41			$	42			$	79			$	79
Amount Rafael charged the Company		$	56			$	57			$	112			$	111

The following table presents the balance of receivables and payables to IDT and Rafael:

		June 30, 2020				December 31, 2019
		(in thousands)
Due to IDT		$	162			$	434
Due from IDT		$	65			$	45
Due to Rafael		$	—			$	—

The Company had minimal transactions with Zedge, Inc. (“Zedge”) related to certain employees of the Company providing services to Zedge. Zedge was a subsidiary of IDT that was spun-off from IDT in June 2016. Howard Jonas is a director of Zedge. There is minimal amount due from Zedge at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

The Company had notes receivable outstanding from employees of a nominal amount and $0.2 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, which were included in “Other assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

From 2012 to 2015, the Company extended a series of loans to an employee with an aggregate principal amount of $0.5 million (“Promissory Notes”). The Promissory Notes bore interest equivalent to a minimum rate, in effect from time to time required by local regulations. The Notes and the related unpaid accrued interest were due on May 1, 2019. On August 31, 2018, the Company entered into a Loan Modification Agreement with the employee to restructure the Promissory Notes with outstanding balance of $0.5 million including $0.1 million of accrued interest. Pursuant to the Loan Modification Agreement, the employee paid the Company $0.4 million and the remaining outstanding balance of $0.1 million of the Promissory Notes and the related accrued interest is to be repaid between December 2020 and December 2052. The Company recorded minimal amounts of interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 related to this debt. The outstanding balance, including accrued interest was $0.1 million as of June 30, 2020.

The Company obtains insurance policies from several insurance brokers, one of which is IGM Brokerage Corp. (“IGM”). IGM is owned by the mother of Howard S. Jonas and Joyce Mason, the Company’s Corporate Secretary. Jonathan Mason, husband of Joyce Mason and brother-in-law of Howard S. Jonas, provides insurance brokerage services via IGM. Based on information the Company received from IGM, the Company believes that IGM received commissions and fees from payments made by the Company (including payments from third party brokers). The Company paid IGM a total of $0.3 million in 2019 related to premium of various insurance policies that were brokered by IGM. There was no outstanding payable to IGM was as of June 30, 2020. Neither Howard S. Jonas nor Joyce Mason has any ownership or other interest in IGM other than via the familial relationships with their mother and Jonathan Mason.

See Note 9, Investment in Equity Method Investees, for details of notes receivables from Atid 613.