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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Conversion Labs PR utilizes office space in Puerto Rico, which is subleased from Fried LLC, a third party, and incurs expense of approximately $3,000 a month for this office space. The Company previously made payments to JLS Ventures, an entity wholly owned by our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), for rent on Conversion Labs PR’s Puerto Rico office space which was $0 and $15,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $0 and $67,500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

Conversion Labs PR utilizes BV Global Fulfillment (“BV Global”), previously owned by a related person (the “Owner”) of the Company’s CEO, to warehouse a portion of the Company’s finished goods inventory and for fulfillment services. On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “APA”) with BV Global and the Owner, whereby BV Global and the Owner agreed to sell to the Company certain purchased assets of BV Global in exchange for approximately $9 thousand. Prior to entering into the APA, the Company paid a monthly fee of $13,000 to $16,000 for fulfillment services and reimbursed BV Global for their direct costs associated with shipping the Company’s products.

 

 

The Company reimbursed BV Global a total of $660,877 and $1,079,403 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owed BV Global $61,824, which is included in accounts payable on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

WorkSimpli Software

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, WorkSimpli utilized LegalSubmit Pvt. Ltd. (“LegalSubmit”), a company owned by WorkSimpli’s Chief Software Engineer, to provide software development services. WorkSimpli paid LegalSubmit a total of $403,424 and $240,187 during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $1,054,747 and $599,527 during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, for these services. There were no amounts owed to LegalSubmit as of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

 

Amended Officer Employment Agreements

 

On April 1, 2022, Justin Schreiber, the Company’s CEO, entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Schreiber Employment Agreement”) with the Company. The Schreiber Employment Agreement is for an indefinite term and may be terminated with or without cause. Pursuant to the Schreiber Employment Agreement, Mr. Schreiber will receive an annual base salary of $300,000 and shall be eligible to earn a performance bonus in such amount, if any, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board, with a target amount of 75% of the base salary.

 

On January 27, 2022, the Company and Marc Benathen, our Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), entered into the First Amendment to his employment agreement to provide that Mr. Benathen receive 75,000 RSUs, with 25,000 of the RSUs vesting on the grant date and the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. Additionally, the First Amendment to his employment agreement provided that Mr. Benathen is eligible to receive up to 250,000 Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”), which will vest subject to the Company achieving certain key revenue, EBITDA and share price appreciation milestones.

 

On January 27, 2022, the Company and Eric H. Yecies, our General Counsel (“GC”) and Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”), entered into the First Amendment to his employment agreement to provide that our CCO receive 37,500 RSUs, with 12,500 of the RSUs vesting on the grant date and the first and second anniversaries of the grant date. Additionally, the First Amendment to his employment agreement provided that our CCO is eligible to receive up to 105,000 PSUs, which will vest subject to the Company achieving certain key revenue, EBITDA and share price appreciation milestones.

 

Officer Appointment

 

On February 4, 2022, Maria Stan was appointed as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company. In connection with her appointment as Principal Accounting Officer, Ms. Stan entered into an amendment to her employment agreement with the Company, whereby the Company granted her an additional long-term incentive award of 15,000 RSUs, with 5,000 units vesting on the grant date and the first and second anniversaries of the grant date, and 50,000 PSUs. The PSUs vest upon the achievement of certain key revenue, EBITDA and share price appreciation milestones.

 

Board of Director Appointment

 

On September 14, 2022, the Company appointed Robert Jindal as a member of the Board. In connection with the appointment to the Board, the Company and Mr. Jindal entered into a director agreement (the “Director Agreement”), whereby, as compensation for his services as a member of the Board, Mr. Jindal received: (i) a grant of 75,000 RSUs of the Company’s common stock, with 37,500 RSUs vesting immediately and 37,500 RSUs vesting on the two-year anniversary of the Director Agreement, and (ii) a stock option to purchase 37,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, vesting in four equal tranches on the 90, 180, 270 and 365-day anniversary of the Director Agreement. Additionally, Mr. Jindal shall be paid $6,000 per quarter, as compensation for his services as a member of the Board.