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Related Party Transactions (Notes)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

Management and Strategic Collaboration Agreement

Effective in June 2016, the Company and Equilibria Capital Management ("Equilibria"), a company incorporated in Bermuda and a significant stockholder of the Company, entered into the management and strategic collaboration agreement. Under the Equilibria collaboration agreement, Equilibria, amongst other services, was engaged to provide certain strategic, management and capital raising advice to the Company. The Equilibria collaboration agreement was effective for three years and renewable thereafter only upon the mutual written agreement of both parties. The Equilibria collaboration agreement provided that it would automatically terminate upon the closing of an IPO or a strategic sale. During the term of the Equilibria collaboration agreement, the Company, in exchange for the services received, paid Equilibria a quarterly fee of $0.1 million (the “Equilibria Management Fee”). The Equilibria Management Fee can be paid in cash or, at the mutual agreement of the parties, in shares of the Company at a valuation equal to the Company’s most recent financing round. In addition to the Equilibria Management Fee, the Company agreed to pay Equilibria any expenses reasonably incurred in performing the services agreed. For the years ended December 31, 2017, the Company had incurred and paid in cash $0.3 million, respectively, of Equilibria Management Fees. These amounts are included in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had an outstanding payable to Equilibria of $0.1 million. The management and strategic collaboration agreement was terminated upon consummation of the Merger in December 2017. There were no Equilibria Management Fees incurred during the year ended December 2018 and there was no outstanding payable as of December 31, 2018.

For the provision of the management and strategic collaboration services, the Company also agreed to pay Equilibria an incentive fee equal to 2% of the post-money market value of the Company on the date of its IPO. Such fee would be payable in shares with a per-share price equal to the price set for the sale of the Company’s shares to other investors in its IPO. The Company and Equilibria may have jointly agreed to settle the incentive fee earlier, if deemed appropriate for achieving a successful IPO, through either a cash payment, issuance of shares, or a combination of the two. In the event that the Company was sold as part of a strategic sale, the incentive fee would be equal to 2% of the gross value paid by the purchaser in cash.

In February 2017, the Company and Equilibria entered into an amendment of the Equilibria collaboration agreement. Under the amendment, in the event that the Company entered into a reverse merger transaction in lieu of an initial public offering, the incentive fee to Equilibria was 2% of the post-merger fully diluted market value of the Company immediately after the closing of the reverse merger transaction, payable in a combination of cash and shares of common stock of the Company. The cash payment was based on the per share price equaling the intrinsic value of the Company’s shares in the Merger. The share-based component of the incentive fee was based on the post-closing fully diluted number of shares outstanding.

In August 2017, the Company and Equilibria further amended the Equilibria collaboration agreement to fix the compensation payable to Equilibria in connection with the completion of the Merger, described above in Note 1. Accordingly, upon consummation of the Merger on December 29, 2017, the Company incurred $0.1 million in fees to Equilibria and issued 119,672 shares of common stock to Equilibria at a fair value of $0.9 million. These amounts are included in general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. Also, upon consummation of the Merger and pursuant to the amended Equilibria collaboration agreement, such agreement was terminated.

Other Related Party Transactions

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Angelos M. Stergiou (M.D., ScD h.c.) is a significant stockholder of the Company owning 1.9% and 7.8% of the Company’s outstanding share capital as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Further transactions involving the Company and Dr. Stergiou are described in Note 6.