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Related Party Matters | 12 Months Ended
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Related Party Matters | 11. Related Party Matters Emerald Health Sciences On February 1, 2018, the Company entered into an Independent Contractor Agreement with Emerald Health Sciences, pursuant to which Emerald Health Sciences agreed to provide such services as are mutually agreed between the Company and Emerald Health Sciences, including reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the Independent Contractor Agreement. These services included, but were not limited to, corporate advisory services and technical expertise in the areas of business development, marketing, investor relations, information technology and product development. The Independent Contractor Agreement had an initial term of ten years and specified compensation to be agreed upon between the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Emerald Health Sciences’ CEO on a month-to-month basis. The fee due under this agreement was payable on a monthly basis. Effective December 31, 2019, the Independent Contractor Agreement was terminated. As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, the Company has accrued $7,032 reimbursable expenses under the Independent Contractor Agreement which have yet to be paid. Under this agreement, no expenses were incurred for the year ended December 31, 2020. Under this agreement, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company incurred expenses of $542,000. On December 17, 2019, Dr. Avtar Dhillon resigned as the Chairman of the Board and the position of Chairman of the Finance and Business Development Committee of the Board. Concurrently, the Company entered into a Board Observer Agreement with Emerald Health Sciences to allow Dr. Dhillon to continue as a representative of Emerald Health Sciences as a non-voting observer in future meetings of the Board. On December 19, 2019, the Company entered into an Independent Contractor Services Agreement with Dr. Avtar Dhillon, pursuant to which Dr. Dhillon will provide ongoing corporate finance and strategic business advisory services to the Company. In exchange for his services, Dr. Dhillon initially received a monthly fee of $10,000, with (i) $5,000 paid each month and (ii) $5,000 accruing from the effective date and payable upon the Company’s completion of a material financing. On March 30, 2020, the Company and Dr. Dhillon amended the Independent Contractor Services Agreement by agreeing to defer payment of 100% of Dr. Dhillon’s consulting fees until the Board of Directors determined that the Company had been sufficiently financed to make such payments at which point the Company agreed to pay Dr. Dhillon all of his accrued consulting fees, and a bonus of 10% of his accrued consulting fees, less applicable tax and other withholdings. The deferral was paid concurrent with the August 2020 Financing. Subsequent to the August 2020 Financing Dr. Dhillon continues to receive a monthly fee of $10,000 per month for his services. The Board reviews the monthly rate paid to Dr. Dhillon within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year. The Independent Contractor Services Agreement has an initial term of one year and automatically renews thereafter unless terminated earlier by either party. The Independent Contractor Services Agreement may be terminated by either party for cause upon written notice to the other party if the other party defaults in the performance of the agreement in any material respect or materially breaches the terms of the agreement, or without cause upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the other party. Under this agreement, for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company incurred fees of $127,387 and $3,871, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has accrued $10,000 in expense related to the Independent Contractor Services Agreement. In addition, on August 10, 2020, Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. transferred to Dr. Avtar Dhillon 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a deemed price of $0.10 in exchange for the cancellation of $50,000 of debt. As of December 31, 2020, Jim Heppell and Punit Dhillon are board members of the Company and Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. As of December 31, 2020, Jim Heppell is also a board member of Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. The Company’s CEO, Punit Dhillon also served as a board member of Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. until he tendered his resignation from such board on August 10, 2020. The Company shares the same office location as Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals. However, the Company’s workforce is remote, there is no written rental agreement with Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals, and no rent is being charged. On August 10, 2020, Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. extinguished debt of $186,667 by transferring 1,566,666 shares of the Company’s common stock at a deemed price of $0.10 per share to certain officers, employees and directors of the Company.

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