Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

NOTE D – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Based on the economic substance of our business transactions with Monaco Financial, LLC, we consider Monaco to be an affiliated company, thus a related party. We do not own any financial interest in Monaco. We had accounts receivable from Monaco and affiliates at June 30, 2019 of $434,411 and at December 31, 2018 of $612,498. We had general operating payables owed to Monaco at June 30, 2019 of $213,776 and at December 31, 2018 of $233,855. See NOTE H for further debt arrangements between the entities. We are currently performing marine shipwreck search and recovery services for this related party and recognized 2019 year to date revenue of approximately $1.0 million.

During 2018 we entered into a services agreement with and continue to provide services to a deep-sea mineral exploration company, CIC LLC, which was organized and is majority owned and controlled by Greg Stemm, the past Chairman of the Board for Odyssey. Mr. Stemm’s involvement with this company was disclosed to, and approved by, the Odyssey Board of Directors and legal counsel pursuant to the terms of his consulting agreement. We are providing these services pursuant to a Master Services Agreement that provides for back office services in exchange for a recurring monthly fee as well as other mineral related services on a cost-plus profit basis and will be compensated for these services with a combination of cash and equity in the company. For the 2019 year to date, we invoiced the company a total of $452,774, which was for back office technical and support services. Included in this amount is $441,024 which shall be deemed as consideration for equity units in the company. Billings related to cash amounted to $11,750 for the same period. We have the option to accept equity in lieu of the amount expected to be paid in cash. See NOTE C for related accounts receivable at June 30, 2019 and NOTE E for our investment in an unconsolidated entity.

During June 2019, we entered into an arrangement with a company controlled by one of our independent directors relating to its possible participation in a pending financing arrangement. Upon entering the arrangement, we received an earnest deposit of $300,000. If the company’s participation was not required, the arrangement called for the return of the $300,000 deposit as well as a $30,000 break-up-fee. The company’s participation was not required. The deposit and break-up will be paid subsequent the end of the second quarter of 2019. The deposit and break-up are included in accrued expenses and other in our statement of consolidated balance sheets.