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Related Parties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties
19. Related Parties

Non-Operating Corporate

In September 2018, the Company entered into a 75-month lease for office space. As part of the agreement, INNOVATE was able to pay a lower security deposit and lease payments, and received favorable lease terms as consideration for landlord required cross default language in the event of default of the shared space leased by Harbinger Capital Partners, a company controlled by INNOVATE's former CEO and formerly a related party, in the same building. With the adoption of ASC 842, as of January 1, 2019, this lease was recognized as a right-of-use asset and lease liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, and subsequent to the sale of CGIC on July 1, 2021, to Continental General Holdings LLC, an entity controlled by Michael Gorzynski, a former director of the Company until June 17, 2022 and who has also served as executive chairman of Continental since October 2020, INNOVATE's Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.6 million to CGIC with respect to INNOVATE’s issued and outstanding Preferred Stock, and DBMGi's Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $1.7 million to CGIC with respect to DBMGi’s issued and outstanding Preferred Stock.

Infrastructure

Banker Steel, a subsidiary of DBMG, has leased two office spaces from 2940 Fulks St LLC, a related party that is owned by Donald Banker, CEO of Banker Steel and a related party, with monthly lease payments of $10 thousand and a total lease liability of $0.1 million. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, DBMG incurred lease expense of $97 thousand and $55 thousand, respectively.

Banker Steel has leased one plane from Banker Aviation LLC, a related party that is owned by Donald Banker, with monthly lease payments of $0.1 million and a total lease liability of $1.2 million. During the first quarter 2022, one of the two plane leases was terminated. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, DBMG incurred lease expense related to these leases of $1.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Banker Steel also had a subordinated 11.0% note payable of $6.3 million to Donald Banker, a related party, which was redeemed in full by DBMG on April 4, 2022. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, DBMG incurred interest expense related to this note, of $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively. Refer to Note 13. Debt Obligations for additional information.

Life Sciences

On June 27, 2022, R2 Technologies issued a $0.5 million short-term 90-day 12.0% bridge financing loan with Lancer Capital, LLC ("Lancer"), a related party, an entity controlled by Avram A. Glazer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of INNOVATE. On July 13, 2022, R2 Technologies entered into a $10.0 million note purchase agreement with Lancer. The note payable bears interest at 12.0% per annum, and was funded in two tranches. The first tranche of $5.0 million closed on July 13, 2022, and included the settlement of the $0.5 million short-term 90-day 12.0% bridge financing loan made on June 27, 2022 by Lancer, and an additional $4.5 million in cash. The second tranche of $5.0 million closed on August 8, 2022.

On December 13, 2022, R2 Technologies closed on an additional $0.8 million 18.0% note with Lancer and also increased the borrowing rate on the existing $10.0 million note to 18.0%. In addition, the maturity date on the existing $10.0 million note, was amended to the earlier of March 31, 2023 or within five business days after the date on which R2 Technologies receives an aggregate $20.0 million from the consummation of a debt or equity financing. For the year ended December 31, 2022, R2 Technologies recognized interest expense of $0.8 million related to the notes with Lancer. Subsequent to year end, on February 15, 2023 and February 28, 2023, R2 Technologies closed on an additional 18% $0.5 million and an additional 18% $0.4 million note with Lancer, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, R2 Technologies recognized revenues of $3.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, from sales to a subsidiary of Huadong, a related party of R2 Technologies. The related accounts receivable totaled $0.6 million and zero, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
For both the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, R2 Technologies incurred approximately $0.4 million of stock compensation and royalty expenses that were paid to Blossom Innovations, LLC, an investor and a related party of R2 Technologies.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, R2 Technologies paid $0.4 million of a milestone payment to Blossom Innovations, LLC.