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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
PRIVATE PURCHASE  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

14.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company has a license agreement with the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. See Note 6.

 

In 2016, the Company granted a right to three of its executive officers to purchase shares of Common Stock directly from the Company at market prices. Two such officers allowed their purchase rights to expire in 2018. Thomas J. Shaw, CEO, exercised his purchase rights on January 12, 2017, buying two million shares at market price for an aggregate purchase price of $1.78 million, and he exercised the remainder of his purchase rights on August 23, 2017 by purchasing one million shares at market price for aggregate consideration of $570,100.

 

In November 2016, the Company granted a stock option to its Chief Executive Officer for the purchase of three million shares of Common Stock.  Such stock option terminated by its terms before becoming exercisable following a December 27, 2016 shareholder vote against such option.