5. Related Party Transactions

At December 31, 2016 and 2015 deferred payments totaling $25,500 and $25,500, respectively, were owed to former directors in connection with their service on our Board and are included in the accompanying balance sheets in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

On June 27, 2016, the Company completed the sale of its consumer probiotics business to ProBiora Health, LLC, (“ProBiora Health”) an entity owned by Ms. Christine L. Koski, a director at the time of the transaction. The purchase price was $1,700,000 in cash of which $1,250,000 was paid at closing and $450,000 was payable on or before July 31, 2016. The note accrued interest at the rate of 1% per annum and was paid in full on July 29, 2016. In connection with the sale, ProBiora Health assumed certain liabilities. ProBiora Health is obligated to pay the Company contingent consideration annually over a 10 year period based on a percentage of sales of products using the Purchased Assets, with a maximum obligation to the Company of $2,000,000.

The transaction was approved by a special committee of the Company’s board of directors consisting solely of disinterested directors and Griffin Securities rendered a fairness opinion in connection with the transaction. Ms. Koski, a director since 2009, and a significant shareholder of the Company through the Koski Family Limited Partnership, resigned as a director of the Company upon completion of the sale. In addition, the Company entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with ProBiora Health. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will provide accounting, inventory management, shipping, logistics, customer, vendor, supplier, general business support, IT, pharmacovigilance, quality assurance, regulatory, and clinical services to ProBiora Health. In exchange for the services, ProBiora Health is to pay the Company three percent (3%) of is net sales of all ProBiora3 products sold during the term of the Agreement. The term of the Agreement is for a ninety day (90) period but may be terminated earlier at the option of ProBiora Health. The Company is also subletting space to ProBiora Health at the rate of $1,623 per month. The sublease runs through February 2017. The sublease may be terminated prior to February 2017 under certain provisions by either party. The Company will also provide fulfillment services to ProBiora Health during the term that the sublease is in effect. The Company will receive compensation for those services in an amount equal to the direct costs in providing such services.

During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, we received $26,333 from ProBiora Health under our Transition Services, sublease, and fulfillment services agreements with ProBiora Health.

One June 30, 2016, the Company closed on a private placement of 9,045,679 shares of its common stock to three accredited investors. The investors in the private placement included current Company shareholders, KFLP (5,815,080 shares) and Intrexon Corporation (“Intrexon”) (2,261,419 shares), as well as the Company’s Chairman, Dr. Frederick Telling (969,180 shares). Approximately $4.667 million was raised of which $2,000,000 was payable by the KFLP under a note payable on or before September 30, 2016. On September 15, 2016, the note payable with the KFLP was amended. Under the terms of the amendment, the KFLP paid $1,000,000 on September 30, 2016 which was first applied to accrued interest and then to the outstanding principal balance. In addition, the amendment extended the maturity date on the remaining principal balance of the note payable to December 31, 2016 and increased the interest rate on the note payable from 3% per annum to 6% per annum. On December 29, 2016, the KFLP made a payment of $1,000,000 which was first applied to accrued interest and then to the outstanding principal balance. The note was paid in full in January of 2017. The private placement was approved by the Company’s audit committee and disinterested directors. As of December 31, 2016, including the results of the financing, Intrexon and the KFLP beneficially owned 31.5% and 34.5%, respectively of the Company’s common stock.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we paid (i) $548,994 and $298,581, respectively, to Intrexon under our exclusive chanal collaborative (“ECC”) agreement with Intrexon (See Note 10) to develop and commercialize lantibiotics (the “Lantibiotic ECC”) and we paid $932,645 and $263,590, respectively to Intrexon under the ECC agreement to develop and commercialize AG013 (the “Oral Mucositis ECC”). Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses at December 31, 2016 and 2015 are $524,620 and $302,107, respectively, related to unpaid invoices received from Intrexon relating to work performed under the ECC agreements. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015 Intrexon owned approximately 32% and 33% respectively, of our outstanding common stock.

On June 9, 2015, we entered into our Oral Mucositis ECC with Intrexon and Actobiotics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrexon, through which we intend to research, develop and commercialize products, including the continued development and commercialization of AG013, for use in the treatment of oral mucositis in humans and/or the administration to humans of a trefoil factor via genetically modified bacteria (including L. lactis) for the treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity, throat, and esophagus, but, in any case, excluding the delivery of anti-cancer effectors for the purpose of treatment or prophylaxis of cancer (collectively, the “Program”). Contemporaneously with the ECC, we also entered into a Stock Issuance Agreement (the “SIA”) with Intrexon which provided for the payment of a technology access fee and the potential future issuance by us of our common stock to Intrexon upon the achievement of designated development milestones. We also issued a Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”) in the amount of $5,000,000 with interest at 3% per annum, as payment of the technology access fee associated with this ECC which was payable, at our option, in cash or shares of our common stock.

On December 1, 2015, the Company issued a Notice of Conversion to Intrexon indicating 3,381,004 shares of Company common stock has been issued to Intrexon effective December 1, 2015 in connection with the Note and in satisfaction of the Company’s obligations under the Note.

On September 30, 2015, the Company and Intrexon mutually agreed to terminate the Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement dated September 30, 2013 regarding the development and commercialization of probiotics (the “Live Biotherapeutic Products ECC”). The termination of the Live Biotherapeutic Products ECC was to enable Oragenics to focus its resources on the lantibiotic and oral mucositis programs.