G. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company leases its office space under an operating lease, which includes various renewal options and escalation clauses. Total rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the period from May 16, 2016 (Inception) through December 31, 2016 was $91,728 and $67,881, respectively.
Future minimum lease payments undernon-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2017, are as follows:
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2018 | | $ | 122,064 | |
2019 | | | 125,991 | |
2020 | | | 129,918 | |
2021 | | | 133,845 | |
2022 | | | 137,772 | |
Thereafter | | | 225,693 | |
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| | $ | 875,283 | |
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When the Company enters into an operating lease that contains a period where there are free or reduced rents, or rent increases throughout the lease term, then the Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
H. Related Party Transactions
In May 2016, the Company purchased capitalized leasehold costs in the amount of $1,860,020 from a related party.
During 2016, the Company entered into a management services agreement with a related party in which the related party is to reimburse the Company for 20% of overhead expenses through December 31, 2017, and 15% thereafter, subject to decrease based on certain situations. For the year ended December 31, 2017 and period from May 16, 2017 (Inception) through December 31, 2016, $472,054 and $370,179 in expenses were reimbursed, respectively. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $238,150 and $370,719 in affiliate accounts receivable, respectively.
I. Subsequent Events
In preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements, management has evaluated all subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through September 12, 2018, the date the consolidated financial statements were available for issuance.
In March 2018, the Company entered into a revolving line of credit (“Line of Credit”) with a bank with an initial borrowing base of $30,000,000. The Line of Credit is secured by oil and natural gas properties, and has a maturity date of March 29, 2022. The Fund has drawn on $9,000,000 subsequent to year end.
The Company may elect that borrowings be comprised of any combination of base rate portion or London interbank rate portion (“LIBOR”) with minimum borrowings for base rate portion being $250,000, and minimum borrowings for LIBOR portion being $500,000.
The Company pays interest on the unpaid principal amount of each loan until such principal amount is repaid in full. Interest on the loans is determined as follows:
| • | | With respect to the base rate portion, interest is determined by the highest of a) prime rate which is determined by the Wall Street Journal, b) sum of the federal funds rate plus .50%, and c) adjusted LIBOR for such interest period plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin ranging from 0.50% to 1.50% per annum, determined by the percentage of the conforming borrowing base then in effect that is drawn, or |