Universal Biosensors, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Related Party Transactions
Details of related party transactions material to the operations of the Group other than compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business, are set out below:
In September 2011, we entered into anon-exclusive license agreement with SpeeDx Pty Ltd (“SpeeDx”) pursuant to which SpeeDx granted us a license to use its proprietary MNAzyme technology in the field of molecular diagnostics. Under the agreement we make milestone payments totaling A$500,000 to SpeeDx if certain specified targets are achieved, and royalty payments ranging from 5% to 15% of that portion of our sales and licensing revenues arising from SpeeDx technology or products incorporating SpeeDx technology.
The license agreement and the obligation to pay royalties continues until SpeeDx’s patent rights have expired, lapsed, are found to be invalid or are rejected. The agreement will terminate by mutual agreement or by one party for breach or insolvency of the other. SpeeDx may also terminate the license agreement if the research and development on a first licensed product is not completed by UBS within 7 years (subject to certain exceptions), and UBS may terminate if it determines that it does not wish to proceed with further commercialization of SpeeDx’s technology.
Mr. Denver is a director of SpeeDx and up until August 7, 2017 was a director of the Company. Mr. Denver continued to provide services to the Company in an advisory capacity between October 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018.
The agreement with SpeeDx was terminated without costs borne by either party by mutual agreement of both parties on March 29, 2019.
Mr. Coleman is aNon-Executive Chairman of the Company and Executive Chairman of Viburnum Funds Pty Ltd. Viburnum Funds Pty Ltd, as an investment manager for its associated funds, holds a beneficial interest and voting power over approximately 19% of our shares.
An employee of Viburnum Funds Pty Ltd has on occasions been seconded to Universal Biosensors to assist the Company on strategic matters. During these periods Viburnum Funds Pty Ltd continues to pay all the salary entitlements of the seconded person. Universal Biosensors is solely responsible for the reimbursement of certain expenditures such as travel and rental whilst the employee is on secondment. The total expenditure reimbursed by the Company to Viburnum Funds Pty Ltd as at September 30, 2019 and 2018 was A$12,365 and A$21,716, respectively.
Borrowings
The Company repaid its borrowings in November 2018.
Athyrium Credit Agreement
On December 19, 2013 (“Closing Date”), UBI and its wholly owned subsidiary, UBS (together UBI and UBS, the “Transaction Parties”) entered into a credit agreement with Athyrium Opportunities Fund (A) LP (“Athyrium A”), as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and as a lender, and Athyrium Opportunities Fund (B) LP (“Athyrium B”) as a lender (Athyrium A and Athyrium B together with any other lenders party thereto from time to time, the “Lenders”) for a secured term loan of up to US$25 million, which was amended on January 30, 2015 (“Credit Agreement”). Of this amount, US$15 million had been drawn at December 31, 2013 with a further US$10 million available to be drawn down on or before July 31, 2015, if UBS satisfied certain conditions precedent relating to product revenues.
The credit agreement was amended again on December 29, 2017 (“Amendment”). Subject to the terms of the Amendment, the Amendment modified the Credit Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date to July 1, 2019 (“Maturity Date”), (ii) add the Borrower’s wholly owned subsidiary, Hemostasis Reference Laboratory, Inc. (“HRL”), as a guarantor of the Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Agreement and (iii) subject to the prior written consent of the Lenders in their sole discretion, permit UBI to repurchase shares in an aggregate amount up to US$2,000,000 within 12 months after the date Lenders provide any such consent. In connection with the Amendment, UBI agreed to pay a fee of US $200,000 to the Lenders and to reimburse certain expenses of the Lenders incurred in connection with the Amendment. The fee of US$200,000 was paid in January 2018.
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