Related Party Transactions
We entered into consulting agreements with certain management personnel and stockholders for consulting and legal services. Consulting and legal expenses resulting from such agreements were included within general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows (amounts are rounded to nearest thousand):
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| | For the three months ended | | For the nine months ended |
| | August 31, 2021 | | August 31, 2020 | | August 31, 2021 | | August 31, 2020 |
Consulting and legal expenses | | $ | 105,000 | | $ | 105,000 | | $ | 315,000 | | $ | 210,000 |
On February 1, 2021, we issued 35,000 shares to Mr. Rosenstadt, our Chief Legal Officer and director, for his services performed in connection with December 2020 financing. The fair value was approximate $35,000, which was recorded as part of debt issuance cost to the 2020 Debenture (see note 5).
On April 16, 2021, we entered into two unsecured promissory note agreements (the “Notes”) with certain management personnel for an aggregate principal amount of $30,000. The Notes bear interest at 5% per annum and are payable by August 31, 2021. During the quarter ended August 31, 2021, we made full repayment of $30,000 to the management personnel, including all outstanding interest.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
This item is not applicable as we are currently considered a smaller reporting company.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the period covered by this Report. Based on that evaluation, it was concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to reasonably assure that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We do not have an Audit Committee; our board of directors currently acts as our Audit Committee. Only one of our three directors is an independent director, and none of our directors is considered a “Financial Expert,” within the meaning of Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We have interviewed additional potential independent directors, but have not engaged any.
Changes in internal controls over financial reporting
There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report, which has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting. We have engaged accounting and compliance consultants to review our internal controls over financial reporting and other compliance requirements.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.