converted basis, they will use a conversion rate of $111.982082867 per share, resulting in approximately 112 votes per share (or an effective rate of $0.893 per share, the “Minimum Price” on January 27, 2020) in order to comply with applicable Nasdaq rules, an increase over the current approximately 19 votes per share. Following stockholder approvalin March 2020, the Series A-1 was amended as proposed, and BioLexis promptly converted into common stock per the amended terms. Accordingly, there are no longer any shares of Series A-1 preferred issued and outstanding.
February 2020 Private Placement Offering
In February 2020, pursuant to a purchase agreement with GMS Ventures and Investments, an affiliate of BioLexis Pte. Ltd., we closed a concurrent private placement at-the-market under Nasdaq rules of 2,460,630 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,230,315 shares of our common stock, at a combined purchase price of $1.016 per share and associated warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.9535 per share of common stock, are exercisable on the date of issuance, and will expire four years following the date of issuance.
MTTR LLC - ONS 5010 Strategic Partnership Agreement
In February 2018, we entered into a strategic partnership agreement with MTTR LLC, or MTTR, to advise on regulatory, clinical and commercial strategy and assist in obtaining approval of ONS-5010, our bevacizumab therapeutic product candidate for ophthalmic indications. In January 2020, we agreed to terminate this arrangement and in connection therewith, following receipt of necessary stockholder approval, in March 2020, we issued an aggregate of 7,244,739 shares of our common stock to the four principals of MTTR (who include two of our named executive officers, Mr. Dagnon and Mr. Evanson) pursuant to individual consulting agreements we entered into with each of them, and paid MTTR a one-time settlement fee of $110,000. The consulting agreements also include terms setting the respective compensation arrangements of each of the principals, including for Mr. Dagnon and Mr. Evanson, who have been serving as executive officers since November 2018.
We did not pay Mr. Dagnon or Mr. Evanson any direct compensation as consultants or as employees during the year ended September 30, 2019 nor during the period from October 1, 2019 through March 19, 2020. During this time, Mr. Dagnon and Mr. Evanson were compensated directly by MTTR for services provided to us, including as executive officers. We began compensating Mr. Dagnon and Mr. Evanson directly as consultants effective March 19, 2020. Mr. Dagnon and Mr. Evanson have also agreed to provide consulting services to an affiliate of BioLexis pursuant to a separate arrangement. MTTR and its four principals under the strategic partnership agreement and the subsequent individual consulting agreements earned an aggregate $1,294,089 and $1,744,933 during the year ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which includes monthly consulting fees and expense reimbursement, but excludes stock-based compensation related to restricted stock.
Syntone Ventures, LLC
May 2020 Private Placement Offering
In June 2020, we issued 16,000,000 shares of our common stock to Syntone Ventures, LLC. in a private placement pursuant to a stock purchase agreement entered in May 2020, at a purchase price of $1.00 per share, receiving aggregate gross proceeds of $16.0 million.
In connection with the May 2020 stock purchase agreement, on May 22, 2020, we entered into a joint venture agreement with Syntone pursuant to which we agreed to form a PRC joint venture that will be 80% owned by Syntone and 20% owned by us. Once formed, we intend to enter into a royalty-free license with the PRC joint venture for the development, commercialization and manufacture of the our product candidate, ONS-5010 in the greater China market, which includes Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau.
We made the initial investment of $900,000 in June 2020 and expect to be required to make an additional capital contribution to the PRC joint venture of approximately $2.1 million, which will be made within four years after the