CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain Relationships
Our company is controlled by Milton C. (Todd) Ault III, our Founder and current Executive Chairman, directly and through his controlling interest in Ault Life Sciences, Inc. and Ault Life Sciences Fund, LLC. Mr. Ault is also the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and single largest stockholder (through Ault & Company, Inc.) of Ault Global. The Board of Directors and executive officers of our company and the board of directors and executive officers of Ault Global contain some of the same individuals. William B. Horne, a director of our company, is the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Ault Global, Henry C.W. Nisser, our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and a director of our company, is the President and General Counsel of Ault Global, and Kenneth S. Cragun, our Chief Financial Officer is the Chief Financial Officer of Ault Global. Additionally, Mr. Ault is the Chairman of Avalanche, of which Mr. Horne is a director and its Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Nisser is its Executive Vice President and General Counsel, and Philip E. Mansour, a former director of our company, is Avalanche’s President, Chief Executive Officer and a director.
Transactions with Related Persons
To the best of our knowledge, from inception to our most recent fiscal year end on April 30, 2020, other than as set forth below, there were no material transactions, or series of similar transactions, or any currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, to which we were or are to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeds $15,344, or 1% of the average total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any director or executive officer, or any security holder who is known by us to own of record or beneficially own more than 5% of any class of our common stock, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, has an interest (other than compensation to our officers and directors in the ordinary course of business).
On May 1, 2016, we entered into a Master Services Agreement with Avalanche, a related party. Messrs. Ault, Horne and Mansour are officers and directors of Avalanche. Further, MCKEA Holdings, LLC (“MCKEA”), of which Mr. Ault’s spouse is the managing member, is the majority member of Philou Ventures, LLC, which is the controlling shareholder of Avalanche. Pursuant to the terms of the Master Services Agreement, Avalanche provided management, consulting and financial services to our company. Such services included advice and assistance concerning all aspects of operations, planning and financing of our company and conducting relations with accountants, attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals. The term of the Master Services Agreement, as amended, was for the period from May 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017, and was extended by written agreement. We initially paid $40,000 per month for these services and, beginning February 2017, began paying $20,000 per month. During the year ended April 30, 2019, we paid $160,000 in management fees. At April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019, $62,667 and $79,333, respectively, was included within related party payable on our balance sheet. The Master Services Agreement expired as of December 31, 2018.
On June 28, 2017, MCKEA and Spartan Capital entered into a five-year consulting agreement (the “MCKEA Consulting Agreement”). Pursuant to the MCKEA Consulting Agreement, upon the receipt by us of no less than $2,500,000 in gross proceeds from a Private Placement Memorandum dated August 17, 2017, MCKEA transferred to Spartan Capital 5,000,000 shares of our common stock. During the term of the MCKEA Consulting Agreement, Spartan Capital will provide consulting services to MCKEA related to general corporate and other matters related to MCKEA’s investment in us such as advice on mergers and acquisition transactions, finance strategies, identification of potential management candidates and other strategic introductions. The 5,000,000 shares of our common stock were transferred by MCKEA to Spartan Capital on January 31, 2018.
The amount due at April 30, 2019 to MCKEA and our officers for reimbursement of expenses paid and incurred by these related parties was $6,736 and was paid during the year ended April 30, 2020. The amount is included within related party payable on our balance sheet.
On April 10, 2018, we entered into a note receivable agreement with Avalanche in the amount of $995,500, subject to the terms and conditions stated in the AVLP Note. The AVLP Note accrued interest at