RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (a) Amount due to shareholders i) Payable due to a shareholder For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, Yinglin Mark Xu, the founder and CEO of Xynomic Pharma, advanced US$67,805 and US$27,954, respectively, to Xynomic Pharma to fund its operation. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, Yingling Mark XU advanced US$604,710 and US$565,703, respectively. At the Closing date, the amount due to Yingling Mark XU was $2,560,754 and was fully converted to be part of the consideration to purchase Backstop Shares. As of December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2019, the amount due to Yinglin Mark XU was US$2,008,936 and US$27,480, respectively, which was included in amount due to shareholders. ii) Services purchased from a company affiliated with a shareholder Eigenbridge, Inc., a company affiliated with Yong Cui, one of Xynomic Pharma's shareholders and Vice President of Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls, entered into a contractor agreement with Xynomic Pharma on February 26, 2017. Pursuant to the agreement, Eigenbridge, Inc., provided specialized advisory services to Xynomic Pharma. Xynomic Pharma recognized general and administrative of US$97,849 and US$0 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively. Xynomic Pharma recognized general and administrative of US$150,572 and US$25,908 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The amount due to Eigenbridge, Inc., were US$80,640 and US$0 as of December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2019, respectively, which was included in amount due to shareholders. iii) Advances from and interest payable to a shareholder On May 2, 2018, as one of the potential investors of Series B financing, Zhongshan Bison Healthcare Investment Limited (Limited Partnership) ("Zhongshan Bison") entered into a loan agreement with Xynomic Pharmaceuticals (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. ("Xynomic Nanjing"). On May 13, 2018, Zhongshan Bison made an advance of RMB9,435,000 (equivalent to US$1,425,959) to fund the operations and business development of Xynomic Nanjing. Zhongshan Bison is entitled to withdraw the advance within 5 business days after Zhongshan Bison paid the first investment of Series B financing, or if current shareholders and investors fail to subscribe shares of the Series B financing within 6 months. On August 16, 2018, Zhongshan Bison became one of the Series B Preferred Shareholders. On August 23, 2018, Xynomic Nanjing entered into a termination agreement for the advance from Zhongshan Bison. Xynomic Nanjing is required to a) repay RMB1,800,000 of the advance from Zhongshan Bison within 2 days after signing the agreement; and b) repay the remaining RMB7,635,000 of the advance from Zhongshan Bison and interest accrued at annual interest rate of 8% from signing the agreement within six months from the date of the termination agreement. On August 23, 2018, Xynomic Nanjing repaid RMB1,800,000 (equivalent to US$262,743) of the advance from Zhongshan Bison. As of December 31, 2018, the advance from Zhongshan Bison was US$1,112,455, which was included in amount due to shareholders. On January 21, 2019, Xynomic Nanjing repaid RMB5,064,000 (equivalent to US$738,311) of the advance from Zhongshan Bison. On February 20, 2019, Zhongshan Bison agreed to extend the due date of the remaining advance of RMB2,571,000 (US$383,097) and all accrued interest to April 15, 2019. On April 12, 2019, Zhongshan Bison agreed to further extend the due date of the remaining advance of RMB2,571,000 (US$360,286) and all accrued interest to September 30, 2019. On June 30, 2019, the due date was further extended to September 15, 2019, and on September 30, 2019, the due date was extended to December 15, 2019. The remaining balance was included in amount due to shareholders as of September 30, 2019. Xynomic Nanjing accrued interest expense of US$9,767 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 for the advance from Zhongshan Bison. Xynomic Nanjing accrued interest expense of US$17,531 for the advance from Zhongshan Bison for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and US$50,342 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The interest payable to Zhongshan Bison was US$31,697 and US$78,873 as of December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2019, respectively, which was included in amount due to shareholders. iv) Promissory note to a shareholder In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, Bison Capital or the Company's officers and directors or their respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the "Working Capital Loans"). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender's discretion, up to $500,000 of notes may be converted upon consummation of a Business Combination into additional Private Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the "Working Capital Units"). As of May 14, 2019, Bison Capital has loaned the Company an aggregate of $500,000, which is evidenced by a promissory note, non-interest bearing, unsecured and payable in cash or convertible in Private Units at $10.00 per unit, at Bison Capital's discretion, on the consummation of a Business Combination. In February 2019, $100,000 of loans from Bison Capital were converted into convertible promissory loans and is included in the $500,000 outstanding amount noted above. In addition, as of September 30, 2019, Bison Capital has loaned the Company an aggregate amount of $444,900 in order to finance transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination. The loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due to be paid on the consummation of a Business Combination. At the Closing, Bison Capital converted the $500,000 convertible promissory note to 50,000 common shares of the Company, and converted the Right attached to it into 5,000 common shares of the Company. At September 30, 2019, an aggregate of $404,900 is owed by the Company to Bison Capital pursuant to the above loans. (b) Service purchased from a shareholder In June 2017, the Group paid US$295,021 to Bridge Pharm International Inc., one of the Company's shareholders, pursuant to 20 months services agreement. Under the agreement, Bridge Pharm International Inc. provides consulting service, including business development, screening and selection of contract research organizations and contract manufacturing organizations and scouting and references of key scientific and managerial personnel to the Group. The Company recognized general and administrative of US$22,276 and nil for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The Company recognized general and administrative of US$116,244 and nil for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The balance related to the Bridge Pharm International Inc. was nil as of December 31, 2018 and September 30, 2019. (c) Administrative Services Arrangement Bison Capital entered into an agreement whereby, commencing on June 19, 2017 through the earlier of the Company's consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to the Company certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services, as the Company may require from time to time. The Company will pay Bison Capital $5,000 per month for these services. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company incurred $22,500 in fees for these services. At September 30, 2019, $114,180 administrative fees are included in amount due to shareholders in the balance sheets. The service was terminated upon the Business Combination. (d) Short-term loan from a company affiliated with a shareholder In April 2018, Xynomic Nanjing entered into a short-term loan agreement with Shanghai Jingshu Venture Capital Center ("Shanghai Jingshu"), one of the potential investors of Series B financing and an entity affiliated with Infinite Fortune Limited, one of the Company's shareholders, to obtain an interest-free loan of RMB6,000,000 (equivalent to US$906,810) to fund its operations and business development before receiving the investment of Series B financing. The Company is required to return the short-term loan within the earliest of (a) 183 days; or (b) 20 business days after receiving the Shanghai Jingshu's investment consideration for Series B Preferred Shares. In August 2018, Xynomic Nanjing has fully repaid the loan. |