Related Party Transactions | 9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company signed a five year lease for office space in Miami, Florida with a company owned by Dr. Phillip Frost, who is the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the Companys Common Stock. The rental payments under the Miami office lease, which commenced January 1, 2008 and expired on December 31, 2012, were approximately $1,250 per month and are on a month-to-month basis. In February 2016 the office space rent was reduced to $0 per month. The Company recorded rent expense related to the Miami lease of approximately $1,250 and $9,000 respectively, for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, and approximately $4,000 and $12,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015. As of April 30, 2016, the Company payable due on the Miami office lease was approximately $76,000. The Company signed a three year lease for warehouse space in Hialeah, Florida with a company jointly controlled by Dr. Frost and Dr. Jane Hsiao, the Companys Chairman and Interim CEO. The rental payments under the Hialeah warehouse lease, which commenced February 1, 2009 and expired on January 31, 2012, then continued on a month-to-month basis. As further described in Note 10, the Company vacated the Hialeah warehouse in September 2014 and entered into a new lease with an unrelated third party. The Company did not record any rent expense related to the Hialeah warehouse for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016 and $0 and $6,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015. As more fully described in Note 6, the Company entered into a $1.0 million Credit Facility in March 2010 with both an entity controlled by Dr. Frost and an entity controlled by Dr. Hsiao. There were no advances under the Credit Facility during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016. There was $1.0 million outstanding balance due, plus interest, on the Credit Facility as of April 30, 2016 and July 31, 2015 and there is no available balance remaining. The Credit Facility expires in July 31, 2017. On September 12, 2011, the Company entered into a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $50,000 with Frost Gamma Investments Trust (Frost Gamma), a trust controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, which beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the Companys common stock (the Frost Gamma Note). The interest rate payable on the Frost Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date of July 31, 2017. The Company may prepay the Frost Gamma Note without premium or penalty. On May 30, 2012, the Company entered into a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $50,000 with Hsu Gamma Investments, L.P. (Hsu Gamma), an entity controlled by NIMS Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Jane H. Hsiao, (the Hsu Gamma Note). The interest rate payable on the Hsu Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date of July 31, 2017. The Company may prepay the HSU Gamma Note without premium or penalty. On February 22, 2013, the Company entered into a Promissory Note in the amount of $50,000 with Jane Hsiao, the Companys Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer (the Hsiao Note). The interest rate payable by the Company on the Hsiao Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date of July 31, 2017. The Hsiao Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without penalty. On September 24, 2014, the Company entered into a promissory note (the 2014 Hsiao Note) in the principal amount of $50,000 with Jane Hsiao, NIMS Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer. The interest rate payable by NIMS on the 2014 Hsiao Note is 11% per annum, payable on the maturity date of July 31, 2017. The 2014 Hsiao Note may be prepaid in advance of the Maturity Date without penalty. On February 2, 2015, the Company entered into a promissory note (the 2015 Hsiao Note) in the principal amount of $50,000 with Jane Hsiao, NIMS Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer. The interest rate payable by the Company on the 2015 Hsiao Note is 11% per annum, payable on the maturity date of July 31, 2017. The 2015 Hsiao Note may be prepaid in advance of the Maturity Date without penalty. On April 16, 2015, the Company entered into a promissory note (2015 Frost Note) in the amount of $100,000 with Frost Gamma. The interest rate payable by the Company on the 2015 Frost Note is 11% per annum, payable on the maturity date of July 31, 2017. The 2015 Frost Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. On August 12, 2015, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $25,000 with Frost Gamma (the August 2015 Frost Gamma Note), a trust controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, which beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the Companys common stock. The interest rate payable by the Company on the August 2015 Frost Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date. The August 2015 Frost Gamma Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. On October 27, 2015, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $50,000 with Frost Gamma (the October 2015 Frost Gamma Note), a trust controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, which beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the Companys common stock. The interest rate payable by the Company on the October 2015 Frost Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date. The October 2015 Frost Gamma Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. On October 27, 2015, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $50,000 with Jane Hsiao, the Companys Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer (the October 2015 Hsiao Note). The interest rate payable by the Company on the October 2015 Hsiao Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date. The October 2015 Hsiao Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. On June 1, 2016, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $100,000 with Frost Gamma (the June 2016 Frost Gamma Note), a trust controlled by Dr. Phillip Frost, which beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the Companys common stock. The interest rate payable by the Company on the June 2016 Frost Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date. The June 2016 Frost Gamma Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. On June 1, 2016, the Company entered into a promissory note in the principal amount of $100,000 with Hsu Gamma, an entity controlled by NIMS Chairman of the Board and Interim Chief Executive Officer, Jane H. Hsiao, (the June 2016 Hsu Gamma Note). The interest rate payable by NIMS on the June 2016 Hsu Gamma Note is 11% per annum, payable on the Promissory Notes Maturity Date. The June 2016 Hsu Gamma Note may be prepaid in advance of the Promissory Notes Maturity Date without premium or penalty. The Company also incurred interest expense related to the Credit Facility of approximately $27,000 and $83,000 for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, as well as for the three and nine months ended April 30 2015, respectively. The Company also incurred interest expense related to the promissory notes of approximately $14,000 and $40,000 for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, respectively, and $8,000 and $21,000 for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. Approximately $764,000 and $641,000 of accrued interest remained outstanding for all debt at April 30, 2016 and July 31, 2015, respectively. Dr. Hsiao, Dr. Frost and directors Steven Rubin and Rao Uppaluri are each stockholders, current or former officers and/or directors or former directors of TransEnterix, Inc. (formerly SafeStitch Medical, Inc.) (TransEnterix), a publicly-traded, medical device manufacturer, Tiger X Medical, Inc. (Tiger X) (formerly known as Cardo Medical, Inc.), a publicly traded former medical device company, and IDI, Inc. (IDI) (formerly known as Tiger Media), a publicly-traded data fusion company. The Companys Chief Financial Officer also served as the Chief Financial Officer of TransEnterix until October 2, 2013. The Companys Chief Financial Officer continued as an employee of TransEnterix until March 3, 2014, during which he supervised the Miami based accounting staff of TransEnterix under a cost sharing arrangement whereby the total salaries of the Miami based accounting staff was shared by the Company and TransEnterix. Since December 2009, the Companys Chief Legal Officer has served under a similar cost sharing arrangement as Corporate Counsel of IDI and as the Chief Legal Officer of each of TransEnterix and Tiger X. The Company recorded additions to selling, general and administrative costs and expenses to account for the sharing of costs under these arrangements of $9,000 and $27,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, and $9,000 and $27,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015. Accounts payable to TransEnterix related to these arrangements totaled approximately $800 and $1,200 respectively, at April 30, 2016 and July 31, 2015. |