Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Parties

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Related Parties
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties
9. Related PARTIES

 

The Company had sales to a related party, a physician who is the wife of the Executive Chairman. Revenues from this customer were approximately $14,000 and $15,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and $5,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the receivable balance due from this customer was approximately $2,000 and $1,600, respectively.

 

The Company is a party to a nonexclusive aircraft dry lease agreement with Kashmir Air, Inc. (“KAI”), which is owned by the Executive Chairman. The Company recorded an expense of approximately $86,000 and $96,000 for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and $32,000 for both the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had a liability outstanding to KAI of approximately $1,000 and $11,000, respectively, which is included in accrued liability to related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The original aircraft lease expired on March 31, 2019 and was not included in the ROU asset at January 1, 2019 or March 31, 2019. A lease for a different aircraft at the same lease rate was entered into as of April 1, 2019 and has been included in the ROU asset and operating lease liability at September 30, 2019.

 

The Company leases its corporate offices in New Jersey, its temporary housing for its foreign visitors, a storage facility and its backup operations center in Bagh, Pakistan, from the Executive Chairman. The related party rent expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was approximately $144,000 and $141,000, respectively, and for three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was approximately $47,000 and $46,000, respectively and is included in direct operating costs and general and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the Company spent approximately $37,000 to upgrade one of the leased facilities. The Company estimates it will spend approximately an additional $21,000 to upgrade the facility in the following quarter. Current assets-related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheets includes security deposits and prepaid rent related to the leases of the Company’s corporate offices in the amount of approximately $13,000 and $25,000 as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

 

Included in the ROU asset at September 30, 2019 is approximately $505,000 applicable to the related party leases. Included in the current and non-current operating lease liability at September 30, 2019 is approximately $281,000 and $230,000, respectively applicable to the related party leases.