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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 12 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

As of September 30, 2022, total related party payments due as of September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, were $15,692 and $35,308, respectively. The payments due were accrued salary. These related party payables were non-interest bearing.

 

The Company’s UK subsidiary, GTC had an over-advance line of credit with HSBC, for working capital needs, which was not renewed by the Company on December 31, 2021. The over-advance limit was £25,000 or $33,834 at an exchange rate of GBP:USD 1.353372, with interest at 5.50% over Bank of England’s base rate or current rate of 6.25% variable. The advance was guaranteed by David Phipps, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Operations. The Company uses an American Express account for Orbital Satcom Corp and an American Express account for GTC, both in the name of David Phipps who personally guarantees the balance owed.

 

The Company employs three individuals who are related to Mr. Phipps. These three individuals earned gross wages totaling $99,965 and $107,042 for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

On July 12, 2022, the Company hired Lauren Sturges Fernandez, the spouse of Mr. Fernandez, as Manager of Digital Assets. Mrs. Fernandez is an at-will employee with an annual salary of $95,000. On September 22, 2022, Mrs. Fernandez’s title was changed to Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, her salary remains the same.

 

Following the consummation of the Company’s investment in Progressive Care Inc. on September 2, 2022, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charles M. Fernandez, and our board member, Rodney Barreto, were appointed to Progressive Care’s Board of Directors, with Mr. Fernandez appointed to serve as Chairman of Progressive Care’s Board of Directors and Mr. Barreto appointed to serve as a Vice Chairman of Progressive Care’s Board of Directors. On November 11, 2022, the Progressive Care board of directors elected Mr. Fernandez as the Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Care. In addition, on September 2, 2022, NextPlat, Messrs. Fernandez and Barreto and certain other purchasers purchased from Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (“Iliad”) a Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated March 6, 2019, made by Progressive Care to Iliad (the “Note”). The accrued and unpaid principal and interest under the note at the time of the purchase was approximately $2.79 million. The aggregate purchase price paid to Iliad for the Note was $2.3 Million of which NextPlat contributed $1 million and Messrs. Fernandez and Barreto contributed $400,000 each (the “Note Purchase”). In connection with the Note Purchase, NextPlat, Messrs. Fernandez and Barreto and the other purchasers of the Note entered into a Debt Modification Agreement with Progressive Care. In consideration of the concessions in the Debt Modification Agreement, Progressive Care issued 21,000,000 shares of its common stock to the purchasers of the Note, of which NextPlat, Charles Fernandez and Rodney Barreto, received 9,130,435, 3,652,174, and 3,652,174 shares, respectively.

 

 

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