Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Note 2 – Related Party Transactions
 
MSKCC:
 
In 2010, General Atlantic Group Limited donated all of the equity shares of its wholly owned subsidiary, Actinium Holdings Ltd. (formerly named General Atlantic Investments Limited) to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), a principal owner of the Company.
 
On February 11, 2002, the Company entered into a License, Development and Commercialization Agreement with Sloan-Kettering Institute of Cancer Research (SKI), an entity related to MSKCC (“License Agreement”).  The agreement was amended in August 2006.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Company licenses certain intellectual property from SKI, including critical patents with respect to the Company’s core technology, and also supports ongoing research and clinical development of related drug candidates.  
 
The Company is obligated to make the following milestone payments:
 
Milestones
 
Payments
 
       
(1) filing of an New Drug Application (“NDA”) or regulatory approval for each licensed product
 
$
750,000
 
(2) upon the receipt of regulatory approval from the U.S. FDA for each licensed product
   
1,750,000
 
 
Under the agreement, the Company shall pay to MSKCC on a country-by-country basis a royalty of 2% of net sales of all licensed products until the later of: (1) 10 years from the first commercial sale, or (2) when the patents expire.
 
Certain amounts due under the License Agreement were deferred and then forgiven under a forbearance-related arrangement.  On June 19, 2011, the Company nonetheless agreed to pay SKI (a) $50,000 in 2011, (b) $200,000 in 2012 and (c) $250,000 in 2013 under this agreement, in respect of the $50,000 annual maintenance fees and research payments.
 
 On September 4, 2013, the Company entered into a letter agreement with SKI to set forth the amount that the Company owes SKI for the period from 2011 to 2014 under the License Agreement.  The total amount that the Company owes SKI for the period from 2011 to 2014 is $815,100 plus all relevant licensed intellectual property related pass through costs to be determined.  The amount owed does not include amounts the Company may owe for patent expenses under the License Agreement.  As of March 31 2014, amount owed under this letter agreement for 2014 annual maintenance fee and 2014 research funding was approximately $0.2 million plus pass through costs, respectively.
 
On March 27, 2012, the Company entered into an additional clinical trial agreement with MSKCC Cancer Center with respect to conducting a Phase 1/2 trial of combination therapy of low dose cytarabine and fractionated dose of Lintuzumab-Ac225.  The Company will pay $31,185 for each patient that has completed the clinical trial.  Upon execution of the agreement, the Company paid a start-up fee of $79,623 in 2012.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company incurred $189,537 and $129,850, respectively, for maintenance fees and research conducted by MSKCC.  As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company has payable to MSKCC of $189,537 and $81,185, respectively, related to clinical trials.
 
Placement Agent:
 
On August 7, 2012, the Company entered into an engagement agreement with Healthcare Investment Banking as its placement agent for the 2012 Common Stock Offering.  A director of the Company was the Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at the placement agent.   Pursuant to the agreement, the placement agent was engaged as the exclusive agent for the 2012 Common Stock Offering.   In consideration for its services, the placement agent will receive (a) a cash fee equal to 10% of the gross proceeds raised in the 2012 Common Stock Offering, (b) a non-accountable expense reimbursement equal to 2% of the gross proceeds raised in the 2012 Common Stock Offering, and (c) reimbursement of $100,000 for legal expenses incurred by the placement agent.  The placement agent or its designees have also received warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock in an amount equal to 10% of the shares of common stock issued as part of the units sold in the 2012 Common Stock Offering and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the B warrants included in such units.  The placement agent will also receive the same fee and expense schedule for any cash exercise of warrants within 6 months of the final closing of the 2012 Common Stock Offering and a 5% solicitation fee for any warrants exercised as a result of being called for redemption by the Company.  Upon the final closing of the 2012 Common Stock Offering of the units, the placement agent has been engaged by the Company to provide certain financial advisory services to the Company for a period of at least 6 months for a monthly fee of $25,000.  The agreement also provides that (i) if the Company consummates any merger, acquisition, business combination or other transaction (other than the Share Exchange) with any party introduced to it by the placement agent, the placement agent would receive a fee equal to 10% of the aggregate consideration in such transactions, and (ii) if, within a period of 12 months after termination of the advisory services described above, the Company requires a financing or similar advisory transaction the placement agent will have the right to act as the Company’s financial advisor and investment banker in such financing or transaction pursuant to a set fee schedule set forth in the August 7, 2012 engagement agreement.  For a period ending one year after the expiration of all lock-up agreements entered into in connection with the Share Exchange, any change in the size of the Company board of directors must be approved by the placement agent.  The placement agent also was engaged by the Company as placement agent for its Stock Offering and Convertible Notes financing in 2011 and, as a part of the fee for that engagement, designees of the placement agent also hold warrants to purchase 1,251,015 shares of the Company’s Common Stock.
 
On December 9, 2013, the Company entered into another engagement agreement with its placement agent for the 2013 Common Stock Offering. The agreement entered in 2013 has similar terms as the 2012 agreement, including a cash fee equal to 10% of the gross proceeds raised, a non-accountable expense reimbursement equal to 2% of the gross proceeds raised and warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock in an amount equal to 10% of the shares of common stock issued or issuable. Subsequent to the closing of the 2013 offering, the placement agent continued to provide certain financial advisory services to the Company until three months after the Company has uplisted its securities for trading on a U.S. National Exchange for a monthly fee of $25,000.
 
During quarter ended March 31, 2014, the placement agent received a cash fee of approximately $0.4 million from the sale of securities and was issued warrants to purchase 68,976 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at $9 per share for a period of 5 years.