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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions

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Note 15 - Related Party Transactions
 3 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

15.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 

 

The following transactions are in the normal course of operations and are measured at the amount of consideration established and agreed to by related parties. Amounts due to related parties are unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand.

 

The Company terminated the royalty payments to the Company's former CTO in  December 2021 and granted 200,000 RSUs during the fiscal year ended  November 30, 2022 in exchange to waive all future rights and entitlements to the former CTO.  During the fiscal year ended  November 30, 2023, the Company and the former CTO agreed to immediately accelerate the 200,000 RSUs, which resulted in $0.5 million in accelerated stock compensation expense.  

 

The Company subleases office premises at its Massachusetts headquarters to a corporation owned and controlled by the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the Company beginning July 1, 2020, with no stated termination date. Sublease payments received were a nominal amount for the three months ended February 29, 2024 and February 28, 2023. 

 

Fusady is owned, in equal 25% shares, by four individual investors. These four individuals also each own 25% of Bersa S.A. Bersa S.A. is a distributor of the Company’s products in Argentina. There were no sales to Bersa S.A. during the three months ended February 29, 2029 and less than $0.1 million for the three months ended  February 28, 2023. As of  February 29, 2024, the Company had accounts receivable of $0 and $1.6 million as of  November 30, 2023.