Company: MBIO
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001558370-25-003913
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Company: MUSTANG BIO, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 13C
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Item 13.      Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

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Except as set forth below, since January 1, 2023, we have not been a party to any transaction in which the amount involved exceeded or will exceed $120,000, and in which any of our directors, NEOs, or beneficial owners of more than 5% of our capital stock, or an affiliate or immediate family member thereof, had or will have a direct or indirect material interest, and other than compensation, termination, and change-in-control arrangements.

The written charter of the Audit Committee authorizes, and Nasdaq rules require, the Audit Committee to review and approve related-party transactions.  In reviewing related-party transactions, the Audit Committee applies the basic standard that transactions with affiliates should be made on terms no less favorable to us than could have been obtained from unaffiliated parties.  Therefore, the Audit Committee reviews the benefits of the transactions, terms of the transactions and the terms available from unrelated third parties, as applicable.  All transactions other than compensatory arrangements between us and our officers, directors, principal stockholders and their affiliates will be approved by the Audit Committee or a majority of the disinterested directors and will continue to be on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

Founders Agreement and Management Services Agreement with Fortress

Effective March 13, 2015, we entered a Founders Agreement with Fortress, which was amended and restated on May 17, 2016, and again on July 26, 2016 (the “Mustang Founders Agreement”). The Mustang Founders Agreement provides that, in exchange for the time and capital expended in the formation of our company and the identification of specific assets the acquisition of which result in the formation of a viable emerging growth life science company, Fortress loaned $2.0 million, representing the up-front fee required to acquire our license agreement with COH. The Mustang Founders Agreement has a term of 15 years, which upon expiration automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless terminated by Fortress and the Company or a Change in Control (as defined in the Mustang Founders Agreement) occurs. Concurrently with the second amendment on July 26, 2016, to the Mustang Founders Agreement, Fortress entered into an Exchange Agreement whereby Fortress exchanged its 7.25 million Class B Common shares for 9,333 common shares and 250,000 Class A Preferred shares. Class