Note 12. Related Party Transactions

AEG Consulting, a firm owned by one of the Co-Chairmen of the Company’s Board of Directors, received $0 and $10,245 cash compensation for consulting fees for the six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. On November 2, 2018, the Company granted the Co-Chairman 5,000 RSUs with a fair value on the grant date of $18,900 and stock options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a fair value on the grant date of $25,278 for consulting services provided by AEG Consulting. Both awards vest in four equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date. The options carry an exercise price of $3.78 and have a term of 7 years. Total share-based compensation expense related to stock-based awards granted for the Co-Chairman’s consulting services was $14,119 and $10,496 for the six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 

On September 27, 2017, the Company granted a restricted stock award to a director for board advisory services provided from January 2017 to June 2017, prior to the director’s appointment to the Board of Directors on July 14, 2017. Share based compensation expense related to this award was $15,467 and $10,617 for the six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.