finalized contract negotiations to provide a refund of the deposit totaling $182,000 due to the pause of the AP-013 study and the delay in filing of the BLA. The Company is required to provide a deposit totaling $364,000 once the work commences related to the preparation of the related BLA for Ampion. The Company had incurred cumulative costs totaling $79,000 against this contract and, as such, had outstanding future obligations totaling $1.1 million as of September 30, 2020, which will be settled at such time future services are provided to the Company primarily related to the development and filing of the Ampion BLA. Given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on the AP-013 study, at the date of this filing, the Company estimates the incurrence of the remaining costs associated with the preparation of the BLA filing will be postponed until late fiscal 2021, if not later.
Statistical Analysis and Programming Consulting Services
In May 2019, Ampio entered into a statistical analysis and programming consulting services agreement for $578,000. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had incurred cumulative costs totaling $260,000 against the contract and, as such, had an outstanding obligation of $318,000.
Employment Agreements
On December 14, 2019, the Company entered into a new three-year employment agreement with Mr. Macaluso, Chief Executive Officer, which became effective January 10, 2020, immediately following the expiration of his prior employment agreement. The new employment agreement provides for an annual salary of $300,000 and term ending January 10, 2023, subject to certain automatic renewal provisions.
On September 16, 2019, the Company entered into a new two-year employment agreement with Ms. Cherevka, Chief Operating Officer, which by its terms cancelled the previous employment agreement on such date. The new employment agreement provides for an annual salary of $280,000 and a term ending September 16, 2021, subject to certain automatic renewal provisions.
The Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Daniel Stokely, Chief Financial Officer, on July 9, 2019, which provided for an annual salary of $285,000 and a term beginning July 31, 2019 and lasting for three years, subject to certain automatic renewal provisions. The employment agreement, as amended in July 2020, allowed for reimbursement of reasonable commuting and relocation expenses, including the employee portion of taxes, for up to one year. The commuting and relocation expenses were substantially incurred as of September 30, 2020 with the residual expected to be incurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020.
Amounts noted above do not assume the continuation of employment beyond the contractual terms of each employee’s existing employment agreements.
Commercial Insurance Premium Financing Agreement
In July 2020, the Company entered into an insurance premium financing agreement for $1.0 million, with a term of nine months and an annual interest rate of 3.37%. Under the terms and provisions of the agreement, the Company will be required to make principal and interest payments totaling $116,000 per month over the remaining term of the agreement. The outstanding obligation as of September 30, 2020 was $683,000, which will be paid in full by March 2021. In addition, as of September 30, 2020, the Company had a remaining balance of $38,000 related to annual insurance premiums payable to the Company’s insurance broker, which will be paid in full by June 2021.
Facility Lease
In December 2013, the Company entered into a 125-month non-cancellable operating lease for office space and a manufacturing facility. The effective date of the lease was May 1, 2014. The initial base rent of the lease was $23,000 per month. The total base rent over the term of the lease is approximately $3.3 million, which includes rent abatements and leasehold incentives. The Company adopted the FASB issued ASC 842, “Leases (Topic 842)” effective January 1, 2019. With the adoption of ASC 842, the Company recorded an operating right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and an operating lease liability on its balance sheet. The ROU asset represents the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the