NOTE 16 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has an arrangement with Joseph Galligan, a holder of between 5% and 10% of the Company’s shares of common stock, related to his compensation for his role as a senior advisor. Until January 22, 2019 there was no formal arrangement between the parties and the amount of renumeration is $6,250 per month. For the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, $0 and $4,032, respectively, consulting fees and bonuses were incurred. As of February 26, 2020, the Company will pay Mr. Joe Galligan an annual base salary of $75,000 in place of consulting fees and will be paid in accordance with the Company’s normal payroll schedule.

On February 16, 2021, the Board appointed Mr. Joseph J. Galligan as a member of the Board, effective February 17, 2021.

On July 28, 2016, the Company formed BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the purpose of developing certain business lines. In connection with the formation, the newly formed sub issued 24.2% ownership to current or former officers of the Company, with the Company retaining 75.8%. In 2018, BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. began limited operations and there were no operations prior to that.

On September 22, 2021, BioCorRx Inc. and BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. entered into a Inter-Company License Agreement whereby the Company granted to BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals an exclusive, perpetual and sub-licensable license to use all patented or unpatented inventions, discoveries and other intellectual property owned by the Company related to BICX101, BICX102, BICX104 and any other naltrexone pellets (implants) being developed or that will be developed for FDA approval and commercialization in support of products in the fields of substance use disorder, weight loss and other indications identified including but not limited to pain management, obsessive compulsive disorders, and other addictive behaviors.

The licensing fee is payable by BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals starting in the calendar year of the first commercial sale of licensed products and is the percentage of gross sales (less certain amounts) equal to the Company’s ownership interest in BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals. In addition, the Company will invoice BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals for certain management, administrative and corporate services, and facilities and equipment that the Company will provide to BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals. Expenses will be allocated based on actual utilization or appropriate and reasonable methods for the relevant expense.

On December 10, 2015, the Company entered into a royalty agreement with Alpine Creek Capital Partners LLC (“Alpine Creek”). The Company is in the business of selling a distinct implementation of the BioCorRx Recovery Program, a two-tiered comprehensive MAT program, which includes a counseling program, coupled with its proprietary Naltrexone Implant (the “Treatment”). On or about January 1, 2021, Mr. Joseph Galligan, a holder of between 5% and 10% of the Company’s shares of common stock and, as of February 16, 2021, a member of the Board, acquired from Alpine Creek the rights to the subscription and royalty agreement by and between the Company and Alpine Creek.

Effective March 1, 2019, the Board appointed six directors. In connection with the appointment to the Board, the Company entered into a Director Agreement with each director pursuant to which each of them will receive a quarterly cash stipend of $15,000 in compensation for services and shall be issued, upon the last day of each fiscal quarter, provided the director is a member of the Board as of such date, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock equivalent to $5,000.

In March 2019, the Company entered into two Subscription and Royalty Agreements (“Subscription and Royalty Agreements”). One was with Louis and Carolyn Lucido CRT LLC, managed by Mr. Louis Lucido, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), and the other one was with the J and R Galligan Revocable Trust, managed by Mr. Joseph Galligan, a holder of between 5% and 10% of the Company’s shares of common stock. The Company received an aggregate gross proceeds of $6,000,000 in April 2019 and $210 royalty was due as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 under these two Subscription and Royalty Agreements.

On February 16, 2021, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Lucido Subscription Agreement”) with Louis C Lucido and Carolyn M. Lucido, or their Successors, as Trustee of the Lucido Family Trust, Dated May 23, 2017, managed by Mr. Louis Lucido, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Although the Lucido Subscription Agreement was dated February 16, 2021, it did not become effective until it was fully executed on February 23, 2021. Pursuant to the Lucido Subscription Agreement, Mr. Lucido purchased shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, in the aggregate amount of $1,125,000 at a purchase price of $2.00 per share, for a total of 562,500 shares of Common Stock. The aggregate Purchase Price owed pursuant to the Lucido Subscription Agreement was paid in cash to the Company on February 26, 2021.

On February 16, 2021, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Galligan Subscription Agreement”) with The J and R Galligan Revocable Trust, managed by Mr. Joseph Galligan, a member of the Company’s Board. Although the Galligan Subscription Agreement was dated February 16, 2021, it did not become effective until it was fully executed on February 23, 2021. The terms and conditions of the Galligan Subscription Agreement (including the number of shares of common stock purchased and the purchase price) are substantially the same as the Lucido Subscription Agreement.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s related party payable was $1,014,892 and $686,068, which comprised of compensation payable and interest payable to directors.

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company issued 31,392 and 59,670, respectively, shares of common stock valued at $102,500 and $100,000, respectively, to directors.