Note 8: Related Parties

J. Stephen Holmes, our Sales Manager, is an advisor to and significant shareholder of the Company. The Company incurred $180,000 and $540,000 in professional fees for management consulting services in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2019 and $180,000 and $540,000 in the three and nine months ended May 31, 2020, respectively.

On December 23, 2019, the Company issued 428 shares to each of Messrs. Higgins and White, both directors of the Company, in settlement of shares promised in December 2018 but not issued. The fair value on the date issued for the combined issuance of 856 shares was $75,000.