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NOTE 8. RELATED PARTY AGREEMENTS Shared Services Agreement with Fortress On November 12, 2021, the Company and Fortress entered into an arrangement to share the cost of certain employees (the “Shared Services Agreement”). Fortress’ Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is the Executive Chairman of the Company. Under the terms of the Shared Services Agreement, the Company will reimburse Fortress for the salary and benefit costs associated with these employees based upon actual hours worked on Journey-related projects following the completion of the Company’s initial public offering, which occurred in November 2021. In addition, the Company reimburses Fortress for various payroll-related costs and selling, general and administrative costs incurred by Fortress for the benefit of the Company. For the three-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded related party expenses to Fortress of approximately $8,000 and $11,000, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded related party expenses to Fortress of approximately $26,000 and $47,000, respectively. The due to related party liability at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively, and primarily relate to reimbursable expenses incurred by Fortress on behalf of the Company. The Company would have incurred these costs irrespective of the relationship with Fortress. Fortress Income Tax At September 30, 2024, 47.6% of all classes of the Company’s outstanding common stock was owned by Fortress. Prior to the Company’s initial public offering of securities in 2021, the Company had been filing consolidated federal tax returns and consolidated or combined state tax returns in multiple jurisdictions with Fortress. The Company may still be required to file combined tax returns in certain “combined filing states.” These jurisdictions generally require corporations engaged in unitary business and meet the capital stock requirement of fifty percent to file a combined state tax return. Additionally, see Note 17 below for a discussion of income taxes. |