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Dividends Payable
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Dividends Payable  
Dividends Payable

Note 15. Dividends Payable

 

On August 4, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the payment of regular quarterly dividends to holders of ordinary shares at a quarterly rate of $0.125 per share, or $0.50 per share on an annual basis. The dividend is being paid in cash or ordinary shares, chosen at the option of holders of ordinary shares and the value of the ordinary shares to be used to calculate the number of shares to be issued with respect to that portion of the dividend payable in ordinary shares was the average of the closing price of the Company’s ordinary shares on NASDAQ during the period from July 10, 2017 through July 21, 2017. If no choice was made during this election period, the dividend for this election period was to be paid in ordinary shares of the Company.

 

As a result, the Company has a dividend payable amounting to $1,526 as of June 30, 2017. The Company issued 381,440 shares for the stock dividends paid on April 26, 2017.

 

The company analyzed the accounting guidance under ASC 505 and determined that this guidance is not applicable since the dividend are shares of the same class in which each shareholder is given an election to receive cash or shares. As such, the company analyzed the dividend under ASC 480 — Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and concluded that the dividend should be accounted for as a liability since the dividend is a fixed monetary amount known at inception. A reclassification from dividend payable to additional paid-in capital was done for the stocks dividend elections.

 

Commencing with the quarterly dividend for the third quarter of 2017 through the dividend for the second quarter of 2018, the divided will be increased to $0.14 per share, or $0.56 per share on an annual basis. The quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share for the third quarter of 2017 will be payable to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 29, 2017.

 

Energy Holding Corp., the majority shareholder of the Company, has irrevocably elected to receive any quarterly dividends declared through the second quarter of 2018 in ordinary shares, as opposed to cash.

 

Dividend declarations and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to the Board of Directors’ continuing determination that the dividend policy is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. The dividend policy may be changed or cancelled at the discretion of the Board of Directors at any time.