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Related Party Transactions | 3 Months Ended
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Related Party Transactions | Note 6. Related Party Transactions ​ Beginning in 2012, our consolidated joint venture, JinMei, became contractually obligated under an agency sales agreement to sell raw material on behalf of its equity investment entity. JinMei bills the customers and remits the receipts, net of its portions of sales commission, to this equity investment entity. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, JinMei has recorded $0 and $0 income from agency sales, respectively, which were included in “Other income (expense), net” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. ​ In March 2012, Tongmei, entered into an operating lease for the land it owns with our consolidated joint venture, BoYu. The lease agreement for the land of approximately 22,081 square feet commenced on January 1, 2012 for a term of 10 years with annual lease payments of $24,000, subject to a 5% increase at each third year anniversary. The annual lease payment is due by January 31st of each year. ​ ChaoYang Tongmei purchases raw materials from one of our equity investment entities, Donghai County Dongfang High Purity Electronic Materials Co., Ltd., for production in the ordinary course of business. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, amounts payable of $108,000 and $0, respectively, were included in “Accounts payable” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. ​ ChaoYang Tongmei also purchases raw materials from one of our equity investment entities, Emei Shan Jiamei Materials Co., Ltd. (“JiaMei”), for production in the ordinary course of business. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, amounts payable of $0 and $0, respectively, were included in “Accounts payable” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. ​ Tongmei and ChaoYang Tongmei also purchase raw materials from one of our equity investment entities, Xilingol Tongli Germanium Refine Co., Ltd. (“Tongli”), for production in the ordinary course of business. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, amounts payable of $0 and $0, respectively, were included in “Accounts payable” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. ​ In July 2017, Tongmei, provided an inter-company loan to JinMei in the amount of $768,000 in preparation for the acquisition of the land use rights and the construction of a new building. The inter-company loan carries an interest rate of 4.9% per annum. The principal is due in three installments between December 2021 and December 2023 while the interest is due in December of each year. As of March 31, 2021, JinMei repaid principal and interest totaling $535,000 to Tongmei. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the remaining balance of principal and interest totaled $306,000 and $303,000, respectively. JinMei is in the process of relocating its headquarters and manufacturing operations to the city of Kazuo, located in the province of Liaoning near the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, near our own location. ​ In April 2016, our consolidated joint venture, BoYu, provided a personal loan of $177,000 to one of its executive employees. This loan was secured by the officer’s shares in BoYu. The loan bore interest at 2.75% per annum. During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the repayment of the principal and interest totaling $180,000 was received by our consolidated joint venture. In November 2017, BoYu provided another personal loan of $291,000 to the same executive employee. This loan bore interest at 2.75% per annum. Principal and accrued interest were due on November 30, 2020. In May 2019, BoYu provided another personal loan of $146,000 to the same executive employee. This loan bore interest at 2.75% per annum. Principal and accrued interest were due at such time BoYu pays a dividend to its shareholders. In March 2020, BoYu provided another personal loan of $141,000 to the same executive employee. This loan bore interest at 2.75% per annum. Principal and accrued interest were due on December 31, 2024. On December 25, 2020, the executive repaid the principal of $612,000 and interest of $35,000 of the personal loans to BoYu. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no outstanding personal loans. ​ On November 2, 2017, our consolidated joint venture, BoYu, raised additional capital in the amount of $2 million in cash from a third-party investor through the issuance of shares equivalent to 10% ownership of BoYu. This third-party investor is an immediate family member of the owner of one of BoYu's customers. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, BoYu has recorded $5,000 and $254,000, respectively, in revenue from this customer. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, amounts receivable of $5,000 and $0, respectively, were included in “Accounts receivable” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. In December 2020, we purchased shares equivalent to 4% of BoYu from the same third-party investor for $1.6 million and the remaining 6% was sold to another third-party investor. ​ Our Related Party Transactions Policy seeks to prohibit all conflicts of interest in transactions between related parties and us, unless they have been approved by our Board of Directors. This policy applies to all of our employees, directors, and our consolidated subsidiaries. Our executive officers retain board seats on the board of directors of the companies in which we have invested in our China joint ventures. See Note 7 for further details.

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