Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions	Note 6. Related Party Transactions In March 2012, Tongmei, entered into an operating lease for the land it owns with our consolidated subsidiary, 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 31^stof each year. The lease was renewed in January 2022 for a term of 11 years with annual lease payments of $27,000, subject to a 5% increase at each third year anniversary. 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, 2022 and December 31, 2021, amounts payable of $112,000 and $112,000, 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. In July 2021, JinMei repaid the principal and outstanding interest totaling $858,000 to Tongmei. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the remaining balance of principal and interest totaled $0 and $0, 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 September 2021 and October 2021, our consolidated subsidiary, ChaoYang XinMei received funding from a minority investor of $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively. In December 2021 and January 2022, the same subsidiary received funding from Tongmei of $1.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively. In January 2022, the China local government certified this additional funding in our consolidated subsidiary, ChaoYang XinMei, as an equity investment. As a result, noncontrolling interests increased $2.2 million and redeemable noncontrolling interests increased $0.2 million. Short-term loan from noncontrolling interest decreased to $0. Tongmei’s ownership remained at 58.5% after these equity investments. As of March 31, 2022, $0 was included in “Long-term debt, related party” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. 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.

Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Note 6. Related Party Transactions

In March 2012, Tongmei, entered into an operating lease for the land it owns with our consolidated subsidiary, 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 31^stof each year. The lease was renewed in January 2022 for a term of 11 years with annual lease payments of $27,000, subject to a 5% increase at each third year anniversary.

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, 2022 and December 31, 2021, amounts payable of $112,000 and $112,000, 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. In July 2021, JinMei repaid the principal and outstanding interest totaling $858,000 to Tongmei. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the remaining balance of principal and interest totaled $0 and $0, 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 September 2021 and October 2021, our consolidated subsidiary, ChaoYang XinMei received funding from a minority investor of $0.9 million and $1.0 million, respectively. In December 2021 and January 2022, the same subsidiary received funding from Tongmei of $1.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively. In January 2022, the China local government certified this additional funding in our consolidated subsidiary, ChaoYang XinMei, as an equity investment. As a result, noncontrolling interests increased $2.2 million and redeemable noncontrolling interests increased $0.2 million. Short-term loan from noncontrolling interest decreased to $0. Tongmei’s ownership remained at 58.5% after these equity investments. As of March 31, 2022, $0 was included in “Long-term debt, related party” in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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.