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Related Party Transactions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
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Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 17 — Related Party Transactions A former director of the Company, who resigned on August 9, 2019 is a partner in a law firm that acts as counsel to the Company. The Company incurred legal fees and expenses to the law firm in the amount of approximately $0.7 million and $1.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, legal fees and reimbursable expenses of $0.1 million were payable to this law firm. The owner of NantWorks, the Company’s DreamPlay Toys joint venture partner, beneficially owned more than 5.0% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Pursuant to the joint venture agreements, the Company was obligated to pay NantWorks a preferred return on joint venture sales. This agreement expired on September 30, 2018. The owner of NantWorks sold all of its holdings of the Company's shares on December 30, 2019. For the year ended December 31, 2019, preferred returns earned and payable to NantWorks was nil. Pursuant to the amended Toy Services Agreement, NantWorks is entitled to receive a renewal fee in the amount of $1.2 million payable in installments of $0.8 million paid on the effective date of the renewal in 2015 and $0.2 million on or before each of August 1, 2016 and 2017. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company's receivable balance from NantWorks was nil. In addition, the Company previously leased office space from NantWorks. Rent expense, including common area maintenance and parking, was nil for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. In November 2014, the Company entered into a joint venture with Meisheng Cultural & Creative Corp., Ltd., for the purpose of providing certain JAKKS licensed and non-licensed toys and consumer products to agreed-upon territories of the People’s Republic of China. The joint venture includes a subsidiary in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone that sells, distributes and markets these products, which include dolls, plush, role play products, action figures, costumes, seasonal items, technology and app-enhanced toys, based on top entertainment licenses and JAKKS’ own proprietary brands. The Company owns fifty-one percent of the joint venture and consolidates the joint venture since control rests with the Company. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income (loss) was $49,000 and ($31,000) for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $97,000 and $57,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In October 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture with Hong Kong Meisheng Cultural Company Limited ("Meisheng"), a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp., for the purpose of creating and developing original, multiplatform content for children including new short-form series and original shows. JAKKS and Meisheng each own fifty percent of the joint venture and will jointly own the content. JAKKS will retain merchandising rights for kids’ consumer products in all markets except China, which Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp. will oversee through the Company’s existing distribution joint venture. The results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated with the Company's results. The non-controlling interest’s share of the income from the joint venture for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was nil. As of September 30, 2020, Meisheng beneficially owns more than 10% of the Company’s outstanding common stock. In March 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to issue 366,089 shares of its common stock at an aggregate price of $19.3 million to a Hong Kong affiliate of its China joint venture partner. After their shareholder and China regulatory approval, the transaction closed on April 27, 2017. Upon the closing, the Company added a representative of Meisheng Culture & Creative Corp as a non-employee director and issued 1,332 shares of restricted stock at a value of $0.1 million, which vested in January 2018. In 2018, the Company issued 4,158 shares of restricted stock at a value of $0.1 million to the non-employee director, which vested in January 2019. In 2019, the Company issued 5,471 shares of restricted stock at a value of $0.1 million to the non-employee director, which vested in January 2020. Meisheng also serves as a significant manufacturer of the Company. In the first quarter of 2019, Meisheng acquired New Time Group, which was a third-party manufacturer of the Company. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company made inventory-related payments to Meisheng of approximately $31.4 million and $54.4 million, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company made inventory-related payments to Meisheng of approximately $49.6 million and $74.8 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, amounts due to Meisheng for inventory received by the Company, but not paid totaled $22.1 million and $18.1 million, respectively. A director of the Company is a portfolio manager at Oasis Management. In August 2017, the Company agreed with Oasis Management and Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., the holder of approximately $21.6 million face amount of its 4.25% convertible senior notes due in 2018, to exchange and extend the maturity date of these notes to November 1, 2020. The transaction closed on November 7, 2017. In July 2018, the Company closed a transaction with Oasis Management and Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd., to exchange $8.0 million face amount of the 4.25% convertible senior notes due in August 2018 with convertible senior notes similar to those issued in November 2017. In August 2019, the Company entered into the Recapitalization Transaction. In connection with the Recapitalization Transaction, the Company issued (i) amended and restated notes with respect to the $21.6 million Oasis Note issued on November 7, 2017, and the $8.0 million Oasis Note issued on July 26, 2018, and (ii) a new $8.0 million convertible senior note having the same terms as such amended and restated notes. Interest on the New Oasis Notes is payable on each May 1 and November 1 until maturity and accrues at an annual rate of (i) 3.25% if paid in cash or 5.00% if paid in stock plus (ii) 2.75% payable in kind. The New Oasis Notes mature 91 days after the amounts outstanding under the New Term Loan are paid in full, and in no event later than July 3, 2023. A director of the Company is a director at Benefit Street Partners. As of September 30, 2020, Benefit Street Partners held $68.0 million in principal amount (including $1.9 million in payment-in-kind interest) of the New Term Loan. A director of the Company is the managing Partner and portfolio manager at Axar Capital Management. As of September 30, 2020, Axar Capital Management held $27.1 million in principal amount (including $0.8 million in payment-in-kind interest) of the New Term Loan.

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