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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

The Company has a corporate policy governing the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of transactions with related persons (each such person, a “Related Party”), as that term is defined in the Instructions to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Under this policy, all Related Party transactions are identified and approved prior to their consummation to ensure they are consistent with the Company’s and the stockholders’ best interests. Among other factors, the Company’s Board considers the size and duration of the transaction, the nature and interest of the of the Related Party in the transaction, whether the transaction may involve a conflict of interest, and if the transaction is on terms that are at least as favorable to the Company as would be available in a comparable transaction with an unaffiliated third party. Envela’s Board reviews all Related Party transactions at least annually to determine if it is in the best interest of the Company and the Company’s stockholders to continue, modify, or terminate any Related Party transactions. Envela’s Related Person Transaction Policy is available for review in its entirety under the “Investors” menu of the Company’s corporate relations website at www.envela.com.

 

Through a series of transactions beginning in 2010, Elemetal, NTR Metals, LLC (“NTR”) and Truscott Capital, LLC (“Truscott” and together with Elemetal and NTR, the “Related Entities”), became the largest shareholders of our common stock. On August 29, 2018, NTR transferred all of its common stock in the Company to Eduro Holdings, LLC (“Eduro”), which is controlled by John R. Loftus, the Company’s CEO, President and Chairman of the Board. A certain Related Entity (the “Related Trading Partner”) has been the Company’s primary refiner and bullion trading partner. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Related Trading Partner accounted for 3% of sales and 1% of purchases. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Related Trading Partner was no longer a Related Party. On May 20, 2019, through a series of transactions, the Related Entities sold their shares of the Company to Mr. Loftus. As of May 20, 2019, the Related Entities were no longer Related Parties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company was obligated to pay $0 to the Related Trading Party as a trade payable, and had a $0 receivable from the Related Trading Partner. As of September 30, 2019, the Company was obligated to pay $0 to the Related Trading Partner as a trade payable and had a $0 receivable from the Related Trading Partner. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid the Related Entities $0 and $46,068, respectively, in interest on the Company’s outstanding payable.

 

Through a series of transactions, as reported on its Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on May 24, 2019, Truscott sold its 12,814,727 shares of the Company’s common stock, which then represented 47.7% of the Company’s common stock outstanding, to John R. Loftus, the Company’s CEO, President and Chairman of the Board. In connection therewith, Mr. Loftus assumed all rights under the existing registration rights agreements. On the same day, Mr. Loftus contributed his 12,814,727 shares of the Company’s common stock to N10TR, LLC (“N10TR”), which is controlled by Mr. Loftus. Mr. Loftus, by virtue of his relationship with Eduro and N10TR may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the shares of the Company’s common stock that Eduro and N10TR directly beneficially own. Also on the same day, the Company entered into two loan agreements with Mr. Loftus. ECHG, LLC executed a 5-year, $6,925,979 note in connection with the Echo Transaction, amortized over 20 years at a 6% annual interest rate. DGSE, LLC executed a 5-year, $3,074,021 note to pay off the accounts payable – related party balance to Elemetal, as of May 20, 2019. That promissory note is also amortized over 20 years at a 6% annual interest rate. Both notes are being serviced by operational cash flow. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid Mr. Loftus $442,550 and $194,081, respectively, in interest on the Company’s outstanding note payables, related party.