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Related-party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2012
Related-party Transactions  
Related-party Transactions

 

13. Related-party Transactions

        The following material related-party transactions were reported in the Company's consolidated statements of operations during the years ended August 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):

 
    
   Years Ended
August 31, 		 
Related Parties
 
Transactions
  2012   2011  
China SemiLEDs   Sales of goods(1)   $ 148   $ 611  
China SemiLEDs   Rendering of services(2)     260     308  
China SemiLEDs   Gain on disposal of patents(3)   $ 51   $ 17  
(1)
The Company sold products to China SemiLEDs pursuant to standard purchase orders.

(2)
The Company provided technical, engineering and operational support services to China SemiLEDs. The Company also provided sapphire wafer recycling services to China SemiLEDs. Service fees were negotiated on an arm's length basis.

(3)
See Note 6 for further details.

        In September 2011, the Company sold equipment to China SemiLEDs for total consideration of $244 thousand, determined based on net book value of equipment; no gain or loss was recognized.

        In July 2012, the Company, through a wholly owned subsidiary, entered into an unsecured Renminbi-denominated loan agreement to provide short-term lines of credit that permitted China SemiLEDs to borrow from the Company from time to time in an aggregate principal amount of up to RMB1.4 million (approximately $0.2 million) for working capital purposes. Under the agreement, the term of each borrowing could not exceed three calendar months from the date of each drawdown. Interest is calculated on a variable basis based on the three-month lending rate published by the People's Bank of China multiplied by 1.1, which is comparable to that charged on China SemiLEDs' bank borrowings. The Company also paid certain costs on behalf of China SemiLEDs during the years ended August 31, 2012 and 2011. After a careful and extensive evaluation, management concluded that the Company's ability to collect on accounts and notes receivable from China SemiLEDs was impaired and as a result recorded a charge to bad debt expense of $1,405 thousand at August 31, 2012. Amounts due from China SemiLEDs arising from transactions described above, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, of $118 thousand and $780 thousand as of August 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were recorded as accounts receivable from related parties on the consolidated balance sheets.

        China SemiLEDs also paid certain costs for the Company and sold products to the Company pursuant to standard purchase orders. Amounts due to China SemiLEDs of $65 thousand and $5 thousand as of August 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, were recorded in other current liabilities.