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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Related Parties Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties Transactions

(9) Related Party Transactions

 

The Company’s CEO loaned money to Orient Paper HB for working capital purposes over a period of time. On January 1, 2013, Orient Paper HB and Mr. Liu renewed the three-year term loan previously entered on January 1, 2010, and extended the maturity date further to December 31, 2015. The balance was $2,377,962 and $2,386,978 as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The unsecured loan carries an annual interest rate based on the People’s Bank of China and was set at 6.15% per annum. The entire balance is presented as current portion of long term loan from a related party in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2015.

 

On December 10, 2014, Mr. Liu loaned $9,768,487 and $9,805,524 as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, to Orient Paper HB for working capital purpose with an annual interest rate based on the People’s Bank of China and was set at 6.00% per annum. The unsecured loan will expire on December 10, 2017.

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, total amount of loans due to Mr. Liu were $12,146,449 and $12,192,502, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $182,196 and $36,707 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. On January 20, 2015, the Company’s CEO agreed in writing to permit the Company to postpone the repayment of the loan and accrued interest on his loan to Orient Paper HB until the earliest date on which the Company's quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC show a satisfactory working capital level. The accrued interest owned to Mr. Liu was approximately $940,563 and $761,242, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities (see Note (11) below) as part of the current liabilities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company borrowed $80,000 and $123,500, respectively, from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. The amount was repayable on demand with interest free. The Company repaid the entire balance by the end of the period.

 

Sale of Headquarters Compound Real Properties to a Related Party

 

On August 7, 2013, the Company’s Audit Committee and the Board of Directors approved the sale of the land use right of the Headquarters Compound (the “LUR”), the office building and essentially all industrial-use buildings in the Headquarters Compound (the “Industrial Buildings”), and three employee dormitory buildings located within the Headquarters Compound (the “Dormitories”) to Hebei Fangsheng. In connection with the sale of the Industrial Buildings, Hebei Fangsheng agreed to lease the Industrial Buildings back to the Company for its original use for a term of up to three years, with an annual rental payment of approximately $162,808 (RMB1,000,000). On January 21, 2015, Hebei Fangsheng agreed in writing to permit the Company to continue to postpone the repayment of the accrued rental charged to Orient Paper HB until the earliest date on which the Company's quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC show a satisfactory working capital level. The accrued rental owned to Hebei Fangsheng was approximately $267,741 and $227,900, which was recorded as part of the current liabilities as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

Land Use Right Pledged by Hebei Fangsheng

 

Independent from the above related party sale transaction, on March 3, 2014, Hebei Fangsheng entered into a Collateral Agreement with SPD Bank in connection with the Company’s bank acceptance note obtained from the SPD Bank (see Note (10) below). Under the Collateral Agreement, Hebei Fangsheng pledged certain land-use-right on a parcel of land located in Wei County, Hebei for the benefit of the SPD Bank as collateral to secure the credit facility of the bank acceptance note during the period of March 3, 2014 and March 2, 2016. As explained above, Hebei Fangsheng is controlled by the Company’s CEO.