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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 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 $2,296,059 and $2,386,978 as of September 30, 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 September 30, 2015.

 

On December 10, 2014, Mr. Liu loaned $9,432,034 and $9,805,524 as of September 30, 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.

 

On March 1, 2015, the Company entered an agreement with the CEO which allows Orient Paper HB to borrow from the CEO with an amount up to $18,864,069 (RMB120,000,000) for working capital purposes. The advances or funding under the agreement are due in three years from the date each amount is funded. The loan will be unsecured and carry an annual interest rate set on the basis of the primary lending rate of the People’s Bank of China at the time of the borrowing. On July 13, 2015, an unsecured loan of $4,716,017 was drawn from the facility, which carried an interest rate of 5.25%. The loan will be matured on July 12, 2018.

 

As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, total amount of loans due to Mr. Liu were $16,444,110 and $12,192,502, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $230,926 and $36,445 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $596,110 and $109,556 for the nine months ended September 30, 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 $1,311,592 and $761,242, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities (see Note (11) below) as part of the current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

During the nine months and three months ended September 30, 2015, the Company borrowed $390,000 and $90,000, 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.

 

During the nine months and the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company borrowed $643,500 and $300,000, 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 for cash prices of approximately $2.77 million, $1.15 million, and $4.31 million respectively. 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 $157,201 (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 $337,120 and $227,900, which was recorded as part of the current liabilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

 

The sale was conducted on an arms-length basis, and was reviewed by the Company’s Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. The $2.77 million sale price of the industrial land use right was determined by the valuation from a government designated appraisal, which was 3.35% higher than a second independent appraisal commissioned by the Company. The $1.15 million sale price of the Industrial Buildings was determined by negotiation between the Company and Hebei Fangsheng and is equal to the appraised value based on the assumption that the use of the buildings would be continued until they are retired. Based on the assumption that such buildings would have to be torn down to comply with the re-zoning, a second independent appraisal obtained by the Company put the value at $0.4 million. Although the Company and Hebei Fangsheng agree to set the sale price of the Dormitories at the Company’s original construction cost of the three dormitory buildings for $4.31 million, an independent appraisal shows that the value for the three buildings as employee dormitories was $4.64 million.

 

As a condition for the sale of the Dormitories, Hebei Fangsheng agrees that it will act as an agent for the Company, which does not have the qualification to sell residential housing units in China, and that it is obligated to sell all of the 132 apartment units in the Dormitories to qualified employees of the Company at its acquisition price. Hebei Fangsheng further represents that it will not seek to profit from the resale of the Dormitories units and will allow the Company to inspect the books and records of the sale upon completion of the resale of the Dormitories units to ensure the objectives are achieved.

 

Sales of the LUR and the Industrial Buildings were completed in year 2013. Sales of the dormitories, which was classified as assets held for sale as of December 31, 2013, was consummated on August 15, 2014 with a gain on disposal of approximately $203,488 recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.

  

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 from March 3, 2014 to March 2, 2016. As explained above, Hebei Fangsheng is controlled by the Company’s CEO.