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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

(8) Related Party Transactions

 

The Company’s CEO has loaned money to Orient Paper HB for working capital purposes over a period of time. On January 1, 2013, Orient Paper HB and Mr. Zhenyong Liu renewed the three-year term loan previously entered on January 1, 2010, and extended the maturity date further to December 31, 2015. On December 31, 2015, the Company paid off the loan of $2,249,279, together with interest of $391,374 for the period from 2013 to 2015. Approximately $371,536 of interest is still outstanding to Mr. Zhenyong Liu, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities as part of the current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017.

 

On December 10, 2014, Mr. Zhenyong Liu provided a loan to the Company, amounted to $8,696,534 and $8,649,272 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, to Orient Paper HB for working capital purpose with an interest rate of 5.25% per annum, which was based on the primary lending rate of People’s Bank of China. The unsecured loan was provided on December 10, 2014, and would be originally due on December 10, 2017. During the year of 2016, the Company repaid $6,012,416 to Mr. Zhenyong Liu, together with interest of $288,596. Mr. Zhenyong Liu agreed to extend the loan for additional 3 years and the remaining balance will be due on December 2, 2020. As of March 31, 2017, the outstanding loan balance was $2,898,845 and the accrued interest was $75,008, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities as part of the current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

On March 1, 2015, the Company entered an agreement with Mr. Zhenyong Liu which allows Orient Paper HB to borrow from the CEO an amount up to $17,393,069 (RMB120,000,000) for working capital purposes. The advances or funding under the agreement are due three years from the date each amount is funded. The loan is unsecured and carries 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 amount of $4,348,267 was drawn from the facility, which carried an interest rate of 5.25%. On October 14, 2016 an unsecured amount of $2,898,845 was drawn from the facility, which carried an interest rate of 4.35%. The loan matures on July 12, 2018. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the outstanding loan balance were $7,247,112 and $7,207,727, respectively and the accrued interest was $183,442 and $104,062, respectively, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities as part of the current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, total amount of loans due to Mr. Zhenyong Liu were $10,145,957 and $10,090,817, respectively. The interest expenses incurred for such related party loans are $110,684 and $181,193 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. On April 20, 2017, the Company’s CEO agreed 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 owe to Mr. Zhenyong Liu was approximately $629,986 and $516,825 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, which was recorded in other payables and accrued liabilities (see Note (10) below) as part of the current liabilities.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company borrowed $nil and $14,000, respectively, from shareholders to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. The amount was due on demand with interest free. The Company repaid the entire balance by the end of the period. 

 

Lease of Headquarters Compound Real Properties from 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. Sales of the LUR and the Industrial Buildings were completed in year 2013.

 

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 $144,942 (RMB1,000,000). The lease agreement expired in August 2016. On August 9, 2016, the Company paid off the rental for the first lease agreement and entered into a supplementary agreement with Hebei Fangsheng, who agreed to extend the lease term for another two years, with the same rental payment as original lease agreement.

 

On April 20, 2017, Hebei Fangsheng agreed 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 owed to Hebei Fangsheng was approximately $93,418 and $56,872, which was recorded as part of the current liabilities as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.