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Note 11 - Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 11 - Related Party Transactions

 

John H. Schwan, who resigned as Chairman of the Board on June 1, 2020, is the brother of Gary Schwan, one of the owners of Schwan Incorporated, which provides building maintenance services to the Company. The Company made payments to Schwan Incorporated of approximately $31,000 and $2,700 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of September 30, 2021 the payable balance amounted to $1,700. Jana M. Schwan, Chief Operating Officer of the Company, is the daughter of John H. Schwan. 

 

During the period from January 2003 to the present, John H. Schwan has made loans to the Company which had outstanding balances of $1,175,361 and $1,123,769 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.  No payments were made to Mr. Schwan since 2019. Interest expense related to this loan amounted to $17,000 and $16,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively and $51,000 and $48,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Items identified as Notes Payable Affiliates in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 include loans by shareholders to Flexo Universal totaling nil and $9,000, respectively.

 

On July 1, 2019, the Company deconsolidated Clever, and as result the Company recorded a note receivable of $1.3 million. One of owners of Clever is John Schwan. In 2020, the Company had reserved $1,277,000 of this receivable. In the three months ended June 30, 2021, the Company has fully reserved this receivable.  The net balance as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021 amounted to $100,000 and nil respectively.

 

In January 2021 we entered into an agreement with a related party, LF International Pte. Ltd. which is controlled by Company director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yubao Li, to purchase shares of Series C Preferred stock.  We issued 170,000 shares of Series C Preferred for an aggregate purchase price of $1,500,000.  Additional details regarding the transaction are discussed in Note 5.