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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2013
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Note 6.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Transactions with Warren F. Kruger, Chairman

 

Yorktown Management & Financial Services, LLC (“Yorktown”), an entity wholly owned by Greystone's CEO and President, owns the grinding equipment Greystone uses to grind raw materials for Greystone's pallet production.  Yorktown also owns a plastic grinding and wash line facility used to recycle plastic into usable raw material.  Greystone compensates Yorktown for the use of equipment and molds as discussed below.  In addition, Yorktown provides office space and treasury services for Greystone.

 

Through January 31, 2013, Yorktown paid for raw materials purchases and invoiced Greystone for its cost plus a grinding fee of $0.04 per pound. During the period from June 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013 and fiscal year 2012, GSM's raw material purchases and grinding fees from Yorktown totaled approximately $3,623,000 and $3,911,000, respectively, pursuant to this arrangement.  This arrangement was terminated effective January 31, 2013.  Effective February 1, 2013, GSM purchased raw materials direct from unrelated third parties.  Further, effective February 1, 2013, in lieu of the $0.04 per pound grinding fee, GSM commenced paying a monthly fee of $97,500 subsequently adjusted to $119,167 per month effective May 1, 2013, a total of $411,667.

 

GSM also pays Yorktown for (i) the use of pallet molds owned by Yorktown at the rate of $1.00 per pallet of which approximately $59,000 and $38,000 was paid in fiscal years 2013 and 2012, respectively, (ii) office rent at the rate of $1,500 per month and (iii) equipment used for heavy lifting of which $73,200 was paid in each of fiscal years 2013 and 2012.  The lease for the heavy-lifting equipment ended February 29, 2012 and the equipment continues to be leased on a month-to-month basis.

 

For the period from June 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013 and for fiscal year 2012, Yorktown and GSM had an agreement for purchase, processing and selling pelletized recycled plastic resin.  Yorktown purchased the raw material and provided the pelletizing equipment and GSM supplied the labor and operating overhead.  Upon shipment to customers, Yorktown invoiced GSM for the cost of the raw material. GSM invoiced customers recognizing revenue and accruing profit-sharing expense to Yorktown at 40% of the gross profit, defined as revenue less cost of material and sales commissions of 2.5%.  Yorktown's profit share of the resin sales for fiscal years 2013 and 2012 was approximately $80,000 and $72,000, respectively. Effective January 31, 2013, this arrangement was terminated.  Effective February 1, 2013, the processing of pelletized material for resale was undertaken solely by GSM with Yorktown receiving a processing fee of $0.02 per pound for use of Yorktown's pelletizing equipment.  Yorktown received $54,000 in processing fees for the period from February 1, 2013 through May 31, 2013.

 

Greystone also pays the labor and certain other costs on behalf of Yorktown's Tulsa, Oklahoma grinding operation.  These costs are invoiced to Yorktown on a monthly basis.

 

As a result of the above transactions and other non-interest bearing advances, Yorktown owes Greystone $3,477,907 as of May 31, 2013.

 

For the period from November 2006 through May 2012, Mr. Kruger voluntarily elected to temporarily defer the payment of half of his salary. Effective June 1, 2012, Greystone resumed payment of the full salary to Mr. Kruger. The deferred compensation as of May 31, 2013 totaled $794,411.

 

Effective December 15, 2005, Greystone entered into a loan agreement with Warren Kruger to convert $527,716 of advances due him into a note payable at 7.5% interest and Mr. Kruger has waived payment of interest and principal thereon until January 15, 2014. Greystone accrues interest on advances and note payable to Mr. Kruger at the rate of 7.5% per year.  Interest accrued in fiscal years 2013 and 2012 was $140,487 and $137,543, respectively. At May 31, 2013, a note payable of $527,716, advances of $476,680 and accrued interest of $839,886 were due to Mr. Kruger or to entities owned or controlled by him.

 

Mr. Kruger has agreed that, as necessary, the amounts due Greystone of $3,477,907 should be offset against the amounts that Greystone owes him or Yorktown.  At May 31, 2013, the offset against the net advances is the combined total of (i) the accrued interest of $839,886 payable to Mr. Kruger, (ii) advances payable to Mr. Kruger of $476,680, (iii) an account payable of $794,411 for deferred compensation payable to Mr. Kruger and (iv) preferred dividends of $1,366,930 which have been accrued for the benefit of Mr. Kruger. 

 

Transactions with Robert B. Rosene, Jr., Director

 

Effective December 15, 2005, Greystone entered into a loan agreement with Mr. Rosene to convert $2,066,000 of the advances into a note payable at 7.5% interest and Mr. Rosene has waived the payment of principal until January 15, 2015. Greystone has accrued interest on the loans in the amounts of $265,440 and $244,032 in fiscal years 2013 and 2012, respectively. Accrued interest due to Mr. Rosene at May 31, 2013 is $1,551,154.

 

Transactions with Larry J. LeBarre, Director

 

Effective January 1, 2009, Greystone entered into a lease agreement with an entity owned by Mr. LeBarre to rent certain equipment to produce mid-duty pallets with a minimum monthly commitment of $25,000.  The lease was amended April 1, 2011 to provide for a three-year term through March 31, 2014.  Lease payments were $300,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2012.