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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
May 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 7. 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 and rents to Greystone (1) grinding equipment used to grind raw materials for Greystone’s pallet production and (2) extruders for pelletizing recycled plastic into pellets for resale and for use as raw material for manufacturing pallets. Greystone compensates Yorktown for the use of equipment as discussed below.

 

Rental fees. GSM pays weekly rental fees of $27,500 to Yorktown for grinding equipment and pelletizing equipment. Total rental fees of $1,430,000 were paid in both fiscal years 2021 and 2020.

 

Yorktown provides administrative office space for Greystone in Tulsa, Oklahoma under a five-year lease at a monthly rental of $4,000 per month. Total rent expense was $48,000 each in fiscal years 2021 and 2020. At May 31, 2021, future minimum payments under the non-cancelable operating lease are $28,000 in fiscal year 2022.

 

Transactions with TriEnda Holdings, L.L.C.

 

TriEnda Holdings, L.L.C. (“TriEnda”) is a manufacturer of plastic pallets, protective packaging and dunnage utilizing thermoform processing of which Warren F. Kruger, Greystone’s President and CEO, is the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of Kruger Family Holdings, LLC (“KFH”), which owns a majority interest in TriEnda. Greystone may purchase pallets from TriEnda for resale or sell Greystone pallets to TriEnda. During fiscal year 2021 and 2020, Greystone purchases from TriEnda totaled $143,589 and $9,620, respectively and sales to TriEnda totaled $123,166 and $6,758, respectively. As of May 31, 2021, TriEnda owed $38,035 to Greystone.

 

Transactions with Green Plastic Pallets

 

Green Plastic Pallets (“Green”) is an entity owned by James Kruger, a brother to Warren Kruger, Greystone’s President and CEO. Green purchased pallets from Greystone totaling $544,636 and $506,501 in fiscal years 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of May 31, 2021, Green owed $115,515 to Greystone.