Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

NOTE 13 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

We conduct business with a related party company, Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“LSC”), and Nuvoton Technology Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Nuvoton”). LSC is our largest stockholder, owning approximately 17% of our outstanding Common Stock as of December 31, 2015, and is a member of the Lite-On Group of companies. We sold products to LSC totaling less than 1% of our net sales for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.  Raymond Soong, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, is the Chairman of LSC, and is the Chairman of Lite-On Technology Corporation (“LTC”), a significant shareholder of LSC. C.H. Chen, our former President and Chief Executive Officer and currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, is also Vice Chairman of LSC and a board member of LTC. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors, is a board member of LTC, and a board member of Nuvoton. L.P. Hsu, a member of our Board of Directors serves as a consultant to LTC, and is a supervisor of the board of Nuvoton. We consider our relationships with LSC, a member of the Lite-On Group of companies, and Nuvoton to be mutually beneficial and we plan to continue our strategic alliance with LSC and Nuvoton.  We purchase wafers from Nuvoton for use in our production process.

We also conduct business with Keylink International (B.V.I.) Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Keylink”). Keylink is our 5% joint venture partner in our Shanghai assembly and test facilities.   We sell products to, and purchase inventory from, companies owned by Keylink. We sold products to companies owned by Keylink, totaling 1%, 1% and 3% of net sales for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. In addition, our subsidiaries in China lease their manufacturing facilities in Shanghai from, and subcontract a portion of our manufacturing process (metal plating and environmental services) to, Keylink. We also pay a consulting fee to Keylink. The aggregate amounts for these consulting services for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were approximately $18 million, $19 million and $17 million, respectively.  In addition, Chengdu Ya Guang Electronic Company Limited (“Ya Guang”) is our 5% joint venture partner in our two Chengdu assembly and test facilities, however, we have no material transactions with Ya Guang.  

The Audit Committee of the Board reviews all related party transactions for potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis, all in accordance with such procedures as the Audit Committee may adopt from time to time.

The table below sets forth net sales and purchases from related parties for the twelve months ended December 31:

	2015		2014		2013
LSC
Net sales	$	588	$	751	$	770
Purchases	$	22,378	$	31,588	$	35,329
Keylink
Net sales	$	9,749	$	9,465	$	10,559
Purchases	$	6,272	$	8,122	$	8,030
Nuvoton
Purchases	$	12,598	$	12,697	$	8,317

The table below sets forth accounts receivable from and accounts payable to related parties at December 31:

	2015		2014
LSC
Accounts receivable	$	55	$	215
Accounts payable	$	2,845	$	4,458
Keylink
Accounts receivable	$	4,112	$	4,142
Accounts payable	$	5,147	$	6,472
Nuvoton
Accounts payable	$	1,477	$	1,167