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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 15 – Related Party Transactions

We historically conducted business with a related party company, Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation; (“LSC”), and its subsidiaries and affiliates.  LSC was also our largest stockholder, owning approximately 15% of our outstanding Common Stock.  As of November 30, 2020, we acquired LSC and they are no longer a stockholder or related party. We sold products to LSC totaling less than 1% of our net sales for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.  Raymond Soong, the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Diodes, was the Chairman of LSC, and was the Chairman of Lite-On Technology Corporation (“LTC”), which was 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, was also Vice Chairman of LSC and a board member of LTC. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, our current

Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer, is a board member of LTC, and a board member of Nuvoton. We consider our relationships Nuvoton to be mutually beneficial and we plan to continue our strategic alliance with Nuvoton.  We purchase wafers from Nuvoton for use in our production process. We also conduct business with Nuvoton Technology Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Nuvoton”).  

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 approximately 2% for the 12 months ended December 31, 2020 and 1% of net sales for each of the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. 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 paid to Keylink for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were approximately $14.6 million, $15.3 million and $16.6 million, respectively.   In addition, Chengdu Ya Guang Electronic Company Limited (“Ya Guang”) is our 2%  joint venture partner in one of our Chengdu assembly and test facilities and our 5% partner in our other Chengdu assembly and test facilities; however, we have no material transactions with Ya Guang, other than this joint venture.  We also purchase materials from Jiyuan Crystal Photoelectric Frequency Technology Ltd. (“JCP”) an FCP manufacturing company in which we have made an equity investment and account for using the equity method of accounting.

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:

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

LSC, its subsidiaries and affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

$

518

 

 

$

912

 

 

$

1,179

 

Purchases

$

12,062

 

 

$

13,799

 

 

$

21,126

 

Keylink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

$

19,757

 

 

$

15,543

 

 

$

12,227

 

Purchases

$

1,538

 

 

$

2,399

 

 

$

3,581

 

Nuvoton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

$

10

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Purchases

$

8,418

 

 

$

7,719

 

 

$

11,152

 

JCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases

$

1,095

 

 

$

625

 

 

$

600

 

 

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

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

LSC, its subsidiaries and affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

N/A

 

 

$

184

 

Accounts payable

N/A

 

 

$

2,154

 

Keylink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

$

35,365

 

 

$

31,598

 

Accounts payable

$

31,247

 

 

$

28,244

 

Nuvoton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

$

10

 

 

$

-

 

Accounts payable

$

796

 

 

$

1,055

 

JCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

357

 

 

$

173