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Related Parties
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties

NOTE 13 Related Parties

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., prior to the close of the acquisition of LSC by Diodes.   On November 30, 2020, we acquired LSC and LSC is no longer a stockholder or related party, but instead it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ours. Raymond Soong, the former Chairman of the Board 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 Diodes, was also the Vice Chairman of LSC and a board member of LTC. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, our current Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, is a board member of LTC and a board member of Nuvoton Technology Corporation (“Nuvoton”). We purchase wafers from Nuvoton for use in our production process. We also conduct business with Nuvoton and its subsidiaries and affiliates. We consider our relationship with Nuvoton to be mutually beneficial and we plan to continue our strategic alliance with Nuvoton.    

We 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 1.0% and 1.7% of our net sales for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.  We sold products to companies owned by Keylink, totaling approximately 1.2% and 1.6% of our net sales for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.   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 three months ended June 30, 2021 and, 2020 were approximately $4.3 million and $3.8 million, respectively.  The aggregate amounts paid to Keylink for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and, 2020 were approximately $8.7 million and $6.9 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 these joint ventures.  We also purchase materials from Jiyuan Crystal Photoelectric Frequency Technology Ltd. (“JCP”) a frequency control product 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 to and purchases from related parties:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

LSC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

$

-

 

 

$

171

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

299

 

Purchases

$

-

 

 

$

3,806

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

6,554

 

Nuvoton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases

$

2,288

 

 

$

2,011

 

 

$

3,695

 

 

$

3,655

 

Keylink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

$

4,333

 

 

$

4,975

 

 

$

9,899

 

 

$

8,960

 

Purchases

$

501

 

 

$

426

 

 

$

980

 

 

$

831

 

JCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases

$

328

 

 

$

291

 

 

$

687

 

 

$

447

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The table below sets forth accounts receivable from, and accounts payable to, related parties:

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Nuvoton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

$

-

 

 

$

10

 

Accounts payable

$

1,539

 

 

$

796

 

Keylink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

$

39,660

 

 

$

35,365

 

Accounts payable

$

34,373

 

 

$

31,247

 

JCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

379

 

 

$

357