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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

NOTE 6 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

From time to time, Emerson engages in business transactions with its controlling shareholder, The Grande Holdings Limited (“Grande”), one or more of Grande’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, and companies related to the Company’s Chairman of the Board. Set forth below is a summary of such transactions.

Controlling Shareholder

S&T International Distribution Limited (“S&T”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grande N.A.K.S. Ltd., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Grande, collectively have the shared power to vote and direct the disposition of 15,243,283 shares, or approximately 56.4%, of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Accordingly, the Company is a “controlled company” as defined in Section 801(a) of the NYSE American Company Guide.

Related Party Transactions

Return of Pledged Collateral to S&T

In April 2016, the Company, upon a request made by S&T, considered and agreed to return to S&T the $500,000 of collateral which S&T had paid to the Company in September 2014 as a part of the indemnification agreement between S&T, Grande and the Company pertaining to an Internal Revenue Service challenge of the Company’s March 31, 2010 earnings and profits calculations underlying the taxability of a dividend paid during March 2010 to all of its stockholders, net of the $79,000 in expenses incurred by the Company in defending the IRS challenge. On April 29, 2016, the Company paid $421,000 to S&T to effectuate the release of the collateral net of the aforementioned expenses incurred by the Company. From September 30, 2014 through March 31, 2016, this pledged collateral had been recorded by the Company as restricted cash on its balance sheet.

Ancillary Expenses Pertaining to Rented Office Space in Hong Kong

During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company was billed approximately $4,000  for utility and service charges from The Grande Properties Management Limited (“GPML”) and Lafe Strategic Services Limited (“LSSL”), both related parties to the Company in connection with the Company’s rented office space in Hong Kong. The Company owed nil to both GPML and LSSL related to these charges at June 30, 2017.

Administrative service fees charged to related parties

During the three months ended June 30, 2017, the Company billed approximately $6,000 for administrative fees to Phenomenon Agents Ltd (“PAL”), Sansui Acoustics Research Corporation (“SARC”) and TWD Industrial Co. Ltd. (“TICL"), all of which are related parties to the Company. The Company was owed nil from PAL, SARC and TICL related to these charges at June 30, 2017.