XML 21 R11.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.8.0.1
Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 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 63.8%, 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.

On September 26, 2017, Wealth Warrior Global Limited (“Wealth Warrior”) acquired approximately 65.9% of the outstanding share capital of Grande from Sino Bright Enterprises Co., Ltd., a company related to the Company’s Chairman of the Board. Based upon disclosures filed by Wealth Warrior on a Schedule 13D on October 10, 2017, Wealth Warrior, together with its affiliates, collectively hold 73.9% of the outstanding share capital of Grande as of October 10, 2017. Accordingly, a change of control of the Company was deemed to have occurred as Wealth Warrior may be deemed to be a controlling person of Grande, and as a result may be deemed to share the power to vote or direct the vote of (and to share the power to dispose or direct the disposition of) the shares of the Company held for the account of S&T.

On February 9, 2018, Grande announced that it will change its name to Nimble Holdings Company Limited, subject to certain regulatory approvals.

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 and nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Company was billed approximately $4,000 and $13,000 for utility and service charges from The Grande Properties Management Limited (“GPML”) and Lafe Strategic Services Limited (“LSSL”), which are companies related to the Company’s Chairman of the Board, 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 December 31, 2017.

Administrative service fees charged to related parties

During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Company billed approximately $6,000 and $17,000 for administrative fees to Phenomenon Agents Ltd (“PAL”), Sansui Acoustics Research Corporation (“SARC”) and TWD Industrial Co. Ltd. (“TICL"), which are subsidiaries of Grande. The Company was owed nil from PAL, SARC and TICL related to these charges at December 31, 2017.