Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

21. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS.

In January 2019, the Company issued 5,000 shares on the exercise of employee stock options. In February 2019, the Company issued 5,000 shares on the exercise of consultant stock options.

In January 2019, the Company purchased membership in a profitable limited liability company engaged in international sales of fertilizer additives. This purchase will be accounted for as an investment. The price paid was an initial US$ 1 million with two further payments of US$1 million and US$ 1.5 million contingent on the investment reaching EBITDA hurdles in 2019 and 2020 respectively. The purchase was made using cash.

In February 2019, the Company announced the payment of a special dividend to the existing stockholders of the Company as of March 6, 2019 in the amount of five cents per share.