Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Personal Guarantees by Directors

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, a director of the Company had provided personal guarantees amounting to approximately $500,000, to secure external loans from financial institutions for AEI and the consolidated entities.

Sale of Investment in Vivacitas to DSS

On March 18, 2021, the Company sold equity investment in Vivacitas, a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company, equaling to 2,480,000 shares of common stock and a stock option to purchase 250,000 shares of Vivacitas common stock at $1 per share at any time prior to the date of a public offering, to a subsidiary of DSS for $2,480,000. Chan Heng Fai, CEO and the founder of the Company, holds a director position on both Vivacitas and DSS. After this transaction, we do not own any investment in Vivacitas. Our original cost of common stock and stock option of Vivacitas was $200,128. We did not recognize gain or loss in this transaction. The difference of $2,279,872 between the selling price and our original investment cost was recorded as additional paid capital considering it was a related party transaction.

Notes Payable

Chan Heng Fai provided interest-free, due on demand advance to LiquidValue Development Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiary LiquidValue Development Limited of approximately $815,381 for the general operations. On March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was approximately $815,381 and $823,823, respectively.

Chan Heng Fai provided interest-free, due on demand advance to Alset EHome International for the general operations. On March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $178,400.

Chan Heng Fai provided an interest-free, due on demand advance to SeD Perth Pty. Ltd. for its general operations. On March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding balance was $14,190 and $14,379, respectively.

On August 20, 2020, the Company acquired 30,000,000 common shares from Chan Heng Fai in exchange for a two-year non-interest bearing note of $1,333,429. On March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 the amount outstanding was $ 133,429 and $1,333,429, respectively.

On March 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with Chan Heng Fai, the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for four proposed transactions, consisting of (i) purchase of certain warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 1,500,000,000 shares of Alset International Limited (“Alset International”), which was valued at $28,363,966; (ii) purchase of all of the issued and outstanding stock of LiquidValue Development Pte Ltd. (“LVD”), which was valued at $173,395; (iii) purchase of 62,122,908 ordinary shares in True Partners Capital Holding Limited (HKG: 8657) (“True Partners”), which was valued at $6,729,629; and (iv) purchase of 4,775,523 shares of the common stock of American Pacific Bancorp Inc. (“APB”), which was valued at $28,653,138. The total amount of above four transactions was $63,920,129, payable on the Closing Date by the Company, in the convertible promissory notes (“Alset CPNs”), which, subject to the terms and conditions of the Alset CPNs and the Company’s shareholder approval, shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (“AEI Common Stock”), at par value of $0.001 per share, at the conversion price of AEI’s Stock Market Price. AEI’s Stock Market Price shall be $5.59 per share, equivalent to the average of the five closing per share prices of AEI Common Stock preceding January 4, 2021 as quoted by Bloomberg L.P. AEI stock price was $10.03 on March 12, 2021, the commitment date. The Beneficial Conversion Feature (“BCF”) intrinsic value was $50,770,192 for the four convertible promissory notes and was recorded as debt discount of convertible notes after the transaction. As of March 31, 2021, the promissory notes net of debt discount were $13,695,852 and accrued interest was $41,239.

Management Fees

MacKenzie Equity Partners, owned by Charles MacKenzie, a Director of the Company’s subsidiary LiquidValue Development, has had a consulting agreement with the Company since 2015. Per the terms of the agreement, as amended on January 1, 2018, the Company has paid a monthly fee of $20,000 for these consulting services. The Company incurred expenses of $60,000 and $60,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, which were capitalized as part of Real Estate on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as the services relate to property and project management. As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020 the Company owed $0 to this entity.

Consulting Services

Chan Tung Moe was engaged as a consultant by the Company through Pop Motion Consulting Pte. Ltd. Chan Tung Moe is the son of Chan Heng Fai, the Chairman and CEO of our Company. In August of 2020, this consulting agreement was terminated, and Chan Tung Moe became an employee of Alset International as Chief Development Officer. Chan Tung Moe was appointed as Executive Director of Alset International Limited on December 11, 2020 and on March 1, 2021, he was appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Alset International Limited.

The Company incurred expense of $0 and $57,931 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company owed Pop Motion a consulting fee of $0.

Notes Receivable from Related Party Companies

On March 2, 2020 LiquidValue Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (“LiquidValue”) received a $200,000 Promissory Note from American Medical REIT Inc. (“AMRE”), a company which is 36.1% owned by LiquidValue. Chan Heng Fai and Chan Tung Moe from Alset International are directors of American Medical REIT Inc. The note carries interests of 8% and is payable in two years. LiquidValue also received warrants to purchase AMRE shares at the Exercise Price $5.00 per share. The amount of the warrants equals to the note principle divided by the Exercise Price. If AMRE goes to IPO in the future and IPO price is less than $10.00 per share, the Exercise price shall be adjusted downward to fifty percent (50%) of the IPO price. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the fair market value of the warrants was $0. The Company accrued $17,431 and $13,431 interest income as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

On January 24, 2017, SeD Capital Pte Ltd, a 100% owned subsidiary of Alset International lent $350,000 to iGalen. The term of the loan was two years, with an interest rate of 3% per annum for the first of year and 5% per annum for the second year. The expiration term was renewed as due on demand after two years with 5% per annum interest rate. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the outstanding principle was $350,000 and accrued interest was $62,058 and $61,555, respectively.

As of March 31, 2021, the Company provided advances for operation of $10,104 to Hyten, a direct sales company in Thailand of which the Company holds approximately 19% ownership. The Company provided advances for operation of $29,968 to APW, a related party company of which the Company holds 8.7% ownership.

Loan to Employees

On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $560,000 to Chan Tung Moe, an officer of one of the subsidiaries of the Company and son of Chan Heng Fai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan is secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 80,000 shares of Alset EHome International. On November 24, 2020, American Pacific Bancorp. Inc. lent $280,000 to Lim Sheng Hon Danny, an employee of one of the subsidiaries of the Company, bearing interest at 6%, with a maturity date of November 23, 2023. This loan is secured by an irrevocable letter of instruction on 40,000 shares of Alset EHome International. As of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the accrued interest was $17,536 and $5,109, respectively. On March 12, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company acquired 86.44% of the total issued and outstanding common stock of American Pacific Bancorp. Inc.