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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

The Company has a corporate policy governing the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of transactions with related persons, as that term is defined in the Instructions to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, promulgated under the Securities Act (“Related Party”). Under this policy, all Related Party transactions are identified and approved prior to consummation of the transaction to ensure they are consistent with the Company’s best interests and the best interests of its stockholders. Among other factors, the Company’s Board considers the size and duration of the transaction, the nature and interest of the of the Related Party in the transaction, whether the transaction may involve a conflict of interest and if the transaction is on terms that are at least as favorable to the Company as would be available in a comparable transaction with an unaffiliated third party. Envela’s Board reviews all Related Party transactions at least annually to determine if it is in the Board’s best interests and the best interests of the Company’s stockholders to continue, modify, or terminate any of the Related Party transactions. Envela’s Related Person Transaction Policy is available for review in its entirety under the “Investors” menu of the Company’s corporate relations website at www.envela.com.

 

Through a series of transactions beginning in 2010, Elemetal, NTR and Truscott (“Related Entities”) became the largest shareholders of our Common Stock. NTR transferred all of its Common Stock to Eduro Holdings, LLC (“Eduro”) on August 29, 2018. A certain Related Entity has been the Company’s primary refiner and bullion trading partner. From January 1, 2019 through May 20, 2019 a certain Related Entity accounted for 4% of sales and 6% of purchases. Fiscal 2018, these transactions represented 11% of the Company’s sales and 2% of the Company’s purchases. On May 20, 2019, through a series of transactions, the Related Entity sold their shares of the Company to John R. Loftus, The Company’s CEO, President and Chairman of the Board. As of May 20, 2019, they were no longer a Related Entity. On December 9, 2016, the Company and a certain Related Entity closed the transactions contemplated by the Debt Exchange Agreement whereby the Company issued a certain Related Entity 8,536,585 shares of its common stock and a warrant to purchase an additional 1,000,000 shares to be exercised within two years after December 9, 2016, in exchange for the cancellation and forgiveness of $3,500,000 of trade payables owed to a certain Related Entity as a result of bullion-related transactions. The warrant to purchase an additional 1,000,000 shares expired in December 2018 and was not exercised. As of December 31, 2020, the Company was obligated to pay $0 to the certain Related Entity as a trade payable and had a $0 receivable from the certain Related Entity. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was obligated to pay $0 to the certain Related Entity as a trade payable and had a $0 receivable from the certain Related Entity. For the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid the Related Entities $0 and $61,869, respectively, in interest on the Company’s outstanding payable.

 

Through a series of transactions reported on Schedule 13D on May 24, 2019, Truscott sold their 12,814,727 shares, 47.7% of DGSE Companies Common Stock to John R. Loftus. Mr. Loftus assumed all rights under the existing registration rights agreements. On the same day, Mr. Loftus contributed his 12,814,727 Common Stock shares to N10TR, LLC (“N10TR”) which is wholly owned by Mr. Loftus. Mr. Loftus, by virtue of his relationship with Eduro and N10TR may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own the Common Shares that Eduro and N10TR directly beneficially own. On the same day the Company entered into two (2) loan agreements with John R. Loftus, the Company’s CEO, President and Chairman of the Board. The first note of $6,925,979, pursuant to the Echo Entities purchase agreement, is a 5-year promissory note amortized over 20 years at 6% annual interest rate. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, ECHG was obligated to pay $6,496,127 and $6,689,507, respectively, to Mr. Loftus as a note payable, related party. The second note of $3,074,021 paid off the accounts payable – related party balance to Elemetal as of May 20, 2019. The promissory note is a 5-year note amortized over 20 years at 6% annual interest rate. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, DGSE was obligated to pay $2,863,715 and $2,949,545, respectively, to Mr. Loftus as a note payable, related party. Both notes are being serviced by operational cash flow. For the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid Mr. Loftus $580,957 and $325,749, respectively, in interest on the Company’s outstanding note payables, related party.