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8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Assets
Accounts receivable – related parties in the amounts of $545,960 and $252,852 at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, represent the net realizable value of advances made to separate entities under common management.
See Note 4 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for a discussion of the Company’s investment in warrants of a related, but independent, entity. See Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies - Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement for details surrounding the related party transaction involving a Company director.
Expense Sharing
On April 1, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with a Related Party to share expenses such as office space, support staff and other operating expenses (the “Related Party ESA”). The agreement was amended on January 1, 2017 to reflect the current use of personnel, office space, professional services. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company recorded a contra-expense of $152,783 and $245,804, respectively, and during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company recorded a contra-expense of $203,941 and $343,857, respectively, related to the reimbursement of general and administrative expenses as a result of the agreement. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had accounts receivable – related parties, net of allowance of $545,960 and $252,852.
GAUCHO GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
The Company had an expense sharing agreement with a different related entity to share expenses such as office space and other clerical services which was terminated in August 2017. The owners of more than 5% of that entity include (i) GGH’s chairman, and (ii) a more than 5% owner of GGH. The balance owed to the Company under this expense sharing agreement as of June 30, 2021 is $339,503, of which, the entire balance is deemed unrecoverable and is reserved.
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
On June 16, 2021, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary GVI entered into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) of LVH Holdings LLC (“LVH”). LVH was organized on May 24, 2021 pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Act (the “Delaware Act”) with a sole member of SLVH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SLVH”).
William Allen, a director of the Company, is the managing member of SLVH and holds a 20% membership interest in SLVH. Pursuant to the Company’s Related Party Transactions Policy, adopted as amended on March 25, 2021 by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), Mr. Allen is considered a related party with respect to this transaction and provided notice of his interest to the Board. The disinterested members of the Board unanimously approved the transaction pursuant to such Related Party Transactions Policy and the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy, also adopted by the Board on March 25, 2021.
Capital contributions
Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the LLC Agreement, GVI shall make an initial capital contribution to LVH, in cash, in the amount of exactly $1 million and receive limited liability company interests (the “Units”) in LVH. As of June 30, 2021, such $1,000,000 capital contribution was included within investment – related parties on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company has applied equity method accounting to its investment in LVH. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Company did not recognize a gain or loss on its equity method investment in LVH as the activity during the period was de minimis.
Subsequently, on July 16, 2021, the Company made an additional capital contribution to LVH in the amount of $2.5 million and received additional 141.4 Units.
Additional required contributions by GVI are as follows:
Failure to make timely capital contributions
If GVI does not timely make any of the required contributions on or prior to the applicable dates, then GVI will be a passive investor in the Company with no rights except as expressly required by applicable law.
GAUCHO GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
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