Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Assets

 

Accounts receivable – related parties of $112,241 and $71,650 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively, represent the net realizable value of advances made to related, but independent, entities under common management, of which $83,004 and $4,644 respectively, represents amounts owed to the Company in connection with expense sharing agreements as described below.

 

See Note 5 – Investments and Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for a discussion of the Company’s investment in warrants of a related, but independent, entity.

 

Expense Sharing

 

On April 1, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with a related, but independent, entity under common management, of which GGH’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and GGH’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) is Chief Financial Officer, to share expenses such as office space, support staff and other operating expenses. The agreement was amended on January 1, 2017 to reflect the current use of personnel, office space, professional services. During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a contra-expense of $69,829 related to the reimbursement of general and administrative expenses as a result of the agreement. The entity owed $83,004 and $4,644, respectively, as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, under such and similar prior agreements.

 

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 entity owed $396,116 to the Company under the expense sharing agreement at each of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, of which the entire balance is deemed unrecoverable and reserved.