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Notes to Financial Statements | |
Note 4. Related Party Transactions |
On April 3, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Viking Investments Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Viking Delaware) owned by Viking Investments Group, LLC, a company controlled and managed by the Companys Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Tom Simeo, incorporated under the laws of The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, (Viking Nevis), providing that effective August 15, 2008, Viking Delaware would pay for any services performed on behalf of the Company by third parties until such time that Viking Delaware (or Viking Nevis) is no longer the majority shareholder of the Company. On August 2, 2011, effective as of April 1, 2011, Viking Delaware agreed to advance and pay all third party costs for the Company as needed, but the Company had an obligation to reimburse Viking Delaware at a later stage upon demand from Viking Delaware. As of August 29, 2011, Viking Delawares rights and obligations were transferred to Viking Nevis.
On June 29, 2011, and on August 29, 2011, Viking Investments, LLC, a company controlled and managed by the Companys Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Tom Simeo, incorporated under the laws of The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, (Viking Nevis) sold 100,000 and 466,813 shares respectively of China Wood, Inc., publicly listed in the United States with the ticker CNWD, (the China Wood Shares) owned by Viking Nevis, in exchange for 1,912,000 and 12,569,420 newly issued restricted shares of the Company respectively. By August 29, 2011, Viking Nevis completed the purchase of the China Wood Shares by having delivered a total of 566,813 shares of common stock in China Wood, Inc. to the Company. The China Wood Shares were registered in a Form S-1 Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC on April 7, 2011. The China Wood Shares were subject to a Leak-Out Provision whereby only a certain amount of shares could be sold per month up and until the first anniversary of the effective day of the aforementioned registration statement, (April 7, 2012). These investments were repurchased on April 15, 2013. (See Note 9)
On November 16, 2012, Viking Nevis purchased 3,205,960 restricted shares of common stock of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $158,921. The purchase price has been paid, and the shares were issued on December 27, 2012.
As at March 31, 2013, the net amount due to the Companys CEO and Director, Mr. Simeo, is $50,162 (December 31, 2012: $49,767). |