Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Related Party Transactions

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Note 15 - Related Party Transactions
US Federal tax withholding. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2012, the Company identified a potential liability of approximately $2.0 million related to the Company's non-payment of required US Federal tax withholdings in the course of its initial acquisition of a part of NP. In October 2009, Magellan acquired 83.5% of the membership interests in NP (the "Poplar Acquisition") from the two majority owners of NP, White Bear LLC ("White Bear"), and YEP I, SICAV-FES ("YEP I"). Both of these entities are affiliated with Nikolay V. Bogachev, a foreign national who was a director of Magellan at the time of the Poplar Acquisition but has since resigned. Because YEP I was a foreign entity and the members of White Bear were foreign nationals, Magellan was required to make US Federal tax withholdings from the payments to or for the benefit of White Bear and YEP I. Of the $2.0 million liability, $1.3 million was estimated to relate to the interest sold by White Bear, $0.6 million to the interest sold by YEP I, and $0.1 million to Magellan's interest on the late payment of the US Federal tax withholdings.
With regards to White Bear, Mr. Bogachev filed his US income tax return and paid taxes due on the Poplar Acquisition, and Magellan has no further related potential liability. With regards to YEP I, which is now a defunct entity, Magellan concluded that it was unlikely that one of YEP I's successor entities would be filing the corresponding US income tax return. As a result, the Company initiated a disclosure process with the IRS. During October 2013, the Company received a letter from the IRS stating that the disclosure process was completed. The effect of this transaction on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended June 30, 2013, resulted in other income of $0.4 million representing the difference between the original estimate and the estimated final liability of $0.1 million related to the YEP I withholding obligation. This transaction had no effect on the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014.
Key Energy Services. J. Robinson West, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, also serves as a non-employee director on the board of directors for Key Energy Services Inc. ("KES"). KES performed contract drilling rig services for the Company in Poplar during the second quarter of fiscal year 2014. The total contract fees paid to KES during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, was $2.2 million. As of June 30, 2014, there were no unpaid contract fees related to KES.
Devizes International Consulting Limited. A director of Celtique, with which the Company co-owns equally several licenses in the UK, is also the sole owner of Devizes International Consulting Limited ("Devizes"). Devizes performs consulting related services to MPUK. The Company recorded $161 thousand and $82 thousand of consulting fees related to Devizes for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2014, and 2013, respectively.