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Note 6 - Capital Stock and Transactions With Related Parties | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements |
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6. | CAPITAL STOCK AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
The Company paid a special cash dividend on Common Stock of approximately $280 million on each of December 29, 2021 and January 29, 2021 at $3.00 per share. The Company is a party to a management agreement with Corporate Management Advisors, Inc. (CMA), a corporation owned by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. This agreement was originated in 1991 for the efficient use of management of two public companies at the time. In 1994, one of those public entities, through a merger, no longer was managed in this manner. Under the terms of the agreement, CMA provides, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company, (i) senior corporate functions (including supervision of the Company’s financial, legal, executive recruitment, internal audit and information systems departments) as well as the services of a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) services in connection with acquisitions, dispositions and financings by the Company, including identifying and profiling acquisition candidates, negotiating and structuring potential transactions and arranging financing for any such transaction. CMA, through its personnel, also provides, to the extent possible, the stimulus and creativity to develop an innovative and dynamic persona for the Company, its products and corporate image. In order to fulfill its obligations under the management agreement, CMA employs numerous individuals, who, acting as a unit, provide management, administrative and creative functions for the Company. CMA and the Company are joint owners of a corporate aircraft and pursuant to a joint ownership agreement, each party agreed to pay certain expenses associated with the use of the aircraft. During the past three years, the joint operating costs have averaged approximately $970 thousand per year and the Company’s lease payments for its ownership interest have averaged approximately $550 thousand per year. The management agreement provides that the Company will pay CMA an annual base fee equal to one percent of the consolidated net sales of the Company, and further provides that the Compensation and Stock Option Committee and the Board of Directors may from time to time award additional incentive compensation to CMA or its personnel. The Board of Directors on various occasions contemplated incentive compensation to CMA, however, since the inception of this agreement, no incentive compensation has been paid. We incurred management fees to CMA of $11.4 million for Fiscal 2022, $10.7 million for Fiscal 2021 and $10.0 million for Fiscal 2020. Included in current liabilities were amounts due CMA of $4.0 million at April 30, 2022 and $3.8 million at May 1, 2021.

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