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Note 13 - Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
Note 13 – Related Party Transactions
 
As of March 31, 2016, the Company leased its office headquarters building and one tavern location from a company 33% beneficially owned by Blake L. Sartini and 3% beneficially owned by Stephen A. Arcana, and leased four tavern locations from companies owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini or by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee. In addition, two tavern locations that the Company leased from related parties were divested by those related parties during the first quarter of 2016. The lease for the Company’s office headquarters building expires on July 31, 2025, and the leases for the tavern locations have remaining terms ranging from one to 15 years. Rent expense during the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $0.3 million for the office headquarters building and $0.4 million in the aggregate for such tavern locations. Additionally, a portion of the office headquarters building is sublet to a company owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini. Rental income during the three months ended March 31, 2016 for the sublet portion of the office headquarters building was less than $0.1 million. No amounts were owed to the Company or due and payable by the Company as of March 31, 2016 under the leases of such tavern locations or the lease of the office headquarters building. Less than $0.1 million was owed to the Company under the sublease of the office headquarters building. Mr. Sartini serves as the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is co-trustee of the Sartini Trust, which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Mr. Arcana serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. All of the related party lease agreements were in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.
 
Mr. Sartini’s son, Blake L. Sartini, II (“Mr. Sartini II”), joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Distributed Gaming in connection with the Merger. Mr. Sartini II has an employment agreement that was approved by both the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and provides for an annual base salary of $275,000, of which approximately $65,000 was earned during the three months ended March 31, 2016. Additionally, Mr. Sartini II is eligible for a target annual bonus equal to 35% of his base salary, and has received a discretionary bonus of $30,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2016 attributable to his performance in 2015. Mr. Sartini II also participates in the Company's equity award and benefit programs.
 
 
Three of the distributed gaming locations at which the Company’s gaming devices are located are owned in part by the spouse of Matthew W. Flandermeyer, who serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Net revenues and gaming expenses recorded by the Company from the use of the Company’s gaming devices at these three locations were $0.45 million and $0.39 million, respectively, during the three months ended March 31, 2016. The gaming expenses recorded by the Company represent amounts retained by the counterparty (with respect to the two locations that are subject to participation agreements) or paid to the counterparty (with respect to the location that is subject to a revenue share agreement) from the operation of the gaming devices. Less than $0.1 million was owed to the Company and no amounts were due and payable by the Company related to these arrangements as of March 31, 2016. All of the agreements were in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.
 
Additionally, a fourth distributed gaming location at which the Company’s gaming devices are located was owned in part by Terrence L. Wright, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Company, who divested his interest in such distributed gaming location in March 2016. Net revenues and gaming expenses recorded by the Company from the use of the Company’s gaming devices at this location were $0.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2016. This agreement was in place prior to the consummation of the Merger.