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Related Party Transactions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
In November 2018, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in a building adjacent to the Company’s office headquarters building to be constructed and owned by a company 33% beneficially owned by Blake L. Sartini, 3% beneficially owned by Stephen A. Arcana, and 1.67% owned by each of Mr. Sartini’s three children (including Blake L. Sartini, II). Mr. Sartini serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is co-trustee of The Blake L. Sartini and Delise F. Sartini Family Trust, which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Mr. Arcana serves as the Company’s Chief Development Officer. Mr. Sartini II serves as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. The lease commenced in August 2020 and expires on December 31, 2030. The Company incurred rent expense of $0.3 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022.
A portion of the Company’s office headquarters building is sublet to Sartini Enterprises, Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Sartini. Rental income during each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 for the sublet portion of the office headquarters building was less than $0.1 million. No amount was owed to the Company under such sublease as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
From time to time, the Company’s executive officers and employees use a private aircraft leased to Sartini Enterprises, Inc. for Company business purposes pursuant to aircraft time-sharing, co-user and various cost-sharing agreements between the Company and Sartini Enterprises, Inc., all of which have been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. The aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements specify the maximum expense reimbursement that Sartini Enterprises, Inc. can charge the Company under the applicable regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration for the use of the aircraft and the flight crew. Such costs include fuel, landing fees, hangar and tie-down costs away from the aircraft’s operating base, flight planning and weather contract services, crew costs and other related expenses. The Company’s compliance department reviews the cost-sharing arrangements and reimbursements on a regular basis. On August 6, 2024, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreement in connection with Sartini Enterprises, Inc.’s purchase of the aircraft. The terms and conditions of the amendment are materially consistent with the original agreement. The Company incurred $0.1 million, $0.3 million and $0.6 million under the aircraft time-sharing, co-user and various cost-sharing agreements with Sartini Enterprises, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company was owed $0.1 million under such agreements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
On May 18, 2022 and November 23, 2022, the Company repurchased 210,000 and 263,418 shares of its common stock, respectively, from Anthony A. Marnell III, a former non-employee member of the Company’s Board of Directors, pursuant to its share repurchase program. The repurchase prices were $42.61 and $41.35 per share, respectively, resulting in charges to accumulated deficit of $8.9 million and $10.9 million, respectively. All of the share repurchase transactions were approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors prior to being executed.