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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

From time to time the Company may have related party transactions (“RPTs”). In short, RPTs represent any transaction between the Company and any Company employee, director or officer, or any related entity, or relative, etc. The Company performs a review of transactions each year to determine if any RPTs exist, and if so, determines if the related parties act independently of each other in a fair transaction. Through this investigation the Company noted a limited number of RPTs which are disclosed hereto. First, legal and accounting fees of $117,000 were paid on behalf of three affiliated shareholders during the first two quarters of 2021 for the filing of a registration statement with the SEC (Form S-3) which allowed for the resale of up to 300,000 shares of common stock owned by the affiliated shareholders. The legal and accounting fees are to be repaid to the Company by the three affiliated shareholders, and the remaining amount is reported in Other Current Assets. Legal services for the Form S-3 and for other legal services were performed by a firm which formerly employed one member of the board. Second, on occasion the Company shares a small amount of services with its former parent Mestek, Inc., mostly related to board meeting expenses. Finally, the Company is aware of transactions between a few service providers which employ individuals with associations to Omega Flex employees. In all cases, these transactions have been determined to be independent transactions with no indication that they are influenced by the related relationships. Other than as disclosed above, the Company is currently not aware of any RPTs between the Company and any of its current directors or officers outside the scope of their normal business functions or expected contractual duties.