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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

 


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Related Party Transactions

G. Michael Brown, who retired from the Company’s Board of Directors in June 2015, is a partner of the law firm of Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP.  From time to time, the Company retains Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP to handle various litigation matters. The Company received services from Musick, Peeler & Garrett LLP amounting to $0.7 million in fiscal 2015.

In the third quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company recorded approximately $0.1 million related to the net recovery of short-swing profits under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company recognized these related party proceeds, net of $0.2 million of related legal fees and taxes, as an increase to additional paid-in capital in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 and as cash provided by financing activities in the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows for fiscal 2017.

Prior to his death in fiscal 2008, the Company had an employment agreement with Robert W. Miller (“Mr. Miller”), co-founder of the Company and the father of Steven G. Miller, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. The employment agreement provided for Mr. Miller to receive an annual base salary of $350,000. The employment agreement further provided that, following his death, the Company will pay his surviving wife $350,000 per year and provide her specified benefits for the remainder of her life. During each of fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company made a payment of $350,000 to Mr. Miller’s wife. The Company recognized expense of $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.3 million in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, to provide for a liability for the future obligations under this agreement. Based upon actuarial valuation estimates related to this agreement, the Company had a recorded liability of $1.2 million and $1.3 million as of December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2017, respectively. The short-term portion of this liability is recorded in accrued expenses and the long-term portion is recorded in other long-term liabilities of the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.