Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions

Stephen M. Merrick, President of the Company, is of counsel to the law firm of Vanasco Genelly and Miller PC which provides legal services to the Company. Legal fees paid by the Company to this firm for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, were $29,000 and $57,000. Legal fees paid by the Company to this firm for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, were $93,000 and $128,000.

Interest payments have been made or accrued to John H. Schwan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for loans made to the Company. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, these interest accruals totaled $24,000 and $23,000, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, these interest accruals totaled $59,000 and $69,000, respectively.

John H. Schwan, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, through an investment entity, and Stephen M. Merrick, President of the Company, also through an investment entity own, in aggregate, a 50% interest in Clever Container Company L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (“Clever Container”). During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, Clever Container purchased various products from the Company in the amount of $262,000 and $191,000, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, Clever Container purchased various products from the Company in the amount of $716,000 and $669,000, respectively. As of September 30, 2017 and 2016, the balance of accounts receivable from Clever Container to the Company were $924,000 and $192,000, respectively. The Company owns a 28.5% interest in Clever Container.