(13) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Certain directors, officers and shareholders of the Company are also directors and officers of its main consolidated subsidiaries, MFC, MCI, FSVC, and Medallion Bank, as well as other subsidiaries. Officer salaries are set by the Board of Directors of the Company.

Jeffrey Rudnick, the son of one of the Company’s directors, is an officer of LAX Group, LLC (LAX), one of the Company’s equity investments. Mr. Rudnick receives a salary from LAX of $172,000 per year, and certain equity from LAX consisting of 10% ownership in LAX Class B stock, vesting at 3.34% per year; 5% of any new equity raised from outside investors at a valuation of $1,500,000 or higher; and 10% of LAX’s profits as a year end bonus. In addition, Mr. Rudnick provides consulting services to the Company directly for a monthly retainer of $4,200.

The Company’s consolidated subsidiary RPAC, has an agreement with minority shareholder Richard Petty, in which they make an annual payment of $700,000 per year for services provided to the entity. In addition, RPAC has a note payable to a trust controlled by Petty of $7,078,000 that earns interest at an annual rate of 2% as of June 30, 2018.

The Company and MSC serviced $311,988,000 and $318,961,000 of loans for Medallion Bank at December 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017. Under Investment Company Accounting, included in net investment income were amounts as described in the table below that were received from Medallion Bank for services rendered in originating and servicing loans, and also for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred on their behalf.

The Company had assigned its servicing rights to the Medallion Bank portfolio to MSC, a wholly-owned entity that had been unconsolidated under Investment Company Accounting. The costs of servicing are allocated to MSC by the Company, and the servicing fee income is billed and collected from Medallion Bank by MSC. As a result, in the three months ended March 31, 2018 and the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, $1,290,000, $1,295,000 and $2,608,000 of servicing fee income were earned by MSC.

The following table summarizes the net revenues received from Medallion Bank not eliminated under Investment Company Accounting.


	Three Months Ended,				Six Months Ended, June 30, 2017
(Dollars in thousands)	March 31, 2018		June 30, 2017		Six Months Ended, June 30, 2017
Reimbursement of operating expenses	$	250	$	227	$	454
Loan origination and servicing fees		6		3		3

Total other income	$	256	$	230	$	457

The Company had a loan to Medallion Fine Art, Inc. in the amount of $999,000 as of December 31, 2017, which was repaid in full during the 2018 first quarter. The loan bore interest at a rate of 12%, all of which was paid in kind. During 2017, the Company advanced $0, and was repaid $2,015,000 with respect to this loan. Additionally, the Company recognized $10,000 of interest income not eliminated for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, and $44,000 and $126,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 with respect to this loan.

The Company and MCI have loans to RPAC, an affiliate of Medallion Motorsports LLC, which totaled $16,472,000 as of December 31, 2017 and under Investment Company Accounting had not been eliminated, and which were placed on nonaccrual during 2017. These loans have been eliminated in consolidation for the three months ended as of June 30, 2018. The loans bear interest at 2%, inclusive of cash and paid in kind interest. The Company and MCI recognized $0 of interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2018, and $118,000 and $208,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 with respect to these loans.