Note 25 - Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

25. Related Party Transactions

Related party receivables consist of the following:

	June 29, 2014		June 30, 2013
Dillon Yarn Corporation	$	4	$	198
Cupron, Inc.		1		6
Total related party receivables (included within receivables, net)	$	5	$	204

Related party payables consist of the following:

	June 29, 2014		June 30, 2013
Cupron, Inc.	$	525	$	218
Salem Leasing Corporation		272		267
Dillon Yarn Corporation		131		135
American Drawtech Company, Inc.		—		17
Total related party payables (included within accounts payable)	$	928	$	637

Related party transactions consist of the matters in the table below and the following paragraphs:

		For the Fiscal Years Ended
Affiliated Entity	Transaction Type	June 29, 2014		June 30, 2013		June 24, 2012
Dillon Yarn Corporation	Yarn purchases	$	3,042	$	2,523	$	2,333
Dillon Yarn Corporation	Sales service agreement costs		—		349		845
Dillon Yarn Corporation	Sales		1,237		182		134
Dillon Yarn Corporation	Reimbursement of equipment relocation costs		—		75		—
American Drawtech Company, Inc.	Sales		—		884		2,876
American Drawtech Company, Inc.	Yarn purchases		—		56		147
Salem Leasing Corporation	Transportation equipment costs		3,607		3,077		3,096
Cupron, Inc.	Sales		486		236		116
Cupron, Inc.	Raw material purchases		8		—		—

Mr. Mitchel Weinberger, a member of the Board, is president and chief operating officer of Dillon Yarn Corporation (“Dillon”). In fiscal year 2007, the Company purchased the polyester and nylon texturing operations of Dillon and entered into an agreement under which the Company agreed to pay Dillon for certain sales and services to be provided by Dillon's sales staff and executive management. That agreement expired pursuant to its terms on December 31, 2012. In addition, the Company recorded sales to and commission income from Dillon and has purchased products from Dillon.

On April 8, 2013, the Company entered a commissioning agreement with Dillon. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company agreed to move Dillon’s draw winding equipment from Dillon’s facility in Dillon, South Carolina and install it in the Company’s polyester texturing facility in Yadkinville, North Carolina. Pursuant to the exercise of an option granted to the Company under the terms of the commissioning agreement, the Company acquired the draw winding equipment and associated business from Dillon on December 2, 2013, as described in “Note 4. Acquisitions.”

On March 22, 2013, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Dillon. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company repurchased 500 shares of the Company’s common stock from Dillon for an aggregate amount of $8,500. The Company and Dillon negotiated the $17.00 per share price based on an approximately 10% discount to the closing price of the stock on March 20, 2013. On November 1, 2013, the Company entered into another Stock Purchase Agreement with Dillon, pursuant to which the Company purchased 150 shares of the Company’s common stock from Dillon, at a negotiated price of $23.00 per share, for $3,450. The purchase price was equal to an approximately 6% discount to the closing price of the common stock on October 31, 2013. The Board approved these transactions in accordance with its related persons transactions policy. Mr. Weinberger was not involved in any decisions by the Board, or any committee thereof, with respect to these stock repurchase transactions.

Mr. Weinberger is an Executive Vice President and a director of American Drawtech Company, Inc. (“ADC”). During fiscal years 2013 and 2012, the Company had sales to and yarn purchases from ADC.

Mr. Kenneth G. Langone, a member of the Board, is a director, stockholder and non-executive Chairman of the Board of Salem Holding Company. The Company leases tractors and trailers from Salem Leasing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salem Holding Company. In addition to the monthly operating lease payments, the Company also incurs expenses for routine repair and maintenance, fuel and other expenses. These leases do not contain renewal, purchase options or escalation clauses with respect to the minimum lease charges.

On November 19, 2012, the Company entered into a capital lease with Salem Leasing Corporation for certain transportation equipment. The present value of the fifteen-year lease was $1,234 and payments are made monthly. The implicit annual interest rate under the lease is approximately 4.6%. The balance of the capital lease obligation as of June 29, 2014 was $1,144.

Mr. William J. Armfield, IV, a member of the Board, holds an indirect minority equity interest in Cupron, Inc. (“Cupron”) and is also a director. During fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company had sales to Cupron and during fiscal year 2014, the Company purchased raw material from Cupron.

Mr. Langone is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Invemed Associates LLC (“Invemed”). During fiscal years 2014 and 2013, Invemed provided brokerage services to the Company for the Company’s repurchase of 1,149 and 568 shares of its common stock, respectively, through open market transactions. The Company paid a commission of $.02 per share to Invemed.

On December 3, 2013, certain of the Company’s executive officers exercised options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock under previously granted option awards.  Pursuant to authorization from the Company’s Board, and as part of the 2013 SRP, the Company repurchased 225 shares of common stock issued in those option exercises at a negotiated price of $25.59 per share (which was equal to the average of the closing trade prices of the Company’s common stock for the 30 days ending December 2, 2013 and represented a 7.1% discount to the $27.56 closing price of the common stock on December 2, 2013).

On August 30, 2012, a foreign subsidiary of the Company entered into an unsecured loan agreement with its unconsolidated affiliate, UNF, and borrowed $1,250. The loan bears interest at 3% with interest payable semi-annually. The loan does not amortize and, during fiscal year 2014, the maturity date was extended from August 30, 2014 to August 30, 2015, at which time the entire principal balance is due.