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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 12 – Related Party Transactions

As of September 30, 2019, the Company leased its office headquarters building from a company 33% beneficially owned by Blake L. Sartini, 5% owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members (including Blake L. Sartini, II) for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee, and 3% beneficially owned by Stephen A. Arcana. The rent expense for the office headquarters building was $0.3 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and $1.0 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. There were no amounts owed to the Company, and no amount was due and payable by the Company, under this lease as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Additionally, a portion of the office headquarters building was sublet to a company owned or controlled by Mr. Sartini. There was less than $0.1 million of rental income under such sublease for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. No amount was owed to the Company under such sublease as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. Mr. Sartini serves as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is co-trustee of The Blake L. Sartini and Delise F. Sartini Family Trust, which is a significant shareholder of the Company. Mr. Arcana serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

 

In November 2018, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space in a building to be constructed and owned by a company 33% beneficially owned by Mr. Sartini, 5% owned by a trust for the benefit of Mr. Sartini’s immediate family members (including Blake L. Sartini, II) for which Mr. Sartini serves as trustee, and 3% beneficially owned by Mr. Arcana. The lease is intended to commence in 2019 and expires on December 31, 2030. The rent expense for the space is expected to be approximately $0.3 million per year. Additionally, the lease agreement includes a right of first refusal for additional space on the second floor of the building.

One tavern location that the Company had previously leased from a related party was sold in the second quarter of 2019 to an unrelated third party. A second tavern location that the Company had previously leased from a related party was sold in 2018 to an unrelated third party. The rent expense for tavern locations leased from related parties (for the periods in which the leases were with related parties) was $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and $0.2 million and $0.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. No tavern locations were leased from related parties during the three months ended September 30, 2019. There were no amounts owed to the Company, and no amount was due and payable by the Company, under such leases as of December 31, 2018.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company paid less than $0.1 million in each period under aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements between the Company and Sartini Enterprises, Inc. a company controlled by Mr. Sartini. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company paid $0.5 million and $0.2 million, respectively, under the aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements. The Company owed less than $0.1 million under the aircraft time-sharing, co-user and cost-sharing agreements as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

During the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded revenues of $0.2 million in each period, and the Company recorded gaming expenses of $0.2 million in each period, related to the use of the Company’s slots at a distributed gaming location owned in part by Sean T. Higgins, who serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Government Affairs. During each of the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded revenues of $0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the Company recorded gaming expenses of $0.7 million in each period, related to the use of the Company’s slots at this distributed gaming location. De minimis amounts were owed to the Company and were due and payable by the Company related to this arrangement as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

During the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded expenses of less than $0.1 million related to a three-year consulting agreement between the Company and Lyle A. Berman, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded $0.2 million of SG&A expenses related to Mr. Berman’s consulting agreement. No amount was due and payable by the Company as of December 31, 2018 related to this agreement. The consulting agreement expired on July 31, 2018.