Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Related Party Transactions

23. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company manages theatres for Laredo Theatre, Ltd. (“Laredo”). The Company is the sole general partner and owns 75% of the limited partnership interests of Laredo. Lone Star Theatres, Inc. owns the remaining 25% of the limited partnership interests in Laredo and is 100% owned by Mr. David Roberts, Lee Roy Mitchell’s son-in-law. Lee Roy Mitchell is the Company’s Chairman of the Board and directly and indirectly owns approximately 9% of the Company’s common stock. Under the agreement, management fees are paid by Laredo to the Company at a rate of 5% of annual theatre revenues up to $50,000 and 3% of annual theatre revenues in excess of $50,000. The Company recorded $476, $522 and $558 of management fee revenues during the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. All such amounts are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements with the intercompany amounts eliminated in consolidation. The Company also paid distributions to Lone Star Theatres, Inc. of $1,000 during the year ended December 31, 2013.

The Company has an Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement with Copper Beech Capital, LLC to use, on occasion, a private aircraft owned by Copper Beech Capital, LLC. Copper Beech Capital, LLC is owned by Mr. Mitchell and his wife, Tandy Mitchell. The private aircraft is used by Mr. Mitchell and other executives who accompany Mr. Mitchell to business meetings for the Company. The Company reimburses Copper Beech Capital, LLC the actual costs of fuel usage and the expenses of the pilots, landing fees, storage fees and similar expenses incurred during the trip. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the aggregate amounts paid to Copper Beech Capital, LLC for the use of the aircraft was approximately $86, $82 and $91, respectively.

The Company currently leases 18 theatres and one parking facility from Syufy Enterprises, LP (“Syufy”) or affiliates of Syufy. Raymond Syufy is one of the Company’s directors and is an officer of the general partner of Syufy. Of these 19 leases, 16 have fixed minimum annual rent. The three leases without minimum annual rent have rent based upon a specified percentage of gross sales as defined in the lease with no minimum annual rent. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Company paid total rent of approximately $25,216, $24,783 and $22,876, respectively, to Syufy.