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Commitments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Commitments

Note 9 – Commitments

 

The Company leases its executive offices and warehouse facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from an entity controlled by its President and Chief Executive Officer. On May 1, 2008, the Company renewed the lease for a term of ten years. The lease requires minimum base rent of $94,800 and provides for a maximum annual 2% increase in subsequent years, although the entity has not raised the minimum rent since the Company entered into the lease agreement in 1998. Additionally, the leasing entity is entitled to reimbursement of all taxes, assessments, and any other expenses that arise from ownership. Each of the parties to the lease has agreed to review the terms of the lease every three years at the request of the other party.  Rent expense under the lease during each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately $96,000.

 

The Company leases from the Alabama State Port Authority a 1.5 acre docking facility on the Alabama River, located approximately eleven miles from the Company’s Alabama manufacturing facility. The lease expires on September 30, 2014, and requires the Company to pay rent and additional expenses totaling approximately $7,800 annually.

 

The following is a schedule of minimum future rentals on the Company’s non-cancelable operating leases.

 

12 month period ending December 31,
       
2012   $ 103,864  
2013     105,785  
2014     105,795  
2015     101,944  
2016     103,983  
Thereafter     141,649  
      663,020