8.	Stock Repurchase

July 1, 2016,

the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with Sardar Biglari, Biglari Capital Corp. and The Lion Fund II, L.P. (collectively, the “Biglari Group”), pursuant to which the Company purchased

329,738

shares of common stock, par value

$0.25

(the “Common Stock”), of the Company for

$24.01

per share (the “Per Share Purchase Price”), resulting in an aggregate purchase price of

$7,917,009.

The Per Share Purchase Price was equal, and determined by reference, to the volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for the

thirty

(

) trading days preceding the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, for a period of

four

years following the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, each member of the Biglari Group agreed to customary standstill restrictions (including customary provisions regarding matters submitted to shareholders and other governance matters), and the parties to the Securities Purchase Agreement agreed to abide by customary non-disparagement provisions in connection with the parties

’ relationship with the Company.

The Common Stock was retired upon repurchase. The accompanying condensed consolidated statement of equity for the

nine

-month period ended

December 31, 2016

reflects the resultant respective reductions in common stock, additional paid-in capital, and retained earnings.