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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions

Note LRelated Party Transactions

The Company leases certain properties under capital leases with certain related parties that are more fully described in Note D above.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company purchased an airplane for $2.8 million and sold it to R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, for the same amount. The Company paid approximately $80,000 in brokerage fees in connection with the transaction, for which Mr. Loudermilk reimbursed the Company. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company transferred a Company-owned vehicle to Mr. Loudermilk valued at $21,000.

In 2009, the Company sponsored the son of its Chief Operating Officer as a driver for the Robert Richardson Racing team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at a cost of $1.6 million. The Company also paid $22,000 for team decals, apparel and driver travel to corporate promotional events. The sponsorship agreement expired at the end of the year and was not renewed. Motor sports promotions and sponsorships are an integral part of the Company’s marketing programs.

In the second quarter of 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. to exchange 750,000 of Mr. Loudermilk, Sr.’s shares of the Company’s former Class A Common Stock for 624,503 shares of its former Nonvoting Common Stock having approximately the same fair market value, based on a 30 trading day average.