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Note 4 - Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
S
 
In connection with the Immucor Acquisition in fiscal year
2012,
the Company entered into a management services agreement with TPG Capital, L.P. (the “Sponsor”). Pursuant to such agreement, and in exchange for on-going consulting and management advisory services that are provided to the Company, the Sponsor receives an aggregate annual monitoring fee of approximately
$3.0
million. In the
three
months and
nine
months ended
February
28,
2017,
approximately
$0.8
million, and $
2.4
million, respectively, was recorded for monitoring fees, additional services provided by the Sponsor, and out-of-pocket expenses and substantially all of these expenses are included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations. In the
three
months and
nine
months ended
February
29,
2016,
approximately
$0.8
million, and
$2.4
million was recorded for these same types of fees and expenses, respectively. As of
February
28,
2017
and
May
31,
2016,
the Company owed
$0.5
million and
$1.7
million, respectively, to the Sponsor for these fees and expenses.
 
Sentilus LLC and the Company have entered into management services agreements. Refer to Note
3
of the consolidated financial statements for additional information.