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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

 

Transactions with Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation

 

There are four Directors of the Company who are also Directors and shareholders of MREIC. The Company holds common stock of MREIC in its securities portfolio. As of December 31, 2021, the Company owned a total of 2.7 million shares of MREIC common stock, representing 2.7% of the total MREIC shares outstanding at December 31, 2021 (See Note 4). The Company shares one officer (Chairman of the Board) with MREIC. In November 2021, MREIC entered into a merger agreement pursuant to which, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions, a third party agreed to acquire MREIC in an all-cash merger, which, if consummated, would result in the Company and MREIC’s other shareholders receiving a cash payment of $21.00 per share in cancellation of their MREIC common shares. (See Note 16.)

 

Employment Agreements and Compensation

 

The Company has three-year employment agreements with Mr. Eugene W. Landy, Mr. Samuel A. Landy and Ms. Anna T. Chew. The agreements provide for base compensation aggregating approximating $1.4 million. In addition, the agreements call for incentive bonuses, and an extension of services and severance payments upon certain future events, such as a change in control.

 

 

Other Matters

 

Mr. Eugene W. Landy, the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, owns a 24% interest in the entity that is the landlord of the property where the Company’s corporate office space is located. On October 1, 2019, the Company entered into a new lease for its executive offices in Freehold, New Jersey which combines the existing corporate office space with additional adjacent office space. This new lease extends our existing lease through April 30, 2027 and requires monthly lease payments of $23,098 through April 30, 2022 and $23,302 from May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2027. The Company is also responsible for its proportionate share of real estate taxes and common area maintenance. Management believes that the aforesaid rents are no more than what the Company would pay for comparable space elsewhere.