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Note 4 - Debts and Commitments
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments Disclosure [Text Block]
4.
DEBTS AND COMMITMENTS
 
During fiscal
2013,
the Company borrowed from its investment margin account the aggregate purchase price of
$29.5
million for
two
acquisitions, in each case pledging its marketable securities as collateral. The interest rate for these investment margin account borrowings fluctuates based on the Federal Funds Rate plus
50
basis points with interest only payable monthly. The interest rate as of
September 30, 2018
was
2.50%.
These investment margin account borrowings do
not
mature.
 
In
November 2015,
the Company purchased a
30,700
square foot office building constructed in
1998
on about
3.6
acres in Logan, Utah that had been previously leased by Journal Technologies. The Company paid
$1.24
million and financed the balance with a real estate bank loan of
$2.26
million which bears a fixed interest rate of
4.66%
and is repayable in equal monthly installments of about
$17,600
through
2030.
This loan is secured by the Logan facility and can be paid off at any time without prepayment penalty. This real estate loan had a balance of approximately
$1.96
million as of
September 30, 2018.
 
The Company also owns its facilities in Los Angeles and leases space for its other offices under operating leases which expire at various dates through fiscal
2021.
During fiscal
2014,
the Company renewed its office lease for its San Francisco office for
five
years to end on
October 31, 2019
with a current monthly rent of approximately
$28,000
for about
6,200
square feet. Beginning in fiscal
2017,
the Company leased approximately
9,800
square feet of office space (expiring in
August 2020)
in Englewood, Colorado, for a monthly rent of approximately
$21,000.
 
The Company is responsible for a portion of maintenance, insurance and property tax expenses relating to the leased properties. Rental expenses for fiscal years
2018,
2017
and
2016
were
$996,000,
$742,000
and
$745,000,
respectively.
 
The following table represents the Company’s future obligations:
 
   
Payments due by Fiscal Year
 
   
 
2019
   
 
2020
   
 
2021
   
 
2022
   
 
2023
   
2024
and after
   
 
Total
 
Real estate loan
  $
121,000
    $
126,000
    $
133,000
    $
139,000
    $
146,000
    $
1,291,000
    $
1,956,000
 
Obligations under operating leases
   
848,000
     
331,000
     
19,000
     
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1,198,000
 
Long-term accrued liabilities*
   
---
     
20,000
     
6,000
     
4,000
     
12,000
     
128,000
     
170,000
 
    $
969,000
    $
477,000
    $
158,000
    $
143,000
    $
158,000
    $
1,419,000
    $
3,324,000
 
 
* The long-term accrued liabilities for the Management Incentive Plan are discounted to the present value using a discount rate of
6%.