Related-Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Related-Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related-Party Transactions

12.  Related-Party Transactions

On March 10, 2017, the Company’s entered into a Fourth Extension Agreement to the Amended and Restated Office/Warehouse Lease with Arden Partners I, L.L.P., the landlord of the Company’s facility in Arden Hills, Minnesota.Pursuant to the lease as amended, the Company leases office and factory space from a partnership consisting of three present or former officers of the Company, including Mark Gorder, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Company is required to pay all real estate taxes and operating expenses. The total base rent expense, real estate taxes and other charges incurred under the lease were approximately $124 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and approximately $121 for the three months ended March 31, 2016.The term of the lease runs to January 31, 2022.

The Company uses the law firm of Blank Rome LLP for legal services. A partner of that firm is the son-in-law of the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors.   For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company paid that firm approximately $72 for legal services and costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company paid that firm approximately $67 for legal services and costs.The Chairman of our Board of Directors is considered independent under applicable Nasdaq and Securities and Exchange Commission rules because (i) no payments were made to the Chairman or the partner directly in exchange for the services provided by the law firm and (ii) the amounts paid to the law firm did not exceed the thresholds contained in the Nasdaq standards. Furthermore, the aforementioned partner does not provide any legal services to the Company and is not involved in billing matters.