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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Note 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 2, 2012, Kaiser Recycling, LLC sold its 50% ownership interest in the West Valley MRF, LLC which owns and operates the WVMRF, a transfer station and materials recovery facility near Fontana, California. The gross cash sales price for the 50% ownership interest was approximately $25,768,000. The Company will record a gain on the sale of approximately $20 million in the second quarter of 2012. Existing environmental obligations of the Company and Kaiser Recycling benefiting West Valley MRF, LLC and West Valley Recycling & Transfer, LLC (the owner of the other 50% interest in the West Valley MRF and the buyer of Kaiser Recycling’s ownership interest in the West Valley MRC, LLC) remain in place. An escrow of $363,000 was established to provide certain additional financial assurances for the Company’s and Kaiser Recycling, Inc. environmental obligations. In addition, the Company’s guaranty of certain outstanding debt of West Valley (approximately $5,820,000 as of March 31, 2012) was terminated.

With the completed sale of the ownership interest in West Valley MRF, LLC, compensation related actions were implemented under the previously disclosed terms of applicable compensation arrangements for officers and under the terms of the Company’s Class C and D Units. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s Class C and D Units $770,735 was due and paid as distributions on such units. In addition, a bonus of approximately $173,000 was paid to an officer in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement.

On May 9, 2012, the Company’s Board of Managers declared a distribution of $1.50 per Kaiser Class A Unit to unitholders of record as of such date.

The Board of Managers also confirmed that a “Change in Control” occurred under the terms of the Amended and Restated Services Agreement, as amended, between the Company and Business Staffing, Inc. and under the terms of the employment agreement of each executive officer. A “Change in Control” requires the funding, but not the payment, of severance benefits.