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Note 5 - Capital Stock and Transactions With Related Parties
12 Months Ended
Apr. 27, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
5.
CAPITAL STOCK AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
 
The Company paid a special cash dividend on Common Stock of
$135.2
million (
$2.90
per share) on
January 29, 2019
and
$69.9
million (
$1.50
per share) on
August 4, 2017
and
January 27, 2017.
 
The Company is authorized under its stock buyback program to repurchase
1.6
million shares of Common Stock. As of
April 27, 2019,
502,060
shares were purchased under the program and
1,097,940
shares were available for purchase.
No
shares of Common Stock have been repurchased during the last
three
fiscal years.
 
The Company is a party to a management agreement with Corporate Management Advisors, Inc. (“CMA”), a corporation owned by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. This agreement was originated in
1991
for the efficient use of management of
two
public companies at the time. In
1994,
one
of those public entities, through a merger,
no
longer was managed in this manner. Under the terms of the agreement, CMA provides, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of the Company, (i) senior corporate functions (including supervision of the Company’s financial, legal, executive recruitment, internal audit and information systems departments) as well as the services of a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and (ii) services in connection with acquisitions, dispositions and financings by the Company, including identifying and profiling acquisition candidates, negotiating and structuring potential transactions and arranging financing for any such transaction. CMA, through its personnel, also provides, to the extent possible, the stimulus and creativity to develop an innovative and dynamic persona for the Company, its products and corporate image. In order to fulfill its obligations under the management agreement, CMA employs numerous individuals, who, acting as a unit, provide management, administrative and creative functions for the Company. The management agreement provides that the Company will pay CMA an annual base fee equal to
one
percent of the consolidated net sales of the Company, and further provides that the Compensation and Stock Option Committee and the Board of Directors
may
from time to time award additional incentive compensation to CMA or its personnel. The Board of Directors on numerous occasions contemplated incentive compensation and since the inception of this agreement,
no
incentive compensation has been paid. We incurred management fees to CMA of
$10.2
million for Fiscal
2019,
$9.8
million for Fiscal
2018
and
$8.3
million for Fiscal
2017.
Included in accounts payable were amounts due CMA of
$2.4
million at
April 27, 2019
and
$2.4
million at
April 28, 2018.