Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2013

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Note 3-Related Party Transactions:

Investment Management (overview):

On December 23, 2010, the Company deconsolidated its asset management and mutual fund distribution businesses and its interest in these businesses was restructured as a non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests in EAM.  Accordingly, the Company no longer reports this operation as a separate business segment, although it still maintains a significant interest in the cash flows generated by this business and will receive non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests going forward, as discussed below.

Total assets in the Value Line Funds managed and/or distributed by EAM at April 30, 2013, were $2.19 billion, which is $73 million or 3.5% above total assets of $2.11 billion in the Value Line Funds managed by EAM at April 30, 2012.

 Total assets in the Value Line Funds managed by EAM at April 30, 2012, were $2.11 billion, 5.9% below total assets of $2.24 billion in the Value Line Funds managed by EAM at April 30, 2011.  Overall assets in the Value Line Funds at April 30, 2012, decreased $132 million since April 30, 2011, as a result of net redemptions within the Value Line Funds for the twelve months ended April 30, 2012.

During December 2011, the Value Line Convertible Fund merged into the Value Line Income and Growth Fund.  The Value Line Convertible Fund had approximately $20 million in assets under management before the merger.  In May 2012, the Value Line New York Tax Exempt Trust ($15 million) combined into the Value Line Tax Exempt Fund ($90 million).  The combination offers many benefits for fund shareholders.

During October 2012, the USGMMF merged into a third party fund, the Daily Income Fund, managed by Reich & Tang.  EAM distributes the Daily Income Fund on behalf of Reich & Tang and maintains the shareholder accounts on behalf of the Value Line Funds shareholders who invest in the Daily Income Fund, but EAM is no longer subsidizing the expenses of the USGMMF resulting from the low interest rate economic environment.  In addition, the merger of the USGMMF eliminated the cost of administration and fund accounting.

During December 2012, the Value Line Aggressive Income Trust changed its investment strategy and changed its name to the Value Line Core Bond Fund.  In doing so, the Value Line Funds now have a core bond fund offering that still meets the fundamental investment objectives of the Aggressive Income Trust, which is maximization of current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation, yet have broader appeal and a larger pool of investors to attract assets. Such assets may include existing shareholders of other Value Line Funds as shareholders redeem equities.

During December 2012, the Value Line Emerging Opportunities Fund changed its name to Value Line Small Cap Opportunities Fund.  By changing the name, the strategy of the fund and correct category is clearly defined for investors.

During March 2013, the Value Line U.S. Government Securities Fund merged into the Value Line Core Bond Fund.  This created a core bond fund with $100 million in assets, a critical threshold for many institutional money managers.

The non-voting revenues and 90% of the Company’s non-voting profits interests due from EAM to the Company are payable each fiscal quarter under the provisions of the EAM Trust Agreement.  The distributable amounts earned through the balance sheet date, which is included in the Investment in EAM Trust on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and not yet paid, were $1,621,000 and $497,000 at April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, respectively.

EAM Trust - VLI’s non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests:

The Company holds non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests in EAM which entitle the Company to receive from EAM an amount ranging from 41% to 55% of EAM’s investment management fee revenues from its mutual fund and separate accounts business.  EAM currently has no separately managed account clients.  During the period from December 23, 2010 until May 28, 2011, EAM occupied a portion of the premises that the Company leases from a third party.  The Company received $44,000 for the month of May, 2011 for rent and certain accounting and other administrative support services provided to EAM during the transitional period.  The Company recorded income from its non-voting revenues interest and its non-voting profits interests in EAM as follows:

	Fiscal Years Ended April 30,
($ in thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Non-voting revenues interest in EAM	$	5,781	$	5,684	$	2,187
Non-voting profits interest in EAM		479		206		168
	$	6,260	$	5,890	$	2,355

Transactions with Parent:

For the fiscal years ended April 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company was reimbursed $220,000, $268,000, and $356,000, respectively, for payments it made on behalf of and for services the Company provided to the Parent.  There were no receivables due from the Parent at April 30, 2013 or April 30, 2012.

The Company is a party to a tax-sharing arrangement with the Parent which allocates the tax liabilities of the two Companies between them.  For the years ended April 30, 2013, 2012, and 2011, the Company made  payments to the Parent for federal income tax amounting to $1,877,000, $845,000, and $348,000, respectively. At April 30, 2013 and April 30, 2012, prepaid and refundable income taxes in the Consolidated Balance Sheets included $0 and $530,000, respectively, for prepaid federal income tax due from the Parent.

From time to time, the Parent has purchased additional shares of common stock of the Company in the market when and as the Parent has determined it to be appropriate.  The Parent may make additional purchases of common stock of the Company from time to time in the future. As of April 30, 2013, the Parent owned approximately 87.4% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company.