Note 12.  Subsequent Events

 

During the first quarter of 2014, the Company sold 39,179 shares of Rudolph Technology stock for proceeds of $439 resulting in a gain on the sale of $434.

 

On February 18, 2014, the Company purchased the Insta-Link wireless hazard technology monitoring system and product family, together with related technology and intellectual property rights, from an independent third party.  The Company agreed to pay $1,200 for the product line, of which $400 was paid at closing, and additional payments of $400 will be paid on each of the first and second anniversary of the closing.  The seller may earn up to an additional $550 of purchase price, depending upon the achievement of revenue measures during the four calendar years following the closing.