17.     RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with RPC, Inc.

The Company provides certain administrative services to RPC, Inc. (“RPC”) (a company of which Mr. Gary W. Rollins is also Chairman, and which is otherwise affiliated with the Company). The service agreements between RPC and the Company provide for the provision of services on a cost reimbursement basis and are terminable on six months’ notice. The services covered by these agreements include administration of certain employee benefit programs and other administrative services. Charges to RPC (or to corporations which are subsidiaries of RPC) for such services and rent totaled approximately $0.1 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Transactions with LOR, Inc.

Purchase of Gulfstream III Aircraft

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased a Gulfstream III aircraft (“Gulfstream”) from LOR Inc. (“LOR”), a company controlled by Gary W. Rollins and certain members of his family) to be used as the Company’s primary airplane. The Company purchased the Gulfstream for $0.5 million and paid the applicable taxes of forty thousand dollars. The purchase of the Gulfstream was approved by the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Committee was presented with an independent appraisal of the aircraft supporting the purchase.

Pilot Sharing Agreement

The Company also entered into a Pilot Sharing Agreement with LOR whereby he Company’s employee pilots may be used by LOR from time to time to operate the LOR aircraft and LOR will reimburse the Company for 50% of the costs of the pilots, including salary, benefits and training. In addition, LOR and the Company are each responsible for their own fuel costs. The Pilot Sharing Agreement was approved by the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Charges to LOR under the Pilot Sharing Agreement total $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Administrative Services Agreement

The Company also provides certain administrative services to LOR and rents office, hanger and storage space to LOR. Charges to LOR (or corporations which are subsidiaries of LOR) for rent and administrative services totaled $0.6 million, $1.0 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Lear Lease Agreement

In 2014, P.I.A. LLC, a company then owned by our late Chairman of the Board of Directors, R. Randall Rollins, purchased a Lear Model 35A jet and entered into a lease arrangement with the Company for Company use of the aircraft for business purposes. P.I.A. LLC is now owned by a trust for the benefit of the late Mr. Rollins’ family. The lease is terminable by either party on 30 days’ notice. The Company pays $100 per month rent for the leased aircraft, and pays all variable costs and expenses associated with the leased aircraft, such as the costs for fuel, maintenance, storage and pilots. The Company has the priority right to use of the aircraft on business days, and Rollins family members and guests have the right to use the aircraft for personal use through the terms of an Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement with the Company. The amounts paid by the Company for the Rollins family and guests to use the aircraft for personal use will be disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table and the Director Compensation Table to be included in the Company’s 2022 Proxy Statement. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company paid approximately $0.3 million, $0.6 million, and $0.9 million in rent and operating costs under the Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, respectively. The foregoing related party transactions were previously approved by the Company’s Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.

Related Party Franchise Agreement

On December 1, 2019, Orkin, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a franchise agreement with Wilson Pest Management, Inc. The franchise is owned 100% by John Wilson IV. During each of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company received a total of approximately $0.1 million. During the year ended December 31, 2019 the Company received $0.8 million which included payment for the franchise and an initial franchise fee of seventy-five thousand dollars in connection with the transaction. The franchise agreement provides for a monthly royalty fee of 9.0% of the franchisee’s reported revenue. John Wilson IV is the son of John F. Wilson, Vice Chairman of the Company. The Company approved the agreement in accordance with its Related Party Transactions policy.

Legal Fees

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws require that the Company pay reasonable legal fees and expenses on behalf of our directors and officers that are named in certain legal proceedings. Pursuant to that provision, in connection with the SEC Investigation described in Note 13, during the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid legal expenses on behalf of certain current and former directors and officers in the aggregate amount of $1.3 million.