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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

Following consummation of the secondary offering on July 26, 2017 (as described in Note 1), CD&R and Deere no longer have an ownership interest in the Company. Transactions with customers and entities that were under the common ownership of CD&R and Deere through July 26, 2017 are considered related-party transactions and are discussed below.
The Company offers a financing plan to its customers through John Deere Financial, f.s.b. (“John Deere Financial”) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deere. The Company pays John Deere Financial a fee related to the financing offered, which was approximately $0.3 million and $0.5 million for the period from January 2, 2017 through July 26, 2017 and for the year ended January 1, 2017, respectively.
 
In connection with the CD&R Acquisition, the Company entered into consulting agreements (the “Consulting Agreements”) with each of CD&R and Deere. CD&R and Deere each provided consulting services under the Consulting Agreements at an annual fee of approximately $1.3 million and $0.7 million plus expense reimbursement for a 10 year term or earlier termination if CD&R’s or Deere’s ownership, respectively, of the Company was reduced below 10%. On May 17, 2016, the Company entered into termination agreements with CD&R and Deere pursuant to which the Company paid CD&R and Deere an aggregate fee of approximately $7.5 million to terminate the Consulting Agreements in connection with the consummation of the IPO. See “Note 12. Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock” for a discussion of dividends paid to the CD&R investor.
TruGreen is a customer under common ownership of CD&R and therefore became a related party at the time of the CD&R Acquisition. As provided above, TruGreen is no longer a related party as a result of the consummation of the secondary offering on July 26, 2017. Net sales included in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations with TruGreen were $4.3 million for the period from January 2, 2017 through July 26, 2017 and $3.9 million for the year ended January 1, 2017.