Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

12. Related Party Transactions

Consulting Agreement—Carlyle

        NBTY entered into a consulting agreement with Carlyle under which we pay Carlyle a fee for consulting services Carlyle provides to us and our subsidiaries. Under this agreement, subject to certain conditions, we expect to pay an annual consulting fee to Carlyle of $3,000; we will reimburse them for out-of-pocket expenses, and we may pay Carlyle additional fees associated with other future transactions. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, these fees totaled $750 and $2,250, respectively, and are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. Out of pocket expenditures paid to Carlyle were $24 and $0 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $392 and $311 for the nine months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Holdings

        Holdings does not have any significant operations or cash flow other than dividends from NBTY. Holdings has $1,000,000 of Holdco Notes and relies on dividends from NBTY to service the debt. See Note 6 Long-Term Debt for further information.