Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions	10. Related Party Transactions Consulting Agreement—The Carlyle Group ("Carlyle") NBTY entered into a consulting agreement with Carlyle under which we pay Carlyle a fee for consulting services Carlyle provides to it and its subsidiaries. Under this agreement, subject to certain conditions, NBTY expects to pay an annual consulting fee to Carlyle of $3,000; NBTY reimburses Carlyle for out-of-pocket expenses, and may pay Carlyle additional fees associated with other future transactions. For the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, these fees totaled $750, in each period, and are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. Out of pocket expenditures paid to Carlyle were $334 and $0 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Holdings Holdings does not have any 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 4 Long-Term Debt for further information.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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