RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

21.        RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

TCCC controls approximately 19.6% of the voting interests of the Company. The TCCC Subsidiaries, the TCCC Related Parties and certain TCCC independent bottlers, purchase and distribute the Company’s products in domestic and certain international markets. The Company also pays TCCC a commission based on certain sales within the TCCC distribution network.

TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries and the TCCC Related Parties, for the year ended December 31, 2023 were $66.8 million, and are included as a reduction to net sales. TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Independent Bottlers for the year ended December 31, 2023 were $32.0 million, and are included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries and the TCCC Related Parties, for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $49.3 million, and are included as a reduction to net sales. TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Independent Bottlers for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $30.7 million, and are included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries and the TCCC Related Parties, for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $77.5 million, and are included as a reduction to net sales. TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Independent Bottlers for the year ended December 31, 2021 were $28.7 million, and are included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Net sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were $137.9 million, $129.4 million and $120.4 million, respectively.

The Company also purchases concentrates from TCCC which are then sold to certain of the Company’s bottlers/distributors. Concentrate purchases from TCCC were $29.1 million, $27.1 million and $27.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Certain TCCC Subsidiaries also contract manufacture certain of the Company’s energy drinks. Such contract manufacturing expenses were $35.4 million, $30.6 million and $31.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued promotional allowances and accrued liabilities related to the TCCC Subsidiaries are as follows at:

	December 31,		December 31,
	2023		2022
Accounts receivable, net	$	135,246	$	88,169
Accounts payable	$	(68,386)	$	(35,467)
Accrued promotional allowances	$	(13,794)	$	(11,222)
Accrued liabilities	$	(19,745)	$	(14,733)

One director of the Company through certain trusts, and a family member of one director are principal owners of a company that provides promotional materials to the Company. Expenses incurred with such company in connection with promotional materials purchased during the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were $4.0 million, $6.0 million and $3.6 million, respectively.

The Company occasionally charters a private aircraft that is indirectly owned by Mr. Rodney C. Sacks, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. On certain occasions, Mr. Sacks is accompanied by guests and other Company personnel when using such aircraft for business travel. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred costs of $0.14 million and $0.08 million, respectively.

In December 2018, the Company and a director of the Company entered into a 50-50 partnership that purchased land, and real property thereon, in Kona, Hawaii for the purpose of producing coffee products. In October 2023, the partnership made a special, one-time distribution to each of the partners, reflecting the amount of their initial capital contributions. This partnership meets the definition of a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) for which the Company has determined that it is the primary beneficiary. Therefore, the Company consolidates the VIE in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The aggregate carrying values of the VIE’s assets and liabilities, after elimination of any intercompany transactions and balances, as well as the results of operations for all periods presented, are not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.