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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

18.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

As a result of the TCCC Transaction, TCCC controls more than 10% of the voting interests of the Company.  TCCC, through certain wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “TCCC Subsidiaries”) and through certain affiliated companies (the “TCCC Affiliates”) purchases and distributes certain of the Company’s products both domestically and in certain international territories.  The Company also pays TCCC a sales commission based on certain sales within the TCCC bottling network. TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Affiliates for the three-months ended March 31, 2016, were $1.9 million. TCCC commissions, based on sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries, are accounted for as a reduction to revenue and are reported in net sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries. Net sales to the TCCC Subsidiaries for the three-months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were $310.1 million and $218.9 million, respectively.  The Company also purchases concentrates from TCCC which are then sold to both the TCCC Affiliates and the TCCC Subsidiaries. Concentrate purchases from TCCC were $6.7 million for the three-months ended March 31, 2016. A certain TCCC Subsidiary also contract manufactures certain of the Company’s Monster Energy® brand energy drinks. Contract manufacturing expenses were $1.6 million and $1.8 million for the three-months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued promotional allowances related to the TCCC Subsidiaries are as follows at:

 

 

 

March 31,
2016

 

December 31,
2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

  $
217,708

 

  $
172,201

 

Accounts payable

 

  $
59,347

 

  $
58,579

 

Accrued promotional allowances

 

  $
41,752

 

  $
27,544

 

 

 

Two directors and officers of the Company and their families 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 three-months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were $0.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively.