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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Effective as of the close of the GBL and GAC divestitures during the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company and Energizer entered into a series of TSAs and reverse TSAs that support various shared back office administrative functions including finance, sales and marketing, information technology, human resources, real estate and supply chain, customer service and procurement; to support both the transferred GBL operations and the continuing operations of the Company, respectively, within the various regions in which they operate. Charges associated with TSAs and reverse TSAs are recognized as bundled service costs under a fixed fee structure by the respective service or function and geographic location and one-time pass-through charges, including warehousing, freight, among others, to and from Energizer that settle on a net basis between the two parties. Charges to Energizer for TSA services are recognized as a reduction of the respective operating costs incurred by the Company and recognized as a component of operating expense or cost of goods sold depending upon the functions being supported by the Company. Charges from Energizer for reverse TSA services are recognized as operating expenses or cost of goods sold depending upon the functions being supported by Energizer. Effective January 2, 2020, Energizer closed its divestiture of the European based Varta® consumer battery business in the EMEA region to Varta AG, which also transferred TSAs and reverse TSAs associated with the divested entities to be assumed by Varta AG. As a result, a portion of the TSA and reverse TSA charges with Energizer were transferred to Varta AG. The TSAs and reverse TSAs have an overall expected time period of 12 months following the close of the transactions with some variability in expiration dependent upon the completed transition of the respective service or function and its geographic location and provide up to 12 additional months for a total duration of up to 24 months. The Company has exited all outstanding TSAs and reverse TSAs with Energizer and Varta in January 2021.
During the three month period ended April 4, 2021, the Company recognized net gain of $0.1 million, consisting of TSA charges of $0.1 million. During the six month period ended April 4, 2021, the Company recognized net loss of $1.7 million, consisting of TSA charges of $0.9 million and reverse TSA costs of $2.6 million. During the three month period ended March 29, 2020, the Company recognized net loss of $1.5 million, consisting of TSA charges of $2.2 million and reverse TSA costs of $3.7 million. During the six month period ended March 29, 2020, the Company recognized net gain of $0.1 million, consisting of TSA charges of $6.6 million and reverse TSA costs of and $6.5 million.
In addition to the TSAs and reverse TSAs, the Company, Energizer and Varta AG will receive cash and/or make payments on behalf of the respective counterparty’s operations as part of the shared administrative functions, resulting in cash flow being commingled with the operating cash flow of the Company. The Company recognizes a net payable or receivable with Energizer and Varta AG for any outstanding TSA and reverse TSA related services and net working capital attributable to commingled cash flow. As of April 4, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the Company had net receivable of $2.1 million and $5.4 million, respectively, with Energizer included in Other Receivables on the Company’s Condensed Statements of Financial Position. As of April 4, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the Company had net payable of $1.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, with Varta AG included in Other Current Liabilities on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position.
The Company’s H&G segment continued to manufacture certain GAC related products at its facilities and sell the products to Energizer as a third-party supplier on an ongoing basis, at inventory cost plus contracted markup, as agreed upon in the supply agreement. The supply agreement had a contracted term of 24 months, and expired in January 2021 with no renewal. Material and inventory on hand to support the supply agreement is recognized as inventory of the Company. During the three and six month periods ended April 4, 2021 the Company recognized $1.9 million and $6.0 million, respectively, of revenue attributable to the Energizer supply agreement as a component of H&G revenue after completion of the GAC divestiture. During the three and six month periods ended March 29, 2020, the Company recognized $5.6 million and $10.9 million of revenue attributable to the Energizer supply agreement. As of April 4, 2021 and September 30, 2020, the Company had outstanding receivables of $0.1 million and $4.4 million, respectively, from Energizer in Trade Receivables, Net on the Company’s Condensed Statements of Financial Position associated with the H&G supply agreement.
See Note 13 – Fair value of Financial Instruments for additional discussion on the Company’s investment in Energizer common stock.