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Related Party Transactions | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions Under the terms of an employment agreement with the Company’s Executive Chairman, C. Dean Metropoulos, the Company is obligated to issue additional equity (in the form of either shares of Class A common stock of the Company, or Class B units of Hostess Holdings and equivalent shares of Class B common stock of the Company) to Mr. Metropoulos if certain EBITDA thresholds (as adjusted to reflect acquisitions) are met for the year ended December 31, 2018. Under this agreement, up to 2.75 million shares could be issued. As of June 30, 2018, the Company determined it was not probable that the EBITDA thresholds would be met.

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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