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&lt;p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Purchases from Carrier and its affiliates comprised 48% and 57% of all purchases&amp;nbsp;made for the quarters ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, purchases from Carrier and its affiliates comprised 52% and 36% of all purchases made, respectively. At September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, approximately $110,000 and $61,000, respectively, was payable to Carrier and its affiliates. Carrier Enterprise also sells HVAC/R products to Carrier and its affiliates. Revenues in our condensed consolidated unaudited statements of income for the quarter and nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 include $6,025 and $16,332, respectively, of sales to Carrier and its affiliates. Revenues in our condensed consolidated unaudited statements of income for both the quarter and nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2009 include $6,603 of sales to Carrier and its affiliates. We believe these transactions are conducted at arm's-length in the ordinary course of business. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"&gt;Carrier Enterprise had entered into Transactional Services Agreements ("TSAs") with Carrier to have certain business processes performed on its behalf including processes involving the use of business software applications and information technologies.&amp;nbsp;A number of the services provided pursuant to the TSAs expired on December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, with the remaining services expiring on various dates throughout 2010.&amp;nbsp;The fees related to the TSAs were $2,227 and $3,000, and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in our condensed consolidated unaudited statements of income for the nine months ended September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. At September&amp;nbsp;30, 2010 and December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, $1,722 and $7,116, respectively, related to the TSAs was payable to Carrier and is included in accrued expenses and other current liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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