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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

21. Related Party Transactions

 

On March 26, 2007, Hawker Beechcraft, Inc. (“Hawker”), of which Onex Partners II LP (an affiliate of Onex) owns approximately a 49% interest, acquired Raytheon Aircraft Acquisition Company and substantially all of the assets of Raytheon Aircraft Services Limited. The Company's Prestwick facility provided wing components for the Hawker 800 Series manufactured by Hawker. For the the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 sales to Hawker were $1.2, $10.2 and $6.7, respectively. Receivables due from Hawker were $3.5 as of December 31, 2012, net of a $0.3 receivable write-off.

 

A former member of Holdings' Board of Directors, who resigned from such position effective October 26, 2010, was also a member of the Board of Directors of Hawker.

 

On May 3, 2012, Hawker filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. Subsequent to the bankruptcy filing, the Company reserved the remaining balance of Spirit's $3.5 receivable from Hawker.

 

A member of Holdings' Board of Directors served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Aviall, Inc., the parent company of one of our customers, Aviall Services, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing until his retirement in February 2010. On September 18, 2006, Spirit entered into a distribution agreement with Aviall Services, Inc., which has terminated. Net revenues under the distribution agreement were $4.0 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2010.

 

The Company paid $0.3, $0.2 and $0.3 to a subsidiary of Onex for services rendered for each of the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Management believes the amounts charged were reasonable in relation to the services provided.

 

Boeing owned and operated significant information technology systems utilized by the Company and, as required under the acquisition agreement for the Boeing Acquisition, was providing those systems and support services to Spirit under a Transition Services Agreement. The services covered by the Transition Services Agreement have now been established by the Company, and the agreement terminated. Under the Transition Services Agreement, the Company incurred fees of zero, zero and less than $0.1 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

The spouse of one of the Company's executives who retired in 2011 is a special counsel at a law firm utilized by the Company and at which the executive was previously employed. The Company paid fees of $1.9 and $1.3 to the firm for the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

An executive of the Company is a member of the Board of Directors of Rockwell Collins, Inc., a supplier of manufacturing parts to the Company. Under the commercial terms of the arrangement with the supplier, Spirit paid less than $0.1 for each of the twelve month periods ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The amounts owed to Rockwell Collins and recorded as accrued liabilities were less than $0.1 as of both December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

An executive of the Company is a member of the Board of Directors of a Wichita, Kansas bank that provides banking services to Spirit. In connection with the banking services provided to Spirit, the Company pays fees consistent with commercial terms that would be available to unrelated third parties. Such fees are not material to the Company.