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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

20. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        The Company was engaged in transactions with its former parent, BMS. These transactions primarily consisted of sales to BMS, as it served as the primary distributor in the European region for a portion of 2011, and fees for services under a Transitional Services Agreement (TSA). The Company had related-party transactions with BMS from the time of the IPO in February 2009 through the separation from BMS on December 23, 2009. As of the split-off, BMS is no longer a related party. Activities while BMS was a related party are detailed below.

(In millions)
   
 

Sales to BMS

  $ 84.2  

Purchases from BMS:

       

Goods

    13.6  

Services

    58.3