Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company incurred advisory fees from Holdings' majority shareholder totaling $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The fees related to management and advisory services rendered in connection with a consulting agreement entered into by both parties. The advisory fees are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, with a related accrued expense amount of $2.5 million and $1.0 million as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, approximately $50.0 million of the second lien credit facility was held by a corporation owned by certain of Holdings' shareholders to which the Company paid semi-annual interest of $2.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The Company had accrued interest expense of approximately $2.0 million and $0.7 million related to certain of Holdings' shareholders' second lien credit facility holdings as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

In March 2014, the majority shareholder of Holdings' acquired LiveVox, Inc. (“LiveVox”) a leading provider of cloud contact center solutions. The Company concurrently entered into a strategic partnership with LiveVox which initially focuses on a joint go to market between the companies. Aspect and LiveVox will cross-license and cross-sell each other’s products to better serve current and new customers. The companies will leverage the scale of both organizations to optimize efficiencies in network and telco infrastructure. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Stew Bloom, was appointed to the board of directors of LiveVox. There were no amounts recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations or condensed consolidated balance sheet during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 as a result of this partnership.