Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with Affiliates of Advisors

The Company purchased and sold goods in the ordinary course of business with affiliates of Platinum Equity Advisors, LLC ("Advisors"). For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 purchases were $34.9 and $14.5, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 sales were $31.4, and sales with affiliates of Advisors were insignificant for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Accounts payable to affiliates of Advisors were $0.9 and $3.9 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Accounts receivable from affiliates of Advisors were $24.5 and $42.9 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Tax Receivable Agreement

On December 31, 2021, the Company and an affiliate of Advisors (the "Vertiv Stockholder") agreed to amend and supplement the prior Tax Receivable Agreement to replace the Company’s remaining payment obligations under the prior agreement with an obligation to pay $100 million in cash in two equal installments. The first installment payment will be due on or before June 15, 2022, and the second installment payment will be due on or before September 15, 2022. Upon receipt of the second installment payment, the agreement will terminate and the Company will not be required to make any further payments to the Vertiv Stockholder.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 we recorded $1.8 of accretion expense in "Interest expense, net" in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings (Loss). An unrealized gain (loss) of $4.1 was recorded in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Comprehensive Income (Loss), related to the change in fair value of the tax receivable liability for the three months ended March 31, 2021.