Related Party Transactions (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related party transactions

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Prior to the IPO, the Company used certain functions and services performed by Post. These functions and services included legal, finance, internal audit, treasury, information technology support, insurance and tax matters, the use of office and/or data center space, payroll processing services and tax compliance services. Costs for these functions and services performed by Post were allocated to the Company based on a reasonable activity base (including specific costs, revenue, net assets and headcount, or a combination of such items) or another reasonable method. For the year ended September 30, 2019, allocated costs were $12.6, which included $6.7 of costs related to the separation from Post. Costs related to the separation from Post were $0.2 and $1.9 for the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Allocated costs and costs related to the separation from Post were included in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

After the completion of the IPO, Post continues to provide these services and other services to the Company under a master services agreement (the “MSA”). In addition to charges for these services, the Company also incurs certain pass-through charges from Post, primarily relating to stock-based compensation for employees participating in Post’s stock-based compensation plans. MSA fees were $2.2 for each of the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. Stock-based compensation expense related to Post’s stock-based compensation plans were $2.6 and $3.9 for the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020,

respectively. See Note 17 for further information related to Post’s stock-based compensation plans. MSA fees and stock-based compensation expense were reported in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company sells certain products to, purchases certain products from and licenses certain intellectual property to and from Post and its subsidiaries. For the period prior to the IPO, the amounts related to these transactions were included in the accompanying financial statements based upon transfer prices in effect at the time of the individual transactions. For the periods subsequent to the IPO, these transactions were based upon pricing governed by agreements between the Company and Post and its subsidiaries. These transactions were consistent with prices of similar arm's-length transactions during all periods. During each of the years ended September 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019, net sales to and royalties received from Post and its subsidiaries were immaterial. During the years ended September 30, 2021, 2020 and 2019, purchases from and royalties paid to Post and its subsidiaries were $1.0, $0.6 and zero, respectively.

The Company has a series of agreements with Post which are intended to govern the ongoing relationship between the Company and Post. These agreements include the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of BellRing LLC (the “BellRing LLC Agreement”), an employee matters agreement, an investor rights agreement, a tax matters agreement, a tax receivable agreement and the MSA, among others. Under certain of these agreements, the Company incurs expenses payable to Post in connection with certain administrative services provided for varying lengths of time. The Company had immaterial receivables with Post at both September 30, 2021 and 2020 related to sales with Post and its subsidiaries. The Company had $2.2 and $1.3 of payables with Post at September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, related to MSA fees and pass-through charges owed by the Company to Post, as well as related party purchases. The receivables and payables were included in “Receivables, net” and “Accounts payable,” respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, BellRing LLC paid $20.4 and $21.4, respectively, to Post related to quarterly tax distributions from BellRing LLC to Post made pursuant to the terms of the BellRing LLC Agreement and $4.2 and $3.4, respectively, for state corporate tax withholdings on behalf of Post. There were no payments made by BellRing LLC related to quarterly tax distributions or state corporate tax withholdings during the year ended September 30, 2019.

Based on the provisions of the tax receivable agreement, BellRing Inc. must pay to Post (or certain of its transferees or other assignees) 85% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal income tax, as well as state and local income tax and franchise tax (using an assumed tax rate) and foreign tax that BellRing Inc. realizes (or, in some circumstances, is deemed to realize) as a result of (a) the increase in the tax basis of assets of BellRing LLC attributable to (i) the redemption of Post’s (or certain transferees’ or assignees’) BellRing LLC units for shares of Class A Common Stock or cash, (ii) deemed sales by Post (or certain of its transferees or assignees) of BellRing LLC units or assets to BellRing Inc., (iii) certain actual or deemed distributions from BellRing LLC to Post (or certain transferees or assignees) and (iv) certain formation transactions, (b) disproportionate allocations of tax benefits to BellRing Inc. as a result of Section 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and (c) certain tax benefits (e.g., imputed interest, basis adjustments, etc.) attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. Amounts payable to Post related to the tax receivable agreement of $0.3 and $10.2 were recorded in “Accounts Payable” and “Other liabilities,” respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2021. Amounts payable to Post related to the tax receivable agreement of $10.9 were recorded in “Other liabilities” on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2020.