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Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement  
Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement

Note 4 Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement

The Company has entered into accounts receivable agreements (the “A/R Agreements”) to sell short-term receivables from certain customer trade accounts to an unaffiliated financial institution on a revolving basis. In July 2021, we entered into the First Amendment which reduced the commitments of the third-party financial institutions (the “Purchasers”) from $250 million to $150 million and extended the term of the agreements by two years to August 13, 2023.

As part of the A/R Agreements, the Company continuously sells designated pools of receivables as they are originated by it and certain U.S. subsidiaries to a separate bankruptcy-remote, special purpose entity (“SPE”).  The SPE in turn sells, transfers, conveys and assigns to the Purchasers all the rights, title and interest in and to its pool of eligible receivables. The sale of these receivables qualified for sale accounting treatment in accordance with ASC 860. During the period of this program, cash receipts from the Purchasers at the time of the sale are classified as operating activities in our consolidated statement of cash flows and the associated receivables are derecognized from the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at the time of the sale. Subsequent collections on the pledged receivables, which have not been sold, will be classified as operating cash flows in our consolidated statement of cash flows at the time of collection.  The

remaining receivables held by the SPE were pledged to secure the collectability of the sold receivables. The amount of receivables pledged as collateral as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is approximately $41.8 million and $63.1 million, respectively.

The amount available for sale to the Purchasers under the A/R Agreements fluctuates over time based on the total amount of eligible receivables generated during the normal course of business after excluding excess concentrations and certain other ineligible receivables. As of September 30, 2021, approximately $96.0 million had been sold to and as yet uncollected by the Purchasers. As of December 31, 2020, the corresponding number was approximately $54.0 million.