Guarantees

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2024

Note 16. Guarantees

Letters of Credit

The Company has letters of credit which guarantee payment to third parties in the event the Company is in breach of contract terms as detailed in each letter of credit. The outstanding contingent liability for standby letters of credit was as follows (in millions):


	April 30, 2024		July 31, 2023
Contingent liability for standby letters of credit issued under the Company’s revolving credit facility	$	7.5	$	7.5
Amounts drawn for letters of credit under the Company’s revolving credit facility	$	—	$	—

Advanced Filtration Systems Inc. (AFSI)

The Company has an unconsolidated joint venture, AFSI, established by the Company and Caterpillar Inc. (Caterpillar) in 1986. AFSI designs and manufactures high-efficiency fluid filters used in Caterpillar’s machinery worldwide. The Company and Caterpillar equally own the shares of AFSI and both companies guarantee certain debt and banking services, including credit and debit cards, merchant processing and treasury management services, of the joint venture. The Company accounts for AFSI as an equity method investment.

The outstanding debt relating to AFSI, which the Company guarantees half, was $49.7 million and $59.6 million as of April 30, 2024 and July 31, 2023, respectively. AFSI has a $63.0 million revolving credit facility, which expires July 31, 2024, and an additional $17.0 million multi-currency revolving credit facility, which terminates upon notification by either AFSI or the financial institution.

Earnings from AFSI, which are recorded in other income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, were $4.3 million and $8.5 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2024, respectively, and were $4.0 million and $5.8 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2023, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties.

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