Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

On May 29, 2020 the Company entered into an agreement (the “A/R Sales Agreement”) to sell short-term receivables from certain customer trade accounts to an unaffiliated financial institution. The A/R Sales Agreement has a 364 day term, which the Company intends to renew each year.

As part of the A/R Sales Agreement, 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 assets of the SPE would be first available to satisfy the creditor claims of the unaffiliated financial institution. The Company controls and therefore consolidates the SPE in its consolidated financial statements.

At the inception of the A/R Sales Agreement, the SPE transferred ownership and control of approximately $500,000 in receivables that met certain qualifying conditions to the unaffiliated financial institution in exchange for cash. On October 29, 2020 the Company transferred ownership and control of an additional $300,000 in receivables under the A/R Sales Agreement bringing the total to $800,000. The Company accounts for transactions with the unaffiliated financial institution as sales of financial assets, with the associated receivables derecognized from the Company's consolidated balance sheet. The remaining receivables held by the special purpose subsidiary were pledged to secure the collectability of the sold receivables. The amount of receivables pledged as collateral as of December 31, 2020 is approximately $771,000.

The Company continues to be involved with the receivables transferred by the SPE to the unaffiliated financial institution by providing collection services. As cash is collected on sold receivables, the SPE continuously transfers ownership and control of new qualifying receivables to the unaffiliated financial institution so that the total principal amount outstanding of receivables sold is approximately $800,000 at any point in time (which is the maximum amount allowed under the amended agreement). The future amount of receivables outstanding as sold could decrease, based on the level of activity and other factors.

The following table summarizes the activity and amounts outstanding under the A/R Sales Agreement as of period end:


	December 31, 2020
Receivables sold to the financial institution and derecognized since inception	$	3,928,024
Cash collected on sold receivables since inception	$	3,128,023
Total principal amount outstanding of receivables sold at period end	$	800,001

Cash activity related to the A/R Sales Agreement is presented in cash from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows. The SPE incurs fees due to the unaffiliated financial institution related to the accounts receivable sales transactions. Those fees, which are immaterial, are recorded within other non-operating (income) expenses in the consolidated statements of income. The SPE has a recourse obligation to repurchase from the unaffiliated financial institution any previously sold receivables that are not collected due to the occurrence of certain events, including credit quality deterioration and customer sales returns. The reserve recognized for this recourse obligation as of December 31, 2020 is not material. The servicing liability related to the Company's collection services also is not material, given the high quality of the customers underlying the receivables and the anticipated short collection period.