ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

NOTE 4. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES

During 2021, we amended our existing $250.0 million Receivables Financing Agreement which expanded the borrowing capacity to $300.0 million (Receivables Financing Agreement) and extended the maturity to September 28, 2024. The Receivables Financing Agreement includes a minimum borrowing requirement of 50% of the facility limit or available borrowing capacity, whichever is less. The administrative agent for our Receivables Financing Agreement is PNC Bank, National Association. Under the Receivables Financing Agreement, our eligible trade receivables are used for collateralized borrowings and continue to be serviced by us. In addition, the Receivables Financing Agreement incorporates the net leverage ratio covenant that is contained in the $1,615.0 million senior credit facility. As of September 30, 2021, $542.0 million of our trade receivables were pledged as collateral. As of September 30, 2021, we had $150.0 million drawn with $150.0 million of additional borrowing capacity available under the Receivables Financing Agreement. As of both December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, we had $125.0 million drawn under the Receivables Financing Agreement.

Olin also has trade accounts receivable factoring arrangements (AR Facilities) and pursuant to the terms of the AR Facilities, certain of our domestic subsidiaries may sell their accounts receivable up to a maximum of $229.0 million and certain of our foreign subsidiaries may sell their accounts receivable up to a maximum of €40.4 million. We will continue to service the outstanding accounts sold. These receivables qualify for sales treatment under ASC 860 “Transfers and Servicing” and, accordingly, the proceeds are included in net cash provided by operating activities in the condensed statements of cash flows. The following table summarizes the AR Facilities activity:


	September 30,
	2021		2020
	($ in millions)
Balance at beginning of year	$	48.8	$	63.1
Gross receivables sold	687.5		614.9
Payments received from customers on sold accounts	(645.6)		(584.9)
Balance at end of period	$	90.7	$	93.1

The factoring discount paid under the AR Facilities is recorded as interest expense on the condensed statements of operations. The factoring discount was $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $1.0 million and $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The agreements are without recourse and therefore no recourse liability had been recorded as of September 30, 2021, December 31, 2020 or September 30, 2020.

Our condensed balance sheets included an allowance for doubtful accounts receivables of $12.2 million, $12.3 million and $12.1 million and other receivables of $68.1 million, $62.4 million and $73.9 million at September 30, 2021, December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively, which were included in receivables, net.