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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]  
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The Company sells trade receivables under two asset-backed securitization programs and an accounts receivable factoring program.
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs
The Company continuously sells designated pools of trade receivables under its Global Asset-Backed Securitization Agreement (the "Global Program") and its North American Asset-Backed Securitization Agreement (the "North American Program," collectively, the "ABS Programs") to affiliated special purpose entities, each of which in turn sells the receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions.
Prior to November 2019, these programs allowed the operating subsidiaries to receive a cash payment and a deferred purchase price receivable for sold receivables. The portion of the purchase price for the receivables which was not paid by the unaffiliated financial institutions in cash was a deferred purchase price receivable, which was paid to the special purpose entity as payments on the receivables were collected from account debtors. The deferred purchase price receivable represented a beneficial interest in the transferred financial assets and was recognized at fair value as part of the sale transaction. The accounts receivable balances that were sold under the ABS Programs were removed from the consolidated balance sheets and
the net cash proceeds received by the Company were included as cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company recognized these proceeds net of the deferred purchase price, consisting of a receivable from the purchasers that entitled the Company to certain collections on the receivable. The Company recognized the collection of the deferred purchase price in net cash provided by investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
Effective November 2019, the Company amended the ABS Programs to extend the facilities to November 26, 2021, and removed the requirement for the deferred purchase price receivable. Under the amended ABS Programs, the entire purchase price of sold receivables are paid in cash. The amended ABS Programs contain a guarantee of payment by the special purpose entity, in an amount equal to approximately the net cash proceeds under the programs, and is collateralized by certain receivables held by the special purpose entity. The fair value of the guarantee obligation was immaterial as of March 31, 2020. The accounts receivable balances sold under the amended ABS Programs were removed from the consolidated balance sheets and the cash proceeds received by the Company were included as cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
At the effective date of the amended ABS Programs, approximately $1.3 billion representing the outstanding balance of sold receivables was repurchased by the Company by exchanging outstanding deferred purchase price receivable of $0.4 billion and re-investing $0.9 billion of trade account receivables into the amended ABS Programs. These repurchases are considered non-cash investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows. As of March 31, 2020, the Company collected on all repurchased deferred purchase price receivables, which are reported as cash collections under deferred purchase price in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
The deferred purchase price receivables, included in other current assets as of March 31, 2019 were carried at the expected recovery amount of the related receivables. Prior to the amendments of the ABS Programs, the difference between the carrying amount of the receivables sold under these programs and the sum of the cash and fair value of the deferred purchase price receivables received at time of transfer was recognized as a loss on sale of the related receivables, and recorded in interest and other, net in the consolidated statements of operations and were immaterial for all periods presented. There are no deferred purchase price receivables outstanding as of March 31, 2020.
Following the transfer of the receivables to the special purpose entities, the transferred receivables are legally isolated from the Company and its affiliates, and upon the sale of the receivables from the special purpose entities to the unaffiliated financial institutions, effective control of the transferred receivables is passed to the unaffiliated financial institutions, which have the right to pledge or sell the receivables. Although the special purpose entities are consolidated by the Company, they are separate corporate entities and their assets are available first to satisfy the claims of their creditors. The investment limits set by the financial institutions are $790 million for the Global Program, of which $615 million is committed and $175 million is uncommitted, and $285 million for the North American Program, of which $210 million is committed and $75 million is uncommitted.
The Company services, administers and collects the receivables on behalf of the special purpose entities and receives a servicing fee of 0.1% to 0.5% of serviced receivables per annum. Servicing fees recognized during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 were not material and are included in interest and other, net within the consolidated statements of operations. As the Company estimates the fee it receives in return for its obligation to service these receivables is at fair value, no servicing assets or liabilities are recognized.
As of March 31, 2020, approximately $0.8 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities under the amended ABS Programs for which the Company had received net cash proceeds for the same amount. As of March 31, 2019, approximately $1.2 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of $0.9 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $0.3 billion. The deferred purchase price balance as of March 31, 2019, also represent the non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables.
For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, cash flows from sales of receivables under the ABS Programs consisted of approximately $7.6 billion, $6.8 billion and $8.0 billion, respectively, for transfers of receivables, and approximately $2.6 billion, $3.6 billion and $4.6 billion, respectively, for collections on deferred purchase price receivables. The Company's cash flows from transfer of receivables consist primarily of proceeds from collections reinvested in revolving-period transfers. Cash flows from new transfers were not significant for all periods presented.
Trade Accounts Receivable Sale Programs
The Company also sold accounts receivables to certain third-party banking institutions. The outstanding balance of receivables sold and not yet collected on accounts where the Company has continuing involvement was approximately $0.4 billion and $0.5 billion as of March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, total accounts receivable sold to certain third party banking institutions was approximately $1.6 billion, $2.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively. The receivables that were sold were removed from the consolidated balance sheets and the cash received is reflected as cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.