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&lt;p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;17. SECURITIZATION OF
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receivables to investors through independent securitization trusts
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receivables at March&amp;#xA0;31, 2010 and 2009.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;The Company
recognized pretax losses resulting from the sales of trade
receivables of &amp;#xA5;679&amp;#xA0;million and &amp;#xA5;3,008&amp;#xA0;million
for the years ended March&amp;#xA0;31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The
Company recognized pretax gains resulting from the sales of finance
receivables of &amp;#xA5;77 million for the year ended March&amp;#xA0;31,
2008.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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continued to service the receivables for a fee based on a
percentage of the receivables transferred. The investors and the
securitization trusts had no recourse to the Company&amp;#x2019;s assets
for failure of debtors to pay when due. The amount of servicing
assets or liabilities was not material at March&amp;#xA0;31,
2008.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"&gt;The following
table summarizes certain cash flows received from securitization
trusts:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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