Accounts Receivable Sales Agreement

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Under our accounts receivable sales agreement (the "A/R Sales Agreement"), we continuously sell designated pools of receivables as they are originated by us and certain U.S. subsidiaries to a separate bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity (“SPE”). The A/R Sales Agreement has a three-year term expiring in January 2025, which we intend to renew.

We continue to be involved with the receivables transferred by the SPE to the unaffiliated financial institutions 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 institutions so that the total principal amount outstanding of receivables sold is approximately $1.0 billion at any point in time (which is the maximum amount currently allowed under the A/R Sales Agreement).

The total principal amount outstanding of receivables sold is approximately $1.0 billion as of both September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The amount of receivables pledged as collateral as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 is approximately $1.4 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively.

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


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2024		2023		2024		2023
Receivables sold to the financial institutions and derecognized	$	2,144,736	$	2,206,769	$	6,450,489	$	6,511,568
Cash collected on sold receivables	$	2,144,742	$	2,206,755	$	6,450,412	$	6,511,559

Continuous cash activity related to the A/R Sales Agreement is reflected in net cash provided by operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The SPE incurs fees due to the unaffiliated financial institutions related to the accounts receivable sales transactions. Those fees, which totaled $47 million and $44 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, are recorded within other non-operating (income) expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The SPE has a recourse obligation to repurchase from the unaffiliated financial institutions 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 September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 is not material. The servicing liability related to our collection services also is not material, given the high quality of the customers underlying the receivables and the anticipated short collection period.