10-Q

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 28, 2018

Or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                   to                  

Commission file number 0-23354

FLEX LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Singapore	Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

2 Changi South Lane,
Singapore	486123
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(65) 6876-9899

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 

Class	Outstanding at October 25, 2018
Ordinary Shares, No Par Value	526,586,420

FLEX LTD.

INDEX

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) — September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) — Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) — Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) — Three-Month and Six-Month Periods Ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017	8
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	9
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	39
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	40
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	41
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	41
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	42
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	43
Item 5.	Other Information	43
Item 6.	Exhibits	44
Signatures		45

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Flex Ltd.

Singapore

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Flex Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of September 28, 2018 and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, the related condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, and the related notes. Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of Flex Ltd. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2018 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated June 14, 2018, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2018 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

The interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

San Jose, California

November 2, 2018

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FLEX LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	As of September 28, 2018			As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands, except share amounts) (Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,377,720		$	1,472,424
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $62,650 and $60,051 as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively	2,859,409			2,517,695
Contract assets	418,158			—
Inventories	4,442,855			3,799,829
Other current assets	935,030			1,380,466
Total current assets	10,033,172			9,170,414
Property and equipment, net	2,277,885			2,239,506
Goodwill	1,082,523			1,121,170
Other intangible assets, net	375,407			424,433
Other assets	957,217			760,332
Total assets	$	14,726,204		$	13,715,855
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	$	55,640		$	43,011
Accounts payable	6,236,018			5,122,303
Accrued payroll	406,368			383,332
Other current liabilities	1,456,519			1,719,418
Total current liabilities	8,154,545			7,268,064
Long-term debt, net of current portion	2,869,551			2,897,631
Other liabilities	532,561			531,587
Shareholders’ equity
Ordinary shares, no par value; 579,126,478 and 578,317,848 issued, and 528,887,123 and 528,078,493 outstanding as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively	6,616,635			6,636,747
Treasury stock, at cost; 50,239,355 shares as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018	(388,215		)	(388,215		)
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492		)	(3,144,114		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(156,381		)	(85,845		)
Total shareholders’ equity	3,169,547			3,018,573
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	14,726,204		$	13,715,855

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FLEX LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Three-Month Periods Ended					Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017			September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)
Net sales	$	6,710,604	$	6,270,420		$	13,134,560		$	12,278,692
Cost of sales	6,308,303		5,877,095			12,354,405			11,478,435
Gross profit	402,301		393,325			780,155			800,257
Selling, general and administrative expenses	227,683		274,149			490,565			524,960
Intangible amortization	18,234		16,376			36,751			36,277
Interest and other, net	41,060		27,554			82,802			54,430
Other charges (income), net	6,530		(143,167		)	(80,394		)	(179,332		)
Income before income taxes	108,794		218,413			250,431			363,922
Provision for income taxes	21,909		13,327			47,511			34,126
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086		$	202,920		$	329,796
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.16	$	0.39		$	0.38		$	0.62
Diluted	$	0.16	$	0.38		$	0.38		$	0.61
Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic	531,503		531,313			530,426			530,790
Diluted	534,458		536,019			535,027			536,311

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FLEX LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Three-Month Periods Ended						Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017			September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands) (Unaudited)
Net income	$	86,885		$	205,086		$	202,920		$	329,796
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of zero tax	(6,622		)	9,478			(50,708		)	20,314
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments and other, net of zero tax	21,075			(13,875		)	(19,828		)	(16,044		)
Comprehensive income	$	101,338		$	200,689		$	132,384		$	334,066

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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FLEX LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands) (Unaudited)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	202,920		$	329,796
Depreciation, amortization and other impairment charges	269,062			264,718
Gain from deconsolidation of AutoLab	(86,614		)	—
Gain from deconsolidation of Elementum	—			(151,574		)
Changes in working capital and other	(2,092,964		)	(2,614,917		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(1,707,596		)	(2,171,977		)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(363,373		)	(264,030		)
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment	12,973			36,123
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	—			(273,167		)
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, net of cash held in divested businesses	264,438			(2,949		)
Cash collections of deferred purchase price	1,812,945			2,452,782
Other investing activities, net	(24,411		)	(114,063		)
Net cash provided by investing activities	1,702,572			1,834,696
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt	650,023			—
Repayments of bank borrowings and long-term debt	(652,600		)	(26,483		)
Payments for repurchases of ordinary shares	(59,980		)	(145,005		)
Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares	131			1,211
Other financing activities, net	—			60,591
Net cash used in financing activities	(62,426		)	(109,686		)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(27,254		)	(14,206		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(94,704		)	(461,173		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	1,472,424			1,830,675
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	1,377,720		$	1,369,502
Non-cash investing activities:
Unpaid purchases of property and equipment	$	182,901		$	125,187
Non-cash investment in Elementum	$	—		$	132,679
Non-cash proceeds from sale of Wink	$	—		$	59,000
Non-cash investment in AutoLab (Note 2)	$	127,641		$	—
Leased Asset to AutoLab (Note 2)	$	76,531		$	—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

1.  ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Organization of the Company

Flex Ltd. ("Flex" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale^tm services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The Company designs, builds, ships and services complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through its activities in the following segments:

• Communications & Enterprise Compute ("CEC"), which includes telecom business of radio access base stations, remote radio heads, and small cells for wireless infrastructure; networking business which includes optical, routing, broadcasting, and switching products for the data and video networks; server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud-based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software-defined product solutions;

• Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes consumer-related businesses in connected living, wearables, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, and mobile devices; and including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computers, tablets, and printers;

• Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, electric vehicle infrastructure, smart solar energy, semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, industrial, home and lifestyle, industrial automation, and kiosks; and

• High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of health solutions business, including consumer health, digital health, disposables, precision plastics, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging equipment; automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and clean technologies.

The Company's service offerings include a comprehensive range of value-added design and engineering services that are tailored to the various markets and needs of its customers. Other focused service offerings relate to manufacturing (including enclosures, metals, plastic injection molding, precision plastics, machining, and mechanicals), system integration and assembly and test services, materials procurement, inventory management, logistics and after-sales services (including product repair, warranty services, re-manufacturing and maintenance) and supply chain management software solutions and component product offerings (including flexible printed circuit boards and power adapters and chargers).

Basis of Presentation

 The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. 

The first quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on June 29, 2018, which is comprised of 90 days in the period, and June 30, 2017, which is comprised of 91 days in the period, respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, which are comprised of 91 days in both periods.

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The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flex and its majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. The Company consolidates its majority-owned subsidiaries and investments in entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. For the consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries in which the Company owns less than 100%, the Company recognizes a noncontrolling interest for the ownership of the noncontrolling owners. The associated noncontrolling owners' interest in the income or losses of these companies is not material to the Company's results of operations for all periods presented, and is classified as a component of interest and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2017-01 “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business” to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The Company adopted the guidance on a prospective basis during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, which did not have a material impact to its financial position as there were no acquisitions during the period.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)." The ASU is intended to address specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice and provide guidance on how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The majority of the guidance in ASU 2016-15 is consistent with our current cash flow classification. However, cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs described in note 10 will be classified as cash flows from investing activities instead of the Company's former presentation as cash flows from operations. The Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using a monthly approach to track cash flows on deferred purchase price and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for fiscal year 2018. Commencing with the quarter ending September 28, 2018, the Company changed to a method based on daily activity and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017. The Company recorded $1.8 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 and reclassified $2.5 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017, from cash flows from operating activities to cash flows from investing activities.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 "Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This guidance generally requires equity investments, except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. This guidance also requires the separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. The Company adopted this guidance on April 1, 2018 with an insignificant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-03 "Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This standard comes as an addition to ASU 2016-01 which the Company adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. This update includes amendments to clarify certain aspects of the guidance issued in Update 2016-01. The Company adopted this guidance during the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" (also referred to as Accounting Standard Codification 606 ("ASC 606")) which requires an entity to recognize revenue relating to contracts with customers that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. In order to meet this requirement, the entity must apply the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Additionally, disclosures required for revenue recognition include qualitative and quantitative information about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from costs to obtain or fulfill a contract.

The Company adopted the standard on April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach by applying the guidance to all open contracts at the adoption date and has implemented revised accounting policies, new operational and financial reporting processes, enhanced systems capabilities and relevant internal controls.

As part of adopting ASC 606, revenue for certain customer contracts where the Company is manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use and the Company has an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-

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in-progress inventory will be recognized over time (i.e., as we manufacture the product) instead of upon shipment of products. In addition to the following disclosures, note 3 provides further disclosures required by the new standard.

The cumulative effect of change made to our April 1, 2018 consolidated balance sheet for the adoption of ASC 606 was as follows:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	Balance at March 31, 2018		Adjustments		Balance at April 1, 2018
ASSETS
Contract assets	—		412,787		412,787
Inventories	3,799,829		(409,252	)	3,390,577
Other current assets	1,380,466		(51,479	)	1,328,987
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,719,418		(87,897	)	1,631,521
Other liabilities	531,587		2,098		533,685
Accumulated deficit	(3,144,114	)	(37,855	)	(3,181,969	)

The adoption of ASC 606 resulted in the establishment of contract asset and contract liability balance sheet accounts and in the reclassification to these new accounts from certain asset and liability accounts, primarily inventories. The increase in accumulated deficit in the table above reflects $37.9 million of net adjustments to the balance sheet as of April 1, 2018, resulting from the adoption of ASC 606 primarily related to certain customer contracts requiring an over-time method of revenue recognition. The declines in inventories and other current asset reflect reclassifications to contract assets due to the earlier recognition of certain costs of products sold for over-time contracts. The decline in other current liabilities is primarily due to the reclassification of payments from customers in advance of work performed to contract assets to reflect the net position of the related over-time contracts.

The following tables summarize the impacts of ASC 606 adoption on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of operations:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of September 28, 2018
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments		Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
ASSETS
Contract assets	418,158		(418,158	)	—
Inventories	4,442,855		415,623		4,858,478
Other current assets	935,030		8,059		943,089
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,456,519		34,327		1,490,846
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492	)	(38,520	)	(2,941,012	)

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
	Three-months ended September 28, 2018							Six-months ended September 28, 2018
(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption		As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Net sales	$	6,710,604	$	(115,533	)	$	6,595,071	$	13,134,560	$	(27,237	)	$	13,107,323
Cost of sales	6,308,303		(111,917		)	6,196,386		12,354,405		(26,573		)	12,327,832
Gross profit	402,301		(3,616		)	398,685		780,155		(664		)	779,491
Net income	$	86,885	$	(3,616	)	$	83,269	$	202,920	$	(664	)	$	202,256

To align contractual terms across the vast majority of customers to allow the Company to efficiently and accurately manage its contracts, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company waived certain contractual rights to bill profit for work in progress in the event of a contract termination which is expected to be infrequent. These modifications resulted in revenue from these customers being recognized upon shipment of products, rather than over time (i.e., as we manufacture products) as further explained in note 3. The result of the amendments for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, was to reduce revenue and gross profit by approximately $132.7 million and $9.3 million, respectively, compared to amounts that would have been reported both (i) under ASC 606 had we not amended the contracts, and (ii) had we not adopted ASC 606.

For the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $115.5 million higher, and the gross profit $3.6 million higher, than they would have been without ASC 606 adoption primarily due to additional inventory build up as of September 28, 2018 for those customer contracts that meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3) partially offset by a decline in the aggregate average gross profit margin for those customers due to the increasing mix of lower margin customers included in the CTG segment.

For the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $27.2 million higher and the gross profit approximately $0.7 million higher than it would have been without ASC 606 adoption. Additional revenue of $160.0 million was reported under ASC 606 due to the accelerated timing of recognition of revenue for contracts which meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3). Approximately $10.0 million of additional gross profit was recognized on the customers qualifying for accelerated revenue recognition. These increases were offset by reductions of $132.7 million of revenue and $9.3 million of gross profit respectively as a result of the waiver of contracts noted above. There was no material tax impact for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 from adopting ASC 606.

The Company applies the following practical expedients:

• The Company elected to not disclose information about remaining performance obligations as its performance obligations generally have an expected duration of one year or less.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-25-18B the Company will account for certain shipping and handling as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer the good, instead of a promised service to its customer.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-32-18 the Company elected to not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will generally be one year or less.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15 "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract” to provide guidance on a customer's accounting for implementation, set-up, and other upfront costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is hosted by the vendor, i.e. a service contract. Under the new guidance, customers will apply the same criteria for capitalizing implementation costs as they would for an arrangement that has a software license. The new guidance also prescribes the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow classification of the capitalized implementation costs and related amortization expense, as well as requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company is still evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

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In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement”, which amends ASC 820 to add, remove, and modify fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07 "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvement to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting" with the objective of simplifying several aspects of the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12 "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities" with the objective of improving the financial reporting of hedging relationships and simplifying the application of the hedge accounting guidance in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment" to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. This guidance requires that the change be applied on a prospective basis, and it is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, with early application permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new guidance and the timing of adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 "Leases (Topic 842)" intended to improve financial reporting on leasing transactions. The new lease guidance will require entities that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. The guidance will also enhance existing disclosure requirements relating to those leases. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, "Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements", which provides entities with relief from the costs of implementing certain aspects of the new leasing standard, ASC 842. Specifically, under the amendments in ASU 2018-11, (1) entities may elect not to recast the comparative periods presented when transitioning to ASC 842 and (2) lessors may elect not to separate lease and nonlease components when certain conditions are met. Also in July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, "Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases", which clarifies how to apply certain aspects of the new leases standard, ASC 842. The amendments address the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments, among other things. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new leases standard. The Company intends to adopt the new lease guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 using a modified retrospective approach. The Company believes the new guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated balance sheets upon adoption.

2.  BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Inventories

The components of inventories, net of applicable lower of cost and net realizable value write-downs, were as follows: 

	As of September 28, 2018		As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	3,512,523	$	2,760,410
Work-in-progress	407,998		450,569
Finished goods	522,334		588,850
	$	4,442,855	$	3,799,829

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Due to the adoption of ASC 606, amounts that would have been reported as inventory under prior guidance are now included in contract assets or liabilities, depending on the net position of the contract, as disclosed in note 1. As a result of this accounting change, work-in-progress and finished goods as of September 28, 2018 are $415.6 million less than they would have been, had we not adopted ASC 606. The comparative information as of March 31, 2018, has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at that time.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill account for each of its four segments during the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018: 

	HRS			CTG			IEI			CEC			Amount
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of the year	$	550,983		$	107,748		$	337,707		$	124,732		$	1,121,170
Divestitures (1)	(4,006		)	(4,412		)	(4,120		)	(6,391		)	(18,929		)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (2)	(19,718		)	—			—			—			(19,718		)
Balance, end of the period	$	527,259		$	103,336		$	333,587		$	118,341		$	1,082,523

(1) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, and as a result, recorded an aggregate reduction of goodwill of $18.9 million, which is included in the loss on sale recorded in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operation. See note 12 for additional information.

(2) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recorded $19.7 million of foreign currency translation adjustments primarily related to the goodwill associated with the acquisition of Mirror Controls International ("MCi") and AGM Automotive ("AGM"), as the U.S. Dollar fluctuated against foreign currencies.

In accordance with accounting guidance on goodwill and other intangible assets, the Company evaluates goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually, and whenever circumstances occur indicating that goodwill might be impaired. The performance of the test involves a two-step process. The first step of the impairment test involves comparing the fair value of each of the Company's reporting units with the reporting unit's carrying amount, including goodwill. The Company generally determines the fair value of its reporting units based upon, among other factors, market multiples for comparable companies as well as a discounted cash flow analysis. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit's fair value using these approaches, the Company performs the second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the amount of impairment loss. The second step of the goodwill impairment test involves comparing the implied fair value of the Company's reporting unit's goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill.

During October 2018, the Company's market capitalization declined significantly. The Company believes the significant drop in market value constitutes a “triggering event” in accordance with the applicable accounting literature, and accordingly commenced an interim impairment test. The Company is in the process of completing the first step of the test, and based on preliminary results believes that it is probable that the fair value of the CTG reporting unit is lower than its carrying value. The Company is in the process of finalizing the long-term financial projections necessary to complete the first step of the goodwill impairment test. If it is determined that the goodwill of any of the reporting units is in fact impaired, the Company will then proceed to the second step of the impairment test in which it will measure the fair value of such reporting unit’s identified tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in order to determine the implied fair value of its goodwill and any resulting goodwill impairment.

As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, the Company has not finalized its impairment analysis due to the limited time period from the first indication of potential impairment to the date of this filing and the complexities involved in developing long-term cash flow forecasts and in estimating the fair value of each reporting unit’s assets and liabilities. Accounting guidance provides that in circumstances in which step two of the impairment analysis has not been completed, a company should recognize an estimated impairment charge to the extent that it determines that it is probable that an impairment loss has occurred and such impairment loss can be reasonably estimated. As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, such impairment loss is not reasonably estimable and thus no impairment charge has been recognized by the Company. The Company will complete its impairment analysis during the quarter ending December 31, 2018, which may result in a material impairment of its recorded goodwill.

The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows:

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	As of September 28, 2018							As of March 31, 2018
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
Intangible assets:
Customer-related intangibles	$	303,361	$	(98,112	)	$	205,249	$	306,943	$	(79,051	)	$	227,892
Licenses and other intangibles	287,024		(116,866		)	170,158		304,007		(107,466		)	196,541
Total	$	590,385	$	(214,978	)	$	375,407	$	610,950	$	(186,517	)	$	424,433

The gross carrying amounts of intangible assets are removed when fully amortized. The estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets is as follows:

Fiscal Year Ending March 31,	Amount
	(In thousands)
2019 (1)	$	35,987
2020	66,906
2021	62,515
2022	53,678
2023	45,421
Thereafter	110,900
Total amortization expense	$	375,407

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(1) Represents estimated amortization for the remaining six-month period ending March 31, 2019.

Other Current Assets

Other current assets include approximately $304.3 million and $445.4 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively, for the deferred purchase price receivable from the Company's Asset-Backed Securitization programs. See note 10 for additional information. Assets held for sale related to the China-based Multek operations previously recorded in other current assets have been removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture. See note 12 for additional information.

Investments

The Company has an investment portfolio that consists of strategic investments in privately held companies, and certain venture capital funds which are included within other assets. These privately held companies range from startups to more mature companies with established revenue streams and business models. The primary purpose of these investments is to create an ecosystem of partnerships with customers developing emerging technologies aligned to the Company's corporate strategy with bringing in future opportunities for exclusive manufacturing.

Non-majority-owned investments in entities are accounted for using the equity method when the Company has an investment in common stock or in-substance common stock, and either (a) has the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the issuer, or (b) if the Company has a voting percentage equal to or generally greater than 20% but less than 50%, and for non-majority-owned investments in partnerships when generally greater than 5%. The equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investees are immaterial for all periods presented, and are included in interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Cost method is used for investments which the Company does not have the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the investee.

The Company monitors these investments for impairment indicators and makes appropriate reductions in carrying values as required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets may be impaired. The factors the Company considers in its evaluation of potential impairment of its investments include, but are not limited to, a significant deterioration in the earnings performance or business prospects of the investee, or factors that raise significant concerns about the investee’s ability to continue as a going concern, such as negative cash flows from operation or working capital deficiencies. Fair values of these investments, when required, are estimated using unobservable inputs, primarily comparable company multiples and

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discounted cash flow projections. For investments accounted for under cost method that do not have readily determinable fair values, the Company has elected, per ASU 2016-01, to measure them at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.

AutoLab AI (now known as Bright Machines)

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company transferred existing employees and equipment with a net book value of approximately $40 million along with certain related software and Intellectual Property ("IP"), into the newly created AutoLab AI (“AutoLab”), in exchange for shares of preferred stock and a controlling financial interest in AutoLab. AutoLab is a privately held software-as-a service (SaaS) and hardware company focused on developing and deploying an automation solution worldwide. The Company has concluded that AutoLab does not qualify as a variable interest entity for purposes of evaluating whether it has a controlling financial interest.

Subsequent to the initial formation and prior to June 29, 2018, AutoLab received equity funding from third party investors and expanded the board of directors, resulting in dilution of the Company's voting interest below 50%. As a result, the Company concluded it no longer holds a controlling financial interest in AutoLab and accordingly, deconsolidated the entity.

The fair value of the Company’s non-controlling interest in AutoLab upon deconsolidation was approximately $127.6 million as of the date of deconsolidation. The Company accounts for its investment in AutoLab under the equity method, with the carrying amount included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The value of the Company’s interest on the date of deconsolidation was based on management’s estimate of the fair value of AutoLab at that time. Management relied on a multi-stage process which involved calculating the enterprise and equity value of AutoLab, then allocating the equity value of the entity to the Company’s securities. The enterprise value of AutoLab was estimated based on the value implied by the equity funding AutoLab received from third parties in the same period (i.e., level 2 inputs). The Company recognized a gain on deconsolidation of approximately $87.3 million with no material tax impact, which is included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company leased approximately $76.5 million of fixed assets to AutoLab under a five-year lease term based on an interest rate of 4.20% per year. The leases were concluded to be sales-type leases and as such, the Company derecognized the associated assets from property and equipment, net and recorded a total net investment in the lease of $88.2 million in other current assets and other assets, based on the present value of lease receivables. The Company recorded an immaterial gain related to this leasing transaction, which is included in cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Pro-forma financials have not been presented because the effects were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position and results of operation for all periods presented. AutoLab became a related party to the Company starting on the date of deconsolidation. The Company has engaged AutoLab as a strategic partner to develop and deploy automation solutions for Flex and has entered into a 5-year subscription agreement. Subscription fees under the AutoLab agreement were immaterial for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018.

As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company's investments in non-majority owned companies totaled $557.2 million and $411.1 million, respectively. The equity in the earnings or losses of the Company's equity method investments, including AutoLab, was not material to the consolidated results of operations for any period presented and is included in interest and other, net.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities include customer working capital advances of $226.5 million and $153.6 million, customer-related accruals of $369.8 million and $439.0 million, and deferred revenue of $247.1 million and $329.0 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. The customer working capital advances are not interest-bearing, do not have fixed repayment dates and are generally reduced as the underlying working capital is consumed in production. Liabilities held for sale related to the China-based Multek operations previously recorded in other current liabilities have been removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture. See note 12 for additional information.

3.  REVENUE

Revenue Recognition

The Company provides a comprehensive suite of services for its customers that range from advanced product design to manufacturing and logistics to after-sales services. The first step in its process for revenue recognition is to identify a contract

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with a customer. A contract is defined as an agreement between two parties that create enforceable rights and obligations and can be written, verbal, or implied. The Company generally enters into master supply agreements (“MSA”) with its customers that provide the framework under which business will be conducted. This includes matters such as warranty, indemnification, transfer of title and risk of loss, liability for excess and obsolete inventory, pricing formulas, payment terms, etc., and the level of business under those agreements may not be guaranteed. In those instances, we bid on a program-by-program basis and typically receive customer purchase orders for specific quantities and timing of products. As a result, the Company considers its contract with a customer to be the combination of the MSA and the purchase order, or any other similar documents such as a statement of work, product addenda, emails or other communications that embody the commitment by the customer.

In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to recognize, the Company applies the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation. Further, the Company assesses whether control of the product or services promised under the contract is transferred to the customer at a point in time (PIT) or over time (OT). The Company is first required to evaluate whether its contracts meet the criteria for OT recognition. The Company has determined that for a portion of its contracts the Company is manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use (due to the unique nature of the customer-specific product and IP restrictions) and the Company has an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-in-progress inventory with respect to these contracts. As a result, revenue is recognized under these contracts OT based on the cost-to-cost method as it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date as compared to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. For all other contracts that do not meet these criteria, the Company recognizes revenue when it has transferred control of the related manufactured products which generally occurs upon delivery and passage of title to the customer.

Customer Contracts and Related Obligations

Certain of the Company’s customer agreements include potential price adjustments which may result in variable consideration. These price adjustments include, but are not limited to, sharing of cost savings, committed price reductions, material margins earned over the period that are contractually required to be paid to the customers, rebates, refunds tied to performance metrics such as on-time delivery, and other periodic pricing resets that may be refundable to customers. The Company estimates the variable consideration related to these price adjustments as part of the total transaction price and recognizes revenue in accordance with the pattern applicable to the performance obligation, subject to a constraint. The Company constrains the amount of revenues recognized for these contractual provisions based on its best estimate of the amount which will not result in a significant reversal of revenue in a future period. The Company determines the amounts to be recognized based on the amount of potential refund required by the contract, historical experience and other surrounding facts and circumstances. Often these obligations are settled with the customer in a period after shipment through various methods which include reduction of prices for future purchases, issuance of a payment to the customer, or issuance of a credit note applied against the customer’s accounts receivable balance. In many instances, the agreement is silent on the settlement mechanism. Any difference between the amount accrued upon shipment for potential refunds and the actual amount agreed to with the customer is recorded as an increase or decrease in revenue. These potential price adjustments are included as part of other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet and disclosed as part of customer related accruals in note 2.

Performance Obligations

The Company derives its revenues primarily from manufacturing services, and to a lesser extent, from innovative design, engineering, and supply chain services and solutions.

A performance obligation is an implicitly or explicitly promised good or service that is material in the context of the contract and is both capable of being distinct (customer can benefit from the good or service on its own or together with other readily available resources) and distinct within the context of the contract (separately identifiable from other promises). The Company considers all activities typically included in its contracts, and identifies those activities representing a promise to transfer goods or services to a customer. These include, but are not limited to, design and engineering services, prototype products, tooling, etc. Each promised good or service with regards to these identified activities is accounted for as a separate performance obligation only if it is distinct - i.e., the customer can benefit from it on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer. Certain activities on the other hand are determined not to constitute a promise to transfer goods or service, and therefore do not represent separate performance obligations for revenue recognition (e.g., procurement of materials and standard workmanship warranty).

A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The majority of the Company's contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual good or service is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contract and is, therefore, not distinct. Promised goods or services that are immaterial in the context of the contract are not separately assessed

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as performance obligations. In the event that more than one performance obligation is identified in a contract, the Company is required to allocate the transaction price between the performance obligations. The allocation would generally be performed on the basis of a relative standalone price for each distinct good or service. This standalone price most often represents the price that Flex would sell similar goods or services separately.

Contract Balances

A contract asset is recognized when the Company has recognized revenue, but not issued an invoice for payment. Contract assets are classified separately on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and transferred to receivables when rights to payment become unconditional. The following table summarizes the activity in the Company's contract assets during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands):

	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, April 1, 2018	$	—
Cumulative effect adjustment at April 1, 2018	412,787
Revenue recognized	3,566,140
Amounts collected or invoiced	(3,560,769		)
Ending balance, September 28, 2018	$	418,158

A contract liability is recognized when the Company receives payments in advance of the satisfaction of performance and is included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Contract liabilities were $247.1 million and $265.3 million as of September 28, 2018 and April 1, 2018, respectively.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated based on timing of transfer - point in time and overtime - for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands), respectively:

Three-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	893,141	$	1,203,696	$	1,089,319	$	1,519,041	$	4,705,197
Over time	314,830		592,187		476,634		621,756		2,005,407
Total segment	$	1,207,971	$	1,795,883	$	1,565,953	$	2,140,797	$	6,710,604

Six-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	1,898,321	$	2,504,333	$	2,153,218	$	3,012,548	$	9,568,420
Over time	525,075		1,099,484		859,046		1,082,535		3,566,140
Total segment	$	2,423,396	$	3,603,817	$	3,012,264	$	4,095,083	$	13,134,560

4.  SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company's primary plan used for granting equity compensation awards is the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan").

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The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense:

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost of sales	$	4,767	$	4,985	$	10,171	$	8,304
Selling, general and administrative expenses	14,314		15,479		29,863		33,956
Total share-based compensation expense	$	19,081	$	20,464	$	40,034	$	42,260

Total unrecognized compensation expense related to share options under all plans was $4.3 million and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.9 years. As of September 28, 2018, the number of options outstanding and exercisable under all plans was 1.1 million and 0.6 million, respectively, at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.40 per share and $4.02 per share, respectively. 

During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company granted 5.5 million unvested restricted share unit awards. Of this amount, approximately 4.2 million are plain-vanilla unvested restricted share unit awards with no performance or market conditions with an average grant date price of $14.02 per award and will vest over four years. Further, approximately 1.3 million unvested shares represent the target amount of grants made to certain key employees whereby vesting is contingent on certain market conditions. The average grant date fair value of these awards contingent on certain market conditions was estimated to be $14.00 per award and was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The number of shares contingent on market conditions that ultimately will vest will range from zero up to a maximum of 2.6 million based on a measurement of the percentile rank of the Company’s total shareholder return over a certain specified period against the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Composite Index and will cliff vest after a period of three years, if such market conditions have been met.  

As of September 28, 2018, approximately 14.1 million unvested restricted share unit awards under all plans were outstanding, of which vesting for a targeted amount of 2.6 million is contingent primarily on meeting certain market conditions. The number of shares that will ultimately be issued can range from zero to 5.2 million based on the achievement levels of the respective conditions. During the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, 0.6 million shares vested in connection with the restricted share unit awards with market conditions granted in fiscal year 2016. 

As of September 28, 2018, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted share unit awards under all plans was approximately $168.6 million, and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 2.7 years.

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5.  EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table reflects basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the shareholders of Flex Ltd.: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Basic earnings per share	0.16		0.39		0.38		0.62
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards (1) (2)	2,955		4,706		4,601		5,521
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding	534,458		536,019		535,027		536,311
Diluted earnings per share	0.16		0.38		0.38		0.61

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(1) An immaterial amount of options to purchase ordinary shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share during the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents.

(2) Restricted share unit awards of 3.1 million for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents. An immaterial amount of anti-dilutive restricted share unit awards was excluded for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017.

6.  INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recognized interest expense of $35.1 million and $68.7 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods. During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company recognized interest expense of $29.6 million and $58.6 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods.

7.  OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET

During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recognized other income of $80.4 million, primarily driven by a $87.3 million gain on the deconsolidation of AutoLab. Refer to note 2 for further details of the deconsolidation.

During the six-month period ended September 29, 2017, the Company deconsolidated Elementum SCM (Cayman) Ltd and recognized a gain on deconsolidation of approximately $151.6 million with no related tax impact, which is included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

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8.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Foreign Currency Contracts

The Company enters into short-term foreign currency derivatives contracts, including forward, swap, and options contracts to hedge only those currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities, primarily accounts receivable and accounts payable, and cash flows denominated in non-functional currencies. Gains and losses on the Company's derivative contracts are designed to offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities and transactions hedged, and accordingly, generally do not subject the Company to risk of significant accounting losses. The Company hedges committed exposures and does not engage in speculative transactions. The credit risk of these derivative contracts is minimized since the contracts are with large financial institutions and accordingly, fair value adjustments related to the credit risk of the counterparty financial institution were not material.

As of September 28, 2018, the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $8.3 billion as summarized below: 

	Foreign Currency Amount		Notional Contract Value in USD
Currency	Buy	Sell	Buy		Sell
	(In thousands)
Cash Flow Hedges
CNY	2,258,000	—	$	328,494	$	—
EUR	74,296	38,747	87,302		45,635
HUF	27,835,000	—	101,026		—
ILS	179,000	5,250	49,890		1,463
MXN	4,590,000	—	242,508		—
MYR	405,700	45,000	98,135		10,885
RON	180,700	—	45,570		—
SGD	47,500	—	34,799		—
Other	N/A	N/A	37,295		5,436
			1,025,019		63,419
Other Foreign Currency Contracts
CAD	394,519	416,218	304,213		320,945
CNY	1,552,000	—	226,025		—
EUR	1,722,006	1,884,924	2,023,008		2,214,953
GBP	36,557	64,161	48,180		84,499
HUF	89,504,773	97,417,006	324,854		353,571
ILS	224,300	—	62,516		—
INR	5,735,497	8,205,341	79,226		113,127
MXN	2,611,896	2,050,476	137,997		108,335
MYR	643,720	341,430	155,710		82,589
SEK	467,158	546,573	52,141		62,010
SGD	88,850	49,740	65,092		36,440
Other	N/A	N/A	89,580		256,393
			3,568,542		3,632,862
Total Notional Contract Value in USD			$	4,593,561	$	3,696,281

As of September 28, 2018, the fair value of the Company’s short-term foreign currency contracts was included in other current assets or other current liabilities, as applicable, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Certain of these contracts are designed to economically hedge the Company’s exposure to monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a non-functional currency and are not accounted for as hedges under the accounting standards. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these instruments are recognized in earnings during the period of change as a component of interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company also has included net

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deferred gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of shareholders’ equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, relating to changes in fair value of its foreign currency contracts that are accounted for as cash flow hedges. Deferred losses were $11.8 million as of September 28, 2018, and are expected to be recognized primarily as a component of cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statements of operations primarily over the next twelve-month period. The gains and losses recognized in earnings due to hedge ineffectiveness were not material for all fiscal periods presented and are included as a component of interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. 

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes:

	Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
	Asset Derivatives					Liability Derivatives
		Fair Value					Fair Value
	Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018		Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	10,317	$	19,422	Other current liabilities	$	24,621	$	7,065
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	9,970	$	23,912	Other current liabilities	$	8,259	$	18,246

The Company has financial instruments subject to master netting arrangements, which provides for the net settlement of all contracts with a single counterparty. The Company does not offset fair value amounts for assets and liabilities recognized for derivative instruments under these arrangements, and as such, the asset and liability balances presented in the table above reflect the gross amounts of derivatives in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The impact of netting derivative assets and liabilities is not material to the Company’s financial position for any of the periods presented. 

9.  ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, are as follows: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018									September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(76,649	)	$	(94,185	)	$	(170,834	)	$	(34,595	)	$	(84,881	)	$	(119,476	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	945			(6,622		)	(5,677		)	(3,865		)	9,478			5,613
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,130			—			20,130			(10,010		)	—			(10,010		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	21,075			(6,622		)	14,453			(13,875		)	9,478			(4,397		)
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)	$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

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	Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018										September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other				Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(35,746	)		$	(50,099	)	$	(85,845	)	$	(32,426	)	$	(95,717	)	$	(128,143	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(40,714		)		(50,708		)	(91,422		)	(845		)	20,314			19,469
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,886			—	—			20,886			(15,199		)	—			(15,199		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	(19,828		)		(50,708		)	(70,536		)	(16,044		)	20,314			4,270
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)		$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

Substantially all unrealized losses relating to derivative instruments and other, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 were recognized as a component of cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which primarily relate to the Company’s foreign currency contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges. 

10.  TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION

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 100% of the receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions. These programs allow 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 is not paid by the unaffiliated financial institutions in cash is a deferred purchase price receivable, which is paid to the special purpose entity as payments on the receivables are collected from account debtors. The deferred purchase price receivable represents a beneficial interest in the transferred financial assets and is recognized at fair value as part of the sale transaction. The deferred purchase price receivables, which are included in other current assets as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, were carried at the expected recovery amount of the related receivables. 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 is recognized as a loss on sale of the related receivables, and recorded in interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and were immaterial for all periods presented.

Following the transfer of the receivables to the special purpose entities, the transferred receivables are 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 has 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 $950.0 million for the Global Program, of which $775.0 million is committed and $175.0 million is uncommitted, and $250.0 million for the North American Program, of which $210.0 million is committed and $40.0 million is uncommitted. Both programs require a minimum level of deferred purchase price receivable to be retained by the Company in connection with the sales.

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 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 three-month and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, and September 29, 2017 were not material and are included in interest and other, net within the condensed 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 and liabilities are recognized.

The Company's deferred purchase price receivables relating to its asset-backed securitization program are recorded initially at fair value based on a discounted cash flow analysis using unobservable inputs (i.e., level 3 inputs), which are primarily risk-free interest rates adjusted for the credit quality of the underlying creditor. Due to its high credit quality and short-term maturity, the fair value approximates carrying value. Significant increases in either of the major unobservable inputs (credit spread, risk free interest rate) in isolation would result in lower fair value estimates, however the impact is not material. The interrelationship between these inputs is also insignificant.

As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the accounts receivable balances that were sold under the ABS Programs were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the net cash proceeds received by the Company during the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 were included as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. We recognize these proceeds net of the deferred purchase price, consisting of a receivable from the purchasers that entitles us to certain collections on the receivable. We recognize the collection of the deferred purchase price in net cash provided by investing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as cash collections of deferred purchase price.

As of September 28, 2018, approximately $1.3 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities under the ABS Programs for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of approximately $1.0 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $304.3 million. As of March 31, 2018, approximately $1.5 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of $1.1 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $445.4 million. The deferred purchase price balances as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, also represent the non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables.

 For the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, cash flows from sales of receivables under the ABS Programs consisted of approximately $3.7 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively, for transfers of receivables, and approximately $1.8 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, for collection 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 Program

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 $463.2 million and $286.4 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. For the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, total accounts receivable sold to certain third-party banking institutions was approximately $1.4 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively, primarily due to certain customers transferring from the ABS Programs to the Trade Account Receivable Sale Program. The receivables that were sold were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the cash received is reflected as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. 

11.  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. The accounting guidance for fair value establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows: 

Level 1 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

The Company has deferred compensation plans for its officers and certain other employees. Amounts deferred under the plans are invested in hypothetical investments selected by the participant or the participant’s investment manager. The Company’s deferred compensation plan assets are for the most part included in other noncurrent assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and primarily include investments in equity securities that are valued using active market prices. 

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Level 2 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets) such as cash and cash equivalents and money market funds; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. 

The Company values foreign exchange forward contracts using level 2 observable inputs which primarily consist of an income approach based on the present value of the forward rate less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. 

The Company’s cash equivalents are comprised of bank deposits and money market funds, which are valued using level 2 inputs, such as interest rates and maturity periods. Due to their short-term nature, their carrying amount approximates fair value. 

The Company’s deferred compensation plan assets also include money market funds, mutual funds, corporate and government bonds and certain convertible securities that are valued using prices obtained from various pricing sources. These sources price these investments using certain market indices and the performance of these investments in relation to these indices. As a result, the Company has classified these investments as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. 

Level 3 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. 

The Company has accrued for contingent consideration in connection with its business acquisitions as applicable, which is measured at fair value based on certain internal models and unobservable inputs. All contingent considerations have been paid as of March 31, 2018.

There were no transfers between levels in the fair value hierarchy during the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017. 

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: 

	Fair Value Measurements as of September 28, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	451,551		$	—	$	451,551
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		20,287			—		20,287
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	6,267		76,021			—		82,288
Liabilities:								0.003
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(32,880	)	$	—	$	(32,880	)
	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	452,622		$	—	$	452,622
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		43,334			—		43,334
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	7,196		67,532			—		74,728
Liabilities:								0
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(25,311	)	$	—	$	(25,311	)

Other financial instruments

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The following table presents the Company’s major debts not carried at fair value: 

	As of September 28, 2018				As of March 31, 2018
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Fair Value Hierarchy
	(In thousands)
4.625% Notes due February 2020	$	500,000	$	507,031	$	500,000	$	513,596	Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through November 2021	679,688		683,086		687,813		689,966		Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022	471,094		473,449		483,656		485,470		Level 1
5.000% Notes due February 2023	500,000		513,830		500,000		525,292		Level 1
4.750% Notes due June 2025	596,599		605,146		596,387		627,407		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due September 2020	55,804		55,804		59,443		59,443		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due January 2022	117,481		117,481		123,518		123,518		Level 1
Total	$	2,920,666	$	2,955,827	$	2,950,817	$	3,024,692

The Company values its Euro Term Loans due September 2020 and January 2022 based on the current market rate, and as of September 28, 2018, the carrying amounts approximate fair values.

The Term Loans due November 2021 and June 2022, and the Notes due February 2020, February 2023 and June 2025 are valued based on broker trading prices in active markets. 

12. BUSINESS AND ASSET DIVESTITURES

During the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, for proceeds of approximately $264.4 million, net of cash. The Company transferred approximately $231.4 million of net assets, primarily property and equipment, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Further, the Company incurred various selling transaction costs as part of this divestiture and allocated approximately $19.0 million of goodwill to the divested business. This transaction resulted in the recognition of an immaterial loss which is included in other charges (income), net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as of September 28, 2018.

Pro-forma results of operations for this divestiture have not been presented because the effect was not material to the Company's consolidated financial results for all periods presented.

13.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation and other legal matters

In connection with the matters described below, the Company has accrued for loss contingencies where it believes that losses are probable and estimable. The amounts accrued are not material. Although it is reasonably possible that actual losses could be in excess of the Company’s accrual, the Company is unable to estimate a reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of its accrual, except as discussed below, due to various reasons, including, among others, that: (i) the proceedings are in early stages or no claims has been asserted, (ii) specific damages have not been sought in all of these matters, (iii) damages, if asserted, are considered unsupported and/or exaggerated, (iv) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals, motions, or settlements, (v) there are significant factual issues to be resolved, and/or (vi) there are novel legal issues or unsettled legal theories presented. Any such excess loss could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows for a particular period or on the Company’s financial condition.

In addition, the Company provides design and engineering services to its customers and also designs and makes its own products. As a consequence of these activities, its customers are requiring the Company to take responsibility for intellectual property to a greater extent than in its manufacturing and assembly businesses. Although the Company believes that its intellectual property assets and licenses are sufficient for the operation of its business as it currently conducts it, from time to time third parties do assert patent infringement claims against the Company or its customers. If and when third parties make assertions regarding the ownership or right to use intellectual property, the Company could be required to either enter into licensing arrangements or to resolve the issue through litigation. Such license rights might not be available to the Company on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, and any such litigation might not be resolved in its favor. Additionally, litigation could

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be lengthy and costly and could materially harm the Company's financial condition regardless of the outcome. The Company also could be required to incur substantial costs to redesign a product or re-perform design services.

From time to time, the Company enters into IP licenses (e.g., patent licenses and software licenses) with third parties which obligate the Company to report covered behavior to the licensor and pay license fees to the licensor for certain activities or products, or that enable our use of third party technologies. The Company may also decline to enter into licenses for intellectual property that it does not think is useful for or used in its operations, or for which its customers or suppliers have licenses or have assumed responsibility. Given the diverse and varied nature of its business and the location of its business around the world, certain activities the Company performs, such as providing assembly services in China and India, may fall outside the scope of those licenses or may not be subject to the applicable intellectual property rights. The Company's licensors may disagree and claim royalties are owed for such activities. In addition, the basis (e.g. base price) for any royalty amounts owed are audited by licensors and may be challenged. Some of these disagreements may lead to claims and litigation that might not be resolved in the Company's favor. Additionally, litigation could be lengthy and costly and could materially harm the Company's financial condition regardless of the outcome. In March 2018, the Company received an inquiry from a licensor referencing a patent license agreement, and requesting information relating to royalties for products that it assembles for a customer in China. If any of these inquiries result in a claim, the Company intends to contest and defend against any such claim vigorously. If a claim is asserted and the Company is unsuccessful in its defense, a material loss is reasonably possible. The Company cannot predict or estimate an amount or reasonable range of outcomes with respect to the matter.

On May 8, 2018, a putative class action was filed in the Northern District of California against the Company and certain officers alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder, alleging misstatements and/or omissions in certain of the Company’s financial results, press releases and SEC filings made during the putative class period of January 26, 2017 through April 26, 2018. On October 1, 2018, the Court appointed lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel in the case. On October 15, 2018, the Court issued an order providing that lead plaintiff shall file an amended complaint by November 30, 2018 and that defendants shall respond to the amended complaint by January 10, 2019, and setting the hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss for March 21, 2019. The Court also set a case management conference for December 12, 2018. The Company believes that the claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case.

On April 21, 2016, SunEdison, Inc. (together with certain of its subsidiaries, "SunEdison") filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Company recognized a bad debt reserve charge of $61.0 million associated with its outstanding SunEdison receivables and accepted return of previously shipped inventory of approximately $90.0 million. SunEdison stated in schedules filed with the Bankruptcy Court that, within the 90 days preceding SunEdison's bankruptcy filing, the Company received approximately $98.6 million of inventory and cash transfers of $69.2 million, which in aggregate represents the Company's estimate of the maximum reasonably possible contingent loss. On April 15, 2018, a subsidiary of the Company together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, entered into a tolling agreement with the trustee of the SunEdison Litigation Trust to toll any applicable statute of limitations or other time-related defense that might exist in regards to any potential claims that either party might be able to assert against the other for a period that will end at the earlier to occur of: (a) 60 days after a party provides written notice of termination; (b) six years from the effective date of April 15, 2018; or (c) such other date as the parties may agree in writing. No preference claims have been asserted against the Company and consideration has been given to the related contingencies based on the facts currently known. The Company has a number of affirmative and direct defenses to any potential claims for recovery and intends to vigorously defend any such claim, if asserted.

One of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries has received related assessments for certain sales and import taxes. There are six tax assessments totaling 346 million Brazilian reals (approximately USD $85.24 million based on the exchange rate as of September 28, 2018). The assessments are in various stages of the review process at the administrative level and no tax proceeding has been finalized yet. The Company believes there is no legal basis for these assessments and has meritorious defenses and will continue to vigorously oppose all of these assessments, as well as any future assessments. The Company does not expect final judicial determination on any of these claims for several years.

In addition to the matters discussed above, from time to time, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims, and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company defends itself vigorously against any such claims. Although the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, management expects that any losses that are probable or reasonably possible of being incurred as a result of these matters, which are in excess of amounts already accrued in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, would not be material to the financial statements as a whole.

14.  SHARE REPURCHASES

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During the three-month and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 4.4 million shares at an aggregate purchase price of $60.0 million, and retired all of these shares.

 Under the Company’s current share repurchase program, the Board of Directors authorized repurchases of its outstanding ordinary shares for up to $500 million in accordance with the share repurchase mandate approved by the Company’s shareholders at the date of the most recent Annual General Meeting held on August 16, 2018. As of September 28, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $453.5 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan.

15.  SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company has four reportable segments: HRS, CTG, IEI, and CEC. These segments are determined based on several factors, including the nature of products and services, the nature of production processes, customer base, delivery channels and similar economic characteristics. Refer to note 1 for a description of the various product categories manufactured under each of these segments.

An operating segment's performance is evaluated based on its pre-tax operating contribution, or segment income. Segment income is defined as net sales less cost of sales, and segment selling, general and administrative expenses, and does not include amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, customer related asset impairments charges, the new revenue standard adoption impact, contingencies and other, other charges (income), net and interest and other, net.

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Selected financial information by segment is in the table below. For the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, we recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, as further described in note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The comparative information for the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017 has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at the time:

	Three-Month Periods Ended						Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017			September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,140,797		$	1,901,057		$	4,095,083		$	3,874,390
Consumer Technologies Group	1,795,883			1,755,143			3,603,817			3,267,112
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,565,953			1,454,539			3,012,264			2,845,138
High Reliability Solutions	1,207,971			1,159,681			2,423,396			2,292,052
	$	6,710,604		$	6,270,420		$	13,134,560		$	12,278,692
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	62,855		$	42,733		$	108,873		$	91,335
Consumer Technologies Group	31,212			30,722			57,769			48,726
Industrial & Emerging Industries	65,857			50,945			117,218			106,322
High Reliability Solutions	89,589			92,364			183,123			182,576
Corporate and Other	(25,983		)	(28,438		)	(55,745		)	(62,716		)
Total segment income	223,530			188,326			411,238			366,243
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	18,234			16,376			36,751			36,277
Stock-based compensation	19,081			20,464			40,034			42,260
Customer related asset impairments (1)	30,100			4,753			47,464			4,753
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—			—			9,291			—
Contingencies and other (2)	(269		)	43,933			24,859			43,933
Other charges (income), net (Note 7)	6,530			(143,167		)	(80,394		)	(179,332		)
Interest and other, net	41,060			27,554			82,802			54,430
Income before income taxes	$	108,794		$	218,413		$	250,431		$	363,922

(1) Customer related asset impairments for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 relate to additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties as well as $30 million of exit costs primarily related to our estimated impairment of fixed assets considered not recoverable in conjunction with the wind-down of our NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico.

(2) Contingencies and other during the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 primarily consists of costs incurred relating to the independent investigation undertaken by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors which was completed in June 2018, along with certain restructuring charges incurred during our first quarter of fiscal year 2019 offset by certain immaterial reversals in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company incurred charges in connection with certain legal matters, for loss contingencies where it believed that losses were probable and estimable. Additionally, the Company incurred various other charges predominately related to damages incurred from a typhoon that impacted a China facility, along with certain restructuring charges primarily related to severance for rationalization at existing sites and corporate functions.

Corporate and other primarily includes corporate services costs that are not included in the Chief Operating Decision Maker's ("CODM") assessment of the performance of each of the identified reporting segments.

Property and equipment on a segment basis is not disclosed as it is not separately identified and is not internally reported by segment to the Company's CODM.

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16.  BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG TERM DEBT

Term Loan Facility due September 2023 

In July 2018, the Company entered into a $200 million term loan facility (the "Facility"). The Facility will be used to fund capital expenditure to support our expansion plan for India. The availability period during which drawdown can be made will be from the date of the agreement to and including June 30, 2019. The maximum maturity of each drawdown will be 5 years from the funded Capex shipment date. As a result, the longest maturity date of any future drawdown under the Facility will be June 30, 2024. Borrowings under this term loan bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.15%. The Facility is unsecured, guaranteed by the Company, and contains customary restrictions on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to (i) incur certain debt, (ii) make certain investments, (iii) make certain acquisitions of other entities, (iv) incur liens, (v) dispose of assets, (vi) make non-cash distributions to shareholders, and (vii) engage in transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to certain exceptions and limitations. This Facility agreement also requires that the Company maintain a maximum ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization), and a minimum interest coverage ratio, as defined therein, during its term. As of September 28, 2018, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this term loan agreement.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Unless otherwise specifically stated, references in this report to “Flex,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms mean Flex Ltd., and its subsidiaries.

This report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The words “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “plans” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements which refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly disclose any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring subsequent to filing this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties discussed in this section, as well as any risks and uncertainties discussed in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this report on Form 10-Q, and in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” and in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018. In addition, new risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risk factors on our business. Accordingly, our future results may differ materially from historical results or from those discussed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. 

OVERVIEW

We are a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale^tm services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. We design, build, ship and service complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through our activities in the following segments:

• Communications & Enterprise Compute ("CEC"), which includes our telecom business of radio access base stations, remote radio heads, and small cells for wireless infrastructure; our networking business which includes optical, routing, broadcasting, and switching products for the data and video networks; our server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud-based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software-defined product solutions;

• Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes our consumer-related businesses in connected living, wearables, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, and mobile devices; and including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computers, tablets, and printers;

• Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, electric vehicle infrastructure, smart solar energy, semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, industrial, home and lifestyle, industrial automation, and kiosks; and

• High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of our health solutions business, including consumer health, digital health, disposables, precision plastics, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging

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equipment; our automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and clean technologies.

Our strategy is to provide customers with a full range of cost competitive, vertically-integrated global supply chain solutions through which we can design, build, ship and service a complete packaged product for our customers. This enables our customers to leverage our supply chain solutions to meet their product requirements throughout the entire product life cycle.

Over the past few years, we have seen an increased level of diversification by many companies, primarily in the technology sector. Some companies that have historically identified themselves as software providers, Internet service providers or e-commerce retailers have entered the highly competitive and rapidly evolving technology hardware markets, such as mobile devices, home entertainment and wearable devices. This trend has resulted in a significant change in the manufacturing and supply chain solutions requirements of such companies. While the products have become more complex, the supply chain solutions required by such companies have become more customized and demanding, and it has changed the manufacturing and supply chain landscape significantly.

We use a portfolio approach to manage our extensive service offerings. As our customers change the way they go to market, we have the capability to reorganize and rebalance our business portfolio in order to align with our customers' needs and requirements in an effort to optimize operating results. The objective of our business model is to allow us to be flexible and redeploy and reposition our assets and resources as necessary to meet specific customer's supply chain solutions needs across all the markets we serve and earn a return on our invested capital above the weighted average cost of that capital.

During the past several years, we have evolved our long-term portfolio towards a mix of businesses which possess longer product life cycles and higher segment operating margins such as reflected in our IEI and HRS businesses. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2016, we have launched several programs broadly across our portfolio of services and in some instances, we have deployed certain new technologies. We continue to invest in innovation and we have expanded our design and engineering relationships through our product innovation centers.

We believe that our continued business transformation is strategically positioning us to take advantage of the long-term, future growth prospects for outsourcing of advanced manufacturing capabilities, design and engineering services and after-market services, which remain strong.

We are one of the world's largest providers of global supply chain solutions, with revenues of $13.1 billion for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 and $25.4 billion in fiscal year 2018. On April 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new revenue standard and as a result we recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, as further described in note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at the time. The following tables set forth the relative percentages and dollar amounts of net sales and net property and equipment, by country, based on the location of our manufacturing sites:

	Three-Month Periods Ended								Six-Month Periods Ended
Net sales:	September 28, 2018				September 29, 2017				September 28, 2018				September 29, 2017
	(In millions)
China	$	1,730	26	%	$	1,752	28	%	$	3,400	26	%	$	3,497	28	%
Mexico	1,197		18	%	1,079		17	%	2,320		18	%	2,119		17	%
U.S.	782		12	%	740		12	%	1,288		10	%	1,435		12	%
Malaysia	561		8	%	515		8	%	1,038		8	%	1,020		8	%
Brazil	533		8	%	642		10	%	1,120		9	%	1,240		10	%
India	440		7	%	146		2	%	908		7	%	256		2	%
Other	1,468		22	%	1,396		22	%	3,061		23	%	2,712		22	%
	$	6,711			$	6,270			$	13,135			$	12,279

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	As of				As of
Property and equipment, net:	September 28, 2018				March 31, 2018
	(In millions)
China	$	524	23	%	$	492	22	%
Mexico	519		23	%	587		26	%
U.S.	325		14	%	305		14	%
India	167		7	%	78		3	%
Malaysia	147		6	%	153		7	%
Hungary	138		6	%	150		7	%
Other	458		20	%	475		21	%
	$	2,278			$	2,240

We believe that the combination of our extensive open innovation platform solutions, design and engineering services, advanced supply chain management solutions and services, significant scale and global presence, and manufacturing campuses in low-cost geographic areas provide us with a competitive advantage and strong differentiation in the market for designing, manufacturing and servicing consumer and enterprise products for leading multinational and regional customers. Specifically, we have launched multiple product innovation centers ("PIC") focused exclusively on offering our customers the ability to simplify their global product development, manufacturing process, and after sales services, and enable them to meaningfully accelerate their time to market and cost savings. 

Our operating results are affected by a number of factors, including the following:

• changes in the macro-economic environment and related changes in consumer demand;

• the mix of the manufacturing services we are providing, the number and size, and complexity of new manufacturing programs, the degree to which we utilize our manufacturing capacity, seasonal demand, shortages of components and other factors;

• the effects on our business when our customers are not successful in marketing their products, or when their products do not gain widespread commercial acceptance;

• our ability to achieve commercially viable production yields and to manufacture components in commercial quantities to the performance specifications demanded by our customers;

• the effects on our business due to our customers’ products having short product life cycles;

• our customers’ ability to cancel or delay orders or change production quantities;

• our customers’ decision to choose internal manufacturing instead of outsourcing for their product requirements;

• our exposure to financially troubled customers;

• integration of acquired businesses and facilities;

• increased labor costs due to adverse labor conditions in the markets we operate;

• the impacts on our business due to capacity constraints in certain location;

• the impacts on our business due to component shortages;

• changes in tax legislation; and

• changes in trade regulations and treaties.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. 

Refer to the accounting policies under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, where we discuss our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements. There were no changes to our accounting policies other than the adoption of ASC 606, as discussed below. In addition, due to the recent stock price decline, we believe the significant drop in market value constitutes a "triggering event" in accordance with the applicable accounting literature, and accordingly commenced an interim impairment test as noted below.

Revenue Recognition

In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to recognize, we apply the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy a performance obligation. Further, we assess whether control of the product or services promised under the contract is transferred to the customer at a point in time (PIT) or over time (OT). We are first required to evaluate whether our contracts meet the criteria for OT recognition. We have determined that for a portion of our contracts, we are manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use (due to the unique nature of the customer-specific product and IP restrictions) and we have an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-in-progress inventory with respect to these contracts. As a result, revenue is recognized under these contracts OT based on the cost-to-cost method as it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date as compared to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. For all other contracts that do not meet these criteria, we recognize revenue when it has transferred control of the related manufactured products which generally occurs upon delivery and passage of title to the customer. Refer to notes 1 and 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

Carrying Value of Long-Lived Assets

Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level by comparing the reporting unit's carrying amount, including goodwill, to the fair value of the reporting unit, which typically is measured based upon, among other factors, market multiples for comparable companies as well as a discounted cash flow analysis. Due to the recent decline in the Company's market capitalization, we believe this constitutes a "triggering event" in accordance with the applicable accounting literature and accordingly commenced an interim impairment test. We are in the process of completing the first step of the goodwill impairment test which includes comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. Based on preliminary results, the Company believes that it is probable that the fair value of the CTG reporting unit is lower than its carrying value. The carrying value of CTG's goodwill as of September 28, 2018 is $103 million. The Company is in the process of finalizing the long-term financial projections necessary to complete the first step of the goodwill impairment test. If it is determined that the goodwill of any of the reporting units is in fact impaired, the Company will then proceed to the second step of the impairment test in which it will measure the fair value of such reporting unit’s identified tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in order to determine the implied fair value of its goodwill and any resulting goodwill impairment. Refer to note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further details.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain statements of operations data expressed as a percentage of net sales. The financial information and the discussion below should be read together with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this document. In addition, reference should be made to our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
Net sales	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%
Cost of sales	94.0		93.7		94.1		93.5
Gross profit	6.0		6.3		5.9		6.5
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3.4		4.4		3.7		4.3
Intangible amortization	0.3		0.3		0.3		0.3
Interest and other, net	0.6		0.4		0.6		0.4
Other charges (income), net	0.1		(2.3	)	(0.6	)	(1.5	)
Income before income taxes	1.6		3.5		1.9		3.0
Provision for income taxes	0.3		0.2		0.4		0.3
Net income	1.3	%	3.3	%	1.5	%	2.7	%

Net sales

The following table sets forth our net sales by segment and their relative percentages. Historical information has been recast to reflect realignment of customers and/or products between segments to ensure comparability: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended								Six-Month Periods Ended
Segments:	September 28, 2018				September 29, 2017				September 28, 2018				September 29, 2017
	(In millions)
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,141	32	%	$	1,901	30	%	$	4,095	31	%	$	3,874	32	%
Consumer Technologies Group	1,796		27	%	1,755		28	%	3,604		27	%	3,267		27	%
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,566		23	%	1,455		23	%	3,012		23	%	2,845		23	%
High Reliability Solutions	1,208		18	%	1,160		18	%	2,423		18	%	2,292		19	%
	$	6,711			$	6,270			$	13,135			$	12,279

Net sales during the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 totaled $6.7 billion, representing an increase of approximately $0.4 billion, or 7% from $6.3 billion during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. The overall increase in sales was driven by increases across all of our segments. Our CTG segment increased $41 million, primarily because of new customer program launches in our mobile devices businesses, offset by declines due to certain exiting customers and end of life programs within the legacy consumer sectors of the segment. Our HRS segment increased $48 million primarily from higher sales in our medical businesses as we ramp new programs. Our IEI segment increased $111 million, mainly driven by new programs and customer launches within our industrial, home and lifestyle business, offset by modest declines in our capital equipment and energy business. Our CEC segment increased $240 million, driven by momentum from our cloud and data center business as well as the expansion of network infrastructure programs to support 5G technology, offset by declines in our legacy communications business. Net sales increased across all our regions with increases of $278 million to $3.0 billion in Asia, $122 million to $1.2 billion in Europe, and $40 million to $2.5 billion in the Americas.

Net sales during the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018 totaled $13.1 billion, representing an increase of approximately $0.9 billion, or 7% from $12.3 billion during the six-month period endedSeptember 29, 2017. The increase in net sales during the period was notable across all of our segments, driven by the same factors described above. Net sales increased across all our regions with increases of $47 million to $4.9 billion in the Americas, $529 million to $5.9 billion in Asia, and $280 million to $2.4 billion in Europe.

Our ten largest customers, during the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018, accounted for approximately 43% of net sales. Our ten largest customers, during the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, accounted for approximately 42% of net sales. No customer accounted for more than 10% of net sales during the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 or September 29, 2017.

Gross profit

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Gross profit is affected by a number of factors, including the number and size of new manufacturing programs, product mix, component costs and availability, product life cycles, unit volumes, pricing, competition, new product introductions, capacity utilization and the expansion or consolidation of manufacturing facilities including specific restructuring activities from time to time. The flexible design of our manufacturing processes allows us to build a broad range of products in our facilities and better utilize our manufacturing capacity across our diverse geographic footprint. In the cases of new programs, profitability normally lags revenue growth due to product start-up costs, lower manufacturing program volumes in the start-up phase, operational inefficiencies, and under-absorbed overhead. Gross margin for these programs often improves over time as manufacturing volumes increase, as our utilization rates and overhead absorption improve, and as we increase the level of manufacturing services content. As a result of these various factors, our gross margin varies from period to period.

Gross profit during the three-month period ended September 28, 2018increased$9 million to $402 million, or 6.0% of net sales, from $393 million, or 6.3% of net sales, during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. This was as a result of the additional gross profit from increased revenue offset as noted above by $30.1 million of exit costs primarily related to our estimated impairment of fixed assets considered not recoverable in conjunction with the wind-down of our NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019. Gross profit during the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018decreased$20 million to $780 million, or 5.9% of net sales, from $800 million, or 6.5% of net sales, during the six-month period endedSeptember 29, 2017. Gross margin deteriorated30 basis points during the same period. The decrease in both gross profit and gross margin is primarily due to additional charge recorded in the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 related to the wind-down of our NIKE operations in Mexico along with unfavorable mix shifts, most notably inside our CTG business.

Segment Income

An operating segment’s performance is evaluated based on its pre-tax operating contribution, or segment income. Segment income is defined as net sales less cost of sales, and segment selling, general and administrative expenses, and does not include amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, customer related asset impairments, the new revenue standard adoption impact, contingencies and other, other charges (income), net and interest and other, net. A portion of depreciation is allocated to the respective segment together with other general corporate research and development and administrative expenses.

The following table sets forth segment income and margins. Historical information has been recast to reflect realignment of customers and/or products between segments:

	Three-Month Periods Ended										Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018					September 29, 2017					September 28, 2018					September 29, 2017
	(In millions)
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	63		2.9	%	$	43		2.2	%	109			2.7	%	$	91		2.4	%
Consumer Technologies Group	31			1.7	%	31			1.8	%	58			1.6	%	49			1.5	%
Industrial & Emerging Industries	66			4.2	%	51			3.5	%	117			3.9	%	106			3.7	%
High Reliability Solutions	90			7.4	%	92			8.0	%	183			7.6	%	183			8.0	%
Corporate and Other	(26		)			(28		)			(56		)			(63		)
Total segment income	224			3.3	%	188			3.0	%	411			3.1	%	366			3.0	%
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	18					16					37					36
Stock-based compensation	19					20					40					42
Customer related asset impairments (1)	30					5					47					5
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—					—					9					—
Contingencies and other (2)	—					44					25					44
Other charges (income), net (Note 7)	7					(143		)			(80		)			(179		)
Interest and other, net	41					28					83					54
Income before income taxes	$	109				$	218				$	250				$	364

(1) Customer related asset impairments for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 relate to additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties as well as $30

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million of exit costs primarily related to our estimated impairment of fixed assets considered not recoverable in conjunction with the wind-down of our NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico.

(2) Contingencies and other during the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 primarily consists of costs incurred relating to the independent investigation undertaken by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors which was completed in June 2018, along with certain restructuring charges incurred during our first quarter of fiscal year 2019 offset by certain immaterial reversals in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company incurred charges in connection with certain legal matters, for loss contingencies where it believed that losses were probable and estimable. Additionally, the Company incurred various other charges predominately related to damages incurred from a typhoon that impacted a China facility, along with certain restructuring charges primarily related to severance for rationalization at existing sites and corporate functions.

CEC segment margin increased70 basis points, to 2.9% for the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 2.2% during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. CEC segment margin increased30 basis points, to 2.7% for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 2.4% for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017.The increase in CEC's margin during the period is primarily due to better absorption of our cost structure from its higher revenue as well as an improved margin mix with greater concentration of cloud data center solutions and 5G related programs.

CTG segment margin decreased10 basis points to 1.7% for the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 1.8% during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017 as a result of negative impacts from mix shifts within the segment to lower margin customers, and lower than expected revenue from certain mobile customers due to capacity constraints primarily in India, offset by lower losses from NIKE compared to the same period in the prior year. CTG segment margin increased10 basis points, to 1.6% for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 1.5% for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017 primarily due to lesser losses from NIKE compared to the same period in the prior year.

IEI segment margin increased70 basis points, to 4.2% for the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 3.5% during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. IEI segment margin increased20 basis points, to 3.9% for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 3.7% for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017. The increase in IEI's margin during the period is primarily due to improved overhead absorption benefits from the increased revenues from new programs ramps in our industrial, home and lifestyle business offset by reduced demand in capital equipment and energy businesses.

HRS segment margin decreased60 basis points, to 7.4% for the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 8.0% during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. HRS segment margin decreased40 basis points, to 7.6% for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, from 8.0% for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017 primarily as a result of margin pressure in certain parts of our automotive business offset by increases in our medical business that carry slightly lower margin profiles.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) was $228 million, or 3.4% of net sales, during the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, decreasing$46 million from $274 million, or 4.4% of net sales, during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017. SG&A was $491 million, or 3.7% of net sales, during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, decreasing$34 million from 525 million, or 4.3% of net sales, during the six-month period ended September 29, 2017.This decrease was primarily due to lesser incremental costs from acquisitions compared to those incurred during fiscal year 2018 as well as additional benefits realized in the three and six-month periods ended fiscal year 2019 from reduced headcount costs resulting from prior restructuring programs. In addition, we recorded certain contingencies that are probable and estimable of payout in the same period last year.

Intangible amortization

Amortization of intangible assets marginally increased during the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 to $18 million, from $16 million for the three-month period ended September 29, 2017 primarily due to incremental amortization expenses on intangible assets relating to our acquisition completed during the latter part of fiscal year 2018. Amortization of intangible assets for the six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 remained consistent at approximately $36 million.

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Interest and other, net

Interest and other, net was $41 million during the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 compared to $28 million during the three-month period ended September 29, 2017, and $83 million during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 compared to $54 million during the six-month period ended September 29, 2017.The increase in interest and other, net was primarily a result of higher interest expense due to higher interest rates and a higher average borrowing level, increases in foreign exchange losses, coupled with a higher absorption of losses associated with certain of our strategic investments in privately held companies accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Other charges (income), net

 Other charges (income), net was $7 million of net expense and $80 million of income during the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018, respectively, compared to $143 million and $179 million of income during the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017, respectively. The decrease is primarily due to a lower non-cash gain recognized in fiscal year 2019 as result of the deconsolidation of AutoLab AI ("AutoLab", now known as Bright Machines), or $87 million, compared to the $151.6 million non-cash gain recognized during fiscal year 2018 as a result of the deconsolidation of Elementum SCM (Cayman) Ltd. For further description on the deconsolidation of AutoLab, refer to note 2 of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Income taxes

Certain of our subsidiaries have, at various times, been granted tax relief in their respective countries, resulting in lower income taxes than would otherwise be the case under ordinary tax rates. Refer to note 14, “Income Taxes” of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 for further discussion. 

Our policy is to provide a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets that in our estimation are not more likely than not to be realized. 

The consolidated effective tax rate was 20.1% and 19.0% for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and6.1% and 9.4% for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017. The effective rate varies from the Singapore statutory rate of 17.0% as a result of recognition of earnings in different jurisdictions (we generate most of our revenues and profits from operations outside of Singapore), operating loss carryforwards, income tax credits, release of previously established valuation allowances for deferred tax assets, liabilities for uncertain tax positions, as well as the effect of certain tax holidays and incentives granted to our subsidiaries primarily in China, Malaysia, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and Israel. The effective tax rate for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 is higher than the effective tax rate for the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017, due to a changing jurisdictional mix of income, the Company's recognition of an approximately $151.6 million gain on deconsolidation of one of its subsidiaries during the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017 with no related tax impact, and the current period's asset impairment charge of $30.1 million related to the wind-down of the NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico with no related tax impact.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of September 28, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.4 billion and bank and other borrowings of approximately $2.9 billion. We have a $1.75 billion revolving credit facility that expires in June 2022, under which there were no borrowings outstanding as of the end of the quarter. We have also entered into a new $200 million term loan facility in July 2018, under which there were no significant borrowings outstanding as of the end of the quarter. Refer to note 16 for details. As of September 28, 2018, we were in compliance with the covenants under all of our credit facilities and indentures.

Cash used in operating activities was $1.7 billion during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018. As further discussed below, cash collections from the deferred purchase price on our ABS sales program of $1.8 billion are included in cash from investing activities in accordance with new accounting guidance. Overall, the Company's net operating assets, primarily accounts receivable, inventory and contract asset, have increased to support increased operations and new ramps. The increased asset base has not been fully offset by the increase in accounts payable. The increased net asset position, further discussed below, was partially offset by $203 million of net income for the period plus $308 million of non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, and stock-based compensation, net of an $87 million gain from the deconsolidation of AutoLab, which is included in the determination of net income.

We believe net working capital and net working capital as a percentage of annualized net sales are key metrics that measure the Company’s liquidity. Net working capital position was calculated as current quarter accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts, adding back the reduction in accounts receivable resulting from non-cash accounts receivable sales, plus inventories, less accounts payable as of March 31, 2018. As part of the adoption of ASC 606, as further described in note 1 to

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the condensed consolidated financial statements, we expanded net working capital to include contract assets on a going forward basis. Net working capital increased $148 million to $1.8 billion as of September 28, 2018, from $1.6 billion as of March 31, 2018. This increase is primarily driven by (i) a $643 million increase in our inventory levels from March 31, 2018, as we are carrying elevated levels due to certain component shortages as well as capacity constraints in certain locations coupled with the positioning of inventory for multiple large ramps, (ii) an increase of $418 million in contract assets upon adoption of ASC 606, (iii) a $201 million increase in accounts receivable adding back reductions from non-cash accounts receivable sales, offset by approximately $1 billion increase in accounts payable. Despite the increase in our net working capital position from March 31, 2018, current quarter net working capital as a percentage of annualized net sales for the quarter then ended remained relatively consistent at 6.7% as compared to 6.6% of annualized net sales for the quarter ended September 29, 2017. The Company generally operates in a net working capital targeted range between 6%-8% of annualized revenue for the quarter.

Cash provided by investing activities was $1.7 billion during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018. This was primarily driven by the impact of our adoption of ASU 2016-15 during the current fiscal year, which requires us to classify cash collections on deferred purchase price that were previously classified as operating cash inflows as cash flows from investing activities. Refer to note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements for further description of the ASU. In addition, we received $264 million of proceeds, net of cash and escrow held, in connection to the divestitures of our China-based Multek Operations as further described in note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. During the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, we also invested $350 million of net capital expenditures for property and equipment to expand capabilities and capacity in support of our expanding IEI and HRS businesses as well as building out capacity in India, which was higher by $122 million from the same period in the prior year. In addition, other investing activities includes $128 million of non-cash outflow representing our investment in AutoLab following the deconsolidation.

We believe free cash flow is an important liquidity metric because it measures, during a given period, the amount of cash generated that is available to repay debt obligations, make investments, fund acquisitions, repurchase company shares and for certain other activities. Upon adoption of ASU 2016-15 during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, our free cash flow is redefined as cash from operations, plus cash collections of deferred purchase price, less net purchases of property and equipment to present cash flows on a consistent basis for investor transparency. Our free cash flows for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 was a use of $245 million compared to an inflow of $54 million for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017. Free cash flow is not a measure of liquidity under U.S. GAAP, and may not be defined and calculated by other companies in the same manner. Free cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities. Free cash flows reconcile to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure of cash flows from operations as follows: 

	Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In millions)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(1,708	)	$	(2,172	)
Cash collection of deferred purchase price	1,813			2,453
Purchases of property and equipment	(363		)	(264		)
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment	13			37
Free cash flow	$	(245	)	$	54

Cash used in financing activities was $62 million during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, which was primarily for the repurchase of our ordinary shares in the amount of $60 million.

Our cash balances are held in numerous locations throughout the world. Liquidity is affected by many factors, some of which are based on normal ongoing operations of the business and some of which arise from fluctuations related to global economics and markets. Local government regulations may restrict our ability to move cash balances to meet cash needs under certain circumstances; however, any current restrictions are not material. We do not currently expect such regulations and restrictions to impact our ability to pay vendors and conduct operations throughout the global organization. We believe that our existing cash balances, together with anticipated cash flows from operations and borrowings available under our credit facilities, will be sufficient to fund our operations through at least the next twelve months. As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, over half of our cash and cash equivalents were held by foreign subsidiaries outside of Singapore. Although substantially all of the amounts held outside of Singapore could be repatriated under current laws, a significant amount could be subject to income tax withholdings. We provide for tax liabilities on these amounts for financial statement purposes, except for certain of our foreign earnings that are considered indefinitely reinvested outside of Singapore (approximately $1.6 billion as of March 31, 2018). Repatriation could result in an additional income tax payment, however, our intent is to permanently reinvest these funds outside of Singapore and our current plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate them to fund our

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operations in jurisdictions outside of where they are held. Where local restrictions prevent an efficient intercompany transfer of funds, our intent is that cash balances would remain outside of Singapore and we would meet our liquidity needs through ongoing cash flows, external borrowings, or both. 

Future liquidity needs will depend on fluctuations in levels of inventory, accounts receivable and accounts payable, the timing of capital expenditures for new equipment, the extent to which we utilize operating leases for new facilities and equipment, the levels of shipments and changes in the volumes of customer orders, our targeted investments, and our targeted business and asset acquisitions.  

Historically, we have funded operations from cash and cash equivalents generated from operations, proceeds from public offerings of equity and debt securities, bank debt and lease financings. We also sell a designated pool of trade receivables under asset-backed securitization programs and sell certain trade receivables, which are in addition to the trade receivables sold in connection with these securitization agreements.

We anticipate that we will enter into debt and equity financings, sales of accounts receivable and lease transactions to fund acquisitions and growth. The sale or issuance of equity or convertible debt securities could result in dilution to current shareholders. Further, we may issue debt securities that have rights and privileges senior to those of holders of ordinary shares, and the terms of this debt could impose restrictions on operations and could increase debt service obligations. This increased indebtedness could limit our flexibility as a result of debt service requirements and restrictive covenants, potentially affect our credit ratings, and may limit our ability to access additional capital or execute our business strategy. Any downgrades in credit ratings could adversely affect our ability to borrow as a result of more restrictive borrowing terms. We continue to assess our capital structure and evaluate the merits of redeploying available cash to reduce existing debt or repurchase ordinary shares. 

Under our current share repurchase program, our Board of Directors authorized repurchases of our outstanding ordinary shares for up to $500 million in accordance with the share purchase mandate approved by our shareholders at the date of the most recent Annual General Meeting which was held on August 16, 2018. During the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, the Company paid $60 million to repurchase shares under the current and prior repurchase plans at an average price of $13.54 per share. As of September 28, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $454 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan. 

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS

Information regarding our long-term debt payments, operating lease payments, capital lease payments and other commitments is provided in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018. There have been no material changes in our contractual obligations and commitments since March 31, 2018, except for a 20-year lease we entered into for certain new China facility. The total amount of future minimum lease payments is estimated to be $82 million.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We sell designated pools of trade receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions under our ABS programs, and in addition to cash, we receive a deferred purchase price receivable for each pool of the receivables sold. Each of these deferred purchase price receivables serves as additional credit support to the financial institutions and is recorded at its estimated fair value. As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the fair values of our deferred purchase price receivable were approximately $304 million and $445 million, respectively. As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the outstanding balance on receivables sold for cash was $1.4 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, under all our accounts receivable sales programs, which are not included in our condensed consolidated balance sheets. For further information, see note 10 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There were no material changes in our exposure to market risks for changes in interest and foreign currency exchange rates for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 as compared to the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 The Company's management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 28, 2018. Based on that evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 28, 2018, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, as a result of the material weaknesses described in Part II, “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Additional Analysis, Procedures and Remediation Efforts

We have undertaken, and will continue to undertake, steps to improve our internal control over financial reporting to address and remediate the material weaknesses identified by management and described in greater detail in Part II, “Item 9A. Controls and Procedures” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018. Our remediation initiatives include:

• Designing and implementing additional site level controls related to accounting for customer contractual obligations including criteria for effective contract reviews and approvals and documentation to evidence judgments and estimates.

• Designing and implementing a centralized Contract Management Office to determine the appropriate accounting and provide evidence of review for each material contract.

• Designing and implementing systematic centralized reporting controls that provide enhanced visibility to the accounting for customer contracts, which improve monitoring controls that are designed to prevent or detect material errors and help ensure that proper oversight is being provided related to certain decentralized activities.

• Enhancing the quality and frequency of training across all levels to improve awareness of Company policies and knowledge of the expected standards of conduct.

While these remediation plans are being executed, the Company has also engaged and will continue to engage additional external resources to support and supplement the Company’s existing internal resources. Many of our remediation efforts have been implemented or are in the process of implementation, and we will be finalizing our plans over the coming months. Although we intend to complete the remediation process with respect to these material weaknesses as quickly as possible, we cannot at this time estimate how long full remediation will take. The actions that we are taking to remediate these material weaknesses are subject to ongoing review by management, as well as Audit Committee oversight.

The material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not be considered remediated until the remediated controls operate for a sufficient period and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We are working to have the material weaknesses remediated as soon as possible. As we continue to evaluate and improve our internal control over financial reporting, we may take additional measures to address control deficiencies in the areas affected by the material weaknesses or modify or change the proposed remediation measures described above and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018. Accordingly, until these weaknesses are remediated, we plan to perform additional analysis and other procedures to ensure that our condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 Other than the material weaknesses remediation efforts that we have undertaken to date, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our second quarter of fiscal year 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

For a description of our material legal proceedings, see note 13 “Commitments and Contingencies” in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, which is incorporated herein by reference. 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results.  The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be not material also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results. We are including the following revised risk factor, which updates and supersedes the corresponding risk factor disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018, and which should be read in conjunction with our description of risk factors in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018:

We depend on our executive officers and skilled management personnel.

Our success depends to a large extent upon the continued services of our executive officers and other key employees. Generally, our employees are not bound by employment or non-competition agreements, and we cannot assure you that we will retain our executive officers and other key employees. We could be seriously harmed by the loss of any of our executive officers or other key employees. We will need to recruit and retain skilled management personnel, and if we are not able to do so, our business could be harmed. In addition, in connection with expanding our design services offerings, we must attract and retain experienced design engineers. There is substantial competition in our industry for highly skilled employees. Our failure to recruit and retain experienced design engineers could limit the growth of our design services offerings, which could adversely affect our business.

On October 25, 2018, we announced that Michael M. McNamara, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 31, 2018. Our Board has begun a search process for a new Chief Executive Officer, assisted by an executive search firm, and will be considering both internal and external candidates. Michael D. Capellas, Chairman of the Board, will actively assist the Company’s management with the Chief Executive Officer transition. Such a leadership transition can be inherently difficult to manage and an inadequate transition could cause disruption to our business.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 The following table provides information regarding purchases of our ordinary shares made by us for the period from June 30, 2018 through September 28, 2018:

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)	Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
June 30, 2018 - July 2, 2018 (2)	—	$	—	—	$	410,064,509
July 3, 2018 - August 31, 2018 (2) (3)	2,292,015	$	13.86	2,292,015	$	481,740,042
September 1, 2018 - September 28, 2018 (3)	2,137,446	$	13.20	2,137,446	$	453,520,121
Total	4,429,461			4,429,461

(1) During the period from June 30, 2018 through September 28, 2018, all purchases were made pursuant to the programs discussed below in open market transactions. All purchases were made in accordance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

(2) On August 15, 2017, our Board of Directors authorized repurchases of our outstanding ordinary shares for up to $500 million. This is in accordance with the share purchase mandate whereby our shareholders approved a repurchase limit of 20% of our issued ordinary shares outstanding at the Annual General Meeting held on the same date as the Board authorization. As of June 29, 2018, we had shares in the aggregate amount of $410.1 million available to be repurchased under this plan, of which 1.0 million shares in the aggregate amount of $13.5 million were repurchased prior to August 16, 2018 (after which authorization under this plan terminated).

(3) On August 16, 2018, our Board of Directors authorized repurchases of our outstanding ordinary shares for up to $500 million. This is in accordance with the share purchase mandate whereby our shareholders approved a repurchase limit of 20% of our issued ordinary shares outstanding at the Annual General Meeting held on the same date as the Board authorization. As of September 28, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $453.5 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan.

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ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT INDEX

			Incorporated by Reference			Filed
Exhibit No.	Exhibit	Form	File No.	Filing Date	Exhibit No.	Herewith
15.01	Letter in lieu of consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.					X
31.01	Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.					X
31.02	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.					X
32.01	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*					X
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document					X
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document					X
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document					X
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document					X
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document					X
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document					X

* This exhibit is furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of Flex Ltd. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		FLEX LTD.
		(Registrant)
		/s/ Michael M. McNamara
		Michael M. McNamara
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	November 2, 2018
		/s/ Christopher Collier
		Christopher Collier
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:	November 2, 2018

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EX-15.01

Exhibit 15.01

LETTER IN LIEU OF CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

November 2, 2018

Flex Ltd.

2 Changi South Lane

Singapore 486123

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of Flex Ltd. and subsidiaries for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, as indicated in our report dated November 2, 2018; because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2018, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-222773 on Form S-3ASR, 333-220002, 333-212267, 333-207325, and 333-170710 on Form S-8.

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

San Jose, California

EX-31.01

EXHIBIT 31.01

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Michael M. McNamara, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Flex Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  November 2, 2018

/s/ Michael M. McNamara

Michael M. McNamara

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.02

EXHIBIT 31.02

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Christopher Collier, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Flex Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  November 2, 2018

/s/ Christopher Collier

Christopher Collier

Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.01

EXHIBIT 32.01

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

We, Michael M. McNamara and Christopher Collier, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of Flex Ltd. (the “Company”), hereby certify, to the best of our knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

• the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 28, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

• the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

A signed original of this written statement has been provided to Flex Ltd. and will be retained by it and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Date:	November 2, 2018	/s/ Michael M. McNamara
		Michael M. McNamara
		Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	November 2, 2018	/s/ Christopher Collier
		Christopher Collier
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,377,720	$ 1,472,424
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Goodwill	1,082,523	1,121,170
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
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Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 6,710,604	$ 6,270,420	$ 13,134,560	$ 12,278,692
Cost of sales	6,308,303	5,877,095	12,354,405	11,478,435
Gross profit	402,301	393,325	780,155	800,257
Selling, general and administrative expenses	227,683	274,149	490,565	524,960
Intangible amortization	18,234	16,376	36,751	36,277
Interest and other, net	41,060	27,554	82,802	54,430
Other income, net	6,530	(143,167)	(80,394)	(179,332)
Income before income taxes	108,794	218,413	250,431	363,922
Provision for income taxes	21,909	13,327	47,511	34,126
Net income	$ 86,885	$ 205,086	$ 202,920	$ 329,796
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.39	$ 0.38	$ 0.62
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.61
Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic (in shares)	531,503	531,313	530,426	530,790
Diluted (in shares)	534,458	536,019	535,027	536,311

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 86,885	$ 205,086	$ 202,920	$ 329,796
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of zero tax	(6,622)	9,478	(50,708)	20,314
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other, net of zero tax	21,075	(13,875)	(19,828)	(16,044)
Comprehensive income	$ 101,338	$ 200,689	$ 132,384	$ 334,066

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Foreign currency translation adjustments, tax	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments and other, tax	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$ 202,920	$ 329,796
Depreciation, amortization and other impairment charges	269,062	264,718
Changes in working capital and other	(2,092,964)	(2,614,917)
Net cash used in operating activities	(1,707,596)	(2,171,977)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(363,373)	(264,030)
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment	12,973	36,123
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	0	(273,167)
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, net of cash held in divested businesses	264,438	(2,949)
Cash collections of deferred purchase price	1,812,945	2,452,782
Other investing activities, net	(24,411)	(114,063)
Net cash provided by investing activities	1,702,572	1,834,696
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt	650,023	0
Repayments of bank borrowings and long-term debt	(652,600)	(26,483)
Payments for repurchases of ordinary shares	(59,980)	(145,005)
Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares	131	1,211
Other financing activities, net	0	60,591
Net cash used in financing activities	(62,426)	(109,686)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(27,254)	(14,206)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(94,704)	(461,173)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	1,472,424	1,830,675
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	1,377,720	1,369,502
Non-cash investing activities:
Unpaid purchases of property and equipment	182,901	125,187
Non-cash proceeds from sale of Wink	0	59,000
Leased Asset to AutoLab (Note 2)	76,531	0
Elementum
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Gain from deconsolidation of AutoLab	0	(151,574)
Non-cash investing activities:
Non-cash investment in AutoLab (Note 2)	0	132,679
AutoLab
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Gain from deconsolidation of AutoLab	(86,614)	0
Non-cash investing activities:
Non-cash investment in AutoLab (Note 2)	$ 127,641	$ 0

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Organization of the Company

Flex Ltd. ("Flex" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale^tm services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The Company designs, builds, ships and services complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through its activities in the following segments:

• Communications & Enterprise Compute ("CEC"), which includes telecom business of radio access base stations, remote radio heads, and small cells for wireless infrastructure; networking business which includes optical, routing, broadcasting, and switching products for the data and video networks; server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud-based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software-defined product solutions;

• Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes consumer-related businesses in connected living, wearables, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, and mobile devices; and including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computers, tablets, and printers;

• Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, electric vehicle infrastructure, smart solar energy, semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, industrial, home and lifestyle, industrial automation, and kiosks; and

• High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of health solutions business, including consumer health, digital health, disposables, precision plastics, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging equipment; automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and clean technologies.

The Company's service offerings include a comprehensive range of value-added design and engineering services that are tailored to the various markets and needs of its customers. Other focused service offerings relate to manufacturing (including enclosures, metals, plastic injection molding, precision plastics, machining, and mechanicals), system integration and assembly and test services, materials procurement, inventory management, logistics and after-sales services (including product repair, warranty services, re-manufacturing and maintenance) and supply chain management software solutions and component product offerings (including flexible printed circuit boards and power adapters and chargers).

Basis of Presentation

 The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. 

The first quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on June 29, 2018, which is comprised of 90 days in the period, and June 30, 2017, which is comprised of 91 days in the period, respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, which are comprised of 91 days in both periods.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flex and its majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. The Company consolidates its majority-owned subsidiaries and investments in entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. For the consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries in which the Company owns less than 100%, the Company recognizes a noncontrolling interest for the ownership of the noncontrolling owners. The associated noncontrolling owners' interest in the income or losses of these companies is not material to the Company's results of operations for all periods presented, and is classified as a component of interest and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2017-01 “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business” to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The Company adopted the guidance on a prospective basis during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, which did not have a material impact to its financial position as there were no acquisitions during the period.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)." The ASU is intended to address specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice and provide guidance on how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The majority of the guidance in ASU 2016-15 is consistent with our current cash flow classification. However, cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs described in note 10 will be classified as cash flows from investing activities instead of the Company's former presentation as cash flows from operations. The Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using a monthly approach to track cash flows on deferred purchase price and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for fiscal year 2018. Commencing with the quarter ending September 28, 2018, the Company changed to a method based on daily activity and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017. The Company recorded $1.8 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 and reclassified $2.5 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017, from cash flows from operating activities to cash flows from investing activities.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 "Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This guidance generally requires equity investments, except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. This guidance also requires the separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. The Company adopted this guidance on April 1, 2018 with an insignificant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-03 "Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This standard comes as an addition to ASU 2016-01 which the Company adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. This update includes amendments to clarify certain aspects of the guidance issued in Update 2016-01. The Company adopted this guidance during the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" (also referred to as Accounting Standard Codification 606 ("ASC 606")) which requires an entity to recognize revenue relating to contracts with customers that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. In order to meet this requirement, the entity must apply the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Additionally, disclosures required for revenue recognition include qualitative and quantitative information about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from costs to obtain or fulfill a contract.

The Company adopted the standard on April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach by applying the guidance to all open contracts at the adoption date and has implemented revised accounting policies, new operational and financial reporting processes, enhanced systems capabilities and relevant internal controls.

As part of adopting ASC 606, revenue for certain customer contracts where the Company is manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use and the Company has an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-in-progress inventory will be recognized over time (i.e., as we manufacture the product) instead of upon shipment of products. In addition to the following disclosures, note 3 provides further disclosures required by the new standard.

The cumulative effect of change made to our April 1, 2018 consolidated balance sheet for the adoption of ASC 606 was as follows:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	Balance at March 31, 2018		Adjustments		Balance at April 1, 2018
ASSETS
Contract assets	—		412,787		412,787
Inventories	3,799,829		(409,252	)	3,390,577
Other current assets	1,380,466		(51,479	)	1,328,987
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,719,418		(87,897	)	1,631,521
Other liabilities	531,587		2,098		533,685
Accumulated deficit	(3,144,114	)	(37,855	)	(3,181,969	)

The adoption of ASC 606 resulted in the establishment of contract asset and contract liability balance sheet accounts and in the reclassification to these new accounts from certain asset and liability accounts, primarily inventories. The increase in accumulated deficit in the table above reflects $37.9 million of net adjustments to the balance sheet as of April 1, 2018, resulting from the adoption of ASC 606 primarily related to certain customer contracts requiring an over-time method of revenue recognition. The declines in inventories and other current asset reflect reclassifications to contract assets due to the earlier recognition of certain costs of products sold for over-time contracts. The decline in other current liabilities is primarily due to the reclassification of payments from customers in advance of work performed to contract assets to reflect the net position of the related over-time contracts.

The following tables summarize the impacts of ASC 606 adoption on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of operations:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of September 28, 2018
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments		Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
ASSETS
Contract assets	418,158		(418,158	)	—
Inventories	4,442,855		415,623		4,858,478
Other current assets	935,030		8,059		943,089
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,456,519		34,327		1,490,846
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492	)	(38,520	)	(2,941,012	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
	Three-months ended September 28, 2018							Six-months ended September 28, 2018
(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption		As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Net sales	$	6,710,604	$	(115,533	)	$	6,595,071	$	13,134,560	$	(27,237	)	$	13,107,323
Cost of sales	6,308,303		(111,917		)	6,196,386		12,354,405		(26,573		)	12,327,832
Gross profit	402,301		(3,616		)	398,685		780,155		(664		)	779,491
Net income	$	86,885	$	(3,616	)	$	83,269	$	202,920	$	(664	)	$	202,256

To align contractual terms across the vast majority of customers to allow the Company to efficiently and accurately manage its contracts, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company waived certain contractual rights to bill profit for work in progress in the event of a contract termination which is expected to be infrequent. These modifications resulted in revenue from these customers being recognized upon shipment of products, rather than over time (i.e., as we manufacture products) as further explained in note 3. The result of the amendments for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, was to reduce revenue and gross profit by approximately $132.7 million and $9.3 million, respectively, compared to amounts that would have been reported both (i) under ASC 606 had we not amended the contracts, and (ii) had we not adopted ASC 606.

For the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $115.5 million higher, and the gross profit $3.6 million higher, than they would have been without ASC 606 adoption primarily due to additional inventory build up as of September 28, 2018 for those customer contracts that meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3) partially offset by a decline in the aggregate average gross profit margin for those customers due to the increasing mix of lower margin customers included in the CTG segment.

For the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $27.2 million higher and the gross profit approximately $0.7 million higher than it would have been without ASC 606 adoption. Additional revenue of $160.0 million was reported under ASC 606 due to the accelerated timing of recognition of revenue for contracts which meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3). Approximately $10.0 million of additional gross profit was recognized on the customers qualifying for accelerated revenue recognition. These increases were offset by reductions of $132.7 million of revenue and $9.3 million of gross profit respectively as a result of the waiver of contracts noted above. There was no material tax impact for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 from adopting ASC 606.

The Company applies the following practical expedients:

• The Company elected to not disclose information about remaining performance obligations as its performance obligations generally have an expected duration of one year or less.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-25-18B the Company will account for certain shipping and handling as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer the good, instead of a promised service to its customer.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-32-18 the Company elected to not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will generally be one year or less.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15 "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract” to provide guidance on a customer's accounting for implementation, set-up, and other upfront costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is hosted by the vendor, i.e. a service contract. Under the new guidance, customers will apply the same criteria for capitalizing implementation costs as they would for an arrangement that has a software license. The new guidance also prescribes the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow classification of the capitalized implementation costs and related amortization expense, as well as requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company is still evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement”, which amends ASC 820 to add, remove, and modify fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07 "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvement to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting" with the objective of simplifying several aspects of the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12 "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities" with the objective of improving the financial reporting of hedging relationships and simplifying the application of the hedge accounting guidance in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment" to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. This guidance requires that the change be applied on a prospective basis, and it is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, with early application permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new guidance and the timing of adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 "Leases (Topic 842)" intended to improve financial reporting on leasing transactions. The new lease guidance will require entities that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. The guidance will also enhance existing disclosure requirements relating to those leases. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, "Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements", which provides entities with relief from the costs of implementing certain aspects of the new leasing standard, ASC 842. Specifically, under the amendments in ASU 2018-11, (1) entities may elect not to recast the comparative periods presented when transitioning to ASC 842 and (2) lessors may elect not to separate lease and nonlease components when certain conditions are met. Also in July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, "Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases", which clarifies how to apply certain aspects of the new leases standard, ASC 842. The amendments address the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments, among other things. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new leases standard. The Company intends to adopt the new lease guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 using a modified retrospective approach. The Company believes the new guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated balance sheets upon adoption.

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract]

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

BALANCE SHEET ITEMS

Inventories

The components of inventories, net of applicable lower of cost and net realizable value write-downs, were as follows: 

	As of September 28, 2018		As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	3,512,523	$	2,760,410
Work-in-progress	407,998		450,569
Finished goods	522,334		588,850
	$	4,442,855	$	3,799,829

Due to the adoption of ASC 606, amounts that would have been reported as inventory under prior guidance are now included in contract assets or liabilities, depending on the net position of the contract, as disclosed in note 1. As a result of this accounting change, work-in-progress and finished goods as of September 28, 2018 are $415.6 million less than they would have been, had we not adopted ASC 606. The comparative information as of March 31, 2018, has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at that time.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill account for each of its four segments during the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018: 

	HRS			CTG			IEI			CEC			Amount
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of the year	$	550,983		$	107,748		$	337,707		$	124,732		$	1,121,170
Divestitures (1)	(4,006		)	(4,412		)	(4,120		)	(6,391		)	(18,929		)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (2)	(19,718		)	—			—			—			(19,718		)
Balance, end of the period	$	527,259		$	103,336		$	333,587		$	118,341		$	1,082,523

(1) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, and as a result, recorded an aggregate reduction of goodwill of $18.9 million, which is included in the loss on sale recorded in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operation. See note 12 for additional information.

(2) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recorded $19.7 million of foreign currency translation adjustments primarily related to the goodwill associated with the acquisition of Mirror Controls International ("MCi") and AGM Automotive ("AGM"), as the U.S. Dollar fluctuated against foreign currencies.

In accordance with accounting guidance on goodwill and other intangible assets, the Company evaluates goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually, and whenever circumstances occur indicating that goodwill might be impaired. The performance of the test involves a two-step process. The first step of the impairment test involves comparing the fair value of each of the Company's reporting units with the reporting unit's carrying amount, including goodwill. The Company generally determines the fair value of its reporting units based upon, among other factors, market multiples for comparable companies as well as a discounted cash flow analysis. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit's fair value using these approaches, the Company performs the second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the amount of impairment loss. The second step of the goodwill impairment test involves comparing the implied fair value of the Company's reporting unit's goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill.

During October 2018, the Company's market capitalization declined significantly. The Company believes the significant drop in market value constitutes a “triggering event” in accordance with the applicable accounting literature, and accordingly commenced an interim impairment test. The Company is in the process of completing the first step of the test, and based on preliminary results believes that it is probable that the fair value of the CTG reporting unit is lower than its carrying value. The Company is in the process of finalizing the long-term financial projections necessary to complete the first step of the goodwill impairment test. If it is determined that the goodwill of any of the reporting units is in fact impaired, the Company will then proceed to the second step of the impairment test in which it will measure the fair value of such reporting unit’s identified tangible and intangible assets and liabilities in order to determine the implied fair value of its goodwill and any resulting goodwill impairment.

As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, the Company has not finalized its impairment analysis due to the limited time period from the first indication of potential impairment to the date of this filing and the complexities involved in developing long-term cash flow forecasts and in estimating the fair value of each reporting unit’s assets and liabilities. Accounting guidance provides that in circumstances in which step two of the impairment analysis has not been completed, a company should recognize an estimated impairment charge to the extent that it determines that it is probable that an impairment loss has occurred and such impairment loss can be reasonably estimated. As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, such impairment loss is not reasonably estimable and thus no impairment charge has been recognized by the Company. The Company will complete its impairment analysis during the quarter ending December 31, 2018, which may result in a material impairment of its recorded goodwill.

The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows:

	As of September 28, 2018							As of March 31, 2018
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
Intangible assets:
Customer-related intangibles	$	303,361	$	(98,112	)	$	205,249	$	306,943	$	(79,051	)	$	227,892
Licenses and other intangibles	287,024		(116,866		)	170,158		304,007		(107,466		)	196,541
Total	$	590,385	$	(214,978	)	$	375,407	$	610,950	$	(186,517	)	$	424,433

The gross carrying amounts of intangible assets are removed when fully amortized. The estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets is as follows:

Fiscal Year Ending March 31,	Amount
	(In thousands)
2019 (1)	$	35,987
2020	66,906
2021	62,515
2022	53,678
2023	45,421
Thereafter	110,900
Total amortization expense	$	375,407

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(1) Represents estimated amortization for the remaining six-month period ending March 31, 2019.

Other Current Assets

Other current assets include approximately $304.3 million and $445.4 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively, for the deferred purchase price receivable from the Company's Asset-Backed Securitization programs. See note 10 for additional information. Assets held for sale related to the China-based Multek operations previously recorded in other current assets have been removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture. See note 12 for additional information.

Investments

The Company has an investment portfolio that consists of strategic investments in privately held companies, and certain venture capital funds which are included within other assets. These privately held companies range from startups to more mature companies with established revenue streams and business models. The primary purpose of these investments is to create an ecosystem of partnerships with customers developing emerging technologies aligned to the Company's corporate strategy with bringing in future opportunities for exclusive manufacturing.

Non-majority-owned investments in entities are accounted for using the equity method when the Company has an investment in common stock or in-substance common stock, and either (a) has the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the issuer, or (b) if the Company has a voting percentage equal to or generally greater than 20% but less than 50%, and for non-majority-owned investments in partnerships when generally greater than 5%. The equity in earnings (losses) of equity method investees are immaterial for all periods presented, and are included in interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Cost method is used for investments which the Company does not have the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the investee.

The Company monitors these investments for impairment indicators and makes appropriate reductions in carrying values as required whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets may be impaired. The factors the Company considers in its evaluation of potential impairment of its investments include, but are not limited to, a significant deterioration in the earnings performance or business prospects of the investee, or factors that raise significant concerns about the investee’s ability to continue as a going concern, such as negative cash flows from operation or working capital deficiencies. Fair values of these investments, when required, are estimated using unobservable inputs, primarily comparable company multiples and discounted cash flow projections. For investments accounted for under cost method that do not have readily determinable fair values, the Company has elected, per ASU 2016-01, to measure them at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer.

AutoLab AI (now known as Bright Machines)

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company transferred existing employees and equipment with a net book value of approximately $40 million along with certain related software and Intellectual Property ("IP"), into the newly created AutoLab AI (“AutoLab”), in exchange for shares of preferred stock and a controlling financial interest in AutoLab. AutoLab is a privately held software-as-a service (SaaS) and hardware company focused on developing and deploying an automation solution worldwide. The Company has concluded that AutoLab does not qualify as a variable interest entity for purposes of evaluating whether it has a controlling financial interest.

Subsequent to the initial formation and prior to June 29, 2018, AutoLab received equity funding from third party investors and expanded the board of directors, resulting in dilution of the Company's voting interest below 50%. As a result, the Company concluded it no longer holds a controlling financial interest in AutoLab and accordingly, deconsolidated the entity.

The fair value of the Company’s non-controlling interest in AutoLab upon deconsolidation was approximately $127.6 million as of the date of deconsolidation. The Company accounts for its investment in AutoLab under the equity method, with the carrying amount included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The value of the Company’s interest on the date of deconsolidation was based on management’s estimate of the fair value of AutoLab at that time. Management relied on a multi-stage process which involved calculating the enterprise and equity value of AutoLab, then allocating the equity value of the entity to the Company’s securities. The enterprise value of AutoLab was estimated based on the value implied by the equity funding AutoLab received from third parties in the same period (i.e., level 2 inputs). The Company recognized a gain on deconsolidation of approximately $87.3 million with no material tax impact, which is included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

In addition, during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company leased approximately $76.5 million of fixed assets to AutoLab under a five-year lease term based on an interest rate of 4.20% per year. The leases were concluded to be sales-type leases and as such, the Company derecognized the associated assets from property and equipment, net and recorded a total net investment in the lease of $88.2 million in other current assets and other assets, based on the present value of lease receivables. The Company recorded an immaterial gain related to this leasing transaction, which is included in cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Pro-forma financials have not been presented because the effects were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position and results of operation for all periods presented. AutoLab became a related party to the Company starting on the date of deconsolidation. The Company has engaged AutoLab as a strategic partner to develop and deploy automation solutions for Flex and has entered into a 5-year subscription agreement. Subscription fees under the AutoLab agreement were immaterial for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018.

As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company's investments in non-majority owned companies totaled $557.2 million and $411.1 million, respectively. The equity in the earnings or losses of the Company's equity method investments, including AutoLab, was not material to the consolidated results of operations for any period presented and is included in interest and other, net.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities include customer working capital advances of $226.5 million and $153.6 million, customer-related accruals of $369.8 million and $439.0 million, and deferred revenue of $247.1 million and $329.0 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. The customer working capital advances are not interest-bearing, do not have fixed repayment dates and are generally reduced as the underlying working capital is consumed in production. Liabilities held for sale related to the China-based Multek operations previously recorded in other current liabilities have been removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 28, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture. See note 12 for additional information.

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REVENUE

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

REVENUE

REVENUE

Revenue Recognition

The Company provides a comprehensive suite of services for its customers that range from advanced product design to manufacturing and logistics to after-sales services. The first step in its process for revenue recognition is to identify a contract with a customer. A contract is defined as an agreement between two parties that create enforceable rights and obligations and can be written, verbal, or implied. The Company generally enters into master supply agreements (“MSA”) with its customers that provide the framework under which business will be conducted. This includes matters such as warranty, indemnification, transfer of title and risk of loss, liability for excess and obsolete inventory, pricing formulas, payment terms, etc., and the level of business under those agreements may not be guaranteed. In those instances, we bid on a program-by-program basis and typically receive customer purchase orders for specific quantities and timing of products. As a result, the Company considers its contract with a customer to be the combination of the MSA and the purchase order, or any other similar documents such as a statement of work, product addenda, emails or other communications that embody the commitment by the customer.

In determining the appropriate amount of revenue to recognize, the Company applies the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation. Further, the Company assesses whether control of the product or services promised under the contract is transferred to the customer at a point in time (PIT) or over time (OT). The Company is first required to evaluate whether its contracts meet the criteria for OT recognition. The Company has determined that for a portion of its contracts the Company is manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use (due to the unique nature of the customer-specific product and IP restrictions) and the Company has an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-in-progress inventory with respect to these contracts. As a result, revenue is recognized under these contracts OT based on the cost-to-cost method as it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date as compared to the total estimated costs at completion of the performance obligation. For all other contracts that do not meet these criteria, the Company recognizes revenue when it has transferred control of the related manufactured products which generally occurs upon delivery and passage of title to the customer.

Customer Contracts and Related Obligations

Certain of the Company’s customer agreements include potential price adjustments which may result in variable consideration. These price adjustments include, but are not limited to, sharing of cost savings, committed price reductions, material margins earned over the period that are contractually required to be paid to the customers, rebates, refunds tied to performance metrics such as on-time delivery, and other periodic pricing resets that may be refundable to customers. The Company estimates the variable consideration related to these price adjustments as part of the total transaction price and recognizes revenue in accordance with the pattern applicable to the performance obligation, subject to a constraint. The Company constrains the amount of revenues recognized for these contractual provisions based on its best estimate of the amount which will not result in a significant reversal of revenue in a future period. The Company determines the amounts to be recognized based on the amount of potential refund required by the contract, historical experience and other surrounding facts and circumstances. Often these obligations are settled with the customer in a period after shipment through various methods which include reduction of prices for future purchases, issuance of a payment to the customer, or issuance of a credit note applied against the customer’s accounts receivable balance. In many instances, the agreement is silent on the settlement mechanism. Any difference between the amount accrued upon shipment for potential refunds and the actual amount agreed to with the customer is recorded as an increase or decrease in revenue. These potential price adjustments are included as part of other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet and disclosed as part of customer related accruals in note 2.

Performance Obligations

The Company derives its revenues primarily from manufacturing services, and to a lesser extent, from innovative design, engineering, and supply chain services and solutions.

A performance obligation is an implicitly or explicitly promised good or service that is material in the context of the contract and is both capable of being distinct (customer can benefit from the good or service on its own or together with other readily available resources) and distinct within the context of the contract (separately identifiable from other promises). The Company considers all activities typically included in its contracts, and identifies those activities representing a promise to transfer goods or services to a customer. These include, but are not limited to, design and engineering services, prototype products, tooling, etc. Each promised good or service with regards to these identified activities is accounted for as a separate performance obligation only if it is distinct - i.e., the customer can benefit from it on its own or together with other resources that are readily available to the customer. Certain activities on the other hand are determined not to constitute a promise to transfer goods or service, and therefore do not represent separate performance obligations for revenue recognition (e.g., procurement of materials and standard workmanship warranty).

A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. The majority of the Company's contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual good or service is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contract and is, therefore, not distinct. Promised goods or services that are immaterial in the context of the contract are not separately assessed as performance obligations. In the event that more than one performance obligation is identified in a contract, the Company is required to allocate the transaction price between the performance obligations. The allocation would generally be performed on the basis of a relative standalone price for each distinct good or service. This standalone price most often represents the price that Flex would sell similar goods or services separately.

Contract Balances

A contract asset is recognized when the Company has recognized revenue, but not issued an invoice for payment. Contract assets are classified separately on the condensed consolidated balance sheet and transferred to receivables when rights to payment become unconditional. The following table summarizes the activity in the Company's contract assets during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands):

	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, April 1, 2018	$	—
Cumulative effect adjustment at April 1, 2018	412,787
Revenue recognized	3,566,140
Amounts collected or invoiced	(3,560,769		)
Ending balance, September 28, 2018	$	418,158

A contract liability is recognized when the Company receives payments in advance of the satisfaction of performance and is included in other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Contract liabilities were $247.1 million and $265.3 million as of September 28, 2018 and April 1, 2018, respectively.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated based on timing of transfer - point in time and overtime - for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands), respectively:

Three-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	893,141	$	1,203,696	$	1,089,319	$	1,519,041	$	4,705,197
Over time	314,830		592,187		476,634		621,756		2,005,407
Total segment	$	1,207,971	$	1,795,883	$	1,565,953	$	2,140,797	$	6,710,604

Six-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	1,898,321	$	2,504,333	$	2,153,218	$	3,012,548	$	9,568,420
Over time	525,075		1,099,484		859,046		1,082,535		3,566,140
Total segment	$	2,423,396	$	3,603,817	$	3,012,264	$	4,095,083	$	13,134,560

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company's primary plan used for granting equity compensation awards is the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan").

The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense:

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost of sales	$	4,767	$	4,985	$	10,171	$	8,304
Selling, general and administrative expenses	14,314		15,479		29,863		33,956
Total share-based compensation expense	$	19,081	$	20,464	$	40,034	$	42,260

Total unrecognized compensation expense related to share options under all plans was $4.3 million and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.9 years. As of September 28, 2018, the number of options outstanding and exercisable under all plans was 1.1 million and 0.6 million, respectively, at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.40 per share and $4.02 per share, respectively. 

During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company granted 5.5 million unvested restricted share unit awards. Of this amount, approximately 4.2 million are plain-vanilla unvested restricted share unit awards with no performance or market conditions with an average grant date price of $14.02 per award and will vest over four years. Further, approximately 1.3 million unvested shares represent the target amount of grants made to certain key employees whereby vesting is contingent on certain market conditions. The average grant date fair value of these awards contingent on certain market conditions was estimated to be $14.00 per award and was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The number of shares contingent on market conditions that ultimately will vest will range from zero up to a maximum of 2.6 million based on a measurement of the percentile rank of the Company’s total shareholder return over a certain specified period against the Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Composite Index and will cliff vest after a period of three years, if such market conditions have been met.  

As of September 28, 2018, approximately 14.1 million unvested restricted share unit awards under all plans were outstanding, of which vesting for a targeted amount of 2.6 million is contingent primarily on meeting certain market conditions. The number of shares that will ultimately be issued can range from zero to 5.2 million based on the achievement levels of the respective conditions. During the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, 0.6 million shares vested in connection with the restricted share unit awards with market conditions granted in fiscal year 2016. 

As of September 28, 2018, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted share unit awards under all plans was approximately $168.6 million, and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 2.7 years.

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EARNINGS PER SHARE

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table reflects basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the shareholders of Flex Ltd.: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Basic earnings per share	0.16		0.39		0.38		0.62
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards (1) (2)	2,955		4,706		4,601		5,521
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding	534,458		536,019		535,027		536,311
Diluted earnings per share	0.16		0.38		0.38		0.61

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(1) An immaterial amount of options to purchase ordinary shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share during the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents.

(2) Restricted share unit awards of 3.1 million for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents. An immaterial amount of anti-dilutive restricted share unit awards was excluded for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017.

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INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recognized interest expense of $35.1 million and $68.7 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods. During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company recognized interest expense of $29.6 million and $58.6 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods.

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OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET

OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET

During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recognized other income of $80.4 million, primarily driven by a $87.3 million gain on the deconsolidation of AutoLab. Refer to note 2 for further details of the deconsolidation.

During the six-month period ended September 29, 2017, the Company deconsolidated Elementum SCM (Cayman) Ltd and recognized a gain on deconsolidation of approximately $151.6 million with no related tax impact, which is included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract]

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Foreign Currency Contracts

The Company enters into short-term foreign currency derivatives contracts, including forward, swap, and options contracts to hedge only those currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities, primarily accounts receivable and accounts payable, and cash flows denominated in non-functional currencies. Gains and losses on the Company's derivative contracts are designed to offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities and transactions hedged, and accordingly, generally do not subject the Company to risk of significant accounting losses. The Company hedges committed exposures and does not engage in speculative transactions. The credit risk of these derivative contracts is minimized since the contracts are with large financial institutions and accordingly, fair value adjustments related to the credit risk of the counterparty financial institution were not material.

As of September 28, 2018, the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $8.3 billion as summarized below: 

	Foreign Currency Amount		Notional Contract Value in USD
Currency	Buy	Sell	Buy		Sell
	(In thousands)
Cash Flow Hedges
CNY	2,258,000	—	$	328,494	$	—
EUR	74,296	38,747	87,302		45,635
HUF	27,835,000	—	101,026		—
ILS	179,000	5,250	49,890		1,463
MXN	4,590,000	—	242,508		—
MYR	405,700	45,000	98,135		10,885
RON	180,700	—	45,570		—
SGD	47,500	—	34,799		—
Other	N/A	N/A	37,295		5,436
			1,025,019		63,419
Other Foreign Currency Contracts
CAD	394,519	416,218	304,213		320,945
CNY	1,552,000	—	226,025		—
EUR	1,722,006	1,884,924	2,023,008		2,214,953
GBP	36,557	64,161	48,180		84,499
HUF	89,504,773	97,417,006	324,854		353,571
ILS	224,300	—	62,516		—
INR	5,735,497	8,205,341	79,226		113,127
MXN	2,611,896	2,050,476	137,997		108,335
MYR	643,720	341,430	155,710		82,589
SEK	467,158	546,573	52,141		62,010
SGD	88,850	49,740	65,092		36,440
Other	N/A	N/A	89,580		256,393
			3,568,542		3,632,862
Total Notional Contract Value in USD			$	4,593,561	$	3,696,281

As of September 28, 2018, the fair value of the Company’s short-term foreign currency contracts was included in other current assets or other current liabilities, as applicable, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Certain of these contracts are designed to economically hedge the Company’s exposure to monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a non-functional currency and are not accounted for as hedges under the accounting standards. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of these instruments are recognized in earnings during the period of change as a component of interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company also has included net deferred gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of shareholders’ equity in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, relating to changes in fair value of its foreign currency contracts that are accounted for as cash flow hedges. Deferred losses were $11.8 million as of September 28, 2018, and are expected to be recognized primarily as a component of cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statements of operations primarily over the next twelve-month period. The gains and losses recognized in earnings due to hedge ineffectiveness were not material for all fiscal periods presented and are included as a component of interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. 

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes:

	Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
	Asset Derivatives					Liability Derivatives
		Fair Value					Fair Value
	Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018		Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	10,317	$	19,422	Other current liabilities	$	24,621	$	7,065
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	9,970	$	23,912	Other current liabilities	$	8,259	$	18,246

The Company has financial instruments subject to master netting arrangements, which provides for the net settlement of all contracts with a single counterparty. The Company does not offset fair value amounts for assets and liabilities recognized for derivative instruments under these arrangements, and as such, the asset and liability balances presented in the table above reflect the gross amounts of derivatives in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The impact of netting derivative assets and liabilities is not material to the Company’s financial position for any of the periods presented.

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, are as follows: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018									September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(76,649	)	$	(94,185	)	$	(170,834	)	$	(34,595	)	$	(84,881	)	$	(119,476	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	945			(6,622		)	(5,677		)	(3,865		)	9,478			5,613
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,130			—			20,130			(10,010		)	—			(10,010		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	21,075			(6,622		)	14,453			(13,875		)	9,478			(4,397		)
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)	$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

	Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018										September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other				Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(35,746	)		$	(50,099	)	$	(85,845	)	$	(32,426	)	$	(95,717	)	$	(128,143	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(40,714		)		(50,708		)	(91,422		)	(845		)	20,314			19,469
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,886			—	—			20,886			(15,199		)	—			(15,199		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	(19,828		)		(50,708		)	(70,536		)	(16,044		)	20,314			4,270
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)		$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

Substantially all unrealized losses relating to derivative instruments and other, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 were recognized as a component of cost of sales in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which primarily relate to the Company’s foreign currency contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges.

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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract]

TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION

TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION

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 100% of the receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions. These programs allow 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 is not paid by the unaffiliated financial institutions in cash is a deferred purchase price receivable, which is paid to the special purpose entity as payments on the receivables are collected from account debtors. The deferred purchase price receivable represents a beneficial interest in the transferred financial assets and is recognized at fair value as part of the sale transaction. The deferred purchase price receivables, which are included in other current assets as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, were carried at the expected recovery amount of the related receivables. 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 is recognized as a loss on sale of the related receivables, and recorded in interest and other, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and were immaterial for all periods presented.

Following the transfer of the receivables to the special purpose entities, the transferred receivables are 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 has 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 $950.0 million for the Global Program, of which $775.0 million is committed and $175.0 million is uncommitted, and $250.0 million for the North American Program, of which $210.0 million is committed and $40.0 million is uncommitted. Both programs require a minimum level of deferred purchase price receivable to be retained by the Company in connection with the sales.

 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 three-month and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, and September 29, 2017 were not material and are included in interest and other, net within the condensed 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 and liabilities are recognized.

The Company's deferred purchase price receivables relating to its asset-backed securitization program are recorded initially at fair value based on a discounted cash flow analysis using unobservable inputs (i.e., level 3 inputs), which are primarily risk-free interest rates adjusted for the credit quality of the underlying creditor. Due to its high credit quality and short-term maturity, the fair value approximates carrying value. Significant increases in either of the major unobservable inputs (credit spread, risk free interest rate) in isolation would result in lower fair value estimates, however the impact is not material. The interrelationship between these inputs is also insignificant.

As of September 28, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the accounts receivable balances that were sold under the ABS Programs were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the net cash proceeds received by the Company during the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017 were included as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. We recognize these proceeds net of the deferred purchase price, consisting of a receivable from the purchasers that entitles us to certain collections on the receivable. We recognize the collection of the deferred purchase price in net cash provided by investing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows as cash collections of deferred purchase price.

As of September 28, 2018, approximately $1.3 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities under the ABS Programs for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of approximately $1.0 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $304.3 million. As of March 31, 2018, approximately $1.5 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of $1.1 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $445.4 million. The deferred purchase price balances as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, also represent the non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables.

 For the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, cash flows from sales of receivables under the ABS Programs consisted of approximately $3.7 billion and $4.0 billion, respectively, for transfers of receivables, and approximately $1.8 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively, for collection 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 Program

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 $463.2 million and $286.4 million as of September 28, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. For the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, total accounts receivable sold to certain third-party banking institutions was approximately $1.4 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively, primarily due to certain customers transferring from the ABS Programs to the Trade Account Receivable Sale Program. The receivables that were sold were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the cash received is reflected as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. The accounting guidance for fair value establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows: 

Level 1 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 

The Company has deferred compensation plans for its officers and certain other employees. Amounts deferred under the plans are invested in hypothetical investments selected by the participant or the participant’s investment manager. The Company’s deferred compensation plan assets are for the most part included in other noncurrent assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and primarily include investments in equity securities that are valued using active market prices. 

Level 2 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets) such as cash and cash equivalents and money market funds; or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. 

The Company values foreign exchange forward contracts using level 2 observable inputs which primarily consist of an income approach based on the present value of the forward rate less the contract rate multiplied by the notional amount. 

The Company’s cash equivalents are comprised of bank deposits and money market funds, which are valued using level 2 inputs, such as interest rates and maturity periods. Due to their short-term nature, their carrying amount approximates fair value. 

The Company’s deferred compensation plan assets also include money market funds, mutual funds, corporate and government bonds and certain convertible securities that are valued using prices obtained from various pricing sources. These sources price these investments using certain market indices and the performance of these investments in relation to these indices. As a result, the Company has classified these investments as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. 

Level 3 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. 

The Company has accrued for contingent consideration in connection with its business acquisitions as applicable, which is measured at fair value based on certain internal models and unobservable inputs. All contingent considerations have been paid as of March 31, 2018.

There were no transfers between levels in the fair value hierarchy during the six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017. 

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: 

	Fair Value Measurements as of September 28, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	451,551		$	—	$	451,551
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		20,287			—		20,287
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	6,267		76,021			—		82,288
Liabilities:								0.003
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(32,880	)	$	—	$	(32,880	)
	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	452,622		$	—	$	452,622
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		43,334			—		43,334
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	7,196		67,532			—		74,728
Liabilities:								0
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(25,311	)	$	—	$	(25,311	)

Other financial instruments

The following table presents the Company’s major debts not carried at fair value: 

	As of September 28, 2018				As of March 31, 2018
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Fair Value Hierarchy
	(In thousands)
4.625% Notes due February 2020	$	500,000	$	507,031	$	500,000	$	513,596	Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through November 2021	679,688		683,086		687,813		689,966		Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022	471,094		473,449		483,656		485,470		Level 1
5.000% Notes due February 2023	500,000		513,830		500,000		525,292		Level 1
4.750% Notes due June 2025	596,599		605,146		596,387		627,407		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due September 2020	55,804		55,804		59,443		59,443		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due January 2022	117,481		117,481		123,518		123,518		Level 1
Total	$	2,920,666	$	2,955,827	$	2,950,817	$	3,024,692

The Company values its Euro Term Loans due September 2020 and January 2022 based on the current market rate, and as of September 28, 2018, the carrying amounts approximate fair values.

The Term Loans due November 2021 and June 2022, and the Notes due February 2020, February 2023 and June 2025 are valued based on broker trading prices in active markets.

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BUSINESS AND ASSET DIVESTITURES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Business Combinations [Abstract]

BUSINESS AND ASSET DIVESTITURES

BUSINESS AND ASSET DIVESTITURES

During the three-month period ended September 28, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, for proceeds of approximately $264.4 million, net of cash. The Company transferred approximately $231.4 million of net assets, primarily property and equipment, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Further, the Company incurred various selling transaction costs as part of this divestiture and allocated approximately $19.0 million of goodwill to the divested business. This transaction resulted in the recognition of an immaterial loss which is included in other charges (income), net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as of September 28, 2018.

Pro-forma results of operations for this divestiture have not been presented because the effect was not material to the Company's consolidated financial results for all periods presented.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation and other legal matters

In connection with the matters described below, the Company has accrued for loss contingencies where it believes that losses are probable and estimable. The amounts accrued are not material. Although it is reasonably possible that actual losses could be in excess of the Company’s accrual, the Company is unable to estimate a reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of its accrual, except as discussed below, due to various reasons, including, among others, that: (i) the proceedings are in early stages or no claims has been asserted, (ii) specific damages have not been sought in all of these matters, (iii) damages, if asserted, are considered unsupported and/or exaggerated, (iv) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals, motions, or settlements, (v) there are significant factual issues to be resolved, and/or (vi) there are novel legal issues or unsettled legal theories presented. Any such excess loss could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows for a particular period or on the Company’s financial condition.

In addition, the Company provides design and engineering services to its customers and also designs and makes its own products. As a consequence of these activities, its customers are requiring the Company to take responsibility for intellectual property to a greater extent than in its manufacturing and assembly businesses. Although the Company believes that its intellectual property assets and licenses are sufficient for the operation of its business as it currently conducts it, from time to time third parties do assert patent infringement claims against the Company or its customers. If and when third parties make assertions regarding the ownership or right to use intellectual property, the Company could be required to either enter into licensing arrangements or to resolve the issue through litigation. Such license rights might not be available to the Company on commercially acceptable terms, if at all, and any such litigation might not be resolved in its favor. Additionally, litigation could be lengthy and costly and could materially harm the Company's financial condition regardless of the outcome. The Company also could be required to incur substantial costs to redesign a product or re-perform design services.

From time to time, the Company enters into IP licenses (e.g., patent licenses and software licenses) with third parties which obligate the Company to report covered behavior to the licensor and pay license fees to the licensor for certain activities or products, or that enable our use of third party technologies. The Company may also decline to enter into licenses for intellectual property that it does not think is useful for or used in its operations, or for which its customers or suppliers have licenses or have assumed responsibility. Given the diverse and varied nature of its business and the location of its business around the world, certain activities the Company performs, such as providing assembly services in China and India, may fall outside the scope of those licenses or may not be subject to the applicable intellectual property rights. The Company's licensors may disagree and claim royalties are owed for such activities. In addition, the basis (e.g. base price) for any royalty amounts owed are audited by licensors and may be challenged. Some of these disagreements may lead to claims and litigation that might not be resolved in the Company's favor. Additionally, litigation could be lengthy and costly and could materially harm the Company's financial condition regardless of the outcome. In March 2018, the Company received an inquiry from a licensor referencing a patent license agreement, and requesting information relating to royalties for products that it assembles for a customer in China. If any of these inquiries result in a claim, the Company intends to contest and defend against any such claim vigorously. If a claim is asserted and the Company is unsuccessful in its defense, a material loss is reasonably possible. The Company cannot predict or estimate an amount or reasonable range of outcomes with respect to the matter.

On May 8, 2018, a putative class action was filed in the Northern District of California against the Company and certain officers alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5, promulgated thereunder, alleging misstatements and/or omissions in certain of the Company’s financial results, press releases and SEC filings made during the putative class period of January 26, 2017 through April 26, 2018. On October 1, 2018, the Court appointed lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel in the case. On October 15, 2018, the Court issued an order providing that lead plaintiff shall file an amended complaint by November 30, 2018 and that defendants shall respond to the amended complaint by January 10, 2019, and setting the hearing on defendants’ motion to dismiss for March 21, 2019. The Court also set a case management conference for December 12, 2018. The Company believes that the claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case.

On April 21, 2016, SunEdison, Inc. (together with certain of its subsidiaries, "SunEdison") filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Company recognized a bad debt reserve charge of $61.0 million associated with its outstanding SunEdison receivables and accepted return of previously shipped inventory of approximately $90.0 million. SunEdison stated in schedules filed with the Bankruptcy Court that, within the 90 days preceding SunEdison's bankruptcy filing, the Company received approximately $98.6 million of inventory and cash transfers of $69.2 million, which in aggregate represents the Company's estimate of the maximum reasonably possible contingent loss. On April 15, 2018, a subsidiary of the Company together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, entered into a tolling agreement with the trustee of the SunEdison Litigation Trust to toll any applicable statute of limitations or other time-related defense that might exist in regards to any potential claims that either party might be able to assert against the other for a period that will end at the earlier to occur of: (a) 60 days after a party provides written notice of termination; (b) six years from the effective date of April 15, 2018; or (c) such other date as the parties may agree in writing. No preference claims have been asserted against the Company and consideration has been given to the related contingencies based on the facts currently known. The Company has a number of affirmative and direct defenses to any potential claims for recovery and intends to vigorously defend any such claim, if asserted.

One of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries has received related assessments for certain sales and import taxes. There are six tax assessments totaling 346 million Brazilian reals (approximately USD $85.24 million based on the exchange rate as of September 28, 2018). The assessments are in various stages of the review process at the administrative level and no tax proceeding has been finalized yet. The Company believes there is no legal basis for these assessments and has meritorious defenses and will continue to vigorously oppose all of these assessments, as well as any future assessments. The Company does not expect final judicial determination on any of these claims for several years.

In addition to the matters discussed above, from time to time, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims, and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company defends itself vigorously against any such claims. Although the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, management expects that any losses that are probable or reasonably possible of being incurred as a result of these matters, which are in excess of amounts already accrued in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, would not be material to the financial statements as a whole.

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SHARE REPURCHASES

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Treasury Stock, Number of Shares and Restriction Disclosures [Abstract]

SHARE REPURCHASES

SHARE REPURCHASES

During the three-month and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company repurchased 4.4 million shares at an aggregate purchase price of $60.0 million, and retired all of these shares.

 Under the Company’s current share repurchase program, the Board of Directors authorized repurchases of its outstanding ordinary shares for up to $500 million in accordance with the share repurchase mandate approved by the Company’s shareholders at the date of the most recent Annual General Meeting held on August 16, 2018. As of September 28, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $453.5 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan.

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SEGMENT REPORTING

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT REPORTING

SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company has four reportable segments: HRS, CTG, IEI, and CEC. These segments are determined based on several factors, including the nature of products and services, the nature of production processes, customer base, delivery channels and similar economic characteristics. Refer to note 1 for a description of the various product categories manufactured under each of these segments.

An operating segment's performance is evaluated based on its pre-tax operating contribution, or segment income. Segment income is defined as net sales less cost of sales, and segment selling, general and administrative expenses, and does not include amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, customer related asset impairments charges, the new revenue standard adoption impact, contingencies and other, other charges (income), net and interest and other, net.

Selected financial information by segment is in the table below. For the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, we recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, as further described in note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The comparative information for the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017 has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at the time:

	Three-Month Periods Ended						Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017			September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,140,797		$	1,901,057		$	4,095,083		$	3,874,390
Consumer Technologies Group	1,795,883			1,755,143			3,603,817			3,267,112
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,565,953			1,454,539			3,012,264			2,845,138
High Reliability Solutions	1,207,971			1,159,681			2,423,396			2,292,052
	$	6,710,604		$	6,270,420		$	13,134,560		$	12,278,692
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	62,855		$	42,733		$	108,873		$	91,335
Consumer Technologies Group	31,212			30,722			57,769			48,726
Industrial & Emerging Industries	65,857			50,945			117,218			106,322
High Reliability Solutions	89,589			92,364			183,123			182,576
Corporate and Other	(25,983		)	(28,438		)	(55,745		)	(62,716		)
Total segment income	223,530			188,326			411,238			366,243
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	18,234			16,376			36,751			36,277
Stock-based compensation	19,081			20,464			40,034			42,260
Customer related asset impairments (1)	30,100			4,753			47,464			4,753
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—			—			9,291			—
Contingencies and other (2)	(269		)	43,933			24,859			43,933
Other charges (income), net (Note 7)	6,530			(143,167		)	(80,394		)	(179,332		)
Interest and other, net	41,060			27,554			82,802			54,430
Income before income taxes	$	108,794		$	218,413		$	250,431		$	363,922

(1) Customer related asset impairments for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 relate to additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties as well as $30 million of exit costs primarily related to our estimated impairment of fixed assets considered not recoverable in conjunction with the wind-down of our NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico.

(2) Contingencies and other during the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 primarily consists of costs incurred relating to the independent investigation undertaken by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors which was completed in June 2018, along with certain restructuring charges incurred during our first quarter of fiscal year 2019 offset by certain immaterial reversals in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company incurred charges in connection with certain legal matters, for loss contingencies where it believed that losses were probable and estimable. Additionally, the Company incurred various other charges predominately related to damages incurred from a typhoon that impacted a China facility, along with certain restructuring charges primarily related to severance for rationalization at existing sites and corporate functions.

Corporate and other primarily includes corporate services costs that are not included in the Chief Operating Decision Maker's ("CODM") assessment of the performance of each of the identified reporting segments.

Property and equipment on a segment basis is not disclosed as it is not separately identified and is not internally reported by segment to the Company's CODM.

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BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG TERM DEBT

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG TERM DEBT

BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG TERM DEBT

Term Loan Facility due September 2023 

In July 2018, the Company entered into a $200 million term loan facility (the "Facility"). The Facility will be used to fund capital expenditure to support our expansion plan for India. The availability period during which drawdown can be made will be from the date of the agreement to and including June 30, 2019. The maximum maturity of each drawdown will be 5 years from the funded Capex shipment date. As a result, the longest maturity date of any future drawdown under the Facility will be June 30, 2024. Borrowings under this term loan bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.15%. The Facility is unsecured, guaranteed by the Company, and contains customary restrictions on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to (i) incur certain debt, (ii) make certain investments, (iii) make certain acquisitions of other entities, (iv) incur liens, (v) dispose of assets, (vi) make non-cash distributions to shareholders, and (vii) engage in transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to certain exceptions and limitations. This Facility agreement also requires that the Company maintain a maximum ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization), and a minimum interest coverage ratio, as defined therein, during its term. As of September 28, 2018, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this term loan agreement.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization of the Company and Basis of Presentation

Organization of the Company

Flex Ltd. ("Flex" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale^tm services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The Company designs, builds, ships and services complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through its activities in the following segments:

• Communications & Enterprise Compute ("CEC"), which includes telecom business of radio access base stations, remote radio heads, and small cells for wireless infrastructure; networking business which includes optical, routing, broadcasting, and switching products for the data and video networks; server and storage platforms for both enterprise and cloud-based deployments; next generation storage and security appliance products; and rack level solutions, converged infrastructure and software-defined product solutions;

• Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes consumer-related businesses in connected living, wearables, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, and mobile devices; and including various supply chain solutions for notebook personal computers, tablets, and printers;

• Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, electric vehicle infrastructure, smart solar energy, semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, industrial, home and lifestyle, industrial automation, and kiosks; and

• High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of health solutions business, including consumer health, digital health, disposables, precision plastics, drug delivery, diagnostics, life sciences and imaging equipment; automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and clean technologies.

The Company's service offerings include a comprehensive range of value-added design and engineering services that are tailored to the various markets and needs of its customers. Other focused service offerings relate to manufacturing (including enclosures, metals, plastic injection molding, precision plastics, machining, and mechanicals), system integration and assembly and test services, materials procurement, inventory management, logistics and after-sales services (including product repair, warranty services, re-manufacturing and maintenance) and supply chain management software solutions and component product offerings (including flexible printed circuit boards and power adapters and chargers).

Basis of Presentation

 The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the requirements of Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019. 

The first quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on June 29, 2018, which is comprised of 90 days in the period, and June 30, 2017, which is comprised of 91 days in the period, respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2019 and 2018 ended on September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, which are comprised of 91 days in both periods.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flex and its majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. The Company consolidates its majority-owned subsidiaries and investments in entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. For the consolidated majority-owned subsidiaries in which the Company owns less than 100%, the Company recognizes a noncontrolling interest for the ownership of the noncontrolling owners. The associated noncontrolling owners' interest in the income or losses of these companies is not material to the Company's results of operations for all periods presented, and is classified as a component of interest and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2017-01 “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business” to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The Company adopted the guidance on a prospective basis during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, which did not have a material impact to its financial position as there were no acquisitions during the period.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)." The ASU is intended to address specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice and provide guidance on how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The majority of the guidance in ASU 2016-15 is consistent with our current cash flow classification. However, cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs described in note 10 will be classified as cash flows from investing activities instead of the Company's former presentation as cash flows from operations. The Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using a monthly approach to track cash flows on deferred purchase price and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for fiscal year 2018. Commencing with the quarter ending September 28, 2018, the Company changed to a method based on daily activity and retrospectively adjusted cash flows from operating and investing activities for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017. The Company recorded $1.8 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 and reclassified $2.5 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price for the six-month period ended September 29, 2017, from cash flows from operating activities to cash flows from investing activities.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 "Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This guidance generally requires equity investments, except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee, to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. This guidance also requires the separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements. The Company adopted this guidance on April 1, 2018 with an insignificant impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-03 "Technical Corrections and Improvements to Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities." This standard comes as an addition to ASU 2016-01 which the Company adopted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019. This update includes amendments to clarify certain aspects of the guidance issued in Update 2016-01. The Company adopted this guidance during the second quarter of fiscal year 2019 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)" (also referred to as Accounting Standard Codification 606 ("ASC 606")) which requires an entity to recognize revenue relating to contracts with customers that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for such goods or services. In order to meet this requirement, the entity must apply the following steps: (i) identify the contracts with the customers; (ii) identify performance obligations in the contracts; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations per the contracts; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Additionally, disclosures required for revenue recognition include qualitative and quantitative information about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from costs to obtain or fulfill a contract.

The Company adopted the standard on April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach by applying the guidance to all open contracts at the adoption date and has implemented revised accounting policies, new operational and financial reporting processes, enhanced systems capabilities and relevant internal controls.

As part of adopting ASC 606, revenue for certain customer contracts where the Company is manufacturing products for which there is no alternative use and the Company has an enforceable right to payment including a reasonable profit for work-in-progress inventory will be recognized over time (i.e., as we manufacture the product) instead of upon shipment of products. In addition to the following disclosures, note 3 provides further disclosures required by the new standard.

The cumulative effect of change made to our April 1, 2018 consolidated balance sheet for the adoption of ASC 606 was as follows:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	Balance at March 31, 2018		Adjustments		Balance at April 1, 2018
ASSETS
Contract assets	—		412,787		412,787
Inventories	3,799,829		(409,252	)	3,390,577
Other current assets	1,380,466		(51,479	)	1,328,987
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,719,418		(87,897	)	1,631,521
Other liabilities	531,587		2,098		533,685
Accumulated deficit	(3,144,114	)	(37,855	)	(3,181,969	)

The adoption of ASC 606 resulted in the establishment of contract asset and contract liability balance sheet accounts and in the reclassification to these new accounts from certain asset and liability accounts, primarily inventories. The increase in accumulated deficit in the table above reflects $37.9 million of net adjustments to the balance sheet as of April 1, 2018, resulting from the adoption of ASC 606 primarily related to certain customer contracts requiring an over-time method of revenue recognition. The declines in inventories and other current asset reflect reclassifications to contract assets due to the earlier recognition of certain costs of products sold for over-time contracts. The decline in other current liabilities is primarily due to the reclassification of payments from customers in advance of work performed to contract assets to reflect the net position of the related over-time contracts.

The following tables summarize the impacts of ASC 606 adoption on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of operations:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of September 28, 2018
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments		Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
ASSETS
Contract assets	418,158		(418,158	)	—
Inventories	4,442,855		415,623		4,858,478
Other current assets	935,030		8,059		943,089
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,456,519		34,327		1,490,846
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492	)	(38,520	)	(2,941,012	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
	Three-months ended September 28, 2018							Six-months ended September 28, 2018
(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption		As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Net sales	$	6,710,604	$	(115,533	)	$	6,595,071	$	13,134,560	$	(27,237	)	$	13,107,323
Cost of sales	6,308,303		(111,917		)	6,196,386		12,354,405		(26,573		)	12,327,832
Gross profit	402,301		(3,616		)	398,685		780,155		(664		)	779,491
Net income	$	86,885	$	(3,616	)	$	83,269	$	202,920	$	(664	)	$	202,256

To align contractual terms across the vast majority of customers to allow the Company to efficiently and accurately manage its contracts, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company waived certain contractual rights to bill profit for work in progress in the event of a contract termination which is expected to be infrequent. These modifications resulted in revenue from these customers being recognized upon shipment of products, rather than over time (i.e., as we manufacture products) as further explained in note 3. The result of the amendments for the six-month period ended September 28, 2018, was to reduce revenue and gross profit by approximately $132.7 million and $9.3 million, respectively, compared to amounts that would have been reported both (i) under ASC 606 had we not amended the contracts, and (ii) had we not adopted ASC 606.

For the three-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $115.5 million higher, and the gross profit $3.6 million higher, than they would have been without ASC 606 adoption primarily due to additional inventory build up as of September 28, 2018 for those customer contracts that meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3) partially offset by a decline in the aggregate average gross profit margin for those customers due to the increasing mix of lower margin customers included in the CTG segment.

For the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $27.2 million higher and the gross profit approximately $0.7 million higher than it would have been without ASC 606 adoption. Additional revenue of $160.0 million was reported under ASC 606 due to the accelerated timing of recognition of revenue for contracts which meet the criteria for over-time recognition (see note 3). Approximately $10.0 million of additional gross profit was recognized on the customers qualifying for accelerated revenue recognition. These increases were offset by reductions of $132.7 million of revenue and $9.3 million of gross profit respectively as a result of the waiver of contracts noted above. There was no material tax impact for the three and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 from adopting ASC 606.

The Company applies the following practical expedients:

• The Company elected to not disclose information about remaining performance obligations as its performance obligations generally have an expected duration of one year or less.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-25-18B the Company will account for certain shipping and handling as activities to fulfill the promise to transfer the good, instead of a promised service to its customer.

• In accordance with ASC 606-10-32-18 the Company elected to not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when the entity transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will generally be one year or less.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15 "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract” to provide guidance on a customer's accounting for implementation, set-up, and other upfront costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is hosted by the vendor, i.e. a service contract. Under the new guidance, customers will apply the same criteria for capitalizing implementation costs as they would for an arrangement that has a software license. The new guidance also prescribes the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow classification of the capitalized implementation costs and related amortization expense, as well as requires additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company is still evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement”, which amends ASC 820 to add, remove, and modify fair value measurement disclosure requirements. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07 "Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvement to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting" with the objective of simplifying several aspects of the accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12 "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities" with the objective of improving the financial reporting of hedging relationships and simplifying the application of the hedge accounting guidance in current GAAP. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and it intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04 "Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment" to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. This guidance requires that the change be applied on a prospective basis, and it is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, with early application permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new guidance and the timing of adoption.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 "Leases (Topic 842)" intended to improve financial reporting on leasing transactions. The new lease guidance will require entities that lease assets to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. The guidance will also enhance existing disclosure requirements relating to those leases. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, "Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements", which provides entities with relief from the costs of implementing certain aspects of the new leasing standard, ASC 842. Specifically, under the amendments in ASU 2018-11, (1) entities may elect not to recast the comparative periods presented when transitioning to ASC 842 and (2) lessors may elect not to separate lease and nonlease components when certain conditions are met. Also in July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, "Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases", which clarifies how to apply certain aspects of the new leases standard, ASC 842. The amendments address the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments, among other things. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new leases standard. The Company intends to adopt the new lease guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 using a modified retrospective approach. The Company believes the new guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated balance sheets upon adoption.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

The cumulative effect of change made to our April 1, 2018 consolidated balance sheet for the adoption of ASC 606 was as follows:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	Balance at March 31, 2018		Adjustments		Balance at April 1, 2018
ASSETS
Contract assets	—		412,787		412,787
Inventories	3,799,829		(409,252	)	3,390,577
Other current assets	1,380,466		(51,479	)	1,328,987
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,719,418		(87,897	)	1,631,521
Other liabilities	531,587		2,098		533,685
Accumulated deficit	(3,144,114	)	(37,855	)	(3,181,969	)

The adoption of ASC 606 resulted in the establishment of contract asset and contract liability balance sheet accounts and in the reclassification to these new accounts from certain asset and liability accounts, primarily inventories. The increase in accumulated deficit in the table above reflects $37.9 million of net adjustments to the balance sheet as of April 1, 2018, resulting from the adoption of ASC 606 primarily related to certain customer contracts requiring an over-time method of revenue recognition. The declines in inventories and other current asset reflect reclassifications to contract assets due to the earlier recognition of certain costs of products sold for over-time contracts. The decline in other current liabilities is primarily due to the reclassification of payments from customers in advance of work performed to contract assets to reflect the net position of the related over-time contracts.

The following tables summarize the impacts of ASC 606 adoption on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of operations:

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of September 28, 2018
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments		Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
ASSETS
Contract assets	418,158		(418,158	)	—
Inventories	4,442,855		415,623		4,858,478
Other current assets	935,030		8,059		943,089
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,456,519		34,327		1,490,846
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492	)	(38,520	)	(2,941,012	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
	Three-months ended September 28, 2018							Six-months ended September 28, 2018
(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption		As Reported		Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Net sales	$	6,710,604	$	(115,533	)	$	6,595,071	$	13,134,560	$	(27,237	)	$	13,107,323
Cost of sales	6,308,303		(111,917		)	6,196,386		12,354,405		(26,573		)	12,327,832
Gross profit	402,301		(3,616		)	398,685		780,155		(664		)	779,491
Net income	$	86,885	$	(3,616	)	$	83,269	$	202,920	$	(664	)	$	202,256

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of components of inventories

The components of inventories, net of applicable lower of cost and net realizable value write-downs, were as follows: 

	As of September 28, 2018		As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	3,512,523	$	2,760,410
Work-in-progress	407,998		450,569
Finished goods	522,334		588,850
	$	4,442,855	$	3,799,829

Schedule of goodwill

The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill account for each of its four segments during the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018: 

	HRS			CTG			IEI			CEC			Amount
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of the year	$	550,983		$	107,748		$	337,707		$	124,732		$	1,121,170
Divestitures (1)	(4,006		)	(4,412		)	(4,120		)	(6,391		)	(18,929		)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (2)	(19,718		)	—			—			—			(19,718		)
Balance, end of the period	$	527,259		$	103,336		$	333,587		$	118,341		$	1,082,523

(1) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, and as a result, recorded an aggregate reduction of goodwill of $18.9 million, which is included in the loss on sale recorded in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operation. See note 12 for additional information.

(2) During the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, the Company recorded $19.7 million of foreign currency translation adjustments primarily related to the goodwill associated with the acquisition of Mirror Controls International ("MCi") and AGM Automotive ("AGM"), as the U.S. Dollar fluctuated against foreign currencies.

Schedule of components of acquired intangible assets

The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows:

	As of September 28, 2018							As of March 31, 2018
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
	(In thousands)
Intangible assets:
Customer-related intangibles	$	303,361	$	(98,112	)	$	205,249	$	306,943	$	(79,051	)	$	227,892
Licenses and other intangibles	287,024		(116,866		)	170,158		304,007		(107,466		)	196,541
Total	$	590,385	$	(214,978	)	$	375,407	$	610,950	$	(186,517	)	$	424,433

Schedule of estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets

The estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets is as follows:

Fiscal Year Ending March 31,	Amount
	(In thousands)
2019 (1)	$	35,987
2020	66,906
2021	62,515
2022	53,678
2023	45,421
Thereafter	110,900
Total amortization expense	$	375,407

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(1) Represents estimated amortization for the remaining six-month period ending March 31, 2019.

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REVENUE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of Contract Assets

The following table summarizes the activity in the Company's contract assets during the six-month period ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands):

	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, April 1, 2018	$	—
Cumulative effect adjustment at April 1, 2018	412,787
Revenue recognized	3,566,140
Amounts collected or invoiced	(3,560,769		)
Ending balance, September 28, 2018	$	418,158

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated based on timing of transfer - point in time and overtime - for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 (in thousands), respectively:

Three-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	893,141	$	1,203,696	$	1,089,319	$	1,519,041	$	4,705,197
Over time	314,830		592,187		476,634		621,756		2,005,407
Total segment	$	1,207,971	$	1,795,883	$	1,565,953	$	2,140,797	$	6,710,604

Six-month Period Ended September 28, 2018
	HRS		CTG		IEI		CEC		Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	1,898,321	$	2,504,333	$	2,153,218	$	3,012,548	$	9,568,420
Over time	525,075		1,099,484		859,046		1,082,535		3,566,140
Total segment	$	2,423,396	$	3,603,817	$	3,012,264	$	4,095,083	$	13,134,560

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Share-based Compensation, Allocation and Classification in Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of share-based compensation expense

The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense:

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost of sales	$	4,767	$	4,985	$	10,171	$	8,304
Selling, general and administrative expenses	14,314		15,479		29,863		33,956
Total share-based compensation expense	$	19,081	$	20,464	$	40,034	$	42,260

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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share

The following table reflects basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the shareholders of Flex Ltd.: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended				Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017		September 28, 2018		September 29, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Basic earnings per share	0.16		0.39		0.38		0.62
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income	$	86,885	$	205,086	$	202,920	$	329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	531,503		531,313		530,426		530,790
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards (1) (2)	2,955		4,706		4,601		5,521
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding	534,458		536,019		535,027		536,311
Diluted earnings per share	0.16		0.38		0.38		0.61

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(1) An immaterial amount of options to purchase ordinary shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share during the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 and September 29, 2017, respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents.

(2) Restricted share unit awards of 3.1 million for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 28, 2018 were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents. An immaterial amount of anti-dilutive restricted share unit awards was excluded for the three-month and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017.

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract]

Summary of aggregate notional amount of the Company's outstanding foreign currency forward and swap contracts

As of September 28, 2018, the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $8.3 billion as summarized below: 

	Foreign Currency Amount		Notional Contract Value in USD
Currency	Buy	Sell	Buy		Sell
	(In thousands)
Cash Flow Hedges
CNY	2,258,000	—	$	328,494	$	—
EUR	74,296	38,747	87,302		45,635
HUF	27,835,000	—	101,026		—
ILS	179,000	5,250	49,890		1,463
MXN	4,590,000	—	242,508		—
MYR	405,700	45,000	98,135		10,885
RON	180,700	—	45,570		—
SGD	47,500	—	34,799		—
Other	N/A	N/A	37,295		5,436
			1,025,019		63,419
Other Foreign Currency Contracts
CAD	394,519	416,218	304,213		320,945
CNY	1,552,000	—	226,025		—
EUR	1,722,006	1,884,924	2,023,008		2,214,953
GBP	36,557	64,161	48,180		84,499
HUF	89,504,773	97,417,006	324,854		353,571
ILS	224,300	—	62,516		—
INR	5,735,497	8,205,341	79,226		113,127
MXN	2,611,896	2,050,476	137,997		108,335
MYR	643,720	341,430	155,710		82,589
SEK	467,158	546,573	52,141		62,010
SGD	88,850	49,740	65,092		36,440
Other	N/A	N/A	89,580		256,393
			3,568,542		3,632,862
Total Notional Contract Value in USD			$	4,593,561	$	3,696,281

Schedule of fair value of the derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes

The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes:

	Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
	Asset Derivatives					Liability Derivatives
		Fair Value					Fair Value
	Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018		Balance Sheet Location	September 28, 2018		March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	10,317	$	19,422	Other current liabilities	$	24,621	$	7,065
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets	$	9,970	$	23,912	Other current liabilities	$	8,259	$	18,246

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract]

Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, are as follows: 

	Three-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018									September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(76,649	)	$	(94,185	)	$	(170,834	)	$	(34,595	)	$	(84,881	)	$	(119,476	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	945			(6,622		)	(5,677		)	(3,865		)	9,478			5,613
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,130			—			20,130			(10,010		)	—			(10,010		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	21,075			(6,622		)	14,453			(13,875		)	9,478			(4,397		)
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)	$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

	Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018										September 29, 2017
	Unrealized loss on  derivative instruments and other				Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total			Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other			Foreign currency translation adjustments			Total
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	(35,746	)		$	(50,099	)	$	(85,845	)	$	(32,426	)	$	(95,717	)	$	(128,143	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(40,714		)		(50,708		)	(91,422		)	(845		)	20,314			19,469
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,886			—	—			20,886			(15,199		)	—			(15,199		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	(19,828		)		(50,708		)	(70,536		)	(16,044		)	20,314			4,270
Ending balance	$	(55,574	)		$	(100,807	)	$	(156,381	)	$	(48,470	)	$	(75,403	)	$	(123,873	)

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: 

	Fair Value Measurements as of September 28, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	451,551		$	—	$	451,551
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		20,287			—		20,287
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	6,267		76,021			—		82,288
Liabilities:								0.003
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(32,880	)	$	—	$	(32,880	)
	Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2018
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Assets:
Money market funds and time deposits (included in cash and cash equivalents of the condensed consolidated balance sheet)	$	—	$	452,622		$	—	$	452,622
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	—		43,334			—		43,334
Deferred compensation plan assets:								0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	7,196		67,532			—		74,728
Liabilities:								0
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 8)	$	—	$	(25,311	)	$	—	$	(25,311	)

Schedule of debt not carried at fair value

The following table presents the Company’s major debts not carried at fair value: 

	As of September 28, 2018				As of March 31, 2018
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Fair Value Hierarchy
	(In thousands)
4.625% Notes due February 2020	$	500,000	$	507,031	$	500,000	$	513,596	Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through November 2021	679,688		683,086		687,813		689,966		Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022	471,094		473,449		483,656		485,470		Level 1
5.000% Notes due February 2023	500,000		513,830		500,000		525,292		Level 1
4.750% Notes due June 2025	596,599		605,146		596,387		627,407		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due September 2020	55,804		55,804		59,443		59,443		Level 1
Euro Term Loan due January 2022	117,481		117,481		123,518		123,518		Level 1
Total	$	2,920,666	$	2,955,827	$	2,950,817	$	3,024,692

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SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information by operating segment

Selected financial information by segment is in the table below. For the six-month period endedSeptember 28, 2018, we recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, as further described in note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. The comparative information for the three and six-month periods ended September 29, 2017 has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at the time:

	Three-Month Periods Ended						Six-Month Periods Ended
	September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017			September 28, 2018			September 29, 2017
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,140,797		$	1,901,057		$	4,095,083		$	3,874,390
Consumer Technologies Group	1,795,883			1,755,143			3,603,817			3,267,112
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,565,953			1,454,539			3,012,264			2,845,138
High Reliability Solutions	1,207,971			1,159,681			2,423,396			2,292,052
	$	6,710,604		$	6,270,420		$	13,134,560		$	12,278,692
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	62,855		$	42,733		$	108,873		$	91,335
Consumer Technologies Group	31,212			30,722			57,769			48,726
Industrial & Emerging Industries	65,857			50,945			117,218			106,322
High Reliability Solutions	89,589			92,364			183,123			182,576
Corporate and Other	(25,983		)	(28,438		)	(55,745		)	(62,716		)
Total segment income	223,530			188,326			411,238			366,243
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	18,234			16,376			36,751			36,277
Stock-based compensation	19,081			20,464			40,034			42,260
Customer related asset impairments (1)	30,100			4,753			47,464			4,753
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—			—			9,291			—
Contingencies and other (2)	(269		)	43,933			24,859			43,933
Other charges (income), net (Note 7)	6,530			(143,167		)	(80,394		)	(179,332		)
Interest and other, net	41,060			27,554			82,802			54,430
Income before income taxes	$	108,794		$	218,413		$	250,431		$	363,922

(1) Customer related asset impairments for the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 relate to additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties as well as $30 million of exit costs primarily related to our estimated impairment of fixed assets considered not recoverable in conjunction with the wind-down of our NIKE footwear manufacturing operations in Mexico.

(2) Contingencies and other during the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 28, 2018 primarily consists of costs incurred relating to the independent investigation undertaken by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors which was completed in June 2018, along with certain restructuring charges incurred during our first quarter of fiscal year 2019 offset by certain immaterial reversals in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the three and six-month periods endedSeptember 29, 2017, the Company incurred charges in connection with certain legal matters, for loss contingencies where it believed that losses were probable and estimable. Additionally, the Company incurred various other charges predominately related to damages incurred from a typhoon that impacted a China facility, along with certain restructuring charges primarily related to severance for rationalization at existing sites and corporate functions.

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Cash collections of deferred purchase price			$ 1,812,945	$ 2,452,782
Cash reclassified to investing activities			1,702,572	1,834,696
Cash reclassified from operating activities			(1,707,596)	(2,171,977)
Accumulated deficit	$ (2,902,492)		(2,902,492)		$ (3,144,114)
Net sales	6,710,604	$ 6,270,420	13,134,560	12,278,692
Gross profit	402,301	393,325	780,155	$ 800,257
Cumulative adjustment to revenue, modification of contract			132,700
Cumulative adjustment to gross profit, modification of contract			9,300
Cumulative adjustment to additional revenue for over-time revenue recognition			160,000
Cumulative adjustment to gross profit for over-time revenue recognition			10,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-15
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Cash reclassified from operating activities		$ (800,000)
Adjustments | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]
Accumulated deficit	(38,520)		(38,520)		$ (37,855)
Net sales	(115,533)		(27,237)
Gross profit	$ (3,616)		$ (664)

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract assets	$ 418,158	$ 0	$ 0
Inventories	4,442,855		3,799,829
Other current assets	935,030		1,380,466
Other current liabilities	1,456,519		1,719,418
Other liabilities	532,561		531,587
Accumulated deficit	(2,902,492)		(3,144,114)
Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract assets	0	412,787
Inventories	4,858,478	3,390,577
Other current assets	943,089	1,328,987
Other current liabilities	1,490,846	1,631,521
Other liabilities		533,685
Accumulated deficit	(2,941,012)	$ (3,181,969)
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Adjustments
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Contract assets	(418,158)		412,787
Inventories	415,623		(409,252)
Other current assets	8,059		(51,479)
Other current liabilities	34,327		(87,897)
Other liabilities			2,098
Accumulated deficit	$ (38,520)		$ (37,855)

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Condensed Consolidates Statements of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 6,710,604	$ 6,270,420	$ 13,134,560	$ 12,278,692
Cost of sales	6,308,303	5,877,095	12,354,405	11,478,435
Gross profit	402,301	393,325	780,155	800,257
Net income	86,885	205,086	202,920	329,796
Selling, general and administrative expenses	227,683	$ 274,149	490,565	$ 524,960
Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net sales	6,595,071		13,107,323
Cost of sales	6,196,386		12,327,832
Gross profit	398,685		779,491
Net income	83,269		202,256
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 | Adjustments
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Net sales	(115,533)		(27,237)
Cost of sales	(111,917)		(26,573)
Gross profit	(3,616)		(664)
Net income	$ (3,616)		$ (664)

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Inventories
Raw materials	$ 3,512,523	$ 2,760,410
Work-in-progress	407,998	450,569
Finished goods	522,334	588,850
Inventories, total	4,442,855	3,799,829
Adjustments | Accounting Standards Update 2014-09
Inventories
Inventories, total	$ 415,623	$ (409,252)

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Goodwill [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | segment	4
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	$ 1,121,170
Divestitures	18,929
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(19,718)
Balance, end of the period	1,082,523
Gross Carrying Amount	590,385	$ 610,950
Accumulated Amortization	(214,978)	(186,517)
Net Carrying Amount	375,407	424,433
HRS
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	550,983
Divestitures	4,006
Balance, end of the period	527,259
CTG
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	107,748
Divestitures	4,412
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0
Balance, end of the period	103,336
IEI
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	337,707
Divestitures	4,120
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0
Balance, end of the period	333,587
CEC
Activity in goodwill account
Balance, beginning of the year	124,732
Divestitures	6,391
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0
Balance, end of the period	118,341
Customer-related intangibles
Activity in goodwill account
Gross Carrying Amount	303,361	306,943
Accumulated Amortization	(98,112)	(79,051)
Net Carrying Amount	205,249	227,892
Licenses and other intangibles
Activity in goodwill account
Gross Carrying Amount	287,024	304,007
Accumulated Amortization	(116,866)	(107,466)
Net Carrying Amount	$ 170,158	$ 196,541

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Future Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Estimated future annual amortization expense for acquired intangible assets
2019	$ 35,987
2020	66,906
2021	62,515
2022	53,678
2023	45,421
Thereafter	110,900
Net Carrying Amount	$ 375,407	$ 424,433

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BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Components of acquired intangible assets
Inventories	$ 4,442,855	$ 4,442,855		$ 3,799,829
AutoLab lease term		5 years
Monthly interest rate		0.042
Deferred revenue	247,100	$ 247,100	$ 265,300	329,000
AutoLab
Components of acquired intangible assets
Other consideration transferred	$ 40,000
Voting interest (percentage)	50.00%
Equity method investment	$ 127,600	127,600
Gain from deconsolidation of a subsidiary entity		87,300
Fixed assets leased in sales-type lease	76,500	76,500
Net investment in lease	$ 88,200	88,200
Subscription agreement period	5 years
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs
Components of acquired intangible assets
Preferred purchase price receivable from asset-backed securitization programs	$ 304,300	304,300		445,400
Other Assets | Third-Party Private Company
Components of acquired intangible assets
Investment in subsidiaries	557,200	557,200		411,100
Working capital advances
Components of acquired intangible assets
Deferred revenue	226,500	226,500		153,600
Customer-related accruals
Components of acquired intangible assets
Deferred revenue	$ 369,800	$ 369,800		$ 439,000

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REVENUE - Contract Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Apr. 01, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Contract Assets [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance, April 1, 2018	$ 0
Cumulative effect adjustment	412,787
Revenue recognized	3,566,140
Amounts collected or invoiced	(3,560,769)
Ending balance, September 28, 2018	418,158
Deferred revenue	$ 247,100	$ 265,300	$ 329,000

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Location of Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Cost of sales
Share-based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	$ 4,767	$ 4,985	$ 10,171	$ 8,304
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	14,314	15,479	29,863	33,956
Segment Reconciling Items
Share-based compensation
Share-based compensation expense	$ 19,081	$ 20,464	$ 40,034	$ 42,260

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REVENUE - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 6,710,604	$ 6,270,420	$ 13,134,560	$ 12,278,692
Point in time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	4,705,197		9,568,420
Over time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,005,407		3,566,140
HRS
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,207,971		2,423,396
HRS | Point in time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	893,141		1,898,321
HRS | Over time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	314,830		525,075
CTG
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,795,883		3,603,817
CTG | Point in time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,203,696		2,504,333
CTG | Over time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	592,187		1,099,484
IEI
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,565,953		3,012,264
IEI | Point in time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,089,319		2,153,218
IEI | Over time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	476,634		859,046
CEC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	2,140,797		4,095,083
CEC | Point in time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,519,041		3,012,548
CEC | Over time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 621,756		$ 1,082,535

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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share options
Share-based compensation
Compensation not yet recognized | $	$ 4.3
Share weighted-average remaining vesting period	1 year 10 months 13 days
Share options outstanding (shares)	1,100,000
Options exercisable (shares)	600,000
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 3.40
Weighted average exercise price of exercisable shares (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.02
Restricted Stock Units, Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions, and Share Bonus Awards With Free Cash Flow Targets
Share-based compensation
Share weighted-average remaining vesting period	2 years 8 months 12 days
Unvested share bonus awards granted (shares)	5,500,000
Number of shares outstanding (shares)	14,100,000
Unrecognized compensation expense | $	$ 168.6
Restricted Stock Units
Share-based compensation
Unvested share bonus awards granted (shares)	4,200,000
Average grant date price of unvested share bonus awards (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 14.02
Vesting period	4 years
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions
Share-based compensation
Number of shares outstanding (shares)	2,600,000
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Fiscal 2015
Share-based compensation
Shares vested (shares)	600,000
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Minimum
Share-based compensation
Number of shares that may be issued (shares)	0
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Maximum
Share-based compensation
Number of shares that may be issued (shares)	5,200,000
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees
Share-based compensation
Unvested share bonus awards granted (shares)	1,300,000
Average grant date price of unvested share bonus awards (usd per share) | $ / shares	$ 14.00
Vesting period	3 years
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees | Minimum
Share-based compensation
Unvested share bonus awards granted (shares)	0
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees | Maximum
Share-based compensation
Unvested share bonus awards granted (shares)	2,600,000.0

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EARNINGS PER SHARE - Calculation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Basic earnings per share:
Net income	$ 86,885	$ 205,086	$ 202,920	$ 329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding (in shares)	531,503	531,313	530,426	530,790
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.39	$ 0.38	$ 0.62
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income	$ 86,885	$ 205,086	$ 202,920	$ 329,796
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding (in shares)	531,503	531,313	530,426	530,790
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards (in shares)	2,955	4,706	4,601	5,521
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding (in shares)	534,458	536,019	535,027	536,311
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.61

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EARNINGS PER SHARE - Additional Information (Details) - shares shares in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 28, 2018
Restricted Stock Units
Anti-diluted securities excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share
Ordinary shares excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)	3.1	3.1

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INTEREST AND OTHER, NET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET
Interest expense	$ 35.1	$ 29.6	$ 68.7	$ 58.6

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OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Other income, net	$ (6,530)	$ 143,167	$ 80,394	$ 179,332
AutoLab
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain from deconsolidation of a subsidiary entity			$ 87,300
Elementum
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Gain from deconsolidation of a subsidiary entity				$ 151,600

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Notional Amount (Details) - 6 months ended Sep. 28, 2018 € in Thousands, ₪ in Thousands, ₨ in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, kr in Thousands, RM in Thousands, Ft in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, in Thousands	USD ($)	INR (₨)	ILS (₪)	MYR (RM)	CAD ($)	CNY (¥)	EUR (€)	USD ($)	SGD ($)	RON ( )	MXN ($)	GBP (£)	HUF (Ft)	DKK (kr)
Notional amount
Deferred losses	$ 11,800
Forward and Swap Contracts
Notional amount
Notional contract value								$ 8,300,000
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts
Notional amount
Notional contract value								4,593,561
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges
Notional amount
Notional contract value								1,025,019
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | CNY
Notional amount
Notional contract value						¥ 2,258,000		328,494
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | EUR
Notional amount
Notional contract value							€ 74,296	87,302
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | HUF
Notional amount
Notional contract value								101,026					Ft 27,835,000
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ILS
Notional amount
Notional contract value		₨ 179,000						49,890
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MXN
Notional amount
Notional contract value				RM 4,590,000				242,508
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MYR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								98,135		405,700
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | RON
Notional amount
Notional contract value								45,570	$ 180,700
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | SGD
Notional amount
Notional contract value								34,799	47,500
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | Other
Notional amount
Notional contract value								37,295
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Notional amount
Notional contract value								3,568,542
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CNY
Notional amount
Notional contract value						1,552,000		226,025
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								2,023,008						kr 1,722,006
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | HUF
Notional amount
Notional contract value								324,854				£ 89,504,773
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ILS
Notional amount
Notional contract value								62,516				224,300
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MXN
Notional amount
Notional contract value			₪ 2,611,896					137,997
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MYR
Notional amount
Notional contract value		643,720						155,710
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | RON
Notional amount
Notional contract value								52,141			$ 467,158
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SGD
Notional amount
Notional contract value				88,850				65,092
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other
Notional amount
Notional contract value								89,580
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CAD
Notional amount
Notional contract value					$ 394,519			304,213
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | INR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								79,226					5,735,497
Buy | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | GBP
Notional amount
Notional contract value							36,557	48,180
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts
Notional amount
Notional contract value								3,696,281
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges
Notional amount
Notional contract value								63,419
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | CNY
Notional amount
Notional contract value						0		0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | EUR
Notional amount
Notional contract value							38,747	45,635
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | HUF
Notional amount
Notional contract value								0					0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ILS
Notional amount
Notional contract value		5,250						1,463
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MXN
Notional amount
Notional contract value				0				0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MYR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								10,885		45,000
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | RON
Notional amount
Notional contract value								0	0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | SGD
Notional amount
Notional contract value								0	$ 0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | Other
Notional amount
Notional contract value								5,436
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Notional amount
Notional contract value								3,632,862
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CNY
Notional amount
Notional contract value						¥ 0		0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								2,214,953						kr 1,884,924
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | HUF
Notional amount
Notional contract value								353,571				97,417,006
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ILS
Notional amount
Notional contract value								0				£ 0
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MXN
Notional amount
Notional contract value			₪ 2,050,476					108,335
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MYR
Notional amount
Notional contract value		₨ 341,430						82,589
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | RON
Notional amount
Notional contract value								62,010			$ 546,573
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SGD
Notional amount
Notional contract value				RM 49,740				36,440
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other
Notional amount
Notional contract value								256,393
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CAD
Notional amount
Notional contract value					$ 416,218			320,945
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | INR
Notional amount
Notional contract value								113,127					Ft 8,205,341
Sell | Forward and Swap Contracts | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | GBP
Notional amount
Notional contract value							€ 64,161	$ 84,499

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Foreign Currency Risk Management (Details) - Foreign currency contracts - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Other current assets | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
Asset Derivatives	$ 10,317	$ 19,422
Other current assets | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
Asset Derivatives	9,970	23,912
Other current liabilities | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
Liability Derivatives	24,621	7,065
Other current liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments
Liability Derivatives	$ 8,259	$ 18,246

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS - Changes in AOCI (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance			$ 3,018,573
Ending balance	$ 3,169,547		3,169,547
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(76,649)	$ (34,595)	(35,746)	$ (32,426)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	945	(3,865)	(40,714)	(845)
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,130	(10,010)	20,886	(15,199)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	21,075	(13,875)	(19,828)	(16,044)
Ending balance	(55,574)	(48,470)	(55,574)	(48,470)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(94,185)	(84,881)	(50,099)	(95,717)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(6,622)	9,478	(50,708)	20,314
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	0	0	0	0
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	(6,622)	9,478	(50,708)	20,314
Ending balance	(100,807)	(75,403)	(100,807)	(75,403)
Total
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	(170,834)	(119,476)	(85,845)	(128,143)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(5,677)	5,613	(91,422)	19,469
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	20,130	(10,010)	20,886	(15,199)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	14,453	(4,397)	(70,536)	4,270
Ending balance	$ (156,381)	$ (123,873)	$ (156,381)	$ (123,873)

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TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) program	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Servicing assets	$ 0			$ 0
Servicing liabilities	0			$ 0
Cash collections of deferred purchase price	$ 1,812,945,000	$ 2,452,782,000
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Number of asset-backed securitization programs | program	2
Percentage of receivables sold to unaffiliated institutions	100.00%
Company's accounts receivables sold to third-party	$ 1,300,000,000		$ 1,500,000,000
Amount received from accounts receivable sold to third-party	1,000,000,000		1,100,000,000
Transferor's interests in transferred financial assets, fair value	304,300,000		445,400,000
Cash proceeds from sale of accounts receivable	3,700,000,000	4,000,000,000
Cash collections of deferred purchase price	$ 1,800,000,000	2,500,000,000
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | Minimum
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Service fee received, percent	0.10%
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | Maximum
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Service fee received, percent	0.50%
Global Program
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	$ 950,000,000
Global Program | Committed
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	775,000,000
Global Program | Uncommitted
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	175,000,000
North American Program
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	250,000,000
North American Program | Committed
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	210,000,000
North American Program | Uncommitted
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Investment limits with financial institution	40,000,000
Sales of Receivables to Third Party Banks
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures
Company's accounts receivables sold to third-party	1,400,000,000	$ 600,000,000
Receivables sold but not yet collected from banking institutions	$ 463,200,000		$ 286,400,000

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2018	Sep. 29, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Transfers out of Level 1 and into Level 2 related to assets and liabilities measured on a recurring and nonrecurring basis	$ 0	$ 0
Transfers out of Level 2 and into Level 1 related to assets and liabilities measured on a recurring and nonrecurring basis	0	0
Transfers out of Level 1 and into Level 2 related to liabilities measured on a recurring and nonrecurring basis	0	0
Transfers out of Level 2 and into Level 1 related to liabilities measured on a recurring and nonrecurring basis	$ 0	$ 0

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - Recurring Basis - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Money market funds and time deposits
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	$ 451,551	$ 452,622
Foreign exchange contracts
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	20,287	43,334
Total Liabilities	(32,880)	(25,311)
Deferred compensation plan assets: Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	82,288	74,728
Level 1 | Money market funds and time deposits
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	0	0
Level 1 | Foreign exchange contracts
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	0	0
Total Liabilities	0	0
Level 1 | Deferred compensation plan assets: Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	6,267	7,196
Level 2 | Money market funds and time deposits
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	451,551	452,622
Level 2 | Foreign exchange contracts
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	20,287	43,334
Total Liabilities	(32,880)	(25,311)
Level 2 | Deferred compensation plan assets: Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	76,021	67,532
Level 3 | Money market funds and time deposits
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	0	0
Level 3 | Foreign exchange contracts
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	0	0
Total Liabilities	0	0
Level 3 | Deferred compensation plan assets: Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis
Total Assets	$ 0	$ 0

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Debt Not Carried at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
4.625% Notes due February 2020
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	4.625%	4.625%
5.000% Notes due February 2023
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	5.00%	5.00%
4.750% Notes due June 2025
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	4.75%	4.75%
Level 1 | 4.625% Notes due February 2020
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	4.625%	4.625%
Level 1 | 5.000% Notes due February 2023
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	5.00%	5.00%
Level 1 | 4.750% Notes due June 2025
Other financial instruments
Debt instrument interest rate (as a percent)	4.75%	4.75%
Carrying Amount
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	$ 2,920,666	$ 2,950,817
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 4.625% Notes due February 2020
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	500,000	500,000
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	679,688	687,813
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	471,094	483,656
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 5.000% Notes due February 2023
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	500,000	500,000
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 4.750% Notes due June 2025
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	596,599	596,387
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | Euro Term Loan due September 2020
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	55,804	59,443
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | Euro Term Loan due January 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	117,481	123,518
Fair Value
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	2,955,827	3,024,692
Fair Value | Level 1 | 4.625% Notes due February 2020
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	507,031	513,596
Fair Value | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	683,086	689,966
Fair Value | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	473,449	485,470
Fair Value | Level 1 | 5.000% Notes due February 2023
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	513,830	525,292
Fair Value | Level 1 | 4.750% Notes due June 2025
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	605,146	627,407
Fair Value | Level 1 | Euro Term Loan due September 2020
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	55,804	59,443
Fair Value | Level 1 | Euro Term Loan due January 2022
Other financial instruments
Fair Value	$ 117,481	$ 123,518

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BUSINESS AND ASSET DIVESTITURES (Details) - Disposal - Multek $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 264.4
Net assets transferred	231.4
Goodwill	$ 19.0

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Thousands, R$ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 BRL (R$) tax_assessment	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) tax_assessment	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
BRAZIL | Assessment of Sales and Import Taxes
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Income tax examination, number of tax assessments | tax_assessment	6	6
Income tax examination, estimate of possible loss	R$ 346	$ 85,240
Pending Litigation | SunEdison filed Chapter 11 | Collectibility of Receivables
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Inventory value allegedly received by the Company			$ 98,600
Cash allegedly received by the Company			69,200
SunEdison, Inc
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss in period from bad debt write off			61,000
Decrease in receivable due from return of previously shipped inventory			$ 90,000

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SHARE REPURCHASES (Details) shares in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) shares	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) shares
Treasury Stock, Number of Shares and Restriction Disclosures [Abstract]
Aggregate shares repurchased and retired (in shares) | shares	4.4	4.4
Aggregate purchase price of shares repurchased and retired	$ 60,000,000	$ 60,000,000
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program	500,000,000	500,000,000
Amount remaining to be repurchased under the plans	$ 453,500,000	$ 453,500,000

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SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2018 USD ($) segment	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | segment			4
Net sales	$ 6,710,604	$ 6,270,420	$ 13,134,560	$ 12,278,692
Intangible amortization	18,234	16,376	36,751	36,277
Net revenue standard adoption impact			9,300
Other income, net	6,530	(143,167)	(80,394)	(179,332)
Interest and other, net	41,060	27,554	82,802	54,430
Income before income taxes	108,794	218,413	250,431	363,922
Exit costs			30,000
CEC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	2,140,797		4,095,083
Consumer Technologies Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,795,883		3,603,817
Industrial & Emerging Industries
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,565,953		3,012,264
High Reliability Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,207,971		2,423,396
Operating Segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	6,710,604	6,270,420	13,134,560	12,278,692
Total segment income	223,530	188,326	411,238	366,243
Operating Segments | CEC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	2,140,797	1,901,057	4,095,083	3,874,390
Total segment income	62,855	42,733	108,873	91,335
Operating Segments | Consumer Technologies Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,795,883	1,755,143	3,603,817	3,267,112
Total segment income	31,212	30,722	57,769	48,726
Operating Segments | Industrial & Emerging Industries
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,565,953	1,454,539	3,012,264	2,845,138
Total segment income	65,857	50,945	117,218	106,322
Operating Segments | High Reliability Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	1,207,971	1,159,681	2,423,396	2,292,052
Total segment income	89,589	92,364	183,123	182,576
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total segment income	(25,983)	(28,438)	(55,745)	(62,716)
Segment Reconciling Items
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Intangible amortization	18,234	16,376	36,751	36,277
Stock-based compensation	19,081	20,464	40,034	42,260
Distressed customers asset impairments	30,100	4,753	47,464	4,753
Net revenue standard adoption impact	0	0	9,291	0
Contingencies and other	(269)	43,933	24,859	43,933
Other income, net	(6,530)	143,167	80,394	179,332
Interest and other, net	(41,060)	(27,554)	(82,802)	(54,430)
Income before income taxes	$ 108,794	$ 218,413	$ 250,431	$ 363,922

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BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG TERM DEBT (Details) - Term Loan - 2023 - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Sep. 28, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt instrument	5 years
LIBOR
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	1.15%
Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity		$ 200