Accounts Receivable Factoring Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may utilize accounts receivable factoring agreements with third-party financial institutions in order to accelerate its cash collections from product sales. In addition, these agreements provide the Company with the ability to limit credit exposure to potential bad debts, to better manage costs related to collections as well as to enable customers to extend their credit terms. These agreements involve the ownership transfer of eligible trade accounts receivable, without recourse or discount, to a third party financial institution in exchange for cash.

The Company accounts for these transactions in accordance with ASC 860, "Transfers and Servicing" ("ASC 860"). ASC 860 allows for the ownership transfer of accounts receivable to qualify for sale treatment when the appropriate criteria is met, which permits the Company to present the balances sold under the program to be excluded from Accounts receivable, net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Receivables are considered sold when (i) they are transferred beyond the reach of the Company and its creditors, (ii) the purchaser has the right to pledge or exchange the receivables, and (iii) the Company has surrendered control over the transferred receivables. In addition, the Company provides no other forms of continued financial support to the purchaser of the receivables once the receivables are sold. Amounts due from financial institutions are included in Other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company has a U.S. based program where certain U.S. based receivables are sold to an unrelated third-party financial institution. Under the current terms of the U.S. agreement, the maximum amount of outstanding advances at any one time is $20.0 million, which limitation is subject to change based on the level of eligible receivables, restrictions on concentrations of receivables and the historical performance of the receivables sold. In addition, the Company's subsidiaries in Brazil, Colombia, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands and Spain have entered into factoring agreements to sell certain receivables to unrelated third-party financial institutions. Under the terms of the non-U.S. agreements, the maximum amount of outstanding advances at any one time is $79.9 million (measured at June 30, 2015 foreign exchange rates), which limitation is subject to change based on the level of eligible receivables, restrictions on concentrations of receivables and the historical performance of the receivables sold.

The following is a summary of receivables sold to the third-party financial institutions that existed at the following balance sheet dates:



In thousands	June 30, 2015		December 31, 2014
Trade receivables sold to financial institutions	$	75,850	$	92,528
Net amounts advanced from financial institutions	67,567		78,900
Amounts due from financial institutions	$	8,283	$	13,628

The Company sold $340.6 million and $293.2 million of receivables under the terms of the factoring agreements during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and June 28, 2014, respectively. The year-over-year increase in receivables sold is primarily attributable to accounts receivable factoring agreements associated with the acquisition of Providência. In addition, a new agreement that was established in Italy at the end of 2014 contributed to the increase. The Company pays a factoring fee associated with the sale of receivables based on the invoice value of the receivables sold. During the three months ended June 30, 2015 and June 28, 2014, factoring fees incurred were $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Factoring fees incurred were $0.7 million and $0.9 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and June 28, 2014, respectively. These amounts are recorded within Foreign currency and other, net in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss).