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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 December 31, 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 January 28, 2019
Ordinary Shares, No Par Value		521,417,529

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INDEX

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
	Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	3
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) — December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) — Three-Month and Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (unaudited) — Three-Month and Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) — Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	31
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	41
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	42
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	43
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	43
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	44
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	45
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	45
Item 5.	Other Information	45
Item 6.	Exhibits	46
Signatures		47

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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 December 31, 2018 and the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the related condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 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
February 5, 2019

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

	As of December 31, 2018				As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands, except share amounts) (Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,503,368			$	1,472,424
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $77,805 and $60,051 as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively	2,861,830				2,517,695
Contract assets	298,451				—
Inventories	3,897,891				3,799,829
Other current assets	930,376				1,380,466
Total current assets	9,491,916				9,170,414
Property and equipment, net	2,214,148				2,239,506
Goodwill	1,078,834				1,121,170
Other intangible assets, net	349,645				424,433
Other assets	840,542				760,332
Total assets	$	13,975,085			$	13,715,855
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt	$	43,249			$	43,011
Accounts payable	5,543,349				5,122,303
Accrued payroll	389,746				383,332
Other current liabilities	1,527,276				1,719,418
Total current liabilities	7,503,620				7,268,064
Long-term debt, net of current portion	2,906,251				2,897,631
Other liabilities	486,886				531,587
Shareholders’ equity
Ordinary shares, no par value; 572,712,781 and 578,317,848 issued, and 522,473,426 and 528,078,493 outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively	6,573,727				6,636,747
Treasury stock, at cost; 50,239,355 shares as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018	(388,215		)		(388,215		)
Accumulated deficit	(2,947,661		)		(3,144,114		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(159,523		)		(85,845		)
Total shareholders’ equity	3,078,328				3,018,573
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	13,975,085			$	13,715,855

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

	Three-Month Periods Ended								Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)
Net sales	$	6,944,827			$	6,751,552			$	20,079,387			$	19,030,244
Cost of sales	6,527,067				6,305,224				18,852,395				17,775,678
Restructuring charges	60,435				—				89,512				7,981
Gross profit	357,325				446,328				1,137,480				1,246,585
Selling, general and administrative expenses	237,556				247,365				722,608				772,325
Intangible amortization	20,308				19,588				57,059				55,865
Restructuring charges	5,408				—				10,921				—
Interest and other, net	54,087				31,350				136,889				85,780
Other charges (income), net	71,879				6,865				(8,515		)		(172,467		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(31,913		)		141,160				218,518				505,082
Provision for income taxes	13,256				22,827				60,767				56,953
Net income (loss)	$	(45,169	)		$	118,333			$	157,751			$	448,129
Earnings (losses) per share:
Basic	$	(0.09	)		$	0.22			$	0.30			$	0.85
Diluted	$	(0.09	)		$	0.22			$	0.30			$	0.84
Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts:
Basic	524,876				528,405				528,528				529,984
Diluted	524,876				534,352				532,308				535,972

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

	Three-Month Periods Ended								Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands) (Unaudited)
Net income (loss)	$	(45,169	)		$	118,333			$	157,751			$	448,129
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of zero tax	(7,777		)		7,492				(58,485		)		27,806
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments and other, net of zero tax	4,635				(4,717		)		(15,193		)		(20,761		)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(48,311	)		$	121,108			$	84,073			$	455,174

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

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

	Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands) (Unaudited)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	157,751			$	448,129
Depreciation, amortization and other impairment charges	507,164				400,015
Gain from deconsolidation of Bright Machines	(86,614		)		—
Gain from deconsolidation of Elementum	—				(151,574		)
Changes in working capital and other	(2,906,906		)		(3,804,156		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(2,328,605		)		(3,107,586		)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of property and equipment	(592,092		)		(432,897		)
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment	86,724				43,653
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired	(12,796		)		(269,724		)
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, net of cash held in divested businesses	267,147				(2,949		)
Cash collections of deferred purchase price	2,707,562				3,538,604
Other investing activities, net	14,687				(120,934		)
Net cash provided by investing activities	2,471,232				2,755,753
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt	2,481,407				866,000
Repayments of bank borrowings and long-term debt	(2,447,873		)		(907,930		)
Payments for repurchases of ordinary shares	(123,979		)		(180,050		)
Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares	195				2,063
Other financing activities, net	9,689				46,482
Net cash used in financing activities	(80,561		)		(173,435		)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	(31,122		)		(14,224		)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	30,944				(539,492		)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	1,472,424				1,830,675
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	1,503,368			$	1,291,183
Non-cash investing activities:
Unpaid purchases of property and equipment	$	94,592			$	87,772
Non-cash investment in Elementum	$	—			$	132,679
Non-cash proceeds from sale of Wink	$	—			$	59,000
Non-cash investment in Bright Machines (Note 2)	$	127,641			$	—
Leased Assets to Bright Machines (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:

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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, audio, consumer power electronics, 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, medical disposables, drug delivery, and medical equipment; automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and smart 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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 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 Company's third quarters ends on December 31 of each year, which are comprised of 94 days and 93 days for fiscal years 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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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 Financial Accounting Standards Board ("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 of adoption.

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 adopted the guidance during the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, which did not have a material impact to its financial position as there were no identified impairments 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 was consistent with the Company's current cash flow classification. However, cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs described in note 11 are now 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 second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company changed to a method based on daily activity and the amounts presented for operating and investing activities for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 reflect the use of this method for the entire period. The Company recorded $2.7 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price from the Company's asset-backed securitization programs for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 and reclassified $3.5 billion of cash receipts on the deferred purchase price for the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 immaterial 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

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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 the Company manufactures 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 assets 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 December 31, 2018
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported		Adjustments		Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
ASSETS
Contract assets	298,451		(298,451	)	—
Inventories	3,897,891		315,780		4,213,671
Other current assets	930,376		10,044		940,420
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Other current liabilities	1,527,276		51,294		1,578,570
Accumulated deficit	(2,947,661	)	(36,498	)	(2,984,159	)

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Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
	Impact of Adopting ASC 606
	Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018										Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018
(In thousands) (Unaudited)	As Reported			Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption				As Reported			Adjustments			Balance without ASC 606 Adoption
Net sales	$	6,944,827		$	(4,885	)	$	6,939,942			$	20,079,387		$	(32,122	)	$	20,047,265
Cost of sales	6,587,502			(6,907		)	6,580,595				18,941,907			(33,479		)	18,908,428
Gross profit	357,325			2,022			359,347				1,137,480			1,357			1,138,837

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 the Company manufactures products) as further explained in note 3. The result of the modifications for the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 the Company not amended the contracts, and (ii) had the Company not adopted ASC 606.

The impacts to revenue and gross profit as a result of the adoption of ASC 606 are driven by a number of factors including the timing of inventory levels for over time ("OT") customers at the end of each reporting period and the mix of customer profitability. These impacts were not material for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018.

For the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 the as reported revenue was approximately $32.1 million higher and the gross profit approximately $1.4 million lower than it would have been without the adoption of ASC 606. Additional revenue of $164.8 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 and revenue recognized for certain contracts that no longer qualify for net revenue treatment. Approximately $7.9 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 contract rights noted above. There was no material tax impact for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 from the adoption of 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 November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19 “Codification Improvements to Topic 326: Financial Instruments - Credit Losses” to introduce an expected credit loss methodology for the impairment of financial assets measured at amortized cost basis. That methodology replaces the probable, incurred loss model for those assets. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 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 2021.

In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-17 “Consolidation (Topic 810): Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities” to provides a new private company variable interest entity exemption and changes how decision makers apply the variable interest criteria. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 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 2021.

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In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-16 “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes” to expand the lists of eligible benchmark interest rates to include OIS based on SOFR to facilitate the marketplace transition from LIBOR. 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 2018-15 "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 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 January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-01, “Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842”, which permits an entity to elect an optional transition practical expedient to not evaluate under Topic 842 land easements that exist or expired before the entity’s adoption of Topic 842 and that were not previously accounted for as leases under Topic 840. 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. In December 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-20 “Leases (Topic 842): Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors” to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing transactions. The amendments have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new lease 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 as described in the new transition option above under ASU 2018-11. In conjunction, the Company intends to elect the package of practical expedients offered, which would allow entities to not i) reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases in

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accordance with the new guidance, ii) reassess lease classifications, and iii) reassess whether initial direct costs capitalized under ASC 840 continue to meet the definition of initial direct costs under the new guidance. While the Company continues to evaluate the effect of adopting the new lease guidance on its consolidated financial statement and related disclosures, the new guidance is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets upon adoption. The Company expect all of its leases including its operating leases will be subject to the new standard. The Company will recognize right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets upon adoption which will increase total assets and liabilities.

In December 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("Tax Act"), which allowed the Company to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment date. As of December 31, 2018, the Company has finalized all provisional amounts related to the Tax Act. Finalizing provisional adjustments related to the Tax Act did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018. The Company expects further guidance may be forthcoming from the FASB and the SEC, as well as regulations, interpretations and rulings from federal and state tax agencies, which could result in additional impacts.

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 December 31, 2018				As of March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Raw materials	$	3,069,688			$	2,760,410
Work-in-progress	354,294				450,569
Finished goods	473,909				588,850
	$	3,897,891			$	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 December 31, 2018 are $315.8 million less than they would have been, had the Company 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 reporting units (which align to the Company's reportable segments) during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018: 

	HRS				CTG				IEI				CEC				Amount
	(In thousands)
Balance, beginning of the year	$	550,983			$	107,748			$	337,707			$	124,732			$	1,121,170
Additions (1)	—				—				—				10,984				10,984
Divestitures (2)	(5,303		)		(4,484		)		(4,450		)		(6,391		)		(20,628		)
Foreign currency translation adjustments (3)	(32,692		)		—				—				—				(32,692		)
Balance, end of the period	$	512,988			$	103,264			$	333,257			$	129,325			$	1,078,834

(1)

The goodwill generated during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, is primarily related to value placed on the acquired employee workforce, service offerings and capabilities of the acquired business which may change as the Company is still in the process of evaluating the fair value of the assets and liabilities related to business combination completed during the recent period. The goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes. See note 13 for additional information.

(2)	During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations along with another non-strategic immaterial business, and as a result, recorded an aggregate reduction of goodwill of $20.6 million. See note 13 for additional information.

(3)	During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded $32.7 million of foreign currency translation adjustments primarily related to the goodwill associated with historical acquisitions, as the U.S. Dollar fluctuated against foreign currencies.

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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 comparing the fair value of each of the Company's reporting units with the reporting unit's carrying amount, including goodwill. Upon adoption of ASU 2017-04, the Company now recognizes an impairment charge (not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting units) for the amount by which the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the reporting unit's fair value.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, the Company's market capitalization declined significantly. The Company believed the significant drop in market value constituted a “triggering event” in accordance with the applicable accounting literature, and accordingly completed an interim impairment test as of December 31, 2018. 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 is measured based upon, among other factors, market multiples for comparable companies as well as a discounted cash flow analysis. These approaches use significant unobservable inputs, or Level 3 inputs, as defined by the fair value hierarchy and require us to make various judgmental assumptions about sales, operating margins, growth rates and discount rates which consider our budgets, business plans and economic projections, and are believed to reflect market participant views. Some of the inherent estimates and assumptions used in determining fair value of the reporting units are outside the control of management, including interest rates, cost of capital, tax rates, market EBITDA comparables and credit ratings. While we believe we have made reasonable estimates and assumptions to calculate the fair value of the reporting units, it is possible a material change could occur. If our actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions used to calculate fair value, it could result in material impairments of our goodwill.

Based on the latest assessment as of December 31, 2018, no impairment existed as of the date of the impairment test as the fair value of each reporting unit exceeds its carrying value. As of the date of the impairment test, all reporting units' fair values were more than 25% over their respective carrying values, with the exception of the CTG reporting unit which was 23% in excess of its carrying value. The estimated future results for CTG used in the impairment analysis reflect the Company’s revised strategy including the wind down of its NIKE operations in Mexico, further restrictions on capital expenditures related to its expansion into India and its focus on partnering with well-funded, leading multi-national brands that control multiple categories of products and have regional demand requirements.

The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows:

	As of December 31, 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	$	297,563			$	(105,000	)		$	192,563			$	306,943			$	(79,051	)		$	227,892
Licenses and other intangibles	276,844				(119,762		)		157,082				304,007				(107,466		)		196,541
Total	$	574,407			$	(224,762	)		$	349,645			$	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)	$	17,436
2020	65,155
2021	60,826
2022	52,290
2023	44,553
Thereafter	109,385
Total amortization expense	$	349,645

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

 

Other Current Assets

Other current assets include approximately $318.5 million and $445.4 million as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively, for the deferred purchase price receivable from the Company's Asset-Backed Securitization programs. See note 11 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 December 31, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture during the Company's second quarter of fiscal year 2019. See note 13 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. As of December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company's investments in non-consolidated companies totaled $441.4 million and $411.1 million, respectively. The equity in the earnings or losses of the Company's equity method investments was not material to the consolidated results of operations for any period presented and is included in interest and other, net. The Company is currently assessing its strategy with respect to its investment portfolio including its investment in Elementum as well as certain investment funds. As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, no decisions have been made by management. Accordingly, management has not identified any impairment indicators with respect to these investments as of December 31, 2018. However, upon completion by management of its evaluations and decisions, the Company may incur impairment charges, which could be material.

Non-consolidated 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%. Cost method is used for investments which the Company does not have the ability to significantly influence the operating decisions of the investee, or if the Company’s investment is in securities other than common stock or in-substance common stock.

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.

Joint Venture with RIB Software AG

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company sold its non-controlling interest in the joint venture with RIB Software AG, a provider of technology for the construction industry, to its former joint venture partner, for a total consideration of approximately $48.4 million. The Company recognized an immaterial gain on sale, which is recorded in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018. The cash inflows received as part of the selling consideration have been included in cash flows from other investing activities during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Investment in Unrelated Third-party Company

During the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company noted, as part of the evaluation of its investment portfolio, a significant deterioration in a certain investee's performance and near-term projections. Additionally, the Company identified certain risks around that investee's capability to acquire additional funding to support its operation in the near term. The Company considered these noted facts as triggering events for impairment evaluations, and as a result recognized a $70.1 million impairment charge, during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, which is included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The remaining carrying value of this investment at December 31, 2018 was immaterial, and was determined using a discounted cash flow approach which relied on inputs that would be considered Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

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Bright Machines (formerly known as AutoLab AI)

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 Bright Machines, in exchange for shares of preferred stock and a controlling financial interest in Bright Machines. Bright Machines 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 Bright Machines 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, Bright Machines 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 held a controlling financial interest in Bright Machines and accordingly, deconsolidated the entity.

The fair value of the Company’s non-controlling interest in Bright Machines upon deconsolidation was approximately $127.6 million as of the date of deconsolidation. The Company accounts for its investment in Bright Machines 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 Bright Machines at that time. Management relied on a multi-stage process which involved calculating the enterprise and equity value of Bright Machines, then allocating the equity value of the entity to the Company’s securities. The enterprise value of Bright Machines was estimated based on the value implied by the equity funding Bright Machines 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 Bright Machines 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. Bright Machines became a related party to the Company starting on the date of deconsolidation. The Company has engaged Bright Machines 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 Bright Machines agreement were immaterial for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities include customer working capital advances of $235.9 million and $153.6 million, customer-related accruals of $300.5 million and $439.0 million, and deferred revenue of $308.0 million and $329.0 million as of December 31, 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 December 31, 2018, following the execution of the divestiture. See note 13 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 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, the Company bids on a program-by-program basis and typically receives customer purchase orders for specific quantities and timing of products. As a result, the Company

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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 refunds 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).

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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 the Company 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 sheets and transferred to receivables when rights to payment become unconditional. The following table summarizes the activity in the Company's contract assets during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 (in thousands):

	Contract Assets
Beginning balance, April 1, 2018	$	—
Cumulative effect adjustment at April 1, 2018	412,787
Revenue recognized	5,483,688
Amounts collected or invoiced	(5,598,024		)
Ending balance, December 31, 2018	$	298,451

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 $308.0 million and $265.3 million as of December 31, 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 over time - for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 (in thousands), respectively:

	Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018
	HRS				CTG				IEI				CEC				Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	929,638			$	1,235,712			$	1,198,669			$	1,663,262			$	5,027,281
Over time	276,714				583,610				460,256				596,966				1,917,546
Total segment	$	1,206,352			$	1,819,322			$	1,658,925			$	2,260,228			$	6,944,827

	Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018
	HRS				CTG				IEI				CEC				Total
Timing of Transfer
Point in time	$	2,827,959			$	3,740,045			$	3,351,886			$	4,675,809			$	14,595,699
Over time	801,790				1,683,094				1,319,302				1,679,502				5,483,688
Total segment	$	3,629,749			$	5,423,139			$	4,671,188			$	6,355,311			$	20,079,387

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								Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost of sales	$	4,769			$	5,358			$	14,940			$	13,662
Selling, general and administrative expenses	16,258				15,400				46,121				49,356
Total share-based compensation expense	$	21,027			$	20,758			$	61,061			$	63,018

Total unrecognized compensation expense related to share options under all plans was $3.1 million and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 1.8 years. As of December 31, 2018, the number of options outstanding and exercisable under all plans was 1.0 million and 0.6 million, respectively, at a weighted-average exercise price of $3.67 per share and $4.69 per share, respectively. 

During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company granted 6.3 million unvested restricted share unit awards. Of this amount, approximately 4.6 million are plain-vanilla unvested restricted share unit awards with no performance or market conditions with an average grant date price of $13.53 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, to the extent such market conditions have been met.  

As of December 31, 2018, approximately 14.5 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 nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, 0.6 million shares vested in connection with the restricted share unit awards with market conditions granted in fiscal year 2016. 

As of December 31, 2018, total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted share unit awards under all plans was approximately $144.7 million, and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 2.6 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								Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic earnings per share:
Net income (loss)	$	(45,169	)		$	118,333			$	157,751			$	448,129
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	524,876				528,405				528,528				529,984
Basic earnings (losses) per share	(0.09		)		0.22				0.30				0.85
Diluted earnings per share:
Net income (loss)	$	(45,169	)		$	118,333			$	157,751			$	448,129
Shares used in computation:
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding	524,876				528,405				528,528				529,984
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and awards (1) (2)	—				5,947				3,780				5,988
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding	524,876				534,352				532,308				535,972
Diluted earnings (losses) per share	(0.09		)		0.22				0.30				0.84

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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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents.

(2)	Restricted share unit awards of 6.6 million for the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

6.  BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT

India Term Loan 

In July 2018, a subsidiary of the Company entered into a $200 million term loan facility (the "Facility"), under which there was $52 million in borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2018. The Facility will be used to fund capital expenditure to support the Company's expansion plan for India. The availability period during which drawdowns 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 December 31, 2018, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this term loan agreement.

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7.  INTEREST AND OTHER, NET

 

During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, the Company recognized interest expense of $38.8 million and $107.5 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, the Company recognized interest expense of $32.1 million and $90.7 million, respectively, on its debt obligations outstanding during the periods.

8.  OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET 

During the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company recognized other charges of $71.9 million, primarily driven by a $70.1 million charge related to the impairment of a certain investment in an unrelated third-party venture backed company. Refer to note 2 for further details on the investment impairment. During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company recognized other income of $8.5 million, primarily driven by an $87.3 million gain on the deconsolidation of Bright Machines, offset by the $70.1 million impairment charge discussed above. Refer to note 2 for further details of the deconsolidation.

During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017, the Company deconsolidated Elementum SCM (Cayman) Ltd and recognized a gain on deconsolidation of approximately $151.6 million with no related tax impact, coupled with a $39 million gain recognized for the disposition of Wink, which are both included in other charges (income), net on the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

9.  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.

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As of December 31, 2018, the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $9.7 billion as summarized below: 

	Foreign Currency Amount						Notional Contract Value in USD
Currency	Buy			Sell			Buy				Sell
	(In thousands)
Cash Flow Hedges
CNY	2,195,500			—			$	319,564			$	—
EUR	57,903			12,413			66,456				14,384
HUF	26,817,000			—			95,318				—
ILS	180,000			2,625			47,738				696
MXN	3,907,000			—			198,453				—
MYR	288,800			51,100			69,010				12,211
RON	171,000			—			41,884				—
SGD	47,100			—			34,353				—
Other	N/A			N/A			32,692				—
							905,468				27,291
Other Foreign Currency Contracts
CAD	413,508			446,691			303,203				327,534
CNY	3,569,739			1,097,810			517,310				160,000
EUR	1,943,263			2,058,119			2,215,448				2,346,054
GBP	72,112			65,663			91,160				83,067
HUF	135,200,211			130,812,582			480,555				464,960
ILS	238,075			121,000			63,140				32,090
INR	6,147,046			19,872,836			87,298				281,278
MXN	3,332,861			2,727,145			169,290				138,523
MYR	933,930			647,400			223,167				154,699
SEK	552,834			637,284			61,263				70,646
SGD	91,830			50,580			66,978				36,891
Other	N/A			N/A			119,052				317,735
							4,397,864				4,413,477
Total Notional Contract Value in USD							$	5,303,332			$	4,440,768

As of December 31, 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 December 31, 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 $7.4 million as of December 31, 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. 

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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		December 31, 2018				March 31, 2018				Balance Sheet Location		December 31, 2018				March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets		$	7,049			$	19,422			Other current liabilities		$	14,377			$	7,065
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Foreign currency contracts	Other current assets		$	21,567			$	23,912			Other current liabilities		$	21,708			$	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. 

10.  ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS 

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

	Three-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018												December 31, 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	$	(55,574	)		$	(100,807	)		$	(156,381	)		$	(48,470	)		$	(75,403	)		$	(123,873	)
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications	(14,683		)		(7,777		)		(22,460		)		(4,643		)		7,248				2,605
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	19,318				—				19,318				(74		)		244				170
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	4,635				(7,777		)		(3,142		)		(4,717		)		7,492				2,775
Ending balance	$	(50,939	)		$	(108,584	)		$	(159,523	)		$	(53,187	)		$	(67,911	)		$	(121,098	)

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	Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018													December 31, 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	(55,396		)			(58,485		)		(113,881		)		(5,488		)		27,562				22,074
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	40,203			—		—				40,203				(15,273		)		244				(15,029		)
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss)	(15,193		)			(58,485		)		(73,678		)		(20,761		)		27,806				7,045
Ending balance	$	(50,939	)			$	(108,584	)		$	(159,523	)		$	(53,187	)		$	(67,911	)		$	(121,098	)

Substantially all unrealized losses relating to derivative instruments and other, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 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. 

11.  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 December 31, 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 $900.0 million for the Global Program, of which $725.0 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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month periods ended December 31, 2018, and December 31, 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 December 31, 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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were included as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company recognizes these proceeds net of the deferred purchase price, consisting of a receivable from the purchasers that entitles the Company to certain collections on the receivable. The Company recognizes 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 December 31, 2018, approximately $1.2 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 $929.5 million and deferred purchase price receivables of $318.5 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 December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, also represent the non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables.

 For the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, cash flows from sales of receivables under the ABS Programs consisted of approximately $5.2 billion and $5.9 billion, respectively, for transfers of receivables, and approximately $2.7 billion and $3.5 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 $521.0 million and $286.4 million as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, total accounts receivable sold to certain third-party banking institutions was approximately $2.1 billion and $1.0 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. 

12.  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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 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 December 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)	$	—			$	594,814			$	—			$	594,814
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 9)	—				28,616				—				28,616
Deferred compensation plan assets:													0
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities	2,535				74,237				—				76,772
Liabilities:													0.003
Foreign exchange contracts (Note 9)	$	—			$	(36,085	)		$	—			$	(36,085	)
	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 9)	—				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 9)	$	—			$	(25,311	)		$	—			$	(25,311	)

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Other financial instruments 

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

	As of December 31, 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			$	502,475			$	500,000			$	513,596			Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through November 2021	675,625				664,646				687,813				689,966				Level 1
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022	464,813				464,525				483,656				485,470				Level 1
5.000% Notes due February 2023	500,000				500,760				500,000				525,292				Level 1
4.750% Notes due June 2025	596,706				587,724				596,387				627,407				Level 1
Euro Term Loan due September 2020	53,806				53,806				59,443				59,443				Level 2
Euro Term Loan due January 2022	113,814				113,814				123,518				123,518				Level 2
India Term Loan	51,901				51,901				—				—				Level 2
Total	$	2,956,665			$	2,939,651			$	2,950,817			$	3,024,692

The Company values its Euro Term Loans due September 2020 and January 2022, and India Term Loan based on the current market rate, and as of December 31, 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. 

13. BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

In October 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of a business that was not significant to the consolidated financial position, result of operations and cash flows of the Company. The acquired business expanded the Company's design capabilities in the telecom market within the CEC segment. The assets acquired and liabilities assumed were not material to the Company's consolidated financial results. Results of operations were included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial results beginning on the date of acquisition, and were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial results for all periods presented.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company disposed of an immaterial non-strategic business in Brazil that operated across all of its segments. The net loss on disposition was not material to the Company's consolidated financial results, and was included in other charges (income), net in the condensed consolidated statement of operation for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018.

Further, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, the Company divested its China-based Multek operations, for proceeds of approximately $267.1 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 for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018.

Pro-forma results of operations for these divestitures have not been presented because the effects were not individually, nor in the aggregate, material to the Company's consolidated financial results for all periods presented.

14.  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

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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 its patent license agreement with the Company, and requesting information relating to royalties for products that the Company assembles for a customer in China. The Company and licensor have had subsequent discussions, during which the licensor claimed that the Company owes a material amount under the patent license agreement, which the Company disputes and would contest vigorously. While the Company cannot predict the outcome with respect to this claim or estimate an amount or reasonable range of loss, a material loss is reasonably possible.

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 November 28, 2018, lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint alleging misstatements and/or omissions in certain of the Company’s SEC filings, press releases, earnings calls, and analyst and investor conferences and expanding the putative class period through October 25, 2018. On January 8, 2019, another shareholder filed a motion to intervene in the case for the purposes of vacating the Court’s October 1, 2018 order and reopening the lead plaintiff process; that motion is set for hearing on April 4, 2019. On January 15, 2019, the Court issued an order providing that defendants need not file any motion to dismiss until after the motion to intervene is decided. In addition, the Court has set a case management conference for April 24, 2019. 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.

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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 $88.6 million based on the exchange rate as of December 31, 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.

15.  SHARE REPURCHASES 

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, the Company repurchased 6.7 million shares at an aggregate purchase price of $64.0 million, and 11.2 million shares at an aggregate purchase price of $124.0 million, respectively, 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 December 31, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $389.5 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan.

16.  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, restructuring 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 nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company 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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017 has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect at the time:

	Three-Month Periods Ended								Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017				December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Net sales:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,260,228			$	1,979,045			$	6,355,311			$	5,853,435
Consumer Technologies Group	1,819,322				2,056,801				5,423,139				5,323,913
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,658,925				1,491,063				4,671,188				4,336,201
High Reliability Solutions	1,206,352				1,224,643				3,629,749				3,516,695
	$	6,944,827			$	6,751,552			$	20,079,387			$	19,030,244
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	62,590			$	50,206			$	171,463			$	141,541
Consumer Technologies Group	39,023				38,768				96,792				87,494
Industrial & Emerging Industries	78,782				61,328				196,000				167,650
High Reliability Solutions	95,751				100,976				278,874				283,552
Corporate and Other	(19,768		)		(31,557		)		(75,513		)		(94,273		)
Total segment income	256,378				219,721				667,616				585,964
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	20,308				19,588				57,059				55,865
Stock-based compensation	21,027				20,758				61,061				63,018
Customer related asset impairments (1)	50,153				—				67,517				4,753
Restructuring charges (Note 17)	65,843				—				100,433				7,981
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—				—				9,291				—
Contingencies and other (2)	4,994				—				25,363				35,952
Other charges (income), net (Note 8)	71,879				6,865				(8,515		)		(172,467		)
Interest and other, net	54,087				31,350				136,889				85,780
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(31,913	)		$	141,160			$	218,518			$	505,082

(1)	Customer related asset impairments for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 relate to provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties and/or the Company is disengaging from.

(2)

Contingencies and other during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 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. In addition, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, Contingencies and other also includes certain charges of the China based Multek operations that was divested in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the nine-month period ended December 31, 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.

The Company provides an overall platform of assets and services, which the segments utilize for the benefit of their various customers. The shared assets and services are contained within the Company's global manufacturing and design operations and include manufacturing and design facilities. Most of the underlying manufacturing and design assets are co-mingled on the operating campuses and are compatible to operate across segments and highly interchangeable throughout the platform. Given

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the highly interchangeable nature of the assets, they are not separately identified by segments nor reported by segment to the Company's CODM.

17.  RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company took focused actions to optimize its portfolio, most notably within CTG. The Company completed the wind down of its NIKE operations in Mexico in the third quarter of fiscal year 2019 and recognized charges of $36 million and $66 million for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 primarily for non-cash asset impairments. The remaining carrying value of the assets impaired at December 31, 2018, was immaterial and was determined using Level 2 inputs in the fair value hierarchy, such as quoted prices from vendors for similar assets.

In total, the Company recognized restructuring charges of approximately $65.8 million and $100.4 million during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively. In addition to the charges related to its NIKE operations in Mexico, the Company executed targeted head-count reductions at existing operating and design sites and corporate functions and exited certain immaterial businesses. Of these total charges, approximately $60.4 million and $89.5 million was recognized as a component of cost of sales during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company continues to evaluate its existing footprint and cost structure and may determine that further reductions are required, and if executed, additional restructuring charges could have a material impact on the financial statements.

There were no material restructuring activities during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

The following table summarizes the provisions, respective payments, and remaining accrued balance as of December 31, 2018 for charges incurred in the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018:

	Severance				Long-Lived Asset Impairment				Other Exit Costs				Total
	(In thousands)
Balance as of March 31, 2018	$	48,006			$	—			$	13,338			$	61,344
Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018	25,407				46,365				28,661				100,433
Cash payments for charges incurred in the fiscal year 2018 and prior	(37,930		)		—				(3,355		)		(41,285		)
Cash payments for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018	(12,921		)		—				—				(12,921		)
Non-cash charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018	—				(46,365		)		(26,282		)		(72,647		)
Balance as of December 31, 2018	22,562				—				12,362				34,924
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities)	22,562				—				12,362				34,924
Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities)	$	—			$	—			$	—			$	—

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

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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:

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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, audio and consumer power electronics, 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, medical disposables, drug delivery, and medical equipment; our automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous vehicles, and smart 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 and global design centers.

During the quarter, we took action to revise our go-to-market strategy within our CTG business, where we are actively managing under-performing accounts and are focused on partnering with well-funded, leading multi-national brands that control multiple categories of products and have regional demand requirements.

We continue to invest in the capital expenditures necessary to support underlying higher margin, long-term programs in our IEI and HRS businesses as well as building out capacity in India. During our third quarter of fiscal year 2019, we developed a sustainable operating plan for India and will have our regional build-out in India mostly completed in the fourth quarter of

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fiscal year 2019. We also completed the wind down of our NIKE operations in Mexico, and made progress in streamlining our third-party investments.

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 $20.1 billion for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 and $25.4 billion in fiscal year 2018. On April 1, 2018, we 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														Nine-Month Periods Ended
Net sales:		December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017							December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
		(In millions)
China		$	1,779			26	%		$	1,996			30	%		$	5,179			26	%		$	5,493			29	%
Mexico		1,187				17	%		1,183				18	%		3,506				17	%		3,302				17	%
U.S.		886				13	%		723				11	%		2,173				11	%		2,157				11	%
Malaysia		548				8	%		507				8	%		1,586				8	%		1,527				8	%
Brazil		512				7	%		729				11	%		1,632				8	%		1,969				10	%
India		463				7	%		190				3	%		1,372				7	%		445				2	%
Other		1,570				22	%		1,424				19	%		4,631				23	%		4,137				23	%
		$	6,945						$	6,752						$	20,079						$	19,030

	As of							As of
Property and equipment, net:	December 31, 2018							March 31, 2018
	(In millions)
China	$	507			23	%		$	492			22	%
Mexico	498				22	%		587				26	%
U.S.	345				16	%		305				14	%
India	181				8	%		78				3	%
Malaysia	144				7	%		153				7	%
Brazil	97				4	%		108				5	%
Other	442				20	%		517				23	%
	$	2,214						$	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;

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•	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 or other supply chain related constraints;

•	changes in tax legislation; and

•	changes in trade regulations and treaties.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES 

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 completed 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.

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Valuation of Private Company Investments

We assess our investments for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets may be impaired. The factors we consider in our evaluation of potential impairment of our 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. The carrying value of certain of our investments are individually material, thus there is the potential for material charges in future periods if we determine that those investments are impaired.

The Company is currently assessing its strategy with respect to its investment portfolio including its investment in Elementum as well as certain investment funds. As of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q, no decisions have been made by management. Accordingly, management has not identified any impairment indicators with respect to these investments as of December 31, 2018. However, upon completion by management of its evaluations and decisions, the Company may incur impairment charges, which could be material.

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 decline in the Company's market capitalization during the quarter ended December 31, 2018, we believe this constituted a "triggering event" in accordance with the applicable accounting literature and accordingly completed an interim impairment test that includes comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. Based on the results, the Company determined that no impairment existed as of the date of the impairment test as the fair value of each one of our reporting units exceeded its respective carrying values. As of the date of the impairment test, all reporting units' fair values were more than 25% over their respective carrying values, with the exception of the CTG reporting unit which was 23% in excess of its carrying value. The estimated future results for CTG used in the impairment analysis reflect the Company’s revised strategy including the wind down of our NIKE operations in Mexico, further restrictions on capital expenditures related to our expansion into India and our focus on partnering with well-funded, leading multi-national brands that control multiple categories of products and have regional demand requirements. If we are not successful in driving improved results in our CTG segment it is reasonably possible that material goodwill impairment charges could be recorded in future periods. 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.

	Three-Month Periods Ended						Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017			December 31, 2018			December 31, 2017
Net sales	100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of sales	94.0			93.4			93.9			93.4
Restructuring charges	0.9			0.0			0.4			0.0
Gross profit	5.1			6.6			5.7			6.6
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3.4			3.7			3.6			4.1
Intangible amortization	0.3			0.3			0.3			0.3
Restructuring charges	0.1			0.0			0.1			0.0
Interest and other, net	0.8			0.5			0.7			0.5
Other charges (income), net	1.0			0.1			0.0			(0.9	)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(0.5	)		2.0			1.0			2.6
Provision for income taxes	0.2			0.3			0.3			0.3
Net income (loss)	(0.7	)%		1.7	%		0.7	%		2.3	%

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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														Nine-Month Periods Ended
Segments:	December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017							December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
	(In millions)
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	2,260			33	%		$	1,979			29	%		$	6,355			32	%		$	5,853			31	%
Consumer Technologies Group	1,819				26	%		2,057				30	%		5,423				27	%		5,324				28	%
Industrial & Emerging Industries	1,659				24	%		1,491				22	%		4,671				23	%		4,336				23	%
High Reliability Solutions	1,207				17	%		1,225				19	%		3,630				18	%		3,517				18	%
	$	6,945						$	6,752						$	20,079						$	19,030

Net sales during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018 totaled $6.9 billion, representing an increase of approximately $193 million, or 3% from $6.8 billion during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. The overall increase in sales was driven by increases in our CEC and IEI segments offset by a decline in sales in our CTG and HRS segments. Our CEC segment increased $281 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. Our IEI segment increased $168 million, mainly driven by new programs and customer launches within our industrial, home and lifestyle business, offset by declines in our capital equipment and energy businesses. Our CTG segment decreased $237 million, primarily within the legacy consumer sectors of the segment and also resulting from our intentions of actively managing underperforming customers and categories. Our HRS segment decreased $18 million primarily due to market softness in our automotive businesses offset by strengthening demand in our health solutions business. Net sales increased $66 million to $3.0 billion in Asia, $167 million to $1.3 billion in Europe, offset by a modest decline of $40 million to $2.6 billion in the Americas.

Net sales during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 totaled $20.1 billion, representing an increase of approximately $1.1 billion, or 6% from $19.0 billion during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The increase in net sales during the period was notable across all of our segments, driven by a $0.5 billion increase in CEC and a $0.3 billion increase in IEI due to the same factors described above. The HRS increase of $113 million during the period was primarily due to higher sales in our health solutions businesses. The CTG increase of $99 million during the period was the result of higher sale in our mobile devices businesses offset by declines in our consumer businesses. Net sales was higher across all our regions with increases of $7 million to $7.5 billion in the Americas, $595 million to $8.9 billion in Asia, and $447 million to $3.7 billion in Europe.

Our ten largest customers, during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, accounted for approximately 43% of net sales. Our ten largest customers, during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, accounted for approximately 43% and 42% of net sales, respectively. No customer accounted for more than 10% of net sales during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 or December 31, 2017.

Gross profit

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 and service customers from all segments. 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 December 31, 2018 decreased $89 million to $357 million, or 5.1% of net sales, from $446 million, or 6.6% of net sales, during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. Gross profit during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 decreased $109 million to $1.1 billion, or 5.7% of net sales, from $1.2 billion, or 6.6% of net sales, during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. Gross margin deteriorated 150 basis points and 90

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basis points during the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively. The decrease in both gross profit and gross margin is primarily due to revenue reductions in some of our higher margin businesses, such as automotive and semi-cap equipment, combined with the $60 million, or 0.9% of net sales, and $90 million, or 0.4% of net sales, for restructuring charges recorded in the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively.

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, restructuring charges, 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														Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017							December 31, 2018							December 31, 2017
	(In millions)
Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax:
Communications & Enterprise Compute	$	63			2.8	%		$	50			2.5	%		171				2.7	%		$	142			2.4	%
Consumer Technologies Group	39				2.1	%		39				1.9	%		97				1.8	%		87				1.6	%
Industrial & Emerging Industries	79				4.7	%		61				4.1	%		196				4.2	%		168				3.9	%
High Reliability Solutions	96				7.9	%		101				8.2	%		279				7.7	%		283				8.1	%
Corporate and Other	(20		)					(32		)					(76		)					(94		)
Total segment income	256				3.7	%		220				3.3	%		668				3.3	%		586				3.1	%
Reconciling items:
Intangible amortization	20							20							57							56
Stock-based compensation	21							21							61							63
Customer related asset impairments (1)	50							—							68							5
Restructuring charges (Note 17)	66							—							100							8
New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 1 & Note 3)	—							—							9							—
Contingencies and other (2)	5							—							25							36
Other charges (income), net (Note 8)	72							7							(9		)					(173		)
Interest and other, net	54							31							137							86
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(32	)					$	141						$	219						$	505
Amounts may not sum due to rounding.

(1)	Customer related asset impairments for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 relate to additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory and impairment of other assets for certain customers experiencing significant financial difficulties and/or we are disengaging from.

(2)

Contingencies and other during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 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. In addition, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, Contingencies and other also includes certain charges of the China based Multek operation that was divested in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

During the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 increased 30 basis points, to 2.8% for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 2.5% during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. CEC segment margin increased 30 basis points, to 2.7% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 2.4% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The increase in

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CEC's margin during the periods is primarily due to better absorption of its cost structure from higher revenue as well as an improved margin mix with greater concentration of cloud data center solutions and 5G related programs.

CTG segment margin increased 20 basis points to 2.1% for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 1.9% during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017 as a result of lower ramp up costs for a certain mobile customer as well as lower losses from our NIKE operations in Mexico compared to the same period in the prior year. CTG segment margin increased 20 basis points, to 1.8% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 1.6% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to lower losses from our NIKE operations compared to the same period in the prior year.

IEI segment margin increased 60 basis points, to 4.7% for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 4.1% during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017 as a result of improved overhead absorption benefits from the increased revenues across multiple new programs ramping in our industrial, home and lifestyle business offset by reduced demand in capital equipment. IEI segment margin increased 30 basis points, to 4.2% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 3.9% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The increase in IEI's margin during the period is due to the same factors described above, offset by reduced demand in our energy businesses.

HRS segment margin decreased 30 basis points, to 7.9% for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 8.2% during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. HRS segment margin decreased 40 basis points, to 7.7% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, from 8.1% for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017 primarily as a result of the reduced revenues and margin pressure in certain parts of our automotive business offset by increases in our health solutions business.

Restructuring charges 

During our third quarter of fiscal year 2019, we took focused actions to optimize our portfolio, most notably within CTG. We completed the wind down of our NIKE operations in Mexico and we recognized charges of $36 million and $66 million for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively, primarily for non-cash asset impairments.

In total, the Company recognized pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $66 million and $100 million during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively. In addition to the charges related to our NIKE operations in Mexico, the Company executed targeted head-count reductions at existing operating and design sites and corporate functions and exited certain immaterial businesses. Of these total charges, approximately $60 million and $90 million was recognized as a component of cost of sales during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, respectively. The Company continues to evaluate its existing footprint and cost structure and may determine that further reductions are required, and if executed, additional restructuring charges could have a material impact on the financial statements.

Of the total restructuring charges recognized during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, $39 million and $73 million respectively, were non-cash charges primarily related to asset impairment charges. There were no material restructuring charges incurred during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

Selling, general and administrative expenses 

Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) was $238 million, or 3.4% of net sales, during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, decreasing $9 million from $247 million, or 3.7% of net sales, during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. SG&A was $723 million, or 3.6% of net sales, during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, decreasing $49 million from $772 million, or 4.1% of net sales, during the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, from reduced headcount costs resulting from prior restructuring programs.

Intangible amortization 

Amortization of intangible assets for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 remained consistent at approximately $20 million. Amortization of intangible assets marginally increased during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 to $57 million, from $56 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to incremental amortization expenses on intangible assets relating to our acquisition completed during the latter part of fiscal year 2018.

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Interest and other, net 

Interest and other, net was $54 million during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018 compared to $31 million during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, and $137 million during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 compared to $86 million during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The increase in interest and other, net was primarily a result of higher interest expense due to higher interest rates and higher average borrowing levels, and increases in net foreign exchange losses, coupled with a higher realization 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 $72 million of net expense during the three-month period ended December 31, 2018 compared to $7 million of net expense during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017. The increase in net expense is primarily the result of a $70 million charge during the period for the portion of our investment in an unrelated third-party venture backed company, determined to be impaired. Refer to note 2 to the condensed financial statements for more details on the impairment charge.

Other charges (income), net was $9 million of net income during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, compared to $172 million of income during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The decrease in net income is primarily due to a lower non-cash gain recognized in fiscal year 2019 as a result of the deconsolidation of Bright Machines (formally known as AutoLab AI), or $87 million. This decline was offset by the $70 million charge on investment impairment discussed above, compared to the $152 million non-cash gain recognized during fiscal year 2018 as a result of the deconsolidation of Elementum SCM (Cayman) Ltd. Also offsetting the decrease in net income is a $39 million gain recognized from the disposition of Wink during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. For further description on the deconsolidation of Bright Machines, refer to note 2 to 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 (41.5)% and 27.8% for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 and 16.2% and 11.3% for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 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-month period ended December 31, 2018 is significantly lower than the effective tax rate for the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, due to a changing jurisdictional mix of income, and the Company's recognition of approximately $194 million in restructuring charges, impairment of non-core investment, and customer related asset impairments with minimal associated tax benefits. This results in tax expense recorded on a US GAAP loss for the period.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 

As of December 31, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.5 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 $200 million term loan facility in July 2018, under which there was $52 million borrowings outstanding as of the end of the quarter. Refer to note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statement for details. As of December 31, 2018, we were in compliance with the covenants under all of our credit facilities and indentures.

Cash used in operating activities was $2.3 billion during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018. As further discussed below, cash collections from the deferred purchase price on our ABS sales program of $2.7 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 assets, have increased to support increased operations and new production ramps. The increased asset base has not been fully offset by the increase in accounts payable. The increased net

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asset position, further discussed below, was partially offset by $158 million of net income for the period plus $567 million of non-cash charges such as depreciation, amortization, restructuring and impairment charges, and stock-based compensation, net of an $87 million gain from the deconsolidation of Bright Machines, 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. As of March 31, 2018, 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 part of the adoption of ASC 606, as further described in note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we expanded net working capital to include contract assets on a going forward basis. Net working capital increased $193 million to $1.8 billion as of December 31, 2018, from $1.6 billion as of March 31, 2018. This increase is primarily driven by (i) an increase of $298 million in contract assets upon adoption of ASC 606, (ii) a $217 million increase in accounts receivable adding back reductions from non-cash accounts receivable sales, and (iii) a $98 million increase in our inventory levels from March 31, 2018, offset by approximately $421 million 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 improved slightly at 6.6% as compared to 6.8% of annualized net sales for the quarter ended December 31, 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 $2.5 billion during the nine-month period ended December 31, 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 from our ABS programs 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 $267 million of proceeds, net of cash held, in connection with the divestitures of our China-based Multek operations as further described in note 13 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, we also invested $505 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 $116 million from the same period in the prior year, and will be substantially complete during the fiscal year 2019. We further paid approximately $13 million, net of cash acquired, for the acquisition of a business that expanded the Company's capabilities in the telecom market within the CEC segment.

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 nine-month period ended December 31, 2018 was a use of $126 million compared to an inflow of $42 million for the nine-month period ended December 31, 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: 

	Nine-Month Periods Ended
	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	(In millions)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(2,329	)		$	(3,108	)
Cash collection of deferred purchase price	2,708				3,539
Purchases of property and equipment	(592		)		(433		)
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment	87				44
Free cash flow	$	(126	)		$	42

Cash used in financing activities was $81 million during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, which was primarily for the repurchase of our ordinary shares in the amount of $124 million offset by the $52 million proceeds from our India term loan as described in note 6.

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

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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 December 31, 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 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. To a lesser degree, our vendors participate in our supplier financing programs, which amounts have been immaterial to date.

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 nine-month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company paid $124 million to repurchase shares under the current and prior repurchase plans at an average price of $11.12 per share. As of December 31, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $390 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 a 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 December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the fair values of our deferred purchase price receivable were approximately $319 million and $445 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the outstanding balance on receivables sold for cash was $1.5 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 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

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

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 The Company's management, with the participation of the acting 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 December 31, 2018. Based on that evaluation, the Company's acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 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. 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 third 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 14 “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 December 31, 2018, Michael M. McNamara retired as the Company's Chief Executive Officer and member of the Company's Board of Directors. Our Board has conducted a comprehensive search, assisted by an executive search firm, and is currently in the final stages of the process and anticipates the appointment and the announcement of a new Chief Executive Officer soon. In the interim, on February 5, 2019, the Board appointed Scott Offer to serve as acting Chief Executive Officer during the transition period, including in connection with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Michael D. Capellas, Chairman of the Board, and other Board members, continue to work closely with the Company's management during the CEO transition. Such 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 September 29, 2018 through December 31, 2018:

Period (2)		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
September 29, 2018 - November 2, 2018		3,506,354			$	10.69			3,506,354			$	416,020,247
November 3, 2018 - November 30, 2018		2,346,376			$	8.31			2,346,376			$	396,520,336
December 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018		869,713			$	8.05			869,713			$	389,521,660
Total		6,722,443							6,722,443

(1)	During the period from September 29, 2018 through December 31, 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 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 December 31, 2018, shares in the aggregate amount of $389.5 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

10.01

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan for retention performance-based vesting awards.

X

10.02

Separation and Release of Claims dated December 24, 2018 between Flex Ltd. and Michael M. McNamara.

X

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/ Scott Offer
		Scott Offer
		Acting Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	February 5, 2019
		/s/ Christopher Collier
		Christopher Collier
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:	February 5, 2019

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