Cover Page
Cover Page - shares | 9 Months Ended | |
Dec. 31, 2019 | Jan. 24, 2020 | |
Cover page. | ||
Document Type | 10-Q | |
Document Quarterly Report | true | |
Document Period End Date | Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Document Transition Report | false | |
Entity File Number | 0-23354 | |
Entity Registrant Name | FLEX LTD. | |
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | U0 | |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 2 Changi South Lane, | |
Entity Address, State or Province | SG | |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 486123 | |
City Area Code | 65 | |
Local Phone Number | 6876-9899 | |
Title of 12(b) Security | Ordinary Shares, No Par Value | |
Trading Symbol | FLEX | |
Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ | |
Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | |
Entity Interactive Data Current | Yes | |
Entity Filer Category | Large Accelerated Filer | |
Entity Small Business | false | |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false | |
Entity Shell Company | false | |
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 503,991,662 | |
Entity Central Index Key | 0000866374 | |
Amendment Flag | false | |
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --03-31 | |
Entity Address, City or Town | Singapore | |
Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2020 | |
Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q3 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Current assets: | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,789,164 | $ 1,696,625 |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $96,505 and $91,396 as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019, respectively | 3,004,174 | 2,612,961 |
Contract assets | 199,682 | 216,202 |
Inventories | 3,684,173 | 3,722,854 |
Other current assets | 683,514 | 854,790 |
Total current assets | 9,360,707 | 9,103,432 |
Property and equipment, net | 2,205,967 | 2,336,213 |
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 615,073 | |
Goodwill | 1,069,812 | 1,073,055 |
Other intangible assets, net | 279,928 | 330,995 |
Other assets | 603,930 | 655,672 |
Total assets | 14,135,417 | 13,499,367 |
Current liabilities: | ||
Bank borrowings and current portion of long-term debt | 88,869 | 632,611 |
Accounts payable | 5,431,310 | 5,147,236 |
Accrued payroll | 392,688 | 391,591 |
Other current liabilities | 1,638,084 | 1,426,075 |
Total current liabilities | 7,550,951 | 7,597,513 |
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 2,701,112 | 2,421,904 |
Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 540,007 | |
Other liabilities | 444,035 | 507,590 |
Shareholders’ equity | ||
Ordinary shares, no par value; 554,481,851 and 566,787,620 issued, and 504,242,496 and 516,548,265 outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019, respectively | 6,404,721 | 6,523,750 |
Treasury stock, at cost; 50,239,355 shares as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019 | (388,215) | (388,215) |
Accumulated deficit | (2,950,669) | (3,012,012) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (166,525) | (151,163) |
Total shareholders’ equity | 2,899,312 | 2,972,360 |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ 14,135,417 | $ 13,499,367 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANC_2
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract] | ||
Accounts receivable, allowance | $ 96,505 | $ 91,396 |
Ordinary shares, par value (in dollars per share) | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Ordinary shares, issued (shares) | 554,481,851 | 566,787,620 |
Ordinary shares, outstanding (shares) | 504,242,496 | 516,548,265 |
Treasury stock (shares) | 50,239,355 | 50,239,355 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMEN
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Income Statement [Abstract] | ||||
Net sales | $ 6,461,387 | $ 6,922,827 | $ 18,725,380 | $ 19,984,387 |
Cost of sales | 6,017,278 | 6,505,067 | 17,578,056 | 18,757,395 |
Restructuring charges | 13,632 | 60,435 | 174,995 | 89,512 |
Gross profit | 430,477 | 357,325 | 972,329 | 1,137,480 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 217,904 | 237,556 | 632,838 | 722,608 |
Intangible amortization | 15,598 | 20,308 | 48,903 | 57,059 |
Restructuring charges | 984 | 5,408 | 24,128 | 10,921 |
Interest and other, net | 36,207 | 54,087 | 135,650 | 136,889 |
Other charges (income), net | 14,395 | 71,879 | 17,005 | (8,515) |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 145,389 | (31,913) | 113,805 | 218,518 |
Provision for income taxes | 34,001 | 13,256 | 74,485 | 60,767 |
Net income (loss) | $ 111,388 | $ (45,169) | $ 39,320 | $ 157,751 |
Earnings (loss) per share: | ||||
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ 0.22 | $ (0.09) | $ 0.08 | $ 0.30 |
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ 0.22 | $ (0.09) | $ 0.08 | $ 0.30 |
Weighted-average shares used in computing per share amounts: | ||||
Basic (in shares) | 506,938 | 524,876 | 511,198 | 528,528 |
Diluted (in shares) | 510,339 | 524,876 | 514,549 | 532,308 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_2
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract] | ||||
Net income (loss) | $ 111,388 | $ (45,169) | $ 39,320 | $ 157,751 |
Other comprehensive income (loss): | ||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of zero tax | 9,997 | (7,777) | (11,506) | (58,485) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments and other, net of zero tax | 13,242 | (3,856) | ||
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments and other, net of zero tax | 4,635 | (15,193) | ||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ 134,627 | $ (48,311) | $ 23,958 | $ 84,073 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_3
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract] | ||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments, tax | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other, tax | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other, tax | $ 0 | $ 0 |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_4
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Total | Ordinary Shares | Accumulated Deficit | Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments and Other | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments | Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss |
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2018 | 528,078,000 | |||||
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2018 | $ 3,018,573 | $ 6,248,532 | $ (3,144,114) | $ (35,746) | $ (50,099) | $ (85,845) |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] | ||||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost (in shares) | (11,151,000) | |||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost | (123,978) | $ (123,978) | ||||
Exercise of stock options (in shares) | 170,000 | |||||
Exercise of stock options | 194 | $ 194 | ||||
Issuance of Flex Ltd. vested shares under restricted share unit awards (in shares) | 5,376,000 | |||||
Net income (loss) | 157,751 | 157,751 | ||||
Stock-based compensation, net of tax | 61,060 | $ 61,060 | ||||
Cumulative effect on opening equity of adopting accounting standards and other | 38,406 | $ (296) | 38,702 | |||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | (73,678) | (15,193) | (58,485) | (73,678) | ||
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018 | 522,473,000 | |||||
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2018 | 3,078,328 | $ 6,185,512 | (2,947,661) | (50,939) | (108,584) | (159,523) |
Beginning balance (in shares) at Sep. 28, 2018 | 528,887,000 | |||||
Beginning balance at Sep. 28, 2018 | 3,169,547 | $ 6,228,420 | (2,902,492) | (55,574) | (100,807) | (156,381) |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] | ||||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost (in shares) | (6,722,000) | |||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost | (63,998) | $ (63,998) | ||||
Exercise of stock options (in shares) | 94,000 | |||||
Exercise of stock options | 63 | $ 63 | ||||
Issuance of Flex Ltd. vested shares under restricted share unit awards (in shares) | 214,000 | |||||
Net income (loss) | (45,169) | (45,169) | ||||
Stock-based compensation, net of tax | 21,027 | $ 21,027 | ||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | (3,142) | 4,635 | (7,777) | (3,142) | ||
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018 | 522,473,000 | |||||
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2018 | $ 3,078,328 | $ 6,185,512 | (2,947,661) | (50,939) | (108,584) | (159,523) |
Beginning balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019 | 516,548,265 | 516,548,000 | ||||
Beginning balance at Mar. 31, 2019 | $ 2,972,360 | $ 6,135,535 | (3,012,012) | (41,556) | (109,607) | (151,163) |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] | ||||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost (in shares) | (16,238,000) | |||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost | (173,117) | $ (173,117) | ||||
Exercise of stock options (in shares) | 225,000 | |||||
Exercise of stock options | 1,196 | $ 1,196 | ||||
Issuance of Flex Ltd. vested shares under restricted share unit awards (in shares) | 3,707,000 | |||||
Net income (loss) | 39,320 | 39,320 | ||||
Stock-based compensation, net of tax | 53,332 | $ 53,332 | ||||
Cumulative effect on opening equity of adopting accounting standards and other | 21,583 | $ (440) | 22,023 | |||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | $ (15,362) | (3,856) | (11,506) | (15,362) | ||
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019 | 504,242,496 | 504,242,000 | ||||
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2019 | $ 2,899,312 | $ 6,016,506 | (2,950,669) | (45,412) | (121,113) | (166,525) |
Beginning balance (in shares) at Sep. 27, 2019 | 509,150,000 | |||||
Beginning balance at Sep. 27, 2019 | 2,805,961 | $ 6,057,782 | (3,062,057) | (58,654) | (131,110) | (189,764) |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] | ||||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost (in shares) | (5,285,000) | |||||
Repurchase of Flex Ltd. ordinary shares at cost | (60,959) | $ (60,959) | ||||
Exercise of stock options (in shares) | 47,000 | |||||
Exercise of stock options | 468 | $ 468 | ||||
Issuance of Flex Ltd. vested shares under restricted share unit awards (in shares) | 330,000 | |||||
Net income (loss) | 111,388 | 111,388 | ||||
Stock-based compensation, net of tax | 19,215 | $ 19,215 | ||||
Total other comprehensive income (loss) | $ 23,239 | 13,242 | 9,997 | 23,239 | ||
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019 | 504,242,496 | 504,242,000 | ||||
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2019 | $ 2,899,312 | $ 6,016,506 | $ (2,950,669) | $ (45,412) | $ (121,113) | $ (166,525) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEM_5
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended | |
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||
Net income | $ 39,320 | $ 157,751 |
Depreciation, amortization and other impairment charges | 525,596 | 507,164 |
Gain from deconsolidation of Bright Machines | 0 | (86,614) |
Changes in working capital and other | (2,264,222) | (2,906,906) |
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,699,306) | (2,328,605) |
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||
Purchases of property and equipment | (375,774) | (592,092) |
Proceeds from the disposition of property and equipment | 102,324 | 86,724 |
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired | (1,390) | (12,796) |
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses, net of cash held in divested businesses | 3,402 | 267,147 |
Cash collections of deferred purchase price | 2,510,633 | 2,707,562 |
Other investing activities, net | 21,868 | 14,687 |
Net cash provided by investing activities | 2,261,063 | 2,471,232 |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt | 1,017,148 | 2,481,407 |
Repayments of bank borrowings and long-term debt | (1,307,611) | (2,447,873) |
Payments for repurchases of ordinary shares | (173,117) | (123,979) |
Net proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares | 1,196 | 195 |
Other financing activities, net | 461 | 9,689 |
Net cash used in financing activities | (461,923) | (80,561) |
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents | (7,295) | (31,122) |
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | 92,539 | 30,944 |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 1,696,625 | 1,472,424 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | 1,789,164 | 1,503,368 |
Non-cash investing activities: | ||
Unpaid purchases of property and equipment | 64,115 | 94,592 |
Non-cash investment in Bright Machines | $ 0 | $ 127,641 |
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION | ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Organization of the Company Flex Ltd. ("Flex" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale ® services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The Company designs, builds, ships and manages complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, from medical devices and connected automotive systems to sustainable lighting and cloud and data center solutions for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through its activities in the following segments: • High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of our health solutions business, including surgical equipment, drug delivery, diagnostics, telemedicine, disposable devices, imaging and monitoring, patient mobility and ophthalmology; and our automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous, and smart technologies; • Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, smart solar energy; and industrial, including semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, household industrial and lifestyle, industrial automation and kiosks; • 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, and switching products for 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; and • Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes our consumer-related businesses in IoT enabled devices, audio and consumer power electronics, mobile devices; and various supply chain solutions for consumer, computing and printing devices. 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, 2019 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, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 . The first quarters for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 ended on June 28, 2019, which is comprised of 89 days in the period, and June 29, 2018, which is comprised of 90 days in the period, respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 ended on September 27, 2019 and September 28, 2018, which are comprised of 91 days in both periods. The Company's third quarters ended on December 31 of each year, which are comprised of 95 days and 94 days for fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively. 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. As previously disclosed, the Company has made certain immaterial corrections to net sales previously reported for the first, second, and third quarters of fiscal year 2019 primarily to reflect revenue from certain contracts with customers on a net basis. As a result of correcting these errors, net sales and cost of sales in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 have been reduced by $22 million and $95 million , respectively, from previously reported amounts. These corrections had no impact on gross profit, segment income or net income for the periods presented. Amounts presented for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 related to the disaggregation of revenue in the CTG segment in Note 4 , and CTG segment net sales and total net sales in Note 16 , have also been restated accordingly. The Company evaluated these corrections, considering both qualitative and quantitative factors, and concluded they are immaterial to the previously issued financial statements. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases", and subsequent updates (collectively, referred to as Accounting Standard Codification 842 or “ASC 842”). ASC 842 requires a lessee to recognize a right of use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the recognition of expense and presentation in the income statement. The Company adopted ASC 842 on April 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, by which companies may elect not to recast the comparative periods presented in financial statements in the period of adoption and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment in the period of adoption. As a result, the Company was not required to adjust its comparative period financial information for effects of the standard or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the Company's adoption date. The Company has elected to adopt the package of transition practical expedients and, therefore, has not reassessed (1) whether existing or expired contracts contain a lease, (2) lease classification for existing or expired leases or (3) the accounting for initial direct costs that were previously capitalized. In addition, the Company has elected the short-term lease recognition and measurement exemption for all classes of assets, which allows the Company to not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for leases with a lease term of 12 months or less and with no purchase option the Company is reasonably certain of exercising. The Company has also elected the practical expedient to account for the lease and nonlease components as a single lease component, for all classes of underlying assets. Therefore, the lease payments used to measure the lease liability include all of the fixed considerations in the contract. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following: fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), and variable payments that depend on an index or rate (initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date). As the Company cannot determine the interest rate implicit in the lease for its leases, the Company uses its estimate of the incremental borrowing rate as of the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest it would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms. The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor. The adoption of ASC 842 had a material impact to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, but did not materially impact the consolidated statement of income or consolidated statement of cash flows. The most significant changes to the consolidated balance sheet relate to the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases. The Company’s accounting for finance leases remains substantially unchanged and the balances are not material for any periods presented. As a result of adopting ASC 842 as of April 1, 2019, the Company recognized additional operating liabilities of $658 million with a corresponding ROU asset of $624 million and a deferred gain of $22 million for sale leaseback transactions to opening retained earnings. 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 Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. 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 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted the guidance during the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact to its condensed consolidated financial statements. 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 Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. 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 Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements. 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 Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13 “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” and also issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance: ASU 2018-19, ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-05, ASU 2019-10, and ASU 2019-11, which replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected credit loss model and requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing and expects the new guidance to 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 provide a new private company variable interest entity exemption and change 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. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12 "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes", which removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. The ASU also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] | |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS | BALANCE SHEET ITEMS Inventories The components of inventories, net of applicable lower of cost and net realizable value write-downs, were as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 (In thousands) Raw materials $ 2,723,041 $ 2,922,101 Work-in-progress 382,881 366,135 Finished goods 578,251 434,618 $ 3,684,173 $ 3,722,854 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, 2019 : HRS IEI CEC CTG Total (In thousands) Balance, beginning of the year $ 507,209 $ 333,257 $ 129,325 $ 103,264 $ 1,073,055 Divestitures (1,102 ) (137 ) — — (1,239 ) Foreign currency translation adjustments (2,004 ) — — — (2,004 ) Balance, end of the period $ 504,103 $ 333,120 $ 129,325 $ 103,264 $ 1,069,812 The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 Gross Accumulated Net Gross Accumulated Net (In thousands) Intangible assets: Customer-related intangibles $ 277,422 $ (120,812 ) $ 156,610 $ 297,306 $ (113,627 ) $ 183,679 Licenses and other intangibles 247,097 (123,779 ) 123,318 274,604 (127,288 ) 147,316 Total $ 524,519 $ (244,591 ) $ 279,928 $ 571,910 $ (240,915 ) $ 330,995 Goodwill is tested for impairment on an annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is below its carrying value. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level by comparing the reporting unit's carrying value, 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. As previously disclosed, at the date of its most recent annual impairment test the fair value of the CTG reporting unit exceeded its carrying value by 22% . The Company has assessed whether an interim impairment test should be performed on the CTG reporting unit in light of recent CTG’s financial performance. Management has concluded that it is more likely than not that CTG’s fair value exceeds its carrying value as of December 31, 2019, thus a full interim impairment test was not completed. The Company shall perform its next annual impairment test on January 1, 2020. As the Company continues to refine its long-term strategy for the CTG reporting unit, it is reasonably possible that changes in circumstances could require management to perform additional impairment tests for CTG. In the event that CTG is determined to be impaired during the annual impairment test, the resulting charge could be material to the consolidated results of operations. 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) 2020 (1) $ 15,351 2021 60,289 2022 51,846 2023 44,193 2024 42,572 Thereafter 65,677 Total amortization expense $ 279,928 ____________________________________________________________ (1) Represents estimated amortization for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . Other Current Assets Other current assets include approximately $292.5 million as of March 31, 2019 for the deferred purchase price receivable from the Company's Asset-Backed Securitization programs. Effective November 2019, the Company amended its Asset-Backed Securitization programs and removed the requirement for the deferred purchase price receivable. Approximately $55 million of the repurchased deferred purchase price receivable under the old Asset-Backed Securitization programs remains uncollected and outstanding as of December 31, 2019, and was included in other current assets and carried at the expected recovery amount. See note 12 for additional information. Other Current Liabilities Other current liabilities include customer working capital advances of $239.9 million and $266.3 million , customer-related accruals of $212.4 million and $260.1 million , and contract liabilities, identified as deferred revenue of $523.2 million and $271.8 million , as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019 , 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. Following the adoption of ASC 842, current operating lease liabilities were $121.0 million as of December 31, 2019 |
LEASES
LEASES | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Leases [Abstract] | |
Leases | LEASES The Company has several commitments under operating leases for warehouses, buildings, and equipment. The Company also has a minimal number of finance leases with an immaterial impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements. Leases have initial lease terms ranging from 1 year to 23 years. The components of lease cost were as follow (in thousands): Lease cost Three-Month Period Ended Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2019 Operating lease cost $ 40,278 $ 122,767 Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of the period ended December 31, 2019 were (in thousands, except weighted average lease term and discount rate): As of December 31, 2019 Operating Leases: Operating lease right of use assets $ 615,073 Operating lease liabilities 661,034 Weighted-average remaining lease term (In years) Operating leases 7.5 Weighted-average discount rate Operating leases 4.2 % Other information related to leases was as follow (in thousands): Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: Operating cash flows from operating leases $ 106,748 For the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019, the Company sold and leased back certain properties and received cash proceeds of $34.1 million and $69.6 million , respectively, resulting in total gains of $18.3 million and $32.7 million , respectively, recorded in cost of sales within the condensed statements of operations. For the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018, the Company sold and leased back certain properties and received cash proceeds of $67.7 million and recorded a deferred gain of $22 million . As a result of adopting ASC 842 as of April 1, 2019, the Company recognized the deferred gain to prior year retained earnings. Future lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in thousands): Fiscal Year Ended March 31, Operating Leases 2020 (1) $ 40,977 2021 132,642 2022 111,967 2023 99,453 2024 83,555 Thereafter 312,807 Total undiscounted lease payments 781,401 Less: imputed interest 120,367 Total lease liabilities $ 661,034 (1) Represents estimated lease payments for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 and under the previous lease accounting standard ASC 840, the aggregate future non-cancellable minimum rental payments on our operating lease, as of March 31, 2019, are as follows: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, Operating Leases (In thousands) 2020 $ 155,391 2021 113,245 2022 93,777 2023 81,335 2024 67,341 Thereafter 171,828 Total minimum lease payments $ 682,917 |
REVENUE
REVENUE | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] | |
REVENUE | REVENUE Revenue Recognition The Company provides a comprehensive suite of services for its customers that range from advanced product design to manufacturing and logistics to after-sales services. The first step in its process for revenue recognition is to identify a contract with a customer. A contract is defined as an agreement between two parties that creates 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 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). 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. 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, identified as deferred revenue, were $523.2 million and $271.8 million as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019 , 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 and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands), respectively. Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 978,026 $ 1,471,116 $ 1,513,721 $ 1,191,491 $ 5,154,354 Over time 266,689 517,749 367,690 154,905 1,307,033 Total segment $ 1,244,715 $ 1,988,865 $ 1,881,411 $ 1,346,396 $ 6,461,387 Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 2,843,866 $ 3,734,151 $ 4,263,144 $ 3,319,972 $ 14,161,133 Over time 767,523 1,677,196 1,205,713 913,815 4,564,247 Total segment $ 3,611,389 $ 5,411,347 $ 5,468,857 $ 4,233,787 $ 18,725,380 Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 929,638 $ 1,198,669 $ 1,663,262 $ 1,232,712 $ 5,024,281 Over time 276,714 460,256 596,966 564,610 1,898,546 Total segment $ 1,206,352 $ 1,658,925 $ 2,260,228 $ 1,797,322 $ 6,922,827 Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 2,827,959 $ 3,351,886 $ 4,675,809 $ 3,732,545 $ 14,588,199 Over time 801,790 1,319,302 1,679,502 1,595,594 5,396,188 Total segment $ 3,629,749 $ 4,671,188 $ 6,355,311 $ 5,328,139 $ 19,984,387 |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Abstract] | |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION | SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION The Company's primary plan used for granting equity compensation awards is the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2017 Plan"). The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Cost of sales $ 4,275 $ 4,769 $ 11,427 $ 14,940 Selling, general and administrative expenses 14,940 16,258 41,905 46,121 Total share-based compensation expense $ 19,215 $ 21,027 $ 53,332 $ 61,061 Total unrecognized compensation expense related to share options under all plans as well as the number of options outstanding and exercisable were immaterial as of December 31, 2019 . During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 , the Company granted 8.2 million unvested restricted share unit ("RSU") awards. Of this amount, approximately 6.4 million are plain-vanilla unvested RSU awards that vest over four years , with no performance or market conditions, and with an average grant date price of $9.22 per award. Further, approximately 1.8 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 $11.92 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 3.6 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, 2019 , approximately 17.0 million unvested RSU awards under all plans were outstanding, of which vesting for a targeted amount of 3.5 million awards is contingent primarily on meeting certain market conditions. The number of shares that will ultimately be issued can range from zero to 7.0 million based on the achievement levels of the respective conditions. During the nine -month period ended December 31, 2019 , no shares vested in connection with the awards with market conditions granted in fiscal year 2017. As of December 31, 2019 , total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested RSU awards under all plans was approximately $139.5 million , and will be recognized over a weighted-average remaining vesting period of 2.4 years. |
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] | |
EARNINGS (LOSSES) PER SHARE | EARNINGS (LOSS) 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: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands, except per share amounts) Basic earnings (loss) per share: Net income (loss) $ 111,388 $ (45,169 ) $ 39,320 $ 157,751 Shares used in computation: Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding 506,938 524,876 511,198 528,528 Basic earnings (loss) per share $ 0.22 $ (0.09 ) $ 0.08 $ 0.30 Diluted earnings (loss) per share: Net income (loss) $ 111,388 $ (45,169 ) $ 39,320 $ 157,751 Shares used in computation: Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding 506,938 524,876 511,198 528,528 Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and restricted share unit awards (1) (2) 3,401 — 3,351 3,780 Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding 510,339 524,876 514,549 532,308 Diluted earnings (loss) per share $ 0.22 $ (0.09 ) $ 0.08 $ 0.30 ____________________________________________________________ (1) An immaterial number of options to purchase ordinary shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share during the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 , respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents. (2) RSU awards of 3.7 million and 4.0 million for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 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 number and 6.6 million of anti-dilutive RSU awards for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2018 , respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share. |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM D
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT | BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT Bank borrowings and long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 (In thousands) 4.625% Notes due February 2020 $ — $ 500,000 Term Loan due November 2021 — 671,563 Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 439,688 458,531 5.000% Notes due February 2023 500,000 500,000 Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% 305,927 — 4.75% Notes due June 2025 597,150 596,815 4.875% Notes due June 2029 662,205 — India Facilities 133,145 170,206 Other 165,897 168,039 Debt issuance costs (14,031 ) (10,639 ) 2,789,981 3,054,515 Current portion, net of debt issuance costs (88,869 ) (632,611 ) Non-current portion $ 2,701,112 $ 2,421,904 The weighted-average interest rate for the Company's long-term debt was 4.1% and 4.2% as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019. During fiscal year 2020, and as further discussed below, the Company entered into a JPY 33.525 billion term loan agreement due April 2024, in addition to issuing $650 million of 4.875% Notes due June 15, 2029. Part of the proceeds obtained were used to repay the outstanding balances of the Company's existing 4.625% Notes due February 2020, and the Term Loan due November 2021. As both transactions were determined to fall under extinguishment accounting, the Company recognized an immaterial loss on extinguishment during the three-month and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 , which was recorded in interest and other, net on the condensed consolidated statements of operations during the period. Scheduled repayments of the Company's long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, Amount (In thousands) 2020 (1) $ 6,630 2021 99,787 2022 206,041 2023 862,849 2024 60,438 Thereafter 1,568,267 Total $ 2,804,012 (1) Represents estimated repayments for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . Term Loan due April 2024 In April 2019, the Company entered into a JPY 33.525 billion term loan agreement due April 2024, at three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% , which was then swapped to U.S. dollars. The term loan, which is due at maturity and subject to quarterly interest payments, is used to fund general operations and refinance certain other outstanding debts. As the term loan is denominated in Japanese Yen, the debt balance is remeasured to USD at end of each reporting period. Foreign currency contracts have been entered into with respect to this Japanese yen denominated term loan. Refer to note 10 for additional details. This term loan is unsecured, 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 a number of exceptions and limitations. This term loan 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, 2019 , the Company was in compliance with the covenants under this term loan agreement. Notes due June 2029 In June 2019, the Company issued $450 million of 4.875% Notes due June 15, 2029 (the “Existing 2029 Notes”), at 99.607% of face value. In November 2019, as a further issuance of the Existing 2029 Notes, the Company issued under the same terms, an additional $200 million of 4.875% Notes due June 15, 2029 (together with the "Existing 2029 Notes" above, the "2029 Notes"), at 107.289% of face value. Immediately after the issuance of the notes issued in November 2019, the Company has $650 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Notes due 2029 outstanding. The Company received in aggregate, proceeds of approximately $662.8 million , net of discount and premium, from the issuances which were used, together with available cash, to refinance certain other outstanding debt. The Company incurred and capitalized as a direct reduction to the carrying amount of the notes presented on the balance sheet approximately $6.6 million of costs in conjunction with the issuance of the 2029 Notes. Interest on the 2029 Notes is payable on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2019. The 2029 Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of the Company’s other existing and future senior and unsecured indebtedness. The Indenture governing the 2029 Notes contains covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Company and certain of the Company's subsidiaries to create liens; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; and consolidate or merge with, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the Company's assets to, another person, or permit any other person to consolidate, merge, combine or amalgamate with or into the Company. These covenants are subject to a number of significant limitations and exceptions set forth in the indenture. The indenture also provides for customary events of default, including, but not limited to, cross defaults to certain specified other debt of the Company and its subsidiaries. In the case of an event of default arising from specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding 2029 Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other event of default under the indenture occurs or is continuing, the trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding 2029 Notes may declare all of the 2029 Notes to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declaration and its consequences may be rescinded and annulled by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the 2029 Notes. As of December 31, 2019 , the Company was in compliance with the covenants in the indenture governing the 2029 Notes. |
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] | |
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET | INTEREST AND OTHER, NET Interest and other, net for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are primarily composed of the following: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Interest expenses on debt obligations (1) $ 35,131 $ 38,830 $ 114,020 $ 107,486 ABS and AR sales programs related expenses 10,512 12,077 35,151 32,666 Interest income (5,452 ) (4,198 ) (15,250 ) (14,070 ) (Gain) Loss on foreign exchange transactions (2,974 ) (3,284 ) (7,027 ) 1,902 (1) Interest expense on debt obligations for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 include debt extinguishment costs of $0.8 million and $7.2 million , respectively, related to the full repayments of the Notes due February 2020 and the Term Loan due November 2021. There were no debt extinguishment costs incurred during the fiscal year 2019. |
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] | |
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET | OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET During fiscal year 2019, the Company deconsolidated Bright Machines and recognized a gain of $87.3 million in other income, net. During the three-month ended December 31, 2019 and in connection with the Company’s ongoing assessment of its investment portfolio strategy, the Company concluded that the carrying amount of the investment was other than temporarily impaired and recognized a $15.8 million impairment charge. 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. This charge was offset by the $87.3 million gain on the deconsolidation of Bright Machines for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2018. |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract] | |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Foreign Currency Contracts The Company enters into short-term and long-term foreign currency derivatives contracts, including forward, swap, and options contracts to hedge only those currency exposures associated with certain assets and liabilities, primarily accounts receivable and accounts payable, and cash flows denominated in non-functional currencies. Gains and losses on the Company's derivative contracts are designed to offset losses and gains on the assets, liabilities and transactions hedged, and accordingly, generally do not subject the Company to risk of significant accounting losses. The Company hedges committed exposures and does not engage in speculative transactions. The credit risk of these derivative contracts is minimized since the contracts are with large financial institutions and accordingly, fair value adjustments related to the credit risk of the counterparty financial institution were not material. As of December 31, 2019 , the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $8.5 billion as summarized below: Foreign Currency Amount Notional Contract Value in USD Currency Buy Sell Buy Sell (In thousands) Cash Flow Hedges CNY 1,150,500 — $ 164,376 $ — EUR 40,108 45,480 44,695 51,528 HUF 24,594,000 — 82,980 — ILS 222,000 — 64,197 — JPY 33,525,000 — 300,000 — MXN 3,840,000 — 203,768 — MYR 256,000 30,000 61,801 7,242 RON 177,000 — 41,309 — Other N/A N/A 93,062 — 1,056,188 58,770 Other Foreign Currency Contracts BRL — 1,030,000 — 253,982 CAD 61,635 35,624 47,100 27,223 CNY 3,531,534 140,048 500,586 20,000 EUR 1,891,736 2,090,728 2,109,548 2,329,869 GBP 48,512 63,795 63,479 83,458 HUF 60,687,931 58,055,222 204,760 195,877 ILS 111,600 47,600 32,272 13,765 INR 8,051,000 6,956,674 112,834 97,495 JPY 2,832,862 2,215,532 25,865 20,242 MXN 5,106,692 3,870,080 270,984 205,364 MYR 1,060,570 817,890 256,034 197,448 PLN 117,246 82,118 30,733 21,525 SEK 529,107 611,979 56,023 65,493 SGD 98,938 63,959 73,168 47,300 Other N/A N/A 41,622 26,027 3,825,008 3,605,068 Total Notional Contract Value in USD $ 4,881,196 $ 3,663,838 As of December 31, 2019 , 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, 2019 and March 31, 2019 , 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 gains were immaterial as of December 31, 2019 , 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, except for the USD JPY cross currency swap, which is further discussed below. The Company entered into a USD JPY cross currency swap to hedge the foreign currency risk on the JPY term loan due April 2024, and the fair value of the cross currency swap was included in other assets as of December 31, 2019 . The changes in fair value of the USD JPY cross currency swap are reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss, with the impact of the excluded component reported in interest and other, net. In addition, a corresponding amount is reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest and other, net to offset the remeasurement of the underlying JPY loan principal which also impacts the same line. 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 December 31, March 31, Balance Sheet December 31, March 31, (In thousands) Derivatives designated as hedging instruments Foreign currency contracts Other current assets $ 9,113 $ 10,503 Other current liabilities $ 10,284 $ 10,282 Foreign currency contracts Other assets $ 9,782 $ — Other liabilities $ — $ — Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments Foreign currency contracts Other current assets $ 27,147 $ 16,774 Other current liabilities $ 21,347 $ 17,144 |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract] | |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, are as follows: Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Unrealized Foreign currency Total Unrealized Foreign currency Total (In thousands) Beginning balance $ (58,654 ) $ (131,110 ) $ (189,764 ) $ (55,574 ) $ (100,807 ) $ (156,381 ) Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications 1,134 11,443 12,577 (14,683 ) (7,777 ) (22,460 ) Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 12,108 (1,446 ) 10,662 19,318 — 19,318 Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss) 13,242 9,997 23,239 4,635 (7,777 ) (3,142 ) Ending balance $ (45,412 ) $ (121,113 ) $ (166,525 ) $ (50,939 ) $ (108,584 ) $ (159,523 ) Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Unrealized Foreign currency Total Unrealized Foreign currency Total (In thousands) Beginning balance $ (41,556 ) $ (109,607 ) $ (151,163 ) $ (35,746 ) $ (50,099 ) $ (85,845 ) Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications (7,817 ) (10,060 ) (17,877 ) (55,396 ) (58,485 ) (113,881 ) Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 3,961 (1,446 ) 2,515 40,203 — 40,203 Net current-period other comprehensive loss (3,856 ) (11,506 ) (15,362 ) (15,193 ) (58,485 ) (73,678 ) Ending balance $ (45,412 ) $ (121,113 ) $ (166,525 ) $ (50,939 ) $ (108,584 ) $ (159,523 ) 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, 2019 |
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATIO
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract] | |
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION | TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION The Company sells trade receivables under two asset-backed securitization programs and an accounts receivable factoring program. Asset-Backed Securitization Programs The Company continuously sells designated pools of trade receivables under its Global Asset-Backed Securitization Agreement (the “Global Program”) and its North American Asset-Backed Securitization Agreement (the “North American Program,” collectively, the “ABS Programs”) to affiliated special purpose entities, each of which in turn sells the receivables to unaffiliated financial institutions. Prior to November 2019, these programs allowed the operating subsidiaries to receive a cash payment and a deferred purchase price receivable for sold receivables ("Old ABS Programs"). The portion of the purchase price for the receivables which was not paid by the unaffiliated financial institutions in cash was a deferred purchase price receivable, which was paid to the special purpose entity as payments on the receivables were collected from account debtors. The deferred purchase price receivable represented a beneficial interest in the transferred financial assets and was recognized at fair value as part of the sale transaction. The accounts receivable balances that were sold under the Old ABS Programs were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the net cash proceeds received by the Company were included as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company recognized these proceeds net of the deferred purchase price, consisting of a receivable from the purchasers that entitled the Company to certain collections on the receivable. The Company recognized the collection of the deferred purchase price in net cash provided by investing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Effective November 2019, the Company amended the ABS programs to extend the facilities to November 26, 2021, and removed the requirement for the deferred purchase price receivable ("New ABS Programs"). Under the New ABS Programs, the entire purchase price of sold receivables are paid in cash. The New ABS Programs contain a guarantee of payment by the special purpose entity, in an amount equal to approximately the net cash proceeds under the programs, and is collateralized by certain receivables held by the special purpose entity. The fair value of the guarantee obligation was immaterial as of December 31, 2019. The accounts receivable balances sold under the New ABS Programs were removed from the condensed consolidated balance sheets and the cash proceeds received by the Company were included as cash provided by operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. At the effective date of the New ABS Programs, approximately $1.3 billion representing the outstanding balance of sold receivables was repurchased by the Company by exchanging outstanding deferred purchase price receivable of $0.4 billion and re-investing $0.9 billion of trade account receivables into the New ABS Programs. These repurchases are considered non-cash investing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Cash collections on repurchased deferred purchase price receivables are reported as investing activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and were approximately $0.3 billion for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019. The deferred purchase price receivables, which are included in other current assets as of March 31, 2019 , 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. There are no deferred purchase price receivables outstanding as of December 31, 2019. Approximately $55 million of the repurchased deferred purchase price receivables remain uncollected and outstanding as of December 31, 2019, and are included in other current assets within the condensed consolidated balance sheet, at the expected recovery amount. Following the transfer of the receivables to the special purpose entities, the transferred receivables are legally 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 have 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 $790 million for the Global Program, of which $615 million is committed and $175 million is uncommitted, and $285 million for the North American Program, of which $210 million is committed and $75 million is uncommitted. The Company services, administers and collects the receivables on behalf of the special purpose entities and receives a servicing fee of 0.1% to 0.5% of serviced receivables per annum. Servicing fees recognized during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 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 or liabilities are recognized. As of December 31, 2019 , approximately $0.9 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities under the New ABS Programs for which the Company had received net cash proceeds for the same amount. As of March 31, 2019 , approximately $1.2 billion of accounts receivable had been sold to the special purpose entities for which the Company had received net cash proceeds of $0.9 billion and deferred purchase price receivables of $0.3 billion . The deferred purchase price balances as of March 31, 2019 , also represent the non-cash beneficial interest obtained in exchange for securitized receivables. For the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 , cash flows from sales of receivables under the Old ABS Programs consisted of approximately $3.7 billion and $5.2 billion , respectively, for transfers of receivables, and approximately $2.2 billion and $2.7 billion , respectively, for collections 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 Programs 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 $0.3 billion and $0.5 billion as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019 , respectively. For the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 , total accounts receivable sold to certain third-party banking institutions was approximately $1.2 billion and $2.1 billion |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSET
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] | |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact, and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. The accounting guidance for fair value establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fair value hierarchy is as follows: Level 1 - Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. The Company has deferred compensation plans for its officers and certain other employees. Amounts deferred under the plans are invested in hypothetical investments selected by the participant or the participant’s investment manager. The Company’s deferred compensation plan assets are included in other noncurrent assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and include investments in equity securities that are valued using active market prices. There were no investments classified as level 1 in the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2019 . 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. There were no contingent consideration liabilities outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2019. 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. There is no deferred purchase price receivables outstanding as of December 31, 2019 due to the New ABS Programs as further discussed in Note 12 . There were no transfers between levels in the fair value hierarchy during the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 . 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, 2019 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) $ — $ 373,644 $ — $ 373,644 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) — 46,042 — 46,042 Deferred compensation plan assets: 0 Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities — 58,204 — 58,204 Liabilities: 0.003 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) $ — $ (31,631 ) $ — $ (31,631 ) Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2019 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) $ — $ 473,888 $ — $ 473,888 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) — 27,277 — 27,277 Deferred compensation plan assets: 0 Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities 2,845 76,852 — 79,697 Liabilities: 0 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) $ — $ (27,426 ) $ — $ (27,426 ) Other financial instruments The following table presents the Company’s major debts not carried at fair value: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 Carrying Fair Carrying Fair Fair Value (In thousands) Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 439,688 441,337 458,531 457,958 Level 1 5.000% Notes due February 2023 500,000 534,733 500,000 499,950 Level 1 Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% 305,927 305,927 — — Level 2 4.750% Notes due June 2025 597,150 647,854 596,815 599,940 Level 1 4.875% Notes due June 2029 662,205 717,955 — — Level 1 India Facilities 133,145 133,145 170,206 170,206 Level 2 Euro Term Loan due September 2020 51,281 51,281 52,746 52,746 Level 2 Euro Term Loan due January 2022 111,632 111,632 112,524 112,524 Level 2 Total $ 2,801,028 $ 2,943,864 $ 1,890,822 $ 1,893,324 The Company values its Term Loan due April 2024, India Facilities, and Euro Term Loans due September 2020 and January 2022 based on the current market rate, and as of December 31, 2019 , the carrying amounts approximate fair values. |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Litigation and other legal matters In connection with the matters described below, the Company has accrued for loss contingencies where it believes that losses are probable and estimable. The amounts accrued are not material. Although it is reasonably possible that actual losses could be in excess of the Company’s accrual, the Company is unable to estimate a reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of its accrual, except as discussed below, due to various reasons, including, among others, that: (i) the proceedings are in early stages or no claims have 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 the Company's 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 April 3, 2019, the Court vacated its prior order appointing lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel and reopened the lead plaintiff appointment process. On September 26, 2019, the Court appointed a new lead plaintiff and lead plaintiff’s counsel in the case. On November 8, 2019, lead plaintiff filed a further amended complaint. On December 4, 2019, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. Defendants’ motion to dismiss is set for hearing on April 9, 2020. The Company believes that the claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case. On April 21, 2016, SunEdison, Inc. (together with certain of its subsidiaries, "SunEdison") filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016, the Company recognized a bad debt reserve charge of $61.0 million associated with its outstanding SunEdison receivables and accepted return of previously shipped inventory of approximately $90.0 million . SunEdison stated in schedules filed with the Bankruptcy Court that, within the 90 days preceding SunEdison's bankruptcy filing, the Company received approximately $98.6 million of inventory and cash transfers of $69.2 million , which in aggregate represents the Company's estimate of the maximum reasonably possible contingent loss. On April 15, 2018, a subsidiary of the Company together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, entered into a tolling agreement with the trustee of the SunEdison Litigation Trust to toll any applicable statute of limitations or other time-related defense that might exist in regards to any potential claims that either party might be able to assert against the other for a period that will end at the earlier to occur of: (a) 60 days after a party provides written notice of termination; (b) six years from the effective date of April 15, 2018; or (c) such other date as the parties may agree in writing. No preference claims have been asserted against the Company and consideration has been given to the related contingencies based on the facts currently known. The Company has a number of affirmative and direct defenses to any potential claims for recovery and intends to vigorously defend any such claim, if asserted. One of the Company's Brazilian subsidiaries has received assessments for certain sales and import taxes. There are six tax assessments totaling 340 million Brazilian reals (approximately USD $83.8 million based on the exchange rate as of December 31, 2019 ). The assessments are in various stages of the review process at the administrative level; the Company successfully defeated one of the six assessments in September 2019 (totaling approximately 60 million Brazilian reals or USD $14.8 million ), but that assessment remains subject to appeal 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. On February 14, 2019, the Company submitted an initial notification of voluntary disclosure to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") regarding possible noncompliance with U.S. economic sanctions requirements among certain non-U.S. Flex-affiliated operations. The Company has initiated an internal investigation regarding this matter which is ongoing. The Company cannot predict how long it will take to complete the investigation or to what extent the Company could be subject to penalties. A foreign Tax Authority (“Tax Authority”) has assessed a cumulative total of approximately $94 million in taxes owed for multiple Flex legal entities within its jurisdiction for various fiscal years ranging from fiscal year 2010 through fiscal year 2018. The assessed amounts related to the denial of certain deductible intercompany payments. The Company disagrees with the Tax Authority’s assessments and is actively contesting the assessments through the administrative and judicial processes. As the final resolution of the assessment remains uncertain, the Company continues to provide for the uncertain tax positions based on the more likely than not standard. While the resolution of the issues may result in tax liabilities, interest and penalties, which may be significantly higher than the amounts accrued for these matters, management currently believes that the resolution will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 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. |
SHARE REPURCHASES
SHARE REPURCHASES | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Treasury Stock, Number of Shares and Restriction Disclosures [Abstract] | |
SHARE REPURCHASES | SHARE REPURCHASES During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 , the Company repurchased 5.3 million and 16.2 million shares at an aggregate purchase price of $61.0 million and $173.1 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 20, 2019 . As of December 31, 2019 , shares in the aggregate amount of $402.0 million were available to be repurchased under the current plan. |
SEGMENT REPORTING
SEGMENT REPORTING | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Segment Reporting [Abstract] | |
SEGMENT REPORTING | SEGMENT REPORTING The Company has four reportable segments: HRS, IEI, CEC and CTG. 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 impairment charges, restructuring charges, the new revenue standard adoption impact, legal and other, interest and other, net and other charges (income), net. Selected financial information by segment is in the table below. Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Net sales: High Reliability Solutions $ 1,244,715 $ 1,206,352 $ 3,611,389 $ 3,629,749 Industrial & Emerging Industries 1,988,865 1,658,925 5,411,347 4,671,188 Communications & Enterprise Compute 1,881,411 2,260,228 5,468,857 6,355,311 Consumer Technologies Group 1,346,396 1,797,322 4,233,787 5,328,139 $ 6,461,387 $ 6,922,827 $ 18,725,380 $ 19,984,387 Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax: High Reliability Solutions $ 82,111 $ 95,751 $ 252,743 $ 278,874 Industrial & Emerging Industries 124,420 78,782 331,231 196,000 Communications & Enterprise Compute 53,086 62,590 110,867 171,463 Consumer Technologies Group 24,654 39,023 81,762 96,792 Corporate and Other (28,233 ) (19,768 ) (85,563 ) (75,513 ) Total segment income 256,038 256,378 691,040 667,616 Reconciling items: Intangible amortization 15,598 20,308 48,903 57,059 Stock-based compensation 19,215 21,027 53,332 61,061 Customer related asset impairments (1) 3,754 50,153 95,210 67,517 Restructuring charges (Note 17) 14,616 65,843 199,123 100,433 New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 4) — — — 9,291 Legal and other (2) 6,864 4,994 28,012 25,363 Interest and other, net 36,207 54,087 135,650 136,889 Other charges (income), net (Note 9) 14,395 71,879 17,005 (8,515 ) Income (loss) before income taxes $ 145,389 $ (31,913 ) $ 113,805 $ 218,518 (1) Customer related asset impairments for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 primarily relate to non-cash impairments of certain property and equipment for customers we have disengaged or are in the process of disengaging, additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, charges for other asset impairments, and reserves for excess and obsolete inventory for certain customers experiencing financial difficulties and/or related to inventory that will not be recovered due to significant reductions in future customer demand as the Company reduces its exposure to certain higher volatility businesses. (2) Legal and other during the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 primarily consists of direct and incremental costs associated with certain wind-down activities related to the disengagement of a certain customer primarily in China and India. Legal 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, Legal and other also includes certain charges of the China based Multek operations that was divested in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019. 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 across segments and highly interchangeable throughout the platform. Given the highly interchangeable nature of the assets, they are not separately identified by segments nor reported by segment to the Company's CODM. |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Restructuring Charges [Abstract] | |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES | RESTRUCTURING CHARGES During fiscal year 2019, the Company took actions to optimize its portfolio with greater focus to be placed on higher margin, less volatile businesses. During the first half of fiscal year 2020 in connection with the recent geopolitical developments and uncertainties, primarily impacting one customer in China, the Company experienced a reduction in demand for products assembled for that customer. As a result, the Company accelerated its strategic decision to reduce its exposure to certain high-volatility products in both China and India. The Company also initiated targeted activities to restructure its business to further reduce and streamline its cost structure. During the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 , the Company recognized $14.6 million and $199.1 million , respectively, of restructuring charges. The Company incurred cash charges of approximately $14.9 million and $142.7 million , respectively, that were predominantly for employee severance, in addition to non-cash charges of an immaterial amount and $56.4 million , respectively, primarily related to asset impairments during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 . During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2018 , the Company recognized $65.8 million and $100.4 million , respectively, for charges primarily associated with the wind down of its NIKE operations in Mexico, the majority of which were for non-cash asset impairments. The following table summarizes the provisions, respective payments, and remaining accrued balance as of December 31, 2019 for charges incurred during the nine -month period ended December 31, 2019 : Severance Long-Lived Other Total (In thousands) Balance as of March 31, 2019 $ 23,234 $ — $ 9,200 $ 32,434 Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 107,598 44,746 46,779 199,123 Cash payments for charges incurred in the fiscal year 2019 and prior (13,267 ) — (2,800 ) (16,067 ) Cash payments for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 (96,827 ) — (34,125 ) (130,952 ) Non-cash charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 — (44,746 ) (12,344 ) (57,090 ) Balance as of December 31, 2019 20,738 — 6,710 27,448 Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) 20,738 — 6,710 27,448 Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) $ — $ — $ — $ — |
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY A_2
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
Organization of the Company and Basis of Presentation | Organization of the Company Flex Ltd. ("Flex" or the "Company") was incorporated in the Republic of Singapore in May 1990. The Company's operations have expanded over the years through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions. The Company is a globally-recognized, provider of Sketch-to-Scale ® services - innovative design, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain services and solutions - from conceptual sketch to full-scale production. The Company designs, builds, ships and manages complete packaged consumer and enterprise products, from medical devices and connected automotive systems to sustainable lighting and cloud and data center solutions for companies of all sizes in various industries and end-markets, through its activities in the following segments: • High Reliability Solutions ("HRS"), which is comprised of our health solutions business, including surgical equipment, drug delivery, diagnostics, telemedicine, disposable devices, imaging and monitoring, patient mobility and ophthalmology; and our automotive business, including vehicle electrification, connectivity, autonomous, and smart technologies; • Industrial and Emerging Industries ("IEI"), which is comprised of energy including advanced metering infrastructure, energy storage, smart lighting, smart solar energy; and industrial, including semiconductor and capital equipment, office solutions, household industrial and lifestyle, industrial automation and kiosks; • 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, and switching products for 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; and • Consumer Technologies Group ("CTG"), which includes our consumer-related businesses in IoT enabled devices, audio and consumer power electronics, mobile devices; and various supply chain solutions for consumer, computing and printing devices. 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, 2019 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, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 . The first quarters for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 ended on June 28, 2019, which is comprised of 89 days in the period, and June 29, 2018, which is comprised of 90 days in the period, respectively. The second quarters for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 ended on September 27, 2019 and September 28, 2018, which are comprised of 91 days in both periods. The Company's third quarters ended on December 31 of each year, which are comprised of 95 days and 94 days for fiscal years 2020 and 2019, respectively. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Flex and its majority-owned subsidiaries, after elimination of intercompany accounts and transactions. The Company consolidates its majority-owned subsidiaries and investments in entities in which the Company has a controlling interest. For the consolidated majority- owned subsidiaries in which the Company owns less than 100%, the Company recognizes a noncontrolling interest for the ownership of the noncontrolling owners. The associated noncontrolling owners' interest in the income or losses of these companies is not material to the Company's results of operations for all periods presented, and is classified as a component of interest and other, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. |
Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements | Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases", and subsequent updates (collectively, referred to as Accounting Standard Codification 842 or “ASC 842”). ASC 842 requires a lessee to recognize a right of use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the recognition of expense and presentation in the income statement. The Company adopted ASC 842 on April 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, by which companies may elect not to recast the comparative periods presented in financial statements in the period of adoption and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment in the period of adoption. As a result, the Company was not required to adjust its comparative period financial information for effects of the standard or make the new required lease disclosures for periods before the Company's adoption date. The Company has elected to adopt the package of transition practical expedients and, therefore, has not reassessed (1) whether existing or expired contracts contain a lease, (2) lease classification for existing or expired leases or (3) the accounting for initial direct costs that were previously capitalized. In addition, the Company has elected the short-term lease recognition and measurement exemption for all classes of assets, which allows the Company to not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for leases with a lease term of 12 months or less and with no purchase option the Company is reasonably certain of exercising. The Company has also elected the practical expedient to account for the lease and nonlease components as a single lease component, for all classes of underlying assets. Therefore, the lease payments used to measure the lease liability include all of the fixed considerations in the contract. Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following: fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), and variable payments that depend on an index or rate (initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date). As the Company cannot determine the interest rate implicit in the lease for its leases, the Company uses its estimate of the incremental borrowing rate as of the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest it would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms. The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor. The adoption of ASC 842 had a material impact to the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, but did not materially impact the consolidated statement of income or consolidated statement of cash flows. The most significant changes to the consolidated balance sheet relate to the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities for operating leases. The Company’s accounting for finance leases remains substantially unchanged and the balances are not material for any periods presented. As a result of adopting ASC 842 as of April 1, 2019, the Company recognized additional operating liabilities of $658 million with a corresponding ROU asset of $624 million and a deferred gain of $22 million for sale leaseback transactions to opening retained earnings. 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 Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. 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 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted the guidance during the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact to its condensed consolidated financial statements. 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 Company adopted the guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows. 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 Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements. 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 Company adopted this guidance during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 with an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13 “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” and also issued subsequent amendments to the initial guidance: ASU 2018-19, ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-05, ASU 2019-10, and ASU 2019-11, which replaces the existing incurred loss impairment model with an expected credit loss model and requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing and expects the new guidance to 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 provide a new private company variable interest entity exemption and change 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. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12 "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes", which removes certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. The ASU also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022 with early adoption permitted. The Company expects the new guidance will have an immaterial impact on its consolidated financial statements, and intends to adopt the guidance when it becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022. |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS (Tables)
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract] | |
Schedule of components of inventories | The components of inventories, net of applicable lower of cost and net realizable value write-downs, were as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 (In thousands) Raw materials $ 2,723,041 $ 2,922,101 Work-in-progress 382,881 366,135 Finished goods 578,251 434,618 $ 3,684,173 $ 3,722,854 |
Schedule of goodwill | 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, 2019 : HRS IEI CEC CTG Total (In thousands) Balance, beginning of the year $ 507,209 $ 333,257 $ 129,325 $ 103,264 $ 1,073,055 Divestitures (1,102 ) (137 ) — — (1,239 ) Foreign currency translation adjustments (2,004 ) — — — (2,004 ) Balance, end of the period $ 504,103 $ 333,120 $ 129,325 $ 103,264 $ 1,069,812 |
Schedule of components of acquired intangible assets | The components of acquired intangible assets are as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 Gross Accumulated Net Gross Accumulated Net (In thousands) Intangible assets: Customer-related intangibles $ 277,422 $ (120,812 ) $ 156,610 $ 297,306 $ (113,627 ) $ 183,679 Licenses and other intangibles 247,097 (123,779 ) 123,318 274,604 (127,288 ) 147,316 Total $ 524,519 $ (244,591 ) $ 279,928 $ 571,910 $ (240,915 ) $ 330,995 |
Schedule of estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets | The estimated future annual amortization expense for intangible assets is as follows: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, Amount (In thousands) 2020 (1) $ 15,351 2021 60,289 2022 51,846 2023 44,193 2024 42,572 Thereafter 65,677 Total amortization expense $ 279,928 ____________________________________________________________ (1) Represents estimated amortization for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . |
LEASES (Tables)
LEASES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Leases [Abstract] | |
Components of Lease Cost | The components of lease cost were as follow (in thousands): Lease cost Three-Month Period Ended Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2019 Operating lease cost $ 40,278 $ 122,767 Other information related to leases was as follow (in thousands): Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: Operating cash flows from operating leases $ 106,748 |
Balance Sheet Amounts | Amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of the period ended December 31, 2019 were (in thousands, except weighted average lease term and discount rate): As of December 31, 2019 Operating Leases: Operating lease right of use assets $ 615,073 Operating lease liabilities 661,034 Weighted-average remaining lease term (In years) Operating leases 7.5 Weighted-average discount rate Operating leases 4.2 % |
Future Minimum Lease Payments | Future lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in thousands): Fiscal Year Ended March 31, Operating Leases 2020 (1) $ 40,977 2021 132,642 2022 111,967 2023 99,453 2024 83,555 Thereafter 312,807 Total undiscounted lease payments 781,401 Less: imputed interest 120,367 Total lease liabilities $ 661,034 (1) Represents estimated lease payments for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . |
Future Minimum Rental Payments | As previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 and under the previous lease accounting standard ASC 840, the aggregate future non-cancellable minimum rental payments on our operating lease, as of March 31, 2019, are as follows: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, Operating Leases (In thousands) 2020 $ 155,391 2021 113,245 2022 93,777 2023 81,335 2024 67,341 Thereafter 171,828 Total minimum lease payments $ 682,917 |
REVENUE (Tables)
REVENUE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] | |
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 and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands), respectively. Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 978,026 $ 1,471,116 $ 1,513,721 $ 1,191,491 $ 5,154,354 Over time 266,689 517,749 367,690 154,905 1,307,033 Total segment $ 1,244,715 $ 1,988,865 $ 1,881,411 $ 1,346,396 $ 6,461,387 Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2019 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 2,843,866 $ 3,734,151 $ 4,263,144 $ 3,319,972 $ 14,161,133 Over time 767,523 1,677,196 1,205,713 913,815 4,564,247 Total segment $ 3,611,389 $ 5,411,347 $ 5,468,857 $ 4,233,787 $ 18,725,380 Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 929,638 $ 1,198,669 $ 1,663,262 $ 1,232,712 $ 5,024,281 Over time 276,714 460,256 596,966 564,610 1,898,546 Total segment $ 1,206,352 $ 1,658,925 $ 2,260,228 $ 1,797,322 $ 6,922,827 Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2018 HRS IEI CEC CTG Total Timing of Transfer Point in time $ 2,827,959 $ 3,351,886 $ 4,675,809 $ 3,732,545 $ 14,588,199 Over time 801,790 1,319,302 1,679,502 1,595,594 5,396,188 Total segment $ 3,629,749 $ 4,671,188 $ 6,355,311 $ 5,328,139 $ 19,984,387 |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Table
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Abstract] | |
Schedule of share-based compensation expense | The following table summarizes the Company’s share-based compensation expense: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Cost of sales $ 4,275 $ 4,769 $ 11,427 $ 14,940 Selling, general and administrative expenses 14,940 16,258 41,905 46,121 Total share-based compensation expense $ 19,215 $ 21,027 $ 53,332 $ 61,061 |
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Tabl
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] | |
Schedule of basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share | The following table reflects basic weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding and diluted weighted-average ordinary share equivalents used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to the shareholders of Flex: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands, except per share amounts) Basic earnings (loss) per share: Net income (loss) $ 111,388 $ (45,169 ) $ 39,320 $ 157,751 Shares used in computation: Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding 506,938 524,876 511,198 528,528 Basic earnings (loss) per share $ 0.22 $ (0.09 ) $ 0.08 $ 0.30 Diluted earnings (loss) per share: Net income (loss) $ 111,388 $ (45,169 ) $ 39,320 $ 157,751 Shares used in computation: Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding 506,938 524,876 511,198 528,528 Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and restricted share unit awards (1) (2) 3,401 — 3,351 3,780 Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding 510,339 524,876 514,549 532,308 Diluted earnings (loss) per share $ 0.22 $ (0.09 ) $ 0.08 $ 0.30 ____________________________________________________________ (1) An immaterial number of options to purchase ordinary shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share during the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 , respectively, due to their anti-dilutive impact on the weighted-average ordinary share equivalents. (2) RSU awards of 3.7 million and 4.0 million for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 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 number and 6.6 million of anti-dilutive RSU awards for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2018 , respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share. |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM_2
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Schedule of bank borrowings and long-term debt | Bank borrowings and long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 (In thousands) 4.625% Notes due February 2020 $ — $ 500,000 Term Loan due November 2021 — 671,563 Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 439,688 458,531 5.000% Notes due February 2023 500,000 500,000 Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% 305,927 — 4.75% Notes due June 2025 597,150 596,815 4.875% Notes due June 2029 662,205 — India Facilities 133,145 170,206 Other 165,897 168,039 Debt issuance costs (14,031 ) (10,639 ) 2,789,981 3,054,515 Current portion, net of debt issuance costs (88,869 ) (632,611 ) Non-current portion $ 2,701,112 $ 2,421,904 |
Schedule of the Company's repayments of long-term debt | Scheduled repayments of the Company's long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 are as follows: Fiscal Year Ending March 31, Amount (In thousands) 2020 (1) $ 6,630 2021 99,787 2022 206,041 2023 862,849 2024 60,438 Thereafter 1,568,267 Total $ 2,804,012 (1) Represents estimated repayments for the remaining three-month period ending March 31, 2020 . |
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET (Tables
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] | |
Interest and other, net | Interest and other, net for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are primarily composed of the following: Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Interest expenses on debt obligations (1) $ 35,131 $ 38,830 $ 114,020 $ 107,486 ABS and AR sales programs related expenses 10,512 12,077 35,151 32,666 Interest income (5,452 ) (4,198 ) (15,250 ) (14,070 ) (Gain) Loss on foreign exchange transactions (2,974 ) (3,284 ) (7,027 ) 1,902 (1) Interest expense on debt obligations for the three and nine -month periods ended December 31, 2019 include debt extinguishment costs of $0.8 million and $7.2 million , respectively, related to the full repayments of the Notes due February 2020 and the Term Loan due November 2021. There were no debt extinguishment costs incurred during the fiscal year 2019. |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Derivative Instruments and Hedges, Assets [Abstract] | |
Summary of aggregate notional amount of the Company's outstanding foreign currency forward and swap contracts | As of December 31, 2019 , the aggregate notional amount of the Company’s outstanding foreign currency derivative contracts was $8.5 billion as summarized below: Foreign Currency Amount Notional Contract Value in USD Currency Buy Sell Buy Sell (In thousands) Cash Flow Hedges CNY 1,150,500 — $ 164,376 $ — EUR 40,108 45,480 44,695 51,528 HUF 24,594,000 — 82,980 — ILS 222,000 — 64,197 — JPY 33,525,000 — 300,000 — MXN 3,840,000 — 203,768 — MYR 256,000 30,000 61,801 7,242 RON 177,000 — 41,309 — Other N/A N/A 93,062 — 1,056,188 58,770 Other Foreign Currency Contracts BRL — 1,030,000 — 253,982 CAD 61,635 35,624 47,100 27,223 CNY 3,531,534 140,048 500,586 20,000 EUR 1,891,736 2,090,728 2,109,548 2,329,869 GBP 48,512 63,795 63,479 83,458 HUF 60,687,931 58,055,222 204,760 195,877 ILS 111,600 47,600 32,272 13,765 INR 8,051,000 6,956,674 112,834 97,495 JPY 2,832,862 2,215,532 25,865 20,242 MXN 5,106,692 3,870,080 270,984 205,364 MYR 1,060,570 817,890 256,034 197,448 PLN 117,246 82,118 30,733 21,525 SEK 529,107 611,979 56,023 65,493 SGD 98,938 63,959 73,168 47,300 Other N/A N/A 41,622 26,027 3,825,008 3,605,068 Total Notional Contract Value in USD $ 4,881,196 $ 3,663,838 |
Schedule of fair value of the derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes | The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative instruments utilized for foreign currency risk management purposes: Fair Values of Derivative Instruments Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives Fair Value Fair Value Balance Sheet December 31, March 31, Balance Sheet December 31, March 31, (In thousands) Derivatives designated as hedging instruments Foreign currency contracts Other current assets $ 9,113 $ 10,503 Other current liabilities $ 10,284 $ 10,282 Foreign currency contracts Other assets $ 9,782 $ — Other liabilities $ — $ — Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments Foreign currency contracts Other current assets $ 27,147 $ 16,774 Other current liabilities $ 21,347 $ 17,144 |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSI_2
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent [Abstract] | |
Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax | The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax, are as follows: Three-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Unrealized Foreign currency Total Unrealized Foreign currency Total (In thousands) Beginning balance $ (58,654 ) $ (131,110 ) $ (189,764 ) $ (55,574 ) $ (100,807 ) $ (156,381 ) Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications 1,134 11,443 12,577 (14,683 ) (7,777 ) (22,460 ) Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 12,108 (1,446 ) 10,662 19,318 — 19,318 Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss) 13,242 9,997 23,239 4,635 (7,777 ) (3,142 ) Ending balance $ (45,412 ) $ (121,113 ) $ (166,525 ) $ (50,939 ) $ (108,584 ) $ (159,523 ) Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 Unrealized Foreign currency Total Unrealized Foreign currency Total (In thousands) Beginning balance $ (41,556 ) $ (109,607 ) $ (151,163 ) $ (35,746 ) $ (50,099 ) $ (85,845 ) Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications (7,817 ) (10,060 ) (17,877 ) (55,396 ) (58,485 ) (113,881 ) Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 3,961 (1,446 ) 2,515 40,203 — 40,203 Net current-period other comprehensive loss (3,856 ) (11,506 ) (15,362 ) (15,193 ) (58,485 ) (73,678 ) Ending balance $ (45,412 ) $ (121,113 ) $ (166,525 ) $ (50,939 ) $ (108,584 ) $ (159,523 ) |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASS_2
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] | |
Schedule of financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis | The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis: Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2019 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) $ — $ 373,644 $ — $ 373,644 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) — 46,042 — 46,042 Deferred compensation plan assets: 0 Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities — 58,204 — 58,204 Liabilities: 0.003 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) $ — $ (31,631 ) $ — $ (31,631 ) Fair Value Measurements as of March 31, 2019 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) $ — $ 473,888 $ — $ 473,888 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) — 27,277 — 27,277 Deferred compensation plan assets: 0 Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities 2,845 76,852 — 79,697 Liabilities: 0 Foreign currency contracts (Note 10) $ — $ (27,426 ) $ — $ (27,426 ) |
Schedule of debt not carried at fair value | The following table presents the Company’s major debts not carried at fair value: As of December 31, 2019 As of March 31, 2019 Carrying Fair Carrying Fair Fair Value (In thousands) Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 439,688 441,337 458,531 457,958 Level 1 5.000% Notes due February 2023 500,000 534,733 500,000 499,950 Level 1 Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% 305,927 305,927 — — Level 2 4.750% Notes due June 2025 597,150 647,854 596,815 599,940 Level 1 4.875% Notes due June 2029 662,205 717,955 — — Level 1 India Facilities 133,145 133,145 170,206 170,206 Level 2 Euro Term Loan due September 2020 51,281 51,281 52,746 52,746 Level 2 Euro Term Loan due January 2022 111,632 111,632 112,524 112,524 Level 2 Total $ 2,801,028 $ 2,943,864 $ 1,890,822 $ 1,893,324 |
SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)
SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Segment Reporting [Abstract] | |
Schedule of segment reporting information by operating segment | Selected financial information by segment is in the table below. Three-Month Periods Ended Nine-Month Periods Ended December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 December 31, 2019 December 31, 2018 (In thousands) Net sales: High Reliability Solutions $ 1,244,715 $ 1,206,352 $ 3,611,389 $ 3,629,749 Industrial & Emerging Industries 1,988,865 1,658,925 5,411,347 4,671,188 Communications & Enterprise Compute 1,881,411 2,260,228 5,468,857 6,355,311 Consumer Technologies Group 1,346,396 1,797,322 4,233,787 5,328,139 $ 6,461,387 $ 6,922,827 $ 18,725,380 $ 19,984,387 Segment income and reconciliation of income before tax: High Reliability Solutions $ 82,111 $ 95,751 $ 252,743 $ 278,874 Industrial & Emerging Industries 124,420 78,782 331,231 196,000 Communications & Enterprise Compute 53,086 62,590 110,867 171,463 Consumer Technologies Group 24,654 39,023 81,762 96,792 Corporate and Other (28,233 ) (19,768 ) (85,563 ) (75,513 ) Total segment income 256,038 256,378 691,040 667,616 Reconciling items: Intangible amortization 15,598 20,308 48,903 57,059 Stock-based compensation 19,215 21,027 53,332 61,061 Customer related asset impairments (1) 3,754 50,153 95,210 67,517 Restructuring charges (Note 17) 14,616 65,843 199,123 100,433 New revenue standard adoption impact (Note 4) — — — 9,291 Legal and other (2) 6,864 4,994 28,012 25,363 Interest and other, net 36,207 54,087 135,650 136,889 Other charges (income), net (Note 9) 14,395 71,879 17,005 (8,515 ) Income (loss) before income taxes $ 145,389 $ (31,913 ) $ 113,805 $ 218,518 (1) Customer related asset impairments for the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 primarily relate to non-cash impairments of certain property and equipment for customers we have disengaged or are in the process of disengaging, additional provision for doubtful accounts receivable, charges for other asset impairments, and reserves for excess and obsolete inventory for certain customers experiencing financial difficulties and/or related to inventory that will not be recovered due to significant reductions in future customer demand as the Company reduces its exposure to certain higher volatility businesses. (2) Legal and other during the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019 primarily consists of direct and incremental costs associated with certain wind-down activities related to the disengagement of a certain customer primarily in China and India. Legal 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, Legal and other also includes certain charges of the China based Multek operations that was divested in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019. |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES (Tables)
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Restructuring Charges [Abstract] | |
Schedule of components of the restructuring charges by geographic region | The following table summarizes the provisions, respective payments, and remaining accrued balance as of December 31, 2019 for charges incurred during the nine -month period ended December 31, 2019 : Severance Long-Lived Other Total (In thousands) Balance as of March 31, 2019 $ 23,234 $ — $ 9,200 $ 32,434 Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 107,598 44,746 46,779 199,123 Cash payments for charges incurred in the fiscal year 2019 and prior (13,267 ) — (2,800 ) (16,067 ) Cash payments for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 (96,827 ) — (34,125 ) (130,952 ) Non-cash charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 — (44,746 ) (12,344 ) (57,090 ) Balance as of December 31, 2019 20,738 — 6,710 27,448 Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) 20,738 — 6,710 27,448 Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) $ — $ — $ — $ — |
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY A_3
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Apr. 01, 2019 | |
Cost of sales | $ (6,017,278) | $ (6,505,067) | $ (17,578,056) | $ (18,757,395) | |
Net sales | (6,461,387) | (6,922,827) | (18,725,380) | (19,984,387) | |
Total lease liabilities | 661,034 | 661,034 | |||
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | $ 615,073 | $ 615,073 | |||
Restatement Adjustment | |||||
Net sales | $ 22,000 | $ 95,000 | |||
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 | |||||
Total lease liabilities | $ 658,000 | ||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 624,000 | ||||
Deferred gain for sales leaseback transaction | $ 22,000 |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Inventor
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Inventories | ||
Raw materials | $ 2,723,041 | $ 2,922,101 |
Work-in-progress | 382,881 | 366,135 |
Finished goods | 578,251 | 434,618 |
Inventories, total | $ 3,684,173 | $ 3,722,854 |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Addition
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended | |||
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)segment | Nov. 26, 2019USD ($) | Sep. 27, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019USD ($) | |
Components of acquired intangible assets | ||||
Number of operating segments | segment | 4 | |||
Contract liabilities | $ 523.2 | $ 271.8 | ||
Current operating lease liabilities | 121 | |||
Working capital advances | ||||
Components of acquired intangible assets | ||||
Contract liabilities | 239.9 | 266.3 | ||
Customer-related accruals | ||||
Components of acquired intangible assets | ||||
Contract liabilities | $ 212.4 | 260.1 | ||
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | ||||
Components of acquired intangible assets | ||||
Preferred purchase price receivable from asset-backed securitization programs | $ 292.5 | |||
Deferred purchase price receivable outstanding | $ 55 | |||
CTG | ||||
Components of acquired intangible assets | ||||
Fair value in excess of carrying amount | 22.00% |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Goodwill
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended | |
Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 | |
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Balance, beginning of the year | $ 1,073,055 | |
Divestitures | (1,239) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (2,004) | |
Balance, end of the period | 1,069,812 | |
Gross Carrying Amount | 524,519 | $ 571,910 |
Accumulated Amortization | (244,591) | (240,915) |
Net Carrying Amount | 279,928 | 330,995 |
Customer-related intangibles | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Gross Carrying Amount | 277,422 | 297,306 |
Accumulated Amortization | (120,812) | (113,627) |
Net Carrying Amount | 156,610 | 183,679 |
Licenses and other intangibles | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Gross Carrying Amount | 247,097 | 274,604 |
Accumulated Amortization | (123,779) | (127,288) |
Net Carrying Amount | 123,318 | $ 147,316 |
HRS | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Balance, beginning of the year | 507,209 | |
Divestitures | (1,102) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (2,004) | |
Balance, end of the period | 504,103 | |
IEI | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Balance, beginning of the year | 333,257 | |
Divestitures | (137) | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 0 | |
Balance, end of the period | 333,120 | |
CEC | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Balance, beginning of the year | 129,325 | |
Divestitures | 0 | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 0 | |
Balance, end of the period | 129,325 | |
CTG | ||
Activity in goodwill account | ||
Balance, beginning of the year | 103,264 | |
Divestitures | 0 | |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 0 | |
Balance, end of the period | $ 103,264 |
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Future A
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS - Future Amortization (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Estimated future annual amortization expense for acquired intangible assets | ||
2020 | $ 15,351 | |
2021 | 60,289 | |
2022 | 51,846 | |
2023 | 44,193 | |
2024 | 42,572 | |
Thereafter | 65,677 | |
Net Carrying Amount | $ 279,928 | $ 330,995 |
LEASES - Additional Informatio
LEASES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] | |||
Sales leaseback transaction, cash proceeds | $ 34.1 | $ 69.6 | |
Gain on sales leaseback transaction | $ 18.3 | $ 32.7 | |
Sale leaseback transaction, cash proceeds | $ 67.7 | ||
Deferred gain on sales leaseback transactions | $ 22 | ||
Minimum | |||
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] | |||
Lease terms | 1 year | 1 year | |
Maximum | |||
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] | |||
Lease terms | 23 years | 23 years |
LEASES - Lease Cost (Details)
LEASES - Lease Cost (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 | |
Leases [Abstract] | ||
Operating lease cost | $ 40,278 | $ 122,767 |
LEASES - Supplemental Balance
LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Details) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) |
Operating Leases: | |
Operating lease right of use assets | $ 615,073 |
Operating lease liabilities | $ 661,034 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term | |
Operating leases | 7 years 6 months |
Weighted-average discount rate | |
Operating leases | 4.20% |
LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flo
LEASES - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) | |
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ 106,748 |
LEASES - Future Minimum Lease
LEASES - Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Noncancellable Leases (Details) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) |
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payment, Due [Abstract] | |
2020 | $ 40,977 |
2021 | 132,642 |
2022 | 111,967 |
2023 | 99,453 |
2024 | 83,555 |
Thereafter | 312,807 |
Total undiscounted lease payments | 781,401 |
Less: imputed interest | 120,367 |
Total lease liabilities | $ 661,034 |
LEASES - Future Minimum Leas_2
LEASES - Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Noncancellable Leases Prior To Adoption Of ASC 842 (Details) $ in Thousands | Mar. 31, 2019USD ($) |
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract] | |
2020 | $ 155,391 |
2021 | 113,245 |
2022 | 93,777 |
2023 | 81,335 |
2024 | 67,341 |
Thereafter | 171,828 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ 682,917 |
REVENUE - Additional Informati
REVENUE - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] | ||
Contract liabilities | $ 523.2 | $ 271.8 |
REVENUE - Disaggregation of Re
REVENUE - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | $ 6,461,387 | $ 6,922,827 | $ 18,725,380 | $ 19,984,387 |
Point in time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 5,154,354 | 5,024,281 | 14,161,133 | 14,588,199 |
Over time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,307,033 | 1,898,546 | 4,564,247 | 5,396,188 |
HRS | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,244,715 | 1,206,352 | 3,611,389 | 3,629,749 |
HRS | Point in time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 978,026 | 929,638 | 2,843,866 | 2,827,959 |
HRS | Over time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 266,689 | 276,714 | 767,523 | 801,790 |
IEI | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,988,865 | 1,658,925 | 5,411,347 | 4,671,188 |
IEI | Point in time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,471,116 | 1,198,669 | 3,734,151 | 3,351,886 |
IEI | Over time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 517,749 | 460,256 | 1,677,196 | 1,319,302 |
CEC | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,881,411 | 2,260,228 | 5,468,857 | 6,355,311 |
CEC | Point in time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,513,721 | 1,663,262 | 4,263,144 | 4,675,809 |
CEC | Over time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 367,690 | 596,966 | 1,205,713 | 1,679,502 |
CTG | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,346,396 | 1,797,322 | 4,233,787 | 5,328,139 |
CTG | Point in time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,191,491 | 1,232,712 | 3,319,972 | 3,732,545 |
CTG | Over time | ||||
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | $ 154,905 | $ 564,610 | $ 913,815 | $ 1,595,594 |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Loc
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Location of Expenses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Share-based compensation | ||||
Share-based compensation expense | $ 19,215 | $ 21,027 | $ 53,332 | $ 61,061 |
Cost of sales | ||||
Share-based compensation | ||||
Share-based compensation expense | 4,275 | 4,769 | 11,427 | 14,940 |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | ||||
Share-based compensation | ||||
Share-based compensation expense | $ 14,940 | $ 16,258 | $ 41,905 | $ 46,121 |
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Add
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)$ / sharesshares | |
Restricted Stock Units, Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions, and Share Bonus Awards With Free Cash Flow Targets | |
Share-based compensation | |
Unvested share bonus awards granted (in shares) | 8,200,000 |
Number of shares outstanding (in shares) | 17,000,000 |
Unrecognized compensation expense | $ | $ 139.5 |
Share weighted-average remaining vesting period | 2 years 4 months 24 days |
Restricted Stock Units | |
Share-based compensation | |
Unvested share bonus awards granted (in shares) | 6,400,000 |
Vesting period | 4 years |
Average grant date price of unvested share bonus awards (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 9.22 |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | |
Share-based compensation | |
Average grant date price of unvested share bonus awards (in usd per share) | $ / shares | $ 11.92 |
Number of shares outstanding (in shares) | 3,500,000 |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Minimum | |
Share-based compensation | |
Number of shares that may be issued (in shares) | 0 |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Maximum | |
Share-based compensation | |
Number of shares that may be issued (in shares) | 7,000,000 |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees | |
Share-based compensation | |
Unvested share bonus awards granted (in shares) | 1,800,000 |
Vesting period | 3 years |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees | Minimum | |
Share-based compensation | |
Unvested share bonus awards granted (in shares) | 0 |
Share Bonus Awards with Market Conditions | Key employees | Maximum | |
Share-based compensation | |
Unvested share bonus awards granted (in shares) | 3,600,000 |
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Deta
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Basic earnings (loss) per share: | ||||
Net income | $ 111,388 | $ (45,169) | $ 39,320 | $ 157,751 |
Shares used in computation: | ||||
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding (in shares) | 506,938 | 524,876 | 511,198 | 528,528 |
Basic earnings (losses) per share (in dollars per share) | $ 0.22 | $ (0.09) | $ 0.08 | $ 0.30 |
Diluted earnings (loss) per share: | ||||
Net income | $ 111,388 | $ (45,169) | $ 39,320 | $ 157,751 |
Shares used in computation: | ||||
Weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding (in shares) | 506,938 | 524,876 | 511,198 | 528,528 |
Weighted-average ordinary share equivalents from stock options and restricted share unit awards (in shares) | 3,401 | 0 | 3,351 | 3,780 |
Weighted-average ordinary shares and ordinary share equivalents outstanding (in shares) | 510,339 | 524,876 | 514,549 | 532,308 |
Diluted earnings (losses) per share (in dollars per share) | $ 0.22 | $ (0.09) | $ 0.08 | $ 0.30 |
Restricted Stock Units | ||||
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | ||||
Restricted share unit awards excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share due to their anti-dilutive impact (in shares) | 3,700 | 4,000 | 6,600 |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM_3
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT - Debt Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Nov. 30, 2019 | Jun. 28, 2019 | Apr. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | $ 2,804,012 | ||||
Debt issuance costs | (14,031) | $ (10,639) | |||
Total | 2,789,981 | 3,054,515 | |||
Current portion, net of debt issuance costs | (88,869) | (632,611) | |||
Non-current portion | $ 2,701,112 | 2,421,904 | |||
4.625% Notes due February 2020 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.625% | ||||
Long-term debt | $ 0 | 500,000 | |||
Term Loan due November 2021 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | 0 | 671,563 | |||
Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | $ 439,688 | 458,531 | |||
5.000% Notes due February 2023 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Debt interest rate | 5.00% | ||||
Long-term debt | $ 500,000 | 500,000 | |||
Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | $ 305,927 | 0 | |||
4.75% Notes due June 2025 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.75% | ||||
Long-term debt | $ 597,150 | 596,815 | |||
4.875% Notes due June 2029 | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.875% | 4.875% | 4.875% | ||
Long-term debt | $ 662,205 | 0 | |||
India Facilities | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | 133,145 | 170,206 | |||
Other | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Long-term debt | $ 165,897 | $ 168,039 | |||
Three-month Yen LIBOR | Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | |||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | |||||
Debt interest rate | 0.50% | 0.50% |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM_4
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT - Additional Information (Details) ¥ in Millions | 1 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||||
Nov. 30, 2019USD ($) | Jun. 28, 2019USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018USD ($) | Apr. 30, 2019JPY (¥) | Mar. 31, 2019 | |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Weighted-average interest rate | 4.10% | 4.20% | ||||
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt | $ 1,017,148,000 | $ 2,481,407,000 | ||||
Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt instrument | ¥ | ¥ 33,525 | |||||
4.875% Notes due June 2029 | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt instrument | $ 650,000,000 | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.875% | 4.875% | 4.875% | |||
Proceeds from bank borrowings and long-term debt | $ 662,800,000 | |||||
Debt issuance cost | $ 6,600,000 | |||||
4.875% Notes due June 2029 | Minimum | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Percentage of principal amount of the then outstanding Notes due and payable | 25.00% | |||||
Existing 2029 Notes | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt instrument | $ 450,000,000 | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.875% | |||||
Issuance price as percentage of face value | 99.607% | |||||
Additional 2029 Notes | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt instrument | $ 200,000,000 | |||||
Debt interest rate | 4.875% | |||||
Issuance price as percentage of face value | 107.289% | |||||
4.625% Notes due February 2020 | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt interest rate | 4.625% | |||||
Three-month Yen LIBOR | Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | ||||||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||||||
Debt interest rate | 0.50% | 0.50% |
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM_5
BANK BORROWINGS AND LONG-TERM DEBT - Repayment of Long-term Debt (Details) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) |
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | |
2020 | $ 6,630 |
2021 | 99,787 |
2022 | 206,041 |
2023 | 862,849 |
2024 | 60,438 |
Thereafter | 1,568,267 |
Total | $ 2,804,012 |
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET (Detail
INTEREST AND OTHER, NET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] | ||||
Interest expenses on debt obligations | $ 35,131 | $ 38,830 | $ 114,020 | $ 107,486 |
ABS and AR sales programs related expenses | 10,512 | 12,077 | 35,151 | 32,666 |
Interest income | (5,452) | (4,198) | (15,250) | (14,070) |
(Gain) Loss on foreign exchange transactions | (2,974) | $ (3,284) | (7,027) | $ 1,902 |
Interest expense | $ 800 | $ 7,200 |
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET (De
OTHER CHARGES (INCOME), NET (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2019 | |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] | |||||
Gain (loss) from deconsolidation of Bright Machines | $ 0 | $ 86,614 | |||
Other charges | $ 14,395 | $ 71,879 | $ 17,005 | $ (8,515) | |
Charge related to impairment | $ 70,100 | ||||
Bright Machines | |||||
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] | |||||
Gain (loss) from deconsolidation of Bright Machines | 15,800 | $ 87,300 | |||
Impairment charge related to investment | $ 15,800 |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Notion
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Notional Amount (Details) - Dec. 31, 2019 - Forward and Swap Contracts € in Thousands, ₪ in Thousands, ₨ in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands, £ in Thousands, zł in Thousands, kr in Thousands, RM in Thousands, R$ in Thousands, Ft in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands, in Thousands | INR (₨) | ILS (₪) | CAD ($) | MYR (RM) | BRL (R$) | CNY (¥) | EUR (€) | USD ($) | JPY (¥) | SEK (kr) | RON ( ) | PLN (zł) | MXN ($) | GBP (£) | HUF (Ft) | SGD ($) |
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | $ 8,500,000 | |||||||||||||||
Buy | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 4,881,196 | |||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 1,056,188 | |||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | CNY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ¥ 1,150,500 | 164,376 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | EUR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | € 40,108 | 44,695 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | HUF | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 82,980 | Ft 24,594,000 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ILS | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ₪ 222,000 | 64,197 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | JPY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 300,000 | ¥ 33,525,000 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MXN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 203,768 | $ 3,840,000 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MYR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | RM 256,000 | 61,801 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | RON | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 41,309 | 177,000 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | Other | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 93,062 | |||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 3,825,008 | |||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | BRL | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | R$ 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CAD | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | $ 61,635 | 47,100 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CNY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 3,531,534 | 500,586 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 1,891,736 | 2,109,548 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | GBP | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 63,479 | £ 48,512 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | HUF | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 204,760 | 60,687,931 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ILS | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 111,600 | 32,272 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | INR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ₨ 8,051,000 | 112,834 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | JPY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 25,865 | 2,832,862 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MXN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 270,984 | 5,106,692 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MYR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 1,060,570 | 256,034 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | PLN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 30,733 | zł 117,246 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SEK | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 56,023 | kr 529,107 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SGD | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 73,168 | $ 98,938 | ||||||||||||||
Buy | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 41,622 | |||||||||||||||
Sell | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 3,663,838 | |||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 58,770 | |||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | CNY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | EUR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 45,480 | 51,528 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | HUF | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | ILS | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | JPY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MXN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | MYR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 30,000 | 7,242 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | RON | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Cash Flow Hedges | Other | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 3,605,068 | |||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | BRL | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | R$ 1030000 | 253,982 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CAD | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | $ 35,624 | 27,223 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | CNY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ¥ 140,048 | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | EUR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | € 2,090,728 | 2,329,869 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | GBP | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 83,458 | £ 63,795 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | HUF | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 195,877 | Ft 58,055,222 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ILS | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ₪ 47,600 | 13,765 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | INR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | ₨ 6,956,674 | 97,495 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | JPY | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 20,242 | ¥ 2,215,532 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MXN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 205,364 | $ 3,870,080 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | MYR | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | RM 817,890 | 197,448 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | PLN | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 21,525 | zł 82,118 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SEK | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 65,493 | kr 611,979 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | SGD | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | 47,300 | $ 63,959 | ||||||||||||||
Sell | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Other | ||||||||||||||||
Notional amount | ||||||||||||||||
Derivative, notional amount | $ 26,027 |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Foreig
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Foreign Currency Risk Management (Details) - Foreign currency contracts - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Other current assets | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Asset Derivatives | $ 9,113 | $ 10,503 |
Other current assets | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Asset Derivatives | 27,147 | 16,774 |
Other assets | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Asset Derivatives | 9,782 | 0 |
Other current liabilities | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Liability Derivatives | 10,284 | 10,282 |
Other current liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Liability Derivatives | 21,347 | 17,144 |
Other liabilities | Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | ||
Fair Values of Derivative Instruments | ||
Liability Derivatives | $ 0 | $ 0 |
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSI_3
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward] | ||||
Beginning balance | $ 2,805,961 | $ 3,169,547 | $ 2,972,360 | $ 3,018,573 |
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications | 12,577 | (22,460) | (17,877) | (113,881) |
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | 10,662 | 19,318 | 2,515 | 40,203 |
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss) | 23,239 | (3,142) | (15,362) | (73,678) |
Ending balance | 2,899,312 | 3,078,328 | 2,899,312 | 3,078,328 |
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments and other | ||||
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward] | ||||
Beginning balance | (58,654) | (55,574) | (41,556) | (35,746) |
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications | 1,134 | (14,683) | (7,817) | (55,396) |
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | 12,108 | 19,318 | 3,961 | 40,203 |
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss) | 13,242 | 4,635 | (3,856) | (15,193) |
Ending balance | (45,412) | (50,939) | (45,412) | (50,939) |
Foreign currency translation adjustments | ||||
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward] | ||||
Beginning balance | (131,110) | (100,807) | (109,607) | (50,099) |
Other comprehensive gain (loss) before reclassifications | 11,443 | (7,777) | (10,060) | (58,485) |
Net (gains) losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1,446) | 0 | (1,446) | 0 |
Net current-period other comprehensive gain (loss) | 9,997 | (7,777) | (11,506) | (58,485) |
Ending balance | (121,113) | (108,584) | (121,113) | (108,584) |
Total | ||||
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward] | ||||
Beginning balance | (189,764) | (156,381) | (151,163) | (85,845) |
Ending balance | $ (166,525) | $ (159,523) | $ (166,525) | $ (159,523) |
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZAT_2
TRADE RECEIVABLES SECURITIZATION (Details) | 9 Months Ended | |||
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)program | Dec. 31, 2018USD ($) | Nov. 26, 2019USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2019USD ($) | |
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Servicing assets | $ 0 | $ 0 | ||
Servicing liability | 0 | 0 | ||
Cash collections of deferred purchase price | $ 2,510,633,000 | 2,707,562,000 | ||
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Number of asset-backed securitization programs | program | 2 | |||
Transferor's interests in transferred financial assets, fair value | $ 292,500,000 | |||
Deferred purchase price receivable outstanding | $ 55,000,000 | |||
Company's accounts receivables sold to third-party | $ 900,000,000 | 1,200,000,000 | ||
Amount received from accounts receivable sold to third-party | 900,000,000 | |||
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | Minimum | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Service fee received, percent | 0.10% | |||
Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | Maximum | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Service fee received, percent | 0.50% | |||
Global Program | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | $ 790,000,000 | |||
Global Program | Committed | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | 615,000,000 | |||
Global Program | Uncommitted | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | 175,000,000 | |||
North American Program | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | 285,000,000 | |||
North American Program | Committed | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | 210,000,000 | |||
North American Program | Uncommitted | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Investment limits with financial institution | 75,000,000 | |||
Sales of Receivables to Third Party Banks | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Company's accounts receivables sold to third-party | 1,200,000,000 | 2,100,000,000 | ||
Receivables sold but not yet collected from banking institutions | 300,000,000 | $ 500,000,000 | ||
New ABS Program | Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Outstanding balance of sold receivables | 1,300,000,000 | |||
Deferred purchase price receivable | 400,000,000 | |||
Trade account receivable | $ 900,000,000 | |||
Cash collections of deferred purchase price | 300,000,000 | |||
Old ABS Program | Asset-Backed Securitization Programs | ||||
Trade Receivables Securitization disclosures | ||||
Cash proceeds from sale of accounts receivable | 3,700,000,000 | 5,200,000,000 | ||
Cash collections of deferred purchase price | $ 2,200,000,000 | $ 2,700,000,000 |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASS_3
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Details) - Recurring basis - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
Money market funds and time deposits | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | $ 373,644 | $ 473,888 |
Foreign currency contracts | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 46,042 | 27,277 |
Total liabilities | (31,631) | (27,426) |
Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 58,204 | 79,697 |
Level 1 | Money market funds and time deposits | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 0 | 0 |
Level 1 | Foreign currency contracts | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 0 | 0 |
Total liabilities | 0 | 0 |
Level 1 | Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 0 | 2,845 |
Level 2 | Money market funds and time deposits | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 373,644 | 473,888 |
Level 2 | Foreign currency contracts | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 46,042 | 27,277 |
Total liabilities | (31,631) | (27,426) |
Level 2 | Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 58,204 | 76,852 |
Level 3 | Money market funds and time deposits | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Foreign currency contracts | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | 0 | 0 |
Total liabilities | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Mutual funds, money market accounts and equity securities | ||
Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis and Nonrecurring Basis | ||
Total assets | $ 0 | $ 0 |
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASS_4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - Debt Not Carried at Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2019 | Apr. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 |
5.000% Notes due February 2023 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt interest rate | 5.00% | ||
4.750% Notes due June 2025 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt interest rate | 4.75% | ||
4.875% Notes due June 2029 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt interest rate | 4.875% | ||
Carrying Amount | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | $ 2,801,028 | $ 1,890,822 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 439,688 | 458,531 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 5.000% Notes due February 2023 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 500,000 | 500,000 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 4.750% Notes due June 2025 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 597,150 | 596,815 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 1 | 4.875% Notes due June 2029 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 662,205 | 0 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 2 | Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 305,927 | 0 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 2 | India Facilities | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 133,145 | 170,206 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 2 | Euro Term Loan due September 2020 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 51,281 | 52,746 | |
Carrying Amount | Level 2 | Euro Term Loan due January 2022 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 111,632 | 112,524 | |
Fair Value | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 2,943,864 | 1,893,324 | |
Fair Value | Level 1 | Term Loan, including current portion, due in installments through June 2022 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 441,337 | 457,958 | |
Fair Value | Level 1 | 5.000% Notes due February 2023 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 534,733 | 499,950 | |
Fair Value | Level 1 | 4.750% Notes due June 2025 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 647,854 | 599,940 | |
Fair Value | Level 1 | 4.875% Notes due June 2029 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 717,955 | 0 | |
Fair Value | Level 2 | Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 305,927 | 0 | |
Fair Value | Level 2 | India Facilities | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 133,145 | 170,206 | |
Fair Value | Level 2 | Euro Term Loan due September 2020 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | 51,281 | 52,746 | |
Fair Value | Level 2 | Euro Term Loan due January 2022 | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt instrument | $ 111,632 | $ 112,524 | |
Three-month Yen LIBOR | Term Loan due April 2024 - three-month Yen LIBOR plus 0.50% | |||
Other financial instruments | |||
Debt interest rate | 0.50% | 0.50% |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) R$ in Millions, $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |
Dec. 31, 2019BRL (R$)tax_assessment | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)tax_assessment | Mar. 31, 2016USD ($) | |
Assessment of Sales and Import Taxes | BRAZIL | Foreign Tax Authority | |||
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | |||
Sales and import taxes, number of tax assessments | tax_assessment | 6 | 6 | |
Sales and import taxes, estimate of possible loss | R$ 340 | $ 83.8 | |
Intercompany Payment Deductibility | Foreign Tax Authority | |||
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | |||
Sales and import taxes, estimate of possible loss | 94 | ||
Pending Litigation | Assessment of Sales and Import Taxes | BRAZIL | Foreign Tax Authority | |||
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | |||
Sales and import taxes, estimate of possible loss | R$ 60 | $ 14.8 | |
Pending Litigation | SunEdison filed Chapter 11 | Collectibility of Receivables | |||
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | |||
Inventory value allegedly received by the Company | $ 98.6 | ||
Cash allegedly received by the Company | 69.2 | ||
SunEdison, Inc | |||
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] | |||
Loss in period from bad debt write off | 61 | ||
Decrease in receivable due from return of previously shipped inventory | $ 90 |
SHARE REPURCHASES (Details)
SHARE REPURCHASES (Details) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)shares | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)shares | |
Treasury Stock, Number of Shares and Restriction Disclosures [Abstract] | ||
Aggregate shares repurchased and retired (in shares) | shares | 5,300,000 | 16,200,000 |
Aggregate purchase price of shares repurchased and retired | $ 61,000,000 | $ 173,100,000 |
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program | 500,000,000 | 500,000,000 |
Amount remaining to be repurchased under the plans | $ 402,000,000 | $ 402,000,000 |
SEGMENT REPORTING (Details)
SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($)segment | Dec. 31, 2018USD ($) | |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Number of operating segments | segment | 4 | |||
Net sales | $ 6,461,387 | $ 6,922,827 | $ 18,725,380 | $ 19,984,387 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 145,389 | (31,913) | 113,805 | 218,518 |
Intangible amortization | 15,598 | 20,308 | 48,903 | 57,059 |
Stock-based compensation | 19,215 | 21,027 | 53,332 | 61,061 |
Restructuring charges | 14,600 | 199,123 | ||
Interest and other, net | 36,207 | 54,087 | 135,650 | 136,889 |
Other charges (income), net | 14,395 | 71,879 | 17,005 | (8,515) |
High Reliability Solutions | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,244,715 | 1,206,352 | 3,611,389 | 3,629,749 |
Industrial & Emerging Industries | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,988,865 | 1,658,925 | 5,411,347 | 4,671,188 |
Communications & Enterprise Compute | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,881,411 | 2,260,228 | 5,468,857 | 6,355,311 |
Consumer Technologies Group | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,346,396 | 1,797,322 | 4,233,787 | 5,328,139 |
Operating Segments | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 6,461,387 | 6,922,827 | 18,725,380 | 19,984,387 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 256,038 | 256,378 | 691,040 | 667,616 |
Operating Segments | High Reliability Solutions | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,244,715 | 1,206,352 | 3,611,389 | 3,629,749 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 82,111 | 95,751 | 252,743 | 278,874 |
Operating Segments | Industrial & Emerging Industries | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,988,865 | 1,658,925 | 5,411,347 | 4,671,188 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 124,420 | 78,782 | 331,231 | 196,000 |
Operating Segments | Communications & Enterprise Compute | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,881,411 | 2,260,228 | 5,468,857 | 6,355,311 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 53,086 | 62,590 | 110,867 | 171,463 |
Operating Segments | Consumer Technologies Group | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Net sales | 1,346,396 | 1,797,322 | 4,233,787 | 5,328,139 |
Income (loss) before income taxes | 24,654 | 39,023 | 81,762 | 96,792 |
Operating Segments | Corporate and Other | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (28,233) | (19,768) | (85,563) | (75,513) |
Segment Reconciling Items | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Intangible amortization | 15,598 | 20,308 | 48,903 | 57,059 |
Stock-based compensation | 19,215 | 21,027 | 53,332 | 61,061 |
Customer related asset impairments | 3,754 | 50,153 | 95,210 | 67,517 |
Restructuring charges | 14,616 | 65,843 | 199,123 | 100,433 |
New revenue standard adoption impact | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9,291 |
Legal and other | 6,864 | 4,994 | 28,012 | 25,363 |
Interest and other, net | 36,207 | 54,087 | 135,650 | 136,889 |
Other charges (income), net | $ 14,395 | 71,879 | 17,005 | (8,515) |
Non-Cash Charges | ||||
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] | ||||
Restructuring charges | $ 65,800 | $ 56,400 | $ 100,400 |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Additi
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES | ||||
Restructuring charges | $ 14,600 | $ 199,123 | ||
Employee Severance | ||||
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES | ||||
Restructuring charges | $ 14,900 | 142,700 | ||
Non-Cash Charges | ||||
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES | ||||
Restructuring charges | $ 65,800 | $ 56,400 | $ 100,400 |
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Summar
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES - Summary of Restructuring Charges (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019USD ($) | |
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Balance as of March 31, 2019 | $ 32,434 | |
Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 | $ 14,600 | 199,123 |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | 27,448 | 27,448 |
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) | 27,448 | 27,448 |
Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) | 0 | 0 |
Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (130,952) | |
Non-Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (57,090) | |
Fiscal Year 2019 And Prior | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (16,067) | |
Severance | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Balance as of March 31, 2019 | 23,234 | |
Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 | 107,598 | |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | 20,738 | 20,738 |
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) | 20,738 | 20,738 |
Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) | 0 | 0 |
Severance | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (96,827) | |
Severance | Non-Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | 0 | |
Severance | Fiscal Year 2019 And Prior | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (13,267) | |
Long-Lived Asset Impairment | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Balance as of March 31, 2019 | 0 | |
Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 | 44,746 | |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | 0 | 0 |
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) | 0 | 0 |
Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) | 0 | 0 |
Long-Lived Asset Impairment | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | 0 | |
Long-Lived Asset Impairment | Non-Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (44,746) | |
Long-Lived Asset Impairment | Fiscal Year 2019 And Prior | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | 0 | |
Other Exit Costs | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Balance as of March 31, 2019 | 9,200 | |
Provision for charges incurred during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2019 | 46,779 | |
Balance as of December 31, 2019 | 6,710 | 6,710 |
Less: Current portion (classified as other current liabilities) | 6,710 | 6,710 |
Accrued restructuring costs, net of current portion (classified as other liabilities) | $ 0 | 0 |
Other Exit Costs | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (34,125) | |
Other Exit Costs | Non-Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | (12,344) | |
Other Exit Costs | Fiscal Year 2019 And Prior | Cash Charges | ||
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward] | ||
Payments for charges incurred | $ (2,800) |