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Accounts Receivable Discount Programs

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounts Receivable Discount Programs [Abstract]

Accounts Receivable Discount Programs

12. Accounts Receivable Discount Programs

The Company uses receivable discount programs with certain major customers and their respective banks. Under these programs, the Company may sell those customers’ receivables to those banks at a discount to be agreed upon at the time the receivables are sold. These programs allow the Company to accelerate collection of customers’ receivables.

The following is a summary of the Company’s accounts receivable discount programs from its continuing operations:

		Years Ended March 31,
		2015				2014
Receivables discounted		$	260,973,000			$	210,752,000
Weighted average days			336				337
Weighted average discount rate			2.0	%			2.2	%
Amount of discount as interest expense		$	4,917,000			$	4,336,000

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Describes the nature of the entity's non-recourse receivable discount programs with its customers and their respective banks.

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