Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in interest rates. All our available credit and accounts receivable sales programs bear interest at rates tied to LIBOR or alternative discount rates. Under the terms of the New Facility, a change in either the lender’s base rate or LIBOR would affect the rate at which we could borrow funds thereunder. A one-percentage-point increase in LIBOR or base rate would have increased our interest expense on our variable rate debt under the New Facility by approximately $0.6 million for the three months ended March 26, 2022.
Under the terms of our customer sponsored programs to sell accounts receivable, a change in either LIBOR or the discount rates would affect the amount of factoring costs we incur, and the amount of cash we receive upon the sales of accounts receivable under these programs. A one-percentage-point increase in LIBOR or the discount rates on the accounts receivable sales programs would have increased our factoring costs for the three months ended March 26, 2022 by approximately $2.1 million.
Historically we have not used, and currently do not intend to use, derivative financial instruments for trading or to speculate on changes in interest rates or commodity prices. We are not exposed to any significant market risks, foreign currency exchange risks, or interest rate risks from the use of derivative instruments. We did not hold any derivative instruments at March 26, 2022.
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