COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company leases facilities and certain equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through fiscal 2026. Facility leases require the Company to pay certain insurance expenses, maintenance costs and real estate taxes.

Approximate future basic rental commitments under operating leases as of March 30, 2019 are as follows:



Fiscal Year
(In thousands)
2020	$	4,041
2021	3,726
2022	3,281
2023	3,146
2024	2,142
Thereafter	1,336
	$	17,672

Rent expense in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $6.4 million, $6.4 million and $6.2 million, respectively. Some of the Company's operating leases include renewal provisions and escalation clauses that the Company leases.

The Company is a party to various legal proceedings and claims arising out of the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that except for those matters described below, there are no other proceedings or claims pending against it the ultimate resolution of which could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations. At each reporting period, management evaluates whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under ASC 450, Contingencies, for all matters. Legal costs are expensed as incurred.

Product Recalls

In March 2018, the Company issued a voluntary recall of specific lots of its Acrodose^TM Plus and PL Systems sold to its Blood Center customers in the U.S. The recall resulted from reports of low pH readings for platelets stored in the CLX HP bag and, in some instances, an accompanying yellow discoloration of the storage bag. For a period of nine weeks, the Company was unable to provide its customers with its Acrodose Plus and PL Systems. As a result of the recall, Blood Center customers may have discarded collected platelets and incurred other damages. During fiscal 2019 the Company entered into settlement agreements with certain customers responsible for substantially all of the total outstanding claims against it. As of March 30, 2019, the Company has recorded cumulative charges of $2.2 million associated with this recall which consists of $1.3 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $0.9 million of charges associated with customer claims. Substantially all of these claims have been paid as of March 30, 2019.

In August 2018, the Company issued a voluntary recall of certain whole blood collection kits sold to its Blood Center customers in the U.S. The recall resulted from some collection sets' filters failing to adequately remove leukocytes from collected blood. As a result of the recall, the Company's Blood Center customers may have conducted tests to confirm that the collected blood was adequately leukoreduced, sold the collected blood labeled as non-leukoreduced at a lower price or discarded the collected blood. As of March 30, 2019, the Company has recorded cumulative charges of $1.9 million associated with this recall which consists of $0.1 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $1.8 million of charges associated with customer claims. The Company may record incremental charges for customer claims in future periods associated with this recall.