Note 11 — Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases real estate, data processing and other equipment with lease terms expiring through fiscal year 2024. Certain leases provide for renewal options and additional rentals based on escalations in operating expenses and real estate taxes.

Rental expense, including short-term leases, maintenance charges and taxes on leased facilities, was approximately $144 million, $148 million and $152 million for fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Rental expense does not include rent expense associated with facilities exited as part of the Company's Fiscal 2014 Plan or previous restructuring plans and actions.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases, including facilities exited as part of the Company's Fiscal 2014 Plan and previous restructuring plans and actions, at March 31, 2014 were as follows:



Fiscal Year	(in millions)
2015	$	95
2016	82
2017	64
2018	54
2019	47
Thereafter	105
Total	$	447
Less income from sublease	(23		)
Net minimum operating lease payments	$	424

The Company has additional commitments to purchase goods and services of approximately $169 million in future periods, approximately $157 million of which expires by fiscal year 2019.

Litigation: The Company, various subsidiaries, and certain current and former officers have been or, from time to time, may be named as defendants in various lawsuits and claims arising in the normal course of business. The Company may also become involved with contract issues and disputes with customers, including government customers.

The Company, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have been and continue to be in discussions and document production related to the pricing of the Company’s government sales transactions under the Company’s GSA schedule contract, entered into in 2002 and extended through subsequent amendments. In the course of those discussions, the government has informed the Company that it is pursuing civil False Claims Act claims against the Company in connection with the Company’s GSA schedule contract. The Company cannot predict the amount of damages the government may seek or the amount of damages likely to result from this matter. Although the timing and ultimate outcome of this matter cannot be determined, the Company believes that the material aspects of the government’s liability theories are unfounded.

The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses in connection with its current lawsuits and material claims and disputes, and intends to vigorously contest each of them.

Based on the Company's experience, management believes that the damages amounts claimed in a case are not a meaningful indicator of the potential liability. Claims, suits, investigations and proceedings are inherently uncertain and it is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of cases.

In the opinion of the Company's management based upon information currently available to the Company, while the outcome of these lawsuits, claims and disputes is uncertain, the likely results of these lawsuits, claims and disputes are not expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows, although the effect could be material to the Company's results of operations or cash flows for any interim reporting period. For some of these matters, the Company is unable to estimate a range of reasonably possible loss due to the stage of the matter and/or other particular circumstances of the matter. For others, a range of reasonably possible loss can be estimated. For those matters for which such a range can be estimated, the Company estimates that, in the aggregate, the range of reasonably possible loss is from zero to $30 million. This is in addition to amounts, if any, that have been accrued for those matters.

The Company is obligated to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. As a part of that obligation, the Company may, from time to time, advance certain attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by officers and directors in various lawsuits and investigations, as permitted under Delaware law.