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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies

18. Commitments and Contingencies

The aggregate minimum commitment obligation under operating leases beyond March 31, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Year

   Operating
Leases
 

2013

   $ 2,394   

2014

     952   

2015

     87   

2016

     7   

2017

     —     

Thereafter

     —     
  

 

 

 
   $ 3,440   
  

 

 

 

The Company leases certain equipment, automobiles, manufacturing and office space under operating leases, which are non-cancelable and expire on various dates through fiscal 2016. Rental expense for all operating leases was $2.3 million, $2.3 million and $1.9 million in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

In the normal course of business, the Company agrees to indemnify customers with respect to certain matters. The Company has agreed, under certain conditions, to hold these third parties harmless against specified losses, such as those arising from other third party claims that the Company’s products, when used for their intended purposes, infringe the intellectual property rights of such other third parties. To date, the Company has not recorded any material charges related to these types of obligations.