Commitments And Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

K. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is involved in various stages of investigations and cleanup actions in different countries related to environmental matters. In certain of these matters, the Company has been designated as a “potentially responsible party” by domestic and foreign environmental agencies. The Company has an undiscounted accrual to provide for the estimated costs to investigate and complete cleanup actions where it is probable that the Company will incur such costs in the future. Expenditures related to environmental activities for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $1.2, $2.3 and $1.7, respectively.

While the timing and amount of the ultimate costs associated with future environmental cleanup cannot be determined, management expects that these matters will not have a significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position.

At December 31, 2014, PACCAR had standby letters of credit of $19.0, which guarantee various insurance and financing activities. At December 31, 2014, PACCAR’s financial services companies, in the normal course of business, had outstanding commitments to fund new loan and lease transactions amounting to $769.6. The commitments generally expire in 90 days. The Company had other commitments, primarily to purchase production inventory, equipment and energy amounting to $262.8, $76.1, $70.6, $5.2 and nil for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

In January 2011, the European Commission (EC) commenced an investigation of all major European commercial vehicle manufacturers, including subsidiaries of the Company, concerning whether such companies participated in agreements or concerted practices to coordinate their commercial policy in the European Union. On November 20, 2014, the EC issued a Statement of Objections to the manufacturers, including DAF Trucks N.V., its subsidiary DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH and PACCAR Inc as their parent. The Statement of Objections is a procedural step in which the EC expressed its preliminary view that the manufacturers had participated in anticompetitive practices in the European Union. The EC indicated that it will seek to impose significant fines on the manufacturers. DAF is studying the Statement of Objections and will prepare a response. The EC will review the manufacturers’ responses before issuing a decision. Any decision would be subject to appeal. The Company is unable to estimate the potential fine at this time and accordingly, no accrual for any potential fine has been made as of December 31, 2014.

PACCAR is a defendant in various legal proceedings and, in addition, there are various other contingent liabilities arising in the normal course of business. Except for the EC matter noted above, after consultation with legal counsel, management does not anticipate that disposition of these proceedings and contingent liabilities will have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.