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Commitments and Contingencies:
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
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Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

Beginning in November 2016, purported class actions were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Pfizer subsidiaries, Hospira, Inc., Hospira Worldwide, Inc. and certain other defendants relating to the intravenous saline solutions part of the HIS business. Plaintiffs seek to represent classes consisting of all persons and entities in the U.S. who directly purchased intravenous saline solution sold by any of the defendants from January 1, 2013 until the time the defendants’ allegedly unlawful conduct ceases. Plaintiffs allege that the defendants’ conduct restricts output and artificially fixes, raises, maintains and/or stabilizes the prices of intravenous saline solution sold throughout the U.S. in violation of federal antitrust laws. Plaintiffs seek treble damages (for themselves and on behalf of the putative classes) and an injunction against defendants for alleged price overcharges for intravenous saline solution in the U.S. since January 1, 2013. On February 3, 2017, we completed the acquisition of the HIS business from Pfizer. This litigation is the subject of a claim for indemnification against us by Pfizer and a cross-claim for indemnification against Pfizer by us under the HIS Purchase Agreement.

In addition, in August 2015, the New York Attorney General issued a subpoena to Hospira, Inc. requesting that the company provide information regarding certain business practices in the intravenous solutions part of the HIS business. Separately, in April 2017, we received a grand jury subpoena issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in connection with an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division. The subpoena calls for production of documents related to the manufacturing, selling, pricing and shortages of intravenous solutions, including saline, as well as communications among market participants regarding these issues. The Department of Justice investigation is the subject of cross-claims for indemnification by both us and Pfizer under the HIS Purchase Agreement. We will coordinate with Pfizer to produce records to the New York Attorney General and the Department of Justice.

From time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings, most of which are routine litigation, in the normal course of business.  Our management does not believe that the resolution of the unsettled legal proceedings that we are involved with will have a material adverse impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
In the normal course of business, we have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted under Delaware law and to indemnify customers as to certain intellectual property matters or other matters related to sales of our products.  There is no maximum limit on the indemnification that may be required under these agreements.  Although we can provide no assurances, we have never incurred, nor do we expect to incur, any material liability for indemnification.

Contingencies

We have a contractual earn-out arrangement in connection with our acquisition of the HIS business, whereby Pfizer may be entitled up to an additional $225 million in cash upon achievement of performance targets for the company for the three years ending December 31, 2019, see (Note 3: Acquisitions and Strategic Transaction Expenses). The amount to be paid cannot be determined until the earn-out period has expired.
    
Commitments

As part of the HIS business acquisition, we assumed a number of non-cancellable operating office and industrial leases. Rental expense under operating lease agreements was $1.8 million and $3.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, as compared to $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.

We also entered into the Senior Note with Pfizer to partially fund the HIS business acquisition (see Note 14: Long-Term Obligations).

The following table summarizes our principal contractual commitments, excluding open orders for purchases that support normal operations, as of June 30, 2017 (in thousands):
 
Payments Due By Period
 
Total
 
Remainder of 2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2020
 
2021
 
Thereafter
Long-term debt obligations
$
75,000

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
75,000

 
$

 
$

Interest payments on long-term debt obligations
8,181

 
1,515

 
3,176

 
3,193

 
297

 

 

Operating lease obligations
34,258

 
4,300

 
8,284

 
5,591

 
3,316

 
3,216

 
9,551

Purchase obligations(1)
101,854

 
9,397

 
4,477

 
14,005

 
34,757

 
39,218

 

Total contractual obligations
$
219,293

 
$
15,212

 
$
15,937

 
$
22,789

 
$
113,370

 
$
42,434

 
$
9,551

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(1) Purchase obligations includes agreements to purchase goods that are enforceable and legally binding. These amounts are not accrued as of June 30, 2017. We are committed to make potential future milestone payments to third parties under distribution agreements. Payments under these agreements are contingent upon achievement of certain developmental, regulatory and/or commercial milestones and are not included in the table above.