Commitments and Contingencies:

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

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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, Inc. 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 U.S. manufacturer defendants conspired together to restrict output and artificially fix, raise, maintain and/or stabilize 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 July 5, 2018, the District Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the operative complaint for failing to state a

valid antitrust claim, but allowed the plaintiffs to file a second amended complaint. On September 6, 2018, plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint adding new allegations in support of their conspiracy claims and adding ICU as a defendant. All defendants filed a motion to dismiss this second amended complaint and on April 3, 2020, the District Court granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss the second amended complaint. The District Court concluded that it would be futile to permit plaintiffs to amend their complaint again, and dismissed the case with prejudice. The plaintiffs did not file an appeal.

        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

        During November 2019, we acquired Pursuit. Total consideration for the acquisition includes a potential contractual earn-out of up to $50.0 million, to be paid to former Pursuit equity holders, calculated based upon the achievement of certain performance targets during the earn-out period (see Note 8: Fair Value Measurement).

Commitments

        We have non-cancellable operating lease agreements where we are contractually obligated to pay certain lease payment amounts (see Note 5: Leases).