Commitments and Contingencies:

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

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Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

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).

We had a contractual obligation in connection with our 2017 acquisition of HIS, which as of December 31, 2019 we determined did not meet the necessary performance targets that would require payout of any of the HIS earn-out liability. As of the date of this filing, Pfizer has disputed our determination that the performance targets requiring payout of the HIS earn-out liability were not met. The dispute is being resolved by binding arbitration that will likely be concluded during the third quarter of 2021. Given the uncertainty of any arbitration, it may be possible that we will incur a loss with regards to this matter. If we are unsuccessful in arbitration such that it is determined that we met the necessary performance targets for any of the HIS earn-

out liability, we will have to pay between $191.3 million and $225.0 million in additional cash consideration (see Note 8, Fair Value Measurements).

Commitments

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