Commitments and Contingencies:

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 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

In August 2021, we entered into an agreement with one of our international distributors whereby that distributor would not compete with us in a specific territory for a three-year period that will end in September 2024. The terms of the agreement include a contingent earn-out payment. The contingent earn-out shall not exceed $6.0 million, which will be earned based on certain revenue targets over a twelve-month measurement period determined by the highest four consecutive quarters commencing over a two-year period starting on the closing date of the agreement and provided that the distributor is in compliance with its obligations under the agreement. As of September 30, 2021, the fair value of the contingent earn-out is estimated at $3.1 million.

    During November 2019, we acquired Pursuit. Total consideration for the acquisition included 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. As of June 30, 2021, the earn-out measurement period had ended and based on the actual sales and gross profit achieved during the measurement period we calculated the actual earn-out to be $26.3 million. In October 2021, the $26.3 million earn-out was finalized and paid to the former Pursuit equity holders (see Note 8: Fair Value Measurement).

In 2017, we recognized an earn-out liability upon the acquisition of HIS from Pfizer. Pfizer was entitled to receive between $191.3 million and $225.0 million in additional cash consideration based on the achievement of certain performance targets for the combined company for the three years ending December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019 we determined we did not meet the necessary performance targets that would require payout of any of the HIS earn-out liability. Pfizer disputed our determination that the performance targets requiring payout of the HIS earn-out liability were not met, therefore the dispute entered into binding arbitration. In August 2021, the arbitrator concluded that the necessary performance targets that would require payout of the HIS earn-out were not met, and as a result Pfizer is not entitled to any payments in connection with the HIS earn-out liability.

Commitments

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