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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
A summary of annual minimum contractual obligations and commitments as of March 31, 2019 is as follows:
Fiscal Year Ending March 31,
 
Software
Development
and Licensing
 
Marketing
 
Operating
Leases
 
Purchase
Obligations
 
Total
2020
 
$
183,309

 
$
52,953

 
$
28,365

 
$
23,707

 
$
288,334

2021
 
120,008

 
28,830

 
27,882

 
9,559

 
186,279

2022
 
114,734

 
28,661

 
26,272

 
5,063

 
174,730

2023
 
56,884

 
78,100

 
23,787

 
623

 
159,394

2024
 
51,792

 
24,600

 
16,474

 
484

 
93,350

Thereafter
 
55,792

 
49,200

 
82,570

 

 
187,562

Total
 
$
582,519

 
$
262,344

 
$
205,350

 
$
39,436

 
$
1,089,649


Software Development and Licensing Agreements:    We make payments to third-party software developers that include contractual payments to developers under several software development agreements that expire at various times through March 2025. Our aggregate outstanding software development commitments assume satisfactory performance by third-party software developers. We also have licensing commitments that primarily consist of obligations to holders of intellectual property rights for use of their trademarks, copyrights, technology or other intellectual property rights in the development of our products.
Marketing Agreements:    We have certain minimum marketing support commitments where we commit to spend specified amounts related to marketing our products. Marketing commitments expire at various times through September 2024 and primarily reflect our agreements with major sports leagues and players' associations.
Operating Leases:    Our offices are occupied under non-cancelable operating leases expiring at various times through December 2032. We also lease certain furniture, equipment and automobiles under non-cancelable leases expiring through June 2023. Some of the leases have fixed rent increases and also include inducements to enter into the lease. The effect of such amounts are deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the related lease term. Rent expense amounted to $29,204, $25,301 and $19,545 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Purchase obligations:    These obligations are primarily related to agreements to purchase services that are enforceable and legally binding on us that specifies all significant terms, including fixed, minimum or variable pricing provisions; and the approximate timing of the transactions, expiring at various times through March 2024.
Employee Savings Plans:    For our United States employees we maintain a 401(k) retirement savings plan and trust. Our 401(k) plan is offered to all eligible employees and participants may make voluntary contributions. We also have various pension plans for our non-U.S. employees, some of which are required by local laws, and allow or require Company contributions. Employer contributions under all defined contribution and pension plans during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $10,881, $9,592 and $8,018, respectively.
Legal and Other Proceedings:    We are, or may become, subject to demands and claims (including intellectual property claims) and are involved in routine litigation in the ordinary course of business which we do not believe to be material to our business or financial condition or results of operations. We have appropriately accrued amounts related to certain of these claims and legal and other proceedings. While it is reasonably possible that a loss may be incurred in excess of the amounts accrued in our financial statements, we believe that such losses, unless otherwise disclosed, would not be material.
On February 7, 2019, all of the previously disclosed lawsuits, claims, and counterclaims that had been pending since April 2016 with Mr. Leslie Benzies, the former president of one of our subsidiaries, were resolved. See Note 20 - Business Reorganization.