Commitments and Contingencies

(a) Leases

The Company leases its administrative, research, and manufacturing facilities located in Irvine, California and an administrative office located in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. These facility lease agreements require the Company to pay operating costs, including property taxes, insurance, and maintenance. In addition, the Company has certain equipment under long-term agreements that are accounted for as operating leases.

Future minimum payments by year under non-cancelable leases with initial terms in excess of one year were as follows as of September 30, 2014:



Remainder of 2014	$	518
2015	2,117
2016	2,158
2017	2,191
2018	2,229
2019	2,296
2020 and thereafter	25,273
Total	$	36,782

Facilities rent expense for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, facilities rent expense were $2.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

On June 12, 2013, the Company entered into a lease agreement for two adjacent office, research and development, and manufacturing facilities in Irvine, California. The premises consist of approximately 129,000 combined square feet. The lease has a 15-year term beginning January 1, 2014 and provides for one optional five year extension. The initial base rent under the lease is $1.9 million per year, payable in monthly installments, and escalates by 3% per year for years 2015 through 2019, and 4% per year for years 2020 and beyond. The Company is entitled to rent abatement for the first nine months of the lease. These premises will replace the Company's existing Irvine facilities.

The terms of this lease agreement provide for $6.8 million of landlord-funded improvements (and certain other allowances) to this facility, in order to best suit the Company's requirements. In June 2013, the Company had Wells Fargo issue the landlord two letters of credit in the aggregate amount of $6.4 million under its Wells Credit Facility, representing financial collateral while these facility improvements are completed. The Company placed the same amount in a restricted cash account with Wells Fargo, in order to fully support these issued, but undrawn, letters of credit. In July 2013, this restricted cash account was fully released under the July 26, 2013 amendment to the Wells Fargo Credit Facility.

(b) Employment Agreements and Retention Plan

The Company has entered into employment agreements with its executive officers under which payment and benefits would become payable in the event of termination by the Company for any reason other than cause, death or disability or termination by the employee for good reason (collectively, an “Involuntary Termination”) prior to, upon or following a change in control of the Company. The severance payment will generally be in a range of six to eighteen months of the employee’s then current salary for an Involuntary Termination prior to a change in control of the Company, and will generally be in a range of eighteen to twenty-four months of the employee’s then current salary for an Involuntary Termination upon or following a change in control of the Company.

We are from time to time involved in various claims and legal proceedings of a nature we believe are normal and incidental to a medical device business. These matters may include product liability, intellectual property, employment, and other general claims. Such cases and claims may raise complex factual and legal issues and are subject to many uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the facts and circumstances of each particular case or claim, the jurisdiction in which each suit is brought, and differences in applicable law. We accrue for contingent liabilities when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The accruals are adjusted periodically as assessments change or as additional information becomes available.

LifePort Sciences LLC v. Endologix, Inc.

On December 28, 2012, LifePort Sciences, LLC ("LifePort") filed a complaint against us in the U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, alleging that certain of our products infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 5,489,295, 6,117,167, 6,302,906, 5,993,481 and 5,676,696, which are alleged to be owned by LifePort. LifePort is seeking an unspecified amount of monetary damages for sale of our products and injunctive relief. We do not believe that we infringe on any of these patents and we intend to vigorously defend against this matter. The case is currently scheduled for trial in April 2016. We do believe, however, that the outcome will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow. However, in order to avoid further legal costs and diversion of management resources, it is reasonably possible that we may reach a settlement with LifePort, which could result in a liability. However, we cannot presently estimate the amount, or range, of reasonably possible losses due to the nature of this potential litigation settlement.