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Commitments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Commitments
13. Commitments

The Company leases its facilities, certain equipment, and automobiles under non-cancelable operating lease agreements. Those lease agreements existing as of March 31, 2012 expire at various dates during the next five years.

The Company recognized rent expense of $0.6 million and $0.6 million in its condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 respectively.

Purchases for inventories are highly dependent upon forecasts of customer demand. Due to the uncertainty in demand from its customers, the Company may have to change, reschedule, or cancel purchases or purchase orders from its suppliers. These changes may lead to vendor cancellation charges on these purchases or contractual commitments. The following table summarizes the Company’s principal contractual obligations as of March 31, 2012:

 

(In thousands)    Operating
Lease
     Purchase
Commitments
     Other
Contractual
Obligations
     Total  

2012 (remaining nine months)

   $ 2,143       $ 10,370       $ 573       $ 13,086   

2013

     1,734         285         54         2,073   

2014

     697         —           4         701   

2015

     147         —           —           147   

2016 and thereafter

     138         —           —           138   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,859       $ 10,655       $ 631       $ 16,145   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company provides warranties on certain product sales, which range from 12 to 24 months, and allowances for estimated warranty costs are recorded during the period of sale. The determination of such allowances requires the Company to make estimates of product return rates and expected costs to repair or to replace the products under warranty. The Company currently establishes warranty reserves based on historical warranty costs for each product line combined with liability estimates based on the prior 12 months’ sales activities. If actual return rates and/or repair and replacement costs differ significantly from the Company’s estimates, adjustments to recognize additional cost of sales may be required in future periods. Historically the warranty accrual and the expense amounts have been immaterial.