2.4.0.82113100 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingenciestruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001065049duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true1us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Commitments and Contingencies</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">From time to time, the Company is involved in a variety of legal proceedings, including lawsuits, claims, investigations and other proceedings concerning intellectual property, commercial disputes, business practices and other matters. Due in part to the expansion and development of its business operations, the Company has become subject to an increased number of these proceedings, including disputes alleging intellectual property infringement. These matters may seek monetary damages and other relief.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company believes that any damage amounts alleged by plaintiffs in matters that may arise are not necessarily meaningful indicators of its potential liability. The Company determines whether it should accrue an estimated loss for a contingency in a particular legal proceeding by assessing whether a loss is deemed probable and whether the amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company reassesses its views on estimated losses on a quarterly basis to reflect the impact of any developments in the matters in which it is involved.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Legal proceedings are inherently unpredictable, and the matters in which the Company is involved often present complex legal and factual issues. The Company vigorously pursues defenses in legal proceedings and engages in discussions where possible to resolve these matters on favorable terms. The Company's policy is to recognize legal costs as incurred. It is possible, however, that the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations in future periods could be materially adversely affected by increased litigation expense, significant settlement costs and/or unfavorable damage awards.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Merger-Related Litigation</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On July 15, 2013, following the announcement of the Merger, a lawsuit was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery challenging the proposed Merger. The action is captioned Booth Family Trust v. Leap Wireless International, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 8730-VCN. It is a putative class action filed on behalf of purported stockholders of Leap, and names Leap and its directors as defendants. The complaint alleges that the directors of Leap breached their fiduciary duties to Leap stockholders by engaging in a flawed sales process, by agreeing to sell Leap for inadequate consideration and by agreeing to improper deal protection terms in the Merger Agreement. The complaint seeks, among other relief, declaratory and injunctive relief against the Merger and costs and fees.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On July 19, 2013, July 24, 2013 and July 26, 2013, following the announcement of the Merger, lawsuits were filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Diego challenging the proposed Merger. The action filed on July 19, 2013 is captioned John Kim v. Leap Wireless International, Inc. et al., Case No. 37-2013-00058491-CU-BT-CTL and the actions filed on July 24, 2013 are captioned Wesley Decker v. Leap Wireless International, Inc. et al, Case No. 37-2013-00059095-CU-SL-CTL and Roxane Andrews v. Leap Wireless International, Inc. et al, Case No. 37-2013-00059141-CU-BT-CTL. The action filed on July 26, 2013 is captioned Joseph Marino v. Leap Wireless International Inc. et al, Case No. 37-2013-00059565-CU-BT-CTL. Each lawsuit is a putative class action filed on behalf of purported stockholders of Leap and names Leap, its directors as well as AT&T and Merger Sub as defendants. The complaints allege that Leap and its directors breached their fiduciary duties to Leap stockholders, and that AT&T and Merger Sub aided and abetted such breaches, by agreeing to improper deal protection terms in the Merger Agreement. The Decker, Andrews and Marino complaints further allege that Leap and its directors breached their fiduciary duties, and that AT&T and Merger Sub aided and abetted such breaches, by engaging in a flawed sales process and by agreeing to sell Leap for inadequate consideration. The Kim complaint seeks, among other relief, declaratory and injunctive relief against the Merger, imposition of a constructive trust and costs and fees. The Decker, Andrews and Marino complaints seek, among other relief, declaratory and injunctive relief against the Merger and costs and fees.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The outcome of these lawsuits is uncertain. An adverse monetary judgment could have a material adverse effect on the operations and liquidity of Leap, a preliminary injunction could delay or jeopardize the completion of the Merger and an adverse judgment granting permanent injunctive relief could indefinitely enjoin completion of the Merger. Leap believes these lawsuits are meritless.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Indemnification Agreements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">From time to time, the Company enters into indemnification agreements with certain parties in the ordinary course of business, including agreements with manufacturers, licensors and suppliers who provide it with equipment, software and technology that it uses in its business, as well as with purchasers of assets, lenders, lessors and other vendors. Indemnification agreements are generally entered into in commercial and other transactions in an attempt to allocate potential risk of loss.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">iPhone Purchase Commitment</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:justify;text-indent:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In May 2012, the Company entered into a </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">three</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-year iPhone purchase commitment with Apple. The commitment began upon the Company's launch of sales of the iPhone in June 2012. Based on its current handset purchase and sales mix and current iPhone device pricing, the Company estimates that the commitment would require it to purchase approximately </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$800 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of iPhones, with annual commitments during the three-year period that increase moderately in the second and third years. The Company projects that the minimum number of iPhones that it is required to purchase from Apple over the term of the commitment would represent </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">10%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> or less of the total number of handsets it expects to sell to new and upgrading customers over the period of the commitment and for approximately one year thereafter. The actual amount the Company spends and the number of devices it purchases over the term of the commitment will depend on many factors, including customer acceptance and availability of current and future versions of the device, future costs for the device, the success of the Company's marketing and advertising efforts, customer demand for devices offered by other manufacturers and other factors.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company purchased approximately one-half of its first-year minimum purchase commitment through June 2013, which purchases were approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$100 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> below its first-year minimum purchase commitment. At its current purchase rate, the Company's iPhone purchases for the second year would be approximately </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$150 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> below its second-year minimum purchase commitment and its purchases for the third year would be approximately </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$200 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> below its third-year minimum purchase commitment. The actual amount of the Company's purchases will depend on the factors described above. However, the Company believes that it will be able to increase its current iPhone sales rate and purchase and sell the total required number of devices over the three-year period of the commitment and for a subsequent one-year inventory sell-through period. Due to the Company's efforts to expand sales volume for the iPhone, the Company has not been required to purchase additional handsets to meet its first-year minimum purchase commitment. In addition to the Company's introduction and expansion of device financing programs, the Company is working with Apple to increase the Company's advertising and promotional programs to increase awareness of the Company's iPhone offering. In addition, if Apple introduces an AWS-compatible version of the iPhone in the future, the Company will be able to sell the device in additional markets covering approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">40%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of its covered POPs. The Company may also seek to amend the requirements under, or extend the term of, the purchase commitment, although the Company's current capital and liquidity projections do not assume that such a modification will occur.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Wholesale Agreement</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In August 2010, the Company entered into a wholesale agreement with an affiliate of Sprint, which the Company uses to offer Cricket services in nationwide retailers outside of its current network footprint. The initial term of the wholesale agreement runs until </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, and automatically renews for successive </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">one</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-year periods unless either party provides </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">180</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-day advance notice to the other. Under the agreement, the Company pays Sprint a specified amount per month for each subscriber activated on its network, subject to periodic market-based adjustments. The Company has agreed, among other things, to purchase a minimum of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$300 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of wholesale services over the initial </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">five</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">-year term of the agreement with the following annual minimum purchase commitments: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$20 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2011</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$75 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2012</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$80 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$75 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">; and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$50 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Company entered into an amendment to the wholesale agreement in February 2013 to enable the Company to purchase 4G LTE services. In addition, under the amendment, the Company can credit up to </font><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$162 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of revenue it provides Sprint under other existing commercial arrangements against the minimum purchase commitment. Any wholesale revenue provided to Sprint in a given year above the minimum purchase commitment for that particular year is credited to the next succeeding year. However, to the extent the Company's revenues were to fall beneath the applicable commitment amount for any given year, excess revenues from a subsequent year could not be carried back to offset such shortfall.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In addition, in the event Leap is involved in a change-of-control transaction with another facilities-based wireless carrier with annual revenues of at least </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$500 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in the fiscal year preceding the date of the change of control agreement (other than MetroPCS Communications, Inc. ("MetroPCS")), either the Company (or the Company's successor in interest) or Sprint may terminate the wholesale agreement within </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">60</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> days following the closing of such a transaction. In connection with any such termination, the Company (or its successor in interest) would be required to pay to Sprint a specified percentage of the remaining aggregate minimum purchase commitment, with the percentage to be paid depending on the year in which the change of control agreement was entered into, being </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">20%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for any such agreement entered into in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">10%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> for any such agreement entered into in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">2014 or 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. This termination right would be triggered by the Merger, if consummated.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:14px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In the event that Leap is involved in a change-of-control transaction with MetroPCS during the term of the wholesale agreement, then the agreement would continue in full force and effect, subject to certain revisions, including, without limitation, an increase to the total minimum purchase commitment to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">$350 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, taking into account any revenue contributed by Cricket prior to the date thereof. 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