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Commitments and Contingencies</div><div><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Capital Lease Obligation</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">Commencing in the first quarter of 2013, the Company financed vehicles for some of its sales employees in North America. </font>As of June 30, 2013 the gross value of the leased vehicles was $397,000 and the accumulated depreciation was $37,000 and the minimum lease payments that the Company is committed to are as follows <font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-style: italic;">(in thousands):</font></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; width: 100%;"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Fiscal Year Ending December 31,</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Amount</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">2013(remainder)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">53</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">2014</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">106</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">2015</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">106</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">2016</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">105</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 16.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">2017</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #cceeff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">—</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #cceeff;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 88%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left; margin-left: 25.2pt; text-indent: -16.2pt;">Total</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 4px double; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: #000000 4px double; text-align: right; width: 9%; background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">370</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 4px; text-align: left; width: 1%; background-color: #ffffff;"> </td></tr></table><div><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; text-align: justify;">Litigation and Litigation Settlements</div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif;">The Company is named from time to time as a party to product liability and contractual lawsuits in the normal course of business. </font>The Company routinely assesses the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes related to legal matters and claims, as well as ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of the reserves required, if any, for these contingencies is made after analysis of each known issue, historical experience, whether it is more likely than not that the Company shall incur a loss, and whether the loss is estimable. As of June 30, 2013, the Company had accrued approximately $0.2 million related to pending product liability and contractual lawsuits.</div></div>falsefalsefalse | nonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for commitments and contingencies.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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