Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

3.    Commitments, Contingencies and Uncertainties

The Company leases certain service facilities and equipment. Rent expense was $18.1 million, $17.9 million, and $17.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

At December 31, 2016, the Company was committed under non-cancellable operating lease agreements requiring minimum annual rentals payable as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
2017	$	15,859
2018		14,322
2019		11,941
2020		8,848
2021		7,002
Thereafter		29,968
Total	$	87,940

Management expects that in the normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced as they expire.

Capital expenditures committed were $107.6 million at December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had $5.9 million and $12.1 million, respectively, of capital expenditures in accounts payable.

Other.

The Company pays its pro rata share of the cost in connection with letters of credit outstanding for certain workers’ compensation claims incurred prior to March 1, 2000 that Saia’s former parent maintains for insurance programs.  The Company’s pro rata share of these outstanding letters of credit was $1.8 million at December 31, 2016 and 2015.

The Company is subject to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that adequate provisions for resolution of all contingencies, claims and pending litigation have been made for probable and estimable losses and that the ultimate outcome of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition but could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations in a given quarter or annual period.