Commitments And Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]

(14)Commitments and Contingencies

The Company utilizes certain office facilities and office equipment under non-cancelable operating lease agreements which generally have original terms of up to five years. Future minimum lease payments required under non-cancellable operating leases having an original term of more than one year as of December 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):



	Office
	Facilities
	and
	Equipment
Year ending December 31:
2018	$	2,439
2019		1,881
2020		357
2021		329
2022		228
2023 and thereafter		216
	$	5,450

Office facility expense was $2.0 million, $1.7 million, and $1.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, which was included in administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had one outstanding letter of credit of $0.1 million. The letter of credit guarantees the Company’s obligations under certain operating lease agreements.

In addition to the rental equipment payable of $92.4 million, the Company had commitments to purchase approximately $17.6 million of containers and $88.7 million railcars as of December 31, 2017; all in the twelve months ended December 31, 2018.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company executes contracts involving indemnifications standard in the industry and indemnifications specific to a transaction such as an assignment and assumption agreement. These indemnifications might include claims related to tax matters, governmental regulations, and contractual relationships. Performance under these indemnities would generally be triggered by a breach of terms of a contract or by a third-party claim. The Company regularly evaluates the probability of having to incur costs associated with these indemnifications and as of December 31, 2017 there were no claims outstanding under such indemnifications and the Company believes that no claims are probable of occurring in the future.