Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

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10. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

The Company is obligated under various non-cancelable operating leases for office space. The initial terms of the leases expire on various dates through 2030.

During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, total rent expense for facilities amounted to $6.4 million, $5.6 million and $5.4 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, letters of credit have been issued in the amount of $0.5 million, as security for operating leases. The letters of credit are secured by certificates of deposit.

The future minimum rental payments for all long-term non-cancelable property leases are as follows:

Year Ending December 31:
	(in thousands)
2022	$	5,680
2023		3,808
2024		2,428
2025		1,840
2026		1,438
Thereafter		2,960
	$	18,154

Purchase Commitments

The Company has outstanding unconditional purchase commitments to procure licenses to use IT software from suppliers. These agreements are negotiated in consideration of the volume of transactions with select suppliers and the associated required transaction volumes are expected to be met through the normal course of business.

In June 2017, the Company signed an unconditional purchase commitment in the amount of $8.0 million payable based upon consumption from June 2017 to June 2020. No payments were made for the fiscal year ended 2018. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 the Company made payments in the amount of $5.5 million under this agreement. The remainder of the commitment was paid in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

In April 2019, the Company signed an unconditional purchase commitment related to the use of Microsoft Office 365 in the amount of $2.1 million payable in three equal installments during 2019, 2020, and 2021. In May 2020, the Company signed an unconditional purchased commitment in the amount of $22.0 million to purchase IT solutions over a three-year term. Under this agreement, payments are made upon consumption of the IT solutions and any remaining obligations due at the end of the three-year term in May 2023. Given the Company’s history of procuring similar products, it is expected that cash payments to the supplier will occur in 2021 and 2022 with any remaining amounts coming due in 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid $0.7 million under the 2019 agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company paid $0.7 million related to the 2019 agreement and $3.1 million under the 2020 agreement for a total of $3.8 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company paid the remaining $0.7 million related to the 2019 agreement and $12.1 million related to the 2020 agreement.

The Company is obligated to make the following future minimum payments under the non-cancelable terms of these contracts as of December 31, 2021:

Years ending December 31,
	(in thousands)
2022	$	6,813
2023		—
2024		—
2025		—
2026		—
Thereafter		—
	$	6,813

Legal Proceedings

In the normal course of its business, the Company may be involved in various claims, negotiations and legal actions. Except for such claims that arise in the normal course of business, as of  December 31, 2021, the Company was not a party to any other litigation for which a material claim is reasonably possible, probable or estimable.

Guarantees

In the normal course of business, we are seldomly required to enter into service agreements that require contingency agreements with customers in highly regulated sectors. These agreements are secured by certificates of deposits. As of December 31, 2021, letters of credit have been issued in the amount of $0.9 million, as security for the agreements. These agreements have not had a material effect on our results of operations, financial position or cash flow.