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1 AK Steel Holding Corporation

NOTE 16 – Commitments

In August 2009, the Board approved an agreement with Haverhill North Coke Company, an affiliate of SunCoke, to provide the Company with 550,000 tons of coke annually from SunCoke’s Haverhill facility located in southern Ohio.  The agreement has a 12-year term with two five-year renewal options.  Under the agreement, the Company also will purchase a portion of the electricity co-generated from the heat recovery coke battery.

2 CSX CORP

Insurance

The Company maintains numerous insurance programs with substantial limits for third-party casualty liability and Company property damage and business interruption.  A certain amount of risk is retained by the Company on each of the casualty and property programs.  For the first event in any given year, the Company has a $25 million deductible for each of the casualty and non-catastrophic property programs and a $50 million deductible for the catastrophic property program.


15

CSX CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 5.                      Commitments and Contingencies, continued

Guarantees

CSX and certain of its subsidiaries are contingently liable, individually and jointly with others, as guarantors of approximately $42 million in obligations principally relating to leased equipment, vessels and joint facilities used by the Company in its current and former business operations.  Utilizing the Company’s guarantee for these obligations allows the obligor to take advantage of lower interest rates and obtain other favorable terms.  Guarantees are contingent commitments issued by the Company that could require CSX or one of its affiliates to make payment to, or to perform certain actions for, the beneficiary of the guarantee based on another entity’s failure to perform.  These guarantees do not include CSX’s guarantee of applicable CSXT secured notes because these notes are included on CSX’s consolidated balance sheet.
 
As of third quarter 2009, the Company’s guarantees primarily related to the following:

·  
Guarantee of approximately $38 million of obligations of a former subsidiary, CSX Energy, in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction.  CSX is, in turn, indemnified by several subsequent owners of the entity against payments made with respect to this guarantee.   Management does not expect that CSX will be required to make any payments under this guarantee for which CSX will not be reimbursed.  CSX’s obligation under this guarantee will be completed in 2012.

·  
Guarantee of approximately $4 million of lease commitments assumed by A.P. Moller-Maersk (“Maersk”) for which CSX is contingently liable.  CSX believes Maersk will fulfill its contractual commitments with respect to such lease commitments, and CSX will have no further liabilities for those obligations.  CSX’s obligation under this guarantee will be completed in 2011.

As of third quarter 2009, the Company has not recognized any liabilities in its financial statements in connection with any guarantee arrangements described above.  The maximum amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these guarantees is the sum of the guaranteed amounts noted above.

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CSX CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)


NOTE 5.                      Commitments and Contingencies, continued
 
Legal Proceedings
 
There were no material developments during the quarter concerning the fuel surcharge anti-trust litigation or the Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. rate case.  For further details, see Note 6, Commitments and Contingencies, in CSX’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition to these matters, the Company is involved in litigation incidental to its business and is a party to a number of legal actions and claims, various governmental proceedings and private civil lawsuits, including, but not limited to, those related to environmental matters, FELA claims by employees, other personal injury and property damage claims and disputes and complaints involving certain transportation rates and charges.  Some of the legal proceedings include claims for compensatory as well as punitive damages and others are, or purport to be, class actions.  While the final outcome of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, considering, among other things, the legal defenses available and liabilities that have been recorded along with applicable insurance, it is currently the opinion of CSX management that none of these items will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  An unexpected adverse resolution of one or more of these matters, however, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity in a particular quarter or fiscal year.
 
3 DAVITA INC
9. Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions and other commitments

The Company has potential obligations to purchase the noncontrolling interests held by third parties in several of its joint ventures and non-wholly-owned subsidiaries. These obligations are in the form of put provisions and are exercisable at the third-party owners’ discretion within specified periods as outlined in each specific put provision. If these put provisions were exercised, the Company would be required to purchase the third-party owners’ noncontrolling interests at either the appraised fair market value or at a predetermined multiple of earnings or cash flow attributable to the noncontrolling interest put to the Company, which is intended to approximate fair value. The methodology the Company used to estimate the fair value of the noncontrolling interests subject to these put provisions assumes either the higher of a liquidation value of net assets or an average multiple of earnings, historical earnings, patient mix and other performance indicators, as well as other factors. The estimated fair values of the noncontrolling interests subject to these put provisions can also fluctuate and the implicit multiple of earnings at which these noncontrolling interest obligations may ultimately be settled could vary significantly from our current estimates depending upon market conditions including potential purchasers’ access to the credit and capital markets, which can impact the level of competition for dialysis and non-dialysis related businesses, the economic performance of these businesses and the restricted marketability of the third-party owners’ noncontrolling interests. The amount of noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions using a predetermined multiple of earnings and therefore not at fair value are immaterial.

Additionally, the Company has certain other potential commitments to provide operating capital to several dialysis centers that are wholly-owned by third parties or centers in which the Company owns an equity investment as well as to physician-owned vascular access clinics that the Company operates under management and administrative service agreements of approximately $12,200.

Certain consolidated joint ventures are contractually scheduled to dissolve after terms ranging from ten to fifty years. Accordingly, the noncontrolling interests in these joint ventures are considered mandatorily redeemable instruments for which the classification and measurement requirements have been indefinitely deferred. Future distributions upon dissolution of these entities would be valued below the related noncontrolling interest carrying balances in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

4 EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
10.  

Purchasing Obligations and Lease Commitments

At September 30, 2009, the Company had various purchase obligations totaling approximately $1.3 billion over a period of approximately 15 years for materials, supplies, and energy incident to the ordinary conduct of business.  The Company also had various lease commitments for property and equipment under cancelable, noncancelable, and month-to-month operating leases totaling $103 million over a period of several years.  Of the total lease commitments, approximately 17 percent relate to machinery and equipment, including computer and communications equipment and production equipment; approximately 41 percent relate to real property, including office space, storage facilities and land; and approximately 42 percent relate to vehicles, primarily railcars.

Accounts Receivable Securitization Program

In 1999, the Company entered into an agreement that allows the Company to sell certain trade receivables on a non-recourse basis to a consolidated special purpose entity which in turn may sell interests in those receivables to a third party purchaser which generally funds its purchases via the issuance of commercial paper backed by the receivables interests.  The annually renewable agreement permits the sale of undivided interests in domestic trade accounts receivable.  The assets of the special purpose entity are not available to satisfy the Company's general obligations.  Receivables sold to the third party totaled $200 million at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.  Undivided interests in designated receivable pools were sold to the purchaser with recourse limited to the purchased interest in the receivable pools.  Average monthly proceeds from collections reinvested in the continuous sale program were approximately $245 million and $370 million in third quarter 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $225 million and $345 million in first nine months 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The securitization program was fully drawn at September 30, 2009 and renewed in July 2009.
 
Guarantees

The Company has operating leases with terms that require the Company to guarantee a portion of the residual value of the leased assets upon termination of the lease.  These residual value guarantees at September 30, 2009 totaled $159 million and consisted of leases for railcars and aircraft.  Leases with guarantee amounts totaling $11 million, $138 million, and $10 million will expire in 2011, 2012, and 2014 and beyond, respectively.  The Company believes, based on current facts and circumstances, that the likelihood of a material payment pursuant to such guarantees is remote.

Variable Interest Entities

The Company has evaluated its material contractual relationships and has concluded that the entities involved in these relationships are not Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") or, in the case of Primester, a joint venture that manufactures cellulose acetate at the Company's Kingsport, Tennessee plant, the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE.  As such, in accordance with consolidations rules included in GAAP, the Company is not required to consolidate these entities.  In addition, the Company has evaluated long-term purchase obligations with an entity that may be a VIE at September 30, 2009.  This potential VIE is a joint venture from which the Company has purchased raw materials and utilities for several years.  The Company purchased approximately $50 million of raw materials and utilities during 2008 and expects to purchase approximately $35 million during 2009.  The Company has no equity interest in this entity and has confirmed that one party to this joint venture does consolidate the potential VIE.  However, due to competitive and other reasons, the Company has not been able to obtain the necessary financial information to determine whether the entity is a VIE, and whether or not the Company is the primary beneficiary.
5 FedEx Corporation
(8) Commitments

As of August 31, 2009, our purchase commitments under various contracts for the remainder of 2010 and annually thereafter were as follows (in millions):
 
 
         
Aircraft-
             
   
Aircraft (1)
 
Related (2)
 
Other (3)
   
Total
 
                         
2010 (remainder)
  $ 300     $ 197     $ 690     $ 1,187  
2011
    765       26       145       936  
2012
    527       -       118       645  
2013
    425       -       63       488  
2014
    466       -       12       478  
Thereafter
    1,924       -       125       2,049  
   
(1) Our obligation to purchase 15 of these aircraft (Boeing 777 Freighters, or B777Fs) is conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the Railway Labor Act of 1926, as amended.
 
 
(2) Primarily aircraft modifications.
                         
 
(3) Primarily vehicles, facilities, advertising and promotions contracts, and for the remainder of 2010, a total of $353 million of required quarterly contributions to our U.S. domestic pension plans.
 

The amounts reflected in the table above for purchase commitments represent noncancelable agreements to purchase goods or services. Commitments to purchase aircraft in passenger configuration do not include the attendant costs to modify these aircraft for cargo transport unless we have entered into noncancelable commitments to modify such aircraft.  Open purchase orders that are cancelable are not considered unconditional purchase obligations for financial reporting purposes and are not included in the table above.

We had $762 million in deposits and progress payments as of August 31, 2009 (an increase of $218 million from May 31, 2009) on aircraft purchases and other planned aircraft-related transactions. These deposits are classified in the “Other assets” caption of our condensed consolidated balance sheets.   Our primary aircraft purchase commitments include the Boeing 757 (“B757”) in passenger configuration, which will require additional costs to modify for cargo transport, and the new B777F aircraft.  In addition, we have committed to modify our DC10 aircraft for two-man cockpit configurations.  Future payments related to these activities are included in the table above.  Aircraft and aircraft-related contracts are subject to price escalations.  The following table is a summary of the number and type of aircraft we are committed to purchase as of August 31, 2009, with the year of expected delivery:
 

      B757       B777F(1)    
Total
 
                       
2010 (remainder)
    6       4       10  
2011
    16       4       20  
2012
    8       3       11  
2013
    -       3       3  
2014
    -       3       3  
Thereafter
    -       13       13  
Total
    30       30       60  
                         
(1) Our obligation to purchase 15 of these aircraft is conditioned upon there being no event that causes FedEx Express or its employees not to be covered by the Railway Labor Act of 1926, as amended.
 

A summary of future minimum lease payments under capital leases and noncancelable operating leases with an initial or remaining term in excess of one year at August 31, 2009 is as follows (in millions):

 
           Operating Leases  
   
Capital
   
Aircraft and Related
   
Facilities and
   
Total Operating
 
   
Leases
   
Equipment
   
Other
   
Leases
 
                         
2010 (remainder)
  $ 153     $ 402     $ 964     $ 1,366  
2011
    20       525       1,160       1,685  
2012
    8       504       989       1,493  
2013
    119       499       852       1,351  
2014
    2       473       723       1,196  
Thereafter
    15       2,459       5,056       7,515  
Total
    317     $ 4,862     $ 9,744     $ 14,606  
 
Less amount representing interest
    31                          
Present value of net minimum lease payments
  $ 286                          

 
While certain of our lease agreements contain covenants governing the use of the leased assets or require us to maintain certain levels of insurance, none of our lease agreements include material financial covenants or limitations.
6 International Business Machines Corporation

 

15. Commitments:  The company’s extended lines of credit to third-party entities include unused amounts of $4,322 million and $4,403 million at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. A portion of these amounts was available to the company’s business partners to support their working capital needs. In addition, the company has committed to provide future financing to its clients in connection with client purchase agreements for approximately $2,758 million and $3,342 million at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

 

The company has applied the guidance requiring a guarantor to disclose certain types of guarantees, even if the likelihood of requiring the guarantor’s performance is remote. The following is a description of arrangements in which the company is the guarantor.

 

The company is a party to a variety of agreements pursuant to which it may be obligated to indemnify the other party with respect to certain matters. Typically, these obligations arise in the context of contracts entered into by the company, under which the company customarily agrees to hold the party harmless against losses arising from a breach of representations and covenants related to such matters as title to the assets sold, certain intellectual property (IP) rights, specified environmental matters, third-party performance of non-financial contractual obligations and certain income taxes. In each of these circumstances, payment by the company is conditioned on the other party making a claim pursuant to the procedures specified in the particular contract, which procedures typically allow the company to challenge the other party’s claims. While typically indemnification provisions do not include a contractual maximum on the company’s payment, the company’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or nature of claim, and in some instances, the company may have recourse against third parties for certain payments made by the company.

 

It is not possible to predict the maximum potential amount of future payments under these or similar agreements, due to the conditional nature of the company’s obligations and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement. Historically, payments made by the company under these agreements have not had a material effect on the company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

In addition, the company guarantees certain loans and financial commitments. The maximum potential future payment under these financial guarantees was $86 million and $50 million at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. The fair value of the guarantees recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position is not material.

 

Standard Warranty Liability

 

Changes in the company’s warranty liability balance are presented in the following table:

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2009

 

2008

 

Balance at January 1

 

$

358

 

$

412

 

Current period accruals

 

245

 

294

 

Accrual adjustments to reflect actual experience

 

(0

)

37

 

Charges incurred

 

(309

)

(373

)

Balance at September 30

 

$

293

 

$

370

 

 

Extended Warranty Liability

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2009

 

2008

 

Aggregate deferred revenue at January 1

 

$

589

 

$

409

 

Revenue deferred for new extended warranty contracts

 

204

 

230

 

Amortization of deferred revenue

 

(181

)

(87

)

Other (a)

 

20

 

(15

)

Aggregate deferred revenue at September 30

 

$

633

 

$

536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

$

298

 

$

249

 

Non current

 

334

 

287

 

Aggregate deferred revenue at September 30

 

$

633

 

$

536

 

 


(a) Other primarily consists of foreign currency translation adjustments.

7 MASTERCARD INC

Note 15. Commitments

At September 30, 2009, the Company had the following future minimum payments due under non-cancelable agreements:

 

     Total    Capital
Leases
   Operating
Leases
   Sponsorship,
Licensing &
Other

Remainder of 2009

   $ 138,697    $ 2,449    $ 7,963    $ 128,285

2010

     203,921      4,945      24,908      174,068

2011

     135,257      4,166      16,585      114,506

2012

     100,235      3,096      14,524      82,615

2013

     55,944      36,838      9,746      9,360

Thereafter

     34,596      —        31,151      3,445
                           

Total

   $ 668,650    $ 51,494    $ 104,877    $ 512,279
                           

Included in the table above are capital leases with imputed interest expense of $7,933 and a net present value of minimum lease payments of $43,560. In addition, at September 30, 2009, $50,662 of the future minimum payments in the table above for operating leases, sponsorship, licensing and other agreements was accrued. Consolidated rental expense for the Company’s office space, which is recognized on a straight line basis over the life of the lease, was $11,079 and $32,610 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Consolidated rental expense for the Company’s office space was $11,533 and $31,868 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. Consolidated lease expense for automobiles, computer equipment and office equipment was $2,602 and $6,770 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Consolidated lease expense for automobiles, computer equipment and office equipment was $1,499 and $5,832 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively.

8 NEWS CORP

Note 12—Commitments and Guarantees

Commitments

During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company renewed its rights to broadcast Italy’s National League Football matches through fiscal 2012. The Company expects to pay approximately $1.7 billion over the term of the agreement.

Other than as previously disclosed in these notes to the Company’s unaudited consolidated financial statements, the Company’s commitments have not changed significantly from disclosures included in the 2009 Form 10-K.

Guarantees

The Company’s guarantees have not changed significantly from disclosures included in the 2009 Form 10-K.

9 ROWAN COMPANIES INC
The following table presents the status of all of the Company’s rigs under construction as of September 30, 2009, and reflects the Company’s decision in October 2009 to resume construction of the EXL #4 (see Note 13).  Amounts include capitalized interest (in millions):


   
Total estimated project costs
   
Total costs incurred through September 30, 2009
   
Projected costs for the remainder of 2009 and 2010
   
Projected costs in 2011 and 2112
 
                         
Ralph Coffman (240C)
  $ 245     $ 212     $ 33     $ -  
Joe Douglas (240C)
    257       69       116       72  
EXL #1
    190       140       50       -  
EXL #2
    191       117       74       -  
EXL #3
    192       85       107       -  
EXL #4
    192       30       56       106  
Total rigs under construction
  $ 1,267     $ 653     $ 436     $ 178  

Rowan periodically employs letters of credit or other bank-issued guarantees in the normal course of its businesses, and had unused letters of credit of approximately $42.4 million at September 30, 2009.