GUARANTEES AND CONTINGENCIES

We have entered into the following contractual obligations with minimum payments for the indicated fiscal periods as follows:



	Payments due between
	Total		Period ending June 30, 2014		July 1, 2014— June 30, 2016		July 1, 2016— June 30, 2018		July 1, 2018 and beyond
Long-term debt obligations	$	604,886	$	65,092	$	124,367	$	415,427	$	—
Operating lease obligations*	157,876		35,894		56,032		33,496		32,454
Purchase obligations	7,778		4,605		2,864		309		—
	$	770,540	$	105,591	$	183,263	$	449,232	$	32,454

*Net of $2.0 million of sublease income to be received from properties which we have subleased to third parties.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

We have entered into agreements with customers which may include provisions for indemnifying our customers for legal claims that our software products infringe certain third party intellectual property rights and for liabilities related to breaches of our confidentiality obligations. We have not made any material payments in relation to such indemnification provisions and have not accrued any liabilities related to these indemnification provisions in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Litigation

J2 Litigation

j2 Global, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Advanced Messaging Technologies, Inc. (collectively “j2”) had filed several patent infringement lawsuits alleging that OpenText and its subsidiaries and predecessors-in-interest, Captaris, Inc. (Captaris) and EasyLink Services International Corporation and Xpedite Services LLC (collectively “EasyLink”), were infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,208,638, 6,597,688, 7,020,132, 6,350,066, and 6,020,980 by offering fax-related products. j2 had sought injunctions, royalties and damages in this matter.

Through the recent acquisition of EasyLink, OpenText inherited complete carriage of the defense of these cases, which were pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. In each of the cases, OpenText and its subsidiaries or predecessors-in-interest had asserted defenses and counterclaims contending that the patents are invalid and not infringed.

OpenText and j2 entered, on April 23, 2013, into a settlement in relation to these disputes, the terms of which include a one-time fee payable by OpenText to j2 of $27.0 million ($16.4 million net of taxation impacts to Open Text), and dismissal of all the lawsuits between the parties with prejudice. The settlement in the amount of $27.0 million was paid by us to j2 in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2013.

Other Litigation

We are currently involved in various claims and legal proceedings.

Quarterly, we review the status of each significant legal matter and evaluate such matters to determine how they should be treated for accounting and disclosure purposes in accordance with the requirements of ASC Topic 450-20 "Loss Contingencies" (ASC Topic 450-20). Specifically, this evaluation process includes the centralized tracking and itemization of the status of all our disputes and litigation items, discussing the nature of any litigation and claim, including any dispute or claim that is reasonably likely to result in litigation, with relevant internal and external counsel, and assessing the progress of each matter in light of its merits and our experience with similar proceedings under similar circumstances.

If the potential loss from any claim or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, we accrue a liability for the estimated loss in accordance with ASC Topic 450-20. As of the date of this filing on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2013, we do not believe that the outcomes of any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will result in losses that are materially in excess of amounts already recognized.

Contingencies

EasyLink is currently being assessed by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the Department) for the potential applicability of telecommunications excise and franchise taxes to its New York State revenues for certain pre-acquisition EasyLink revenue. The potential exposure under this assessment, based upon the notice issued by the Department, is approximately $10.5 million.

In addition, in July 2009 EasyLink was assessed approximately $0.5 million in tax, interest and penalties for sales tax in New York State for the period between March 2001 and May 2004. EasyLink had posted a bond in this amount and was pursuing a judicial appeal of the July 2009 decision with New York State Court of Appeals. On June 25, 2013 we were advised by New York State that the motion for leave to appeal was denied. New York State sales tax audits are also currently underway for subsequent periods from June 2004 through to February 2011. We intend to vigorously contest any future assessments based on facts and circumstances relating to business operations during this timeframe. However, we believe we have established sufficient reserves for this matter. The results of these audits for subsequent periods, and the potential sales tax exposure for EasyLink, could be significantly influenced by the outcome of the above referenced sales tax decision.

OpenText intends to vigorously defend against these assessments.