K. Commitments and Contingencies

Contract Obligations

As of September 26, 2020, projected cash outflows under

non-cancelable

contractual obligations are as f

llows:


	Commitments
	(in thousands)
Ingredients	$	130,933
Equipment and machinery		73,774
Brand support		62,496
Other		12,378

Total contractual obligations	$	279,581

The majority of these contract obligations are for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years with the remainder extending no later than the 2026 fiscal year.

Currently, the Company brews and packages approximately

% of its volume at Company-owned breweries. In the normal course of its business, the Company has historically entered into various production arrangements with other brewing companies.

Pursuant to these arrangements, the Company

generally

supplies raw materials

and

packaging

to those brewing companies, and incurs conversion fees for labor at the time the liquid is produced and packaged.

The Company has made

payments for capital improvements at

these

third-party brewing facilities

that it expenses over the period of the contracts.

As of September 26, 2020, the Company had prepaid brewing service fees of $9.0 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $30.2 million in other assets, long-term. The Company plans to expense the total amount of $39.2 million over

contract periods ending December 31, 2024. The Company is also obligated to meet annual minimum volume commitments in conjunction with certain of its production arrangements and is subject to contractual shortfall fees if these annual minimum volume commitments are not met. At September 26, 2020, if volume for the remaining term of the production arrangements were zero, the contractual shortfall fees would total $60.9 million through December 31, 2024. Based on current production volume projections, the Company believes that it will meet all annual volume commitments under these production arrangements and will not incur any shortfall fees. If future volume projections are reduced below the minimum annual volume commitments and the Company estimates that shortfall fees will be incurred, the Company will expense the estimated shortfall fees in the period when incurring the shortfall fees becomes probable.

Subsequent to September 26, 2020, the Company entered into a production arrangement with a third-party brewing company which includes

up-front

payments for capital improvements of $9.6 million and annual minimum volume commitments subject to contractual shortfall fees. The Company plans to expense the capital improvements amount of $9.6 million over the contract period ending December 31, 2026. At October 19, 2020, if volume for the remaining term of the production arrangement was zero, the contractual shortfall fees would total $10.3 million through December 31, 2026. As with its prior commitments noted above, based on current production volume projections, the Company believes that it will meet all annual volume commitments under these production arrangements and will not incur any shortfall fees.

The Company is in the process of assessing the impact the

COVID-19

pandemic will have on its future commitments and contingencies but does not believe that the future commitments will be materially impacted.

Litigation

The

Company

is not a party to any pending or threatened

litigation

, the outcome of which would be expected to have a material adverse effect upon its financial condition or the results of its operations. In general, while the Company believes it conducts its business appropriately in accordance with laws, regulations and industry guidelines, claims, whether or not meritorious, could be asserted against the Company that might adversely impact the Company’s

results