14. Commitments and Contingencies

License Agreements. The Company has various license agreements to market watches and jewelry bearing certain trademarks or patents owned by various third parties. In accordance with these agreements, the Company incurred royalty expense of approximately $214.1 million, $181.8 million and $160.2 million in fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These amounts are included in the Company's cost of sales or, if advertising related, in SG&A. At fiscal year end 2013, certain of the Company's significant license agreements had expiration dates between fiscal years 2014 and 2023. These license agreements require the Company to pay royalties ranging from 4% to 20% of defined net sales. Future minimum royalty commitments under these license agreements, by fiscal year, are as follows (in thousands):


2014	$	196,102
2015		182,512
2016		84,797
2017		89,139
2018		65,445
Thereafter		218,104


	$	836,099

Leases. The Company leases its retail and outlet store facilities as well as certain of its office and warehouse facilities and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases and capital leases. Most of the retail and outlet store leases provide for contingent rental payments based on operating results and require the payment of taxes, insurance and other costs applicable to the property. Generally, these leases include renewal options for various periods at stipulated rates. Rent expense under these agreements was approximately $143.8 million, $131.5 million and $107.3 million for fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Contingent rent expense was approximately $12.1 million, $11.1 million and $9.0 million for fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Capital leases are included as a component of short-term debt and in long-term debt in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable leases, by fiscal year, are as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases		Capital Leases(1)

2014	$	150,677	$	1,052
2015		139,787		1,139
2016		119,823		1,136
2017		97,984		1,130
2018		87,701		1,114
Thereafter		232,839		4,043


	$	828,811	$	9,614




Less amounts representing interest				(770	)


Capital lease obligations			$	8,844

(1): Includes unrecorded capital leases of $1.4 million.

Purchase Obligations. As of December 28, 2013, the Company had purchase obligations totaling $369.8 million.

Asset Retirement Obligations. ASC 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations requires (i) that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made and (ii) that the associated asset retirement costs be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Company's asset retirement obligations relate to costs associated with the retirement of leasehold improvements under office leases within the North America wholesale, the Europe wholesale and the Asia Pacific wholesale segments, and under retail store leases within the Direct to consumer segment.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations (in thousands):

Fiscal Year:	2013			2012

Beginning asset retirement obligation	$	6,560		$	4,129
Liabilities incurred during the period		1,839			2,473
Revisions in estimated retirement obligations		(9	)		82
Liabilities settled during the period		(278	)		(345	)
Accretion expense		288			207
Currency translation		(94	)		14


Ending asset retirement obligations	$	8,306		$	6,560

Litigation. The Company is occasionally subject to litigation or other legal proceedings in the normal course of its business. The Company does not believe that the outcome of any currently pending legal matters, individually or collectively, will have a material effect on the business or financial condition of the Company.