Note 11. Commitments and contingencies

Leases

The Company occupies various facilities and operates equipment under operating lease arrangements. Rent charged to operations pursuant to such operating leases amounted to approximately $316,000 in 2016 and $432,000 in 2015.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases (with initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year) as of April 30, 2016 are as follows:

Purchases

At April 30, 2016, the Company had open purchase orders outstanding totaling $270,000 for inventory items to be delivered in the first three months of the fiscal year ending April 30, 2017. These purchase orders are cancelable.

Legal Proceedings

Effective as of the close of business on December 17, 2014, the Company terminated its agreement with MPP Associates, Inc., pursuant to which Marc P. Palker had been providing CFO services to the Company. On April 8, 2015, MPP Associates, Inc. and Mr. Palker filed a complaint, styled MPP Associates, Inc. and Marc Palker v. Dataram Corporation, Jon Isaac, David Moylan, Michael Markulec and Richard Butler, in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-002413-15.

Effective as of the close of business on January 22, 2015, the Company terminated the employment agreement with John H. Freeman, its former Chief Executive Officer. On April 9, 2015, styled John Freeman v. Dataram Corporation, David A. Moylan, Jon Isaac, and John Does 1-5, in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Essex County, Docket No. ESX-L-002471-15.

Similarly, on April 10, 2015, the Company filed an action against Mr. Freeman, Mr. Palker and MPP Associates, Inc., styled as Dataram Corporation v. John Freeman, Marc Palker and MPP Associates, Inc., in the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Mercer County, Docket No. ESX-L-000886-15.

The aforementioned three State Court actions described have been consolidated in Essex County.

On March 9, 2015, Marc Palker filed a complaint against the Company with the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, alleging a violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

On June 26, 2015, Alethea Douglas, a former employee, filed a complaint against the Company with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging a claim for age discrimination in connection with the termination of her employment effective May 20, 2015.

A range of loss, if any, on the aforementioned matters cannot be estimated at this point in time.