Item 2. Properties
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
As of December 31, 2020, we lease approximately 166,991 square feet of space in Princeton, NJ, where we house our principal headquarters, sales operations, and support functions. This lease expires in 2036.
We have key manufacturing and research facilities located in New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, California and Puerto Rico. Our instrument procurement operations are located in Germany. Our primary distribution centers are located in Nevada, Ohio, Kentucky, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Japan and France. In addition, we lease several smaller facilities to support additional administrative, assembly, and distribution operations. Third parties own and operate the facilities in Nevada, Kentucky, Japan and Belgium. We own facilities in Biot, France, Saint Aubin Le Monial, France, Rietheim-Weilheim, Germany and Ohio and we lease all of our other facilities. We also have repair centers in California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Australia, Japan and Germany.
Our manufacturing facilities are registered with the FDA. Our facilities are subject to FDA inspection to ensure compliance with Quality System regulations. For further information regarding the status of FDA inspections, see the "Government Regulation" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Update on Remediation Activities" sections in this Form 10-K.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Information pertaining to legal proceedings can be found in Note 16. Commitment and Contingencies in our 2020 Financial Statements.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II
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