Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, for capital and operating leases. In case of capital leases the disclosure may include separate deductions from the total for the amount representing executor costs, including any profit thereon, included in the minimum lease payments and for the amount of the imputed interest necessary to reduce the net minimum lease payments to present value.

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