Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment by category is as follows (in thousands):



	November 30,
	2012			2011
Buildings	$	77,938		$	77,938
Equipment and software	64,956			58,021
Furniture and fixtures	8,475			6,923
Facility improvements	58,118			51,016
	209,487			193,898
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(111,013		)	(104,027		)
	$	98,474		$	89,871

Building Acquisition

In June 2003, we purchased the four buildings comprising our corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California. In connection with the purchase we entered into a 51 year lease of the land upon which the buildings are located. The lease was paid in advance in the amount of $28.0 million. The total consideration paid for the land lease and the buildings was $108.0 million, which was comprised of $54.0 million in cash and a $54.0 million mortgage note payable; see Note 10 and Note 12 for further details.

The net purchase price of the buildings of $77.9 million is stated at cost and is included as a component of Property and Equipment on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of 25 years.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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