Lease Olbligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Note 9. Lease Obligations [Abstract]

Lease Obligations:

Certain of our facilities are leased under operating leases, which expire at various times through 2016. Rental expense under the operating leases was $3.3 million, $2.7 million and $3.0 million for fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Future minimum lease commitments at December 31, 2011 are as follows (in thousands):



Fiscal year	Amount
2012	$	3,652
2013	3,060
2014	635
2015	98
2016	32
Thereafter	—
	$	7,477

- Definition

Disclosure of accounting policy for leasing arrangements (both lessor and lessee). This disclosure may address (1) lease classification (that is, operating versus capital), (2) how the term of a lease is determined (for example, the circumstances in which a renewal option is considered part of the lease term), (3) how rental revenue or expense is recognized for a lease that contains rent escalations, (4) an entity's accounting treatment for deferred rent, including that which arises from lease incentives, rent abatements, rent holidays, or tenant allowances (5) an entity's accounting treatment for contingent rental payments and (6) an entity's policy for reviewing, at least annually, the residual values of sales-type and direct-finance leases. The disclosure also may indicate how the entity accounts for its capital leases, leveraged leases or sale-leaseback transactions.

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