Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

5. Property and Equipment


	April 28, 2012			April 30, 2011
Land	$	15,578		$	14,103
Buildings		130,009			113,563
Leasehold improvements		15,058			14,336
Furniture and equipment		139,506			124,217
Data processing equipment		87,780			76,990
Construction-in-progress		3,385			19,487

		391,316			362,696
Accumulated depreciation		(195,851	)		(173,113	)

Property and equipment, net	$	195,465		$	189,583

The variance of construction in progress from last year to this year is due to the new Patterson Technology Center facility in Illinois. The facility was completed in the first half of fiscal 2012.

- 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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