LEASES

The Company leases ten processing plants and storage locations, land surrounding certain processing plants, four office locations under operating leases and a portion of its transportation equipment under operating and capital leases. Leases are noncancellable and expire at various times through the year 2040. Minimum rental commitments under noncancellable leases as of December 28, 2013, are as follows (in thousands):



Period Ending Fiscal	Operating Leases		Capital Leases
2014	$	20,944	$	3,208
2015	17,482		2,715
2016	15,077		2,153
2017	13,023		1,611
2018	11,534		866
Thereafter	25,004		421
	$	103,064	$	10,974
Less amounts representing interest			(987		)
Capital lease obligations included in current and long-term debt			$	9,987

Darling through its wholly-owned subsidiary Griffin, leases two real properties located in Butler, Kentucky and real properties located in each of Jackson, Mississippi and Henderson, Kentucky from Martom Properties, LLC, an entity owned in part by Martin W. Griffin, the Company's Executive Vice President – Chief Operations Officer, North America. See Note 23 for further information on the Company's related party lease transactions.

Rent expense was approximately $14.4 million, $12.6 million and $12.3 million, for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The Company's capital lease assets are included in property, plant and equipment and the capital lease obligations are included in the Company's current and long-term debt obligations on the consolidated balance sheet.