LEASES AND RELATED PARTY LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

The Company leases administrative, manufacturing, research and distribution facilities and various manufacturing, office and transportation equipment through operating lease agreements. Future minimum lease payments under operating leases at December 31, 2012 were as follows:



	Related Parties		Third Parties		Total
	(In thousands)
2013	$	272	$	10,598	$	10,870
2014	272		8,978		9,250
2015	272		5,528		5,800
2016	272		3,762		4,034
2017	272		2,329		2,601
Thereafter	4,433		3,658		8,091
Total minimum lease payments	$	5,793	$	34,853	$	40,646

Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and was $10.9 million, $9.3 million and $8.2 million, respectively, and included $0.3 million, in related party rental expense in each of the three years.

Related Party Leases

The Company leases certain production equipment from a corporation whose sole stockholder is a general partnership, of which the Company’s former Chairman (and current director) is a partner and the President. The term of the lease is through March 31, 2022, and the Company has an option to renew through March 31, 2032. Under the terms of the lease agreement, the Company pays $0.1 million per year to the related party lessor. The Company also leases its manufacturing facility in Plainsboro, New Jersey, from a general partnership that is 50% owned by a corporation whose shareholders are trusts, whose beneficiaries include family members of the Company’s former Chairman (and current director). The term of the current lease agreement is through October 31, 2032 at an annual rate of approximately $0.3 million per year. The current lease agreement also provides (i) a 5-year renewal option for the Company to extend the lease from November 1, 2032 through October 31, 2037 at the fair market rental rate of the premises, and (ii) another 5-year renewal option to extend the lease from November 1, 2037 through October 31, 2042 at the fair market rental rate of the premises.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for operating leases of a lessor. This may include a general description of lessor's leasing arrangements for operating leases, including the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions.

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