Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 25, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Operating Leases

Operating lease commitments are primarily for office space and equipment. Certain office space leases provide for rent adjustments relating to changes in real estate taxes and other operating costs.

Rental expense amounted to approximately $21 million in 2011, $25 million in 2010 and $26 million in 2009. The approximate minimum rental commitments under noncancelable leases, net of subleases, as of December 25, 2011 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Amount
2012	$	16,096
2013	11,727
2014	10,163
2015	8,639
2016	5,245
Later years	13,888
Total minimum lease payments	65,758
Less: noncancelable subleases	(16,072		)
Total minimum lease payments, net of noncancelable subleases	$	49,686

Capital Leases

Future minimum lease payments for all capital leases, and the present value of the minimum lease payments as of December 25, 2011, were as follows:

(In thousands)	Amount
2012	$	573
2013	552
2014	552
2015	552
2016	552
Later years	8,349
Total minimum lease payments	11,130
Less: imputed interest	(4,429		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments including current maturities	$	6,701

Restricted Cash

We were required to maintain $27.6 million of restricted cash as of December 25, 2011, subject to certain collateral requirements primarily for obligations under our workers’ compensation programs. These collateral requirements were previously supported by letters of credit under our revolving credit facility that was replaced in June 2011.

Other

There are various legal actions that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and are now pending against us. These actions are generally for amounts greatly in excess of the payments, if any, that may be required to be made. It is the opinion of management after reviewing these actions with our legal counsel that the ultimate liability that might result from these actions would not have a material adverse effect on our Consolidated Financial Statements.