COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)
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Dec. 31, 2012
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Expected Future Minimum Payment Obligations for Non-Cancelable Operating Leases Exceeding One Year |
Leases. Our operating leases principally involve office space and office equipment. Rental expense for operating leases, which is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, was $22.3 million, $22.0 million and $20.5 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Our headquarters building ground lease has purchase options exercisable beginning in 2019, renewal options exercisable in 2048 and escalation clauses that began in 2009. Expected future minimum payment obligations for non-cancelable operating leases exceeding one year are as follows as of December 31, 2012:
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Tabular disclosure of future minimum payments required in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year and the total minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the balance sheet date. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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