LEASE COMMITMENTS
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2011
LEASE COMMITMENTS

14.    LEASE COMMITMENTS

The Company has operating leases, principally for office space, with various renewal options. Substantially all operating leases are non-cancelable or cancelable only by the payment of penalties. Rental expense in agreements with rent holidays and scheduled rent increases is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Rental expense, including operating costs and taxes and sublease income from third parties, during fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009 was as follows:

 

     Fiscal  
     2011     2010     2009  

Rental expense

   $ 493,734      $ 467,838      $ 500,949   

Sublease income from third parties

     (32,503 )      (30,741 )      (33,179 ) 

 

Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of August 31, 2011, were as follows:

 

     Operating
Lease
Payments
     Operating
Sublease
Income
 

2012

   $ 426,611       $ (29,952 ) 

2013

     304,929         (29,160 ) 

2014

     237,948         (29,813 ) 

2015

     184,465         (26,587 ) 

2016

     132,224         (21,780 ) 

Thereafter

     555,984         (30,769 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,842,161       $ (168,061 )