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| Related Party Transactions | 14. Related Party Transactions We lease our primary San Francisco corporate offices from our principal stockholder. The current lease expires on December 31, 2013, but we have the option to renew the lease for two additional five-year terms. Related party rent expense included in general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations for fiscal 2009, 2010, and 2011 was $1.3 million, $1.4 million, and $1.4 million, respectively. We are the managing member or general partner in entities which own and lease commercial property in the U.S. and United Kingdom. Our principal stockholder is the limited member or limited partner, but with a majority economic interest, in each of these entities. These entities were established for the purposes of purchasing and leasing commercial property primarily for our own use. While a portion of the property is leased to third parties, we occupy a majority of the space. Therefore, given that these affiliated entities are an integrated part of our operations, we have consolidated the entities' assets and liabilities and results of operations in our consolidated financial statements. The share of earnings and net assets of the entities attributable to the limited member or limited partner, as the case may be, is reflected as controlling interest in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. These entities distributed approximately $0.3 million in each of fiscal 2009, 2010 and 2011 to our principal stockholder. During fiscal 2010, we paid off in full the debt used to finance the purchases of property. Our ownership interest in the consolidated affiliated entities is as follows:
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