OPERATING LEASES

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2014

NOTE 8 - OPERATING LEASES

The Company leases various real estate and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases, for which rental expense was $2.8 million, $2.7 million and $2.7 million in fiscal years 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. In fiscal 2012 the Company paid the former lessor $35 million in connection with its purchase of the U.S. nanoFab, which reduced the Company’s outstanding operating lease commitments by a total of $15 million for fiscal years 2013 and 2014.

At November 2, 2014, future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year are as follows:

2015	$	2,292
2016		2,063
2017		1,595
2018		569
2019		340
Thereafter		1,983
	$	8,842

See Note 7 for disclosures related to the Company's capital lease obligations.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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