Commintments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Leases

The Company leases facilities located in Westborough, Massachusetts, Santa Clara, California, Scotts Valley, California, Dalgety Bay, Scotland and Nottingham, United Kingdom, under non-cancelable operating leases. The Westborough lease expires in 2023. The Santa Clara lease expires in 2016. The Scotts Valley lease expires in 2018. The Dalgety Bay lease expires in 2016. The Company also leases two facilities in Nottingham, United Kingdom which expire in 2016 and 2017. Substantially all real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance expenses under these leases are the Company’s obligations and are expensed as incurred and were immaterial. The following is a schedule of minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable operating leases at December 26, 2015:



Fiscal Year ending,	Amount
2016	$	1,097,000
2017	800,000
2018	666,000
2019	639,000
2020	637,000
Thereafter	1,492,000
Total minimum lease payments	$	5,331,000

Amounts incurred under operating leases are recorded as rent expense on a straight-line basis and aggregated approximately $1.7 million in fiscal year 2015, $1.7 million in fiscal year 2014 and $1.3 million in fiscal year 2013.

Other Agreements

The Company has entered into various license agreements which require payment of royalties based upon a set percentage of product sales, subject in some cases, to certain minimum amounts. Total royalty expense approximated $22,000, $37,000 and $20,000, respectively, in fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013.

In 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with the intent to purchase approximately 2% of a company for approximately $2.5 million, subject to certain government approvals and agreement on valuation.