4. Commitments and Contingencies

Rental expense related to office, equipment, warehouse space and real estate amounted to $10,293, $8,419, and $5,546 for the years ended December 26, 2009, December 27, 2008, and December 29, 2007, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments are as follows:

Year	Amount

2010	$	9,105
2011		7,789
2012		6,687
2013		5,882
2014		5,024
Thereafter		6,856
Total	$	41,343

Certain cash balances of GEL are held as collateral by a bank securing payment of the United Kingdom value-added tax requirements. The total amount of restricted cash balances were $2,047 and $1,941 at December 26, 2009 and December 27, 2008, respectively.

In the normal course of business, the Company and its subsidiaries are parties to various legal claims, actions, and complaints, including matters involving patent infringement and other intellectual property claims and various other risks. It is not possible to predict with certainty whether or not the Company and its subsidiaries will ultimately be successful in any of these legal matters, or if not, what the impact might be. However, the Company’s management does not expect that the results in any of these legal proceedings will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.