Leases | 10. Leases The Company leases its retail store locations and certain office space and equipment. Leases for store locations are typically for a term of five years with options to extend for one or more five-year periods. The Company analyzes all leases at inception to determine if a right-of-use asset and lease liability should be recognized. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less and leases with mutual termination clauses are not included on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The lease liability is measured at the present value of future lease payments as of the lease commencement date. In April 2022, the Company completed a sale-leaseback of its distribution center in Darlington, South Carolina for net proceeds of approximately $45.5 million. The total annual rent for this property starts at approximately $3.2 million with increases of 2% annually over the 20-year lease term. The net proceeds included $5.6 million of advance funding for a capital improvement project that will be amortized over the 20-year lease term. The lease contains the option to extend for six additional periods of five years each. The transaction met the requirements for sale-leaseback accounting, resulting in a gain of approximately $34.9 million on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The related land and property were removed from property and equipment, and an operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liability of $42.6 million and $37.0 million, respectively, were recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Total lease cost is comprised of operating lease costs, short-term lease costs, and variable lease costs, which include rent paid as a percentage of sales, common area maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance for the Company’s real estate leases. Lease costs consisted of the following (in thousands): Thirteen Weeks Ended April 30, 2022 May 1, 2021 Operating lease cost $ 13,861 $ 12,953 Variable lease cost 2,333 2,981 Short term lease cost 346 316 Total lease cost $ 16,540 $ 16,250 Future minimum lease payments as of April 30, 2022 are as follows (in thousands): Fiscal Year Lease Costs Remainder of 2022 $ 41,190 2023 56,306 2024 48,025 2025 37,547 2026 27,194 Thereafter 100,676 Total future minimum lease payments 310,938 Less: imputed interest (60,172) (1) Total present value of lease liabilities $ 250,766 (2) (1) Calculated using the discount rate for each lease. (2) Includes short-term and long-term portions of operating lease liabilities. Certain operating leases provide for fixed monthly rents, while others provide for contingent rents computed as a percentage of net sales and others provide for a combination of both fixed monthly rents and contingent rents computed as a percentage of net sales. Supplemental cash flows and other information related to operating leases are as follows (in thousands, except for weighted average amounts): Thirteen Weeks Ended April 30, 2022 May 1, 2021 Cash paid for operating leases $ 14,557 $ 13,919 Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities $ 52,327 $ 17,529 Weighted average remaining lease term (years) - operating leases 7.37 5.17 Weighted average discount rate - operating leases 3.71% 3.07% |