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Memphis-Based Distribution Facilities | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 01, 2015
Memphis-Based Distribution Facilities | Note F: Memphis-Based Distribution Facilities Our Memphis-based distribution facilities include an operating lease entered into in July 1983 for a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The lessor is a general partnership (“Partnership 1”) comprised of the estate of W. Howard Lester (“Mr. Lester”), our former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and the estate of James A. McMahan (“Mr. McMahan”), a former Director Emeritus and significant stockholder. Partnership 1 does not have operations separate from the leasing of this distribution facility and does not have lease agreements with any unrelated third parties. The terms of the lease automatically renewed until the bonds that financed the construction of the facility were fully repaid in December 2010, at which time we continued to rent the facility on a month-to-month basis. We subsequently agreed to lease the facilities from Partnership 1 through February 2014, at which time the lease was terminated and we vacated the facility. We made annual rental payments of approximately $28,000 in fiscal 2014, and $618,000 in both fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012. Our other Memphis-based distribution facility includes an operating lease entered into in August 1990 for another distribution facility that is adjoined to the Partnership 1 facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The lessor is a general partnership (“Partnership 2”) comprised of the estate of Mr. Lester, the estate of Mr. McMahan and two unrelated parties. Partnership 2 does not have operations separate from the leasing of this distribution facility and does not have lease agreements with any unrelated third parties. The term of the lease automatically renews on an annual basis until the bonds that financed the construction of the facility are fully repaid in August 2015. As of February 1, 2015, $1,968,000 was outstanding under the Partnership 2 bonds. We made annual rental payments of approximately $2,432,000, $2,448,000 and $2,473,000 including applicable taxes, insurance and maintenance expenses in fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2012, respectively. As of February 1, 2015, Partnership 2 qualifies as a variable interest entity and is consolidated by us due to its related party relationship and our obligation to renew the lease until the bonds are fully repaid. As such, as of February 1, 2015, our Consolidated Balance Sheet includes $10,658,000 in assets (primarily buildings), $1,968,000 in debt and $8,690,000 in other long-term liabilities related to the consolidation of the Partnership 2 distribution facility.

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