Royalty Obligation	3 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2023
Royalty Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]
Royalty Obligation	Note 10 – Royalty Obligation In fiscal 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase and License Agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. (“Honeywell”) to acquire an exclusive, perpetual, world-wide license to manufacture Honeywell’s narrow-format flight deck printers for two aircraft families along with certain inventory used in the manufacturing of the licensed printers. The purchase price included a guaranteed minimum royalty payment of $15.0 million, to be paid over ten years , based on gross revenues from the sales of the printers, paper and repair services of the licensed products. The royalty rates vary based on the year in which they are paid or earned, and product sold or service provided, and range from single-digit to mid double-digit percentages of gross revenue. The guaranteed minimum royalty payment obligation was recorded at the present value of the minimum annual royalty payments. As of April 29, 2023, we had paid an aggregate of $10.0 million of the guaranteed minimum royalty obligation. At April 29, 2023, the current portion of the outstanding guaranteed minimum royalty obligation of $1.5 million is to be paid over the next twelve months and is reported as a current liability and the remainder of $2.7 million is reported as a long-term liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We incurred $0.4 million in excess royalty expense for the three-month period ended April 29, 2023, which is included in cost of revenue in our consolidated statements of income. A total of $0.4 million in excess royalties was paid in the first quarter of the current fiscal year , and there are $0.4 million in excess royalty payables due as a result of this agreement for the quarter ended April 29, 2023. In fiscal 2023, AstroNova, Inc. entered into a second Asset Purchase and License Agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. as further discussed in Note 3 “Acquisitions”.

In fiscal 2018, we entered into an Asset Purchase and License Agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. (“Honeywell”) to acquire an exclusive, perpetual, world-wide license to manufacture Honeywell’s narrow-format flight deck printers for two aircraft families along with certain inventory used in the manufacturing of the licensed printers. The purchase price included a guaranteed minimum royalty payment of $15.0 million, to be paid over

ten years

, based on gross revenues from the sales of the printers, paper and repair services of the licensed products. The royalty rates vary based on the year in which they are paid or earned, and product sold or service provided, and range from single-digit to mid double-digit percentages of gross revenue.

The guaranteed minimum royalty payment obligation was recorded at the present value of the minimum annual royalty payments. As of April 29, 2023, we had paid an aggregate of $10.0 million of the guaranteed minimum royalty obligation. At April 29, 2023, the current portion of the outstanding guaranteed minimum royalty obligation of $1.5 million is to be paid over the next twelve months and is reported as a current liability and the remainder of $2.7 million is reported as a long-term liability on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. We incurred $0.4 million in excess royalty expense for the three-month period ended April 29, 2023, which is included in cost of revenue in our consolidated statements of income. A total of $0.4 million in excess royalties was paid in the first quarter of the current fiscal year

and there are $0.4 million in excess royalty payables due as a result of this agreement for the quarter ended April 29, 2023.

In fiscal 2023, AstroNova, Inc. entered into a second Asset Purchase and License Agreement with Honeywell International, Inc. as further discussed in Note 3 “Acquisitions”.