Macy's, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Leases

Leases

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2019

Lessee, Operating and Financing Leases [Text Block]

Leases

The Company leases a portion of the real estate and personal property used in its operations. Most leases require the Company to pay real estate taxes, maintenance, insurance and other similar costs; some also require additional payments based on percentages of sales and some contain purchase options. Certain of the Company’s real estate leases have terms that extend for a significant number of years and provide for rental rates that increase or decrease over time. Lease terms include the noncancellable portion of the underlying leases along with any reasonably certain lease periods associated with available renewal periods, termination options and purchase options.

Operating lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the fixed lease payments using the Company's incremental borrowing rates for its population of leases. Related operating ROU assets are recognized based on the initial present value of the fixed lease payments, reduced by contributions from landlords, plus any prepaid rent and direct costs from executing the leases. ROU assets are tested for impairment in the same manner as long-lived assets.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments are recognized as lease expense as they are incurred.

Certain of the Company's leases contain covenants that restrict the ability of the tenant (typically a subsidiary of the Company) to take specified actions (including the payment of dividends or other amounts on account of its capital stock) unless the tenant satisfies certain financial tests.

ROU assets and lease liabilities consist of:



		November 2, 2019
	Classification	(millions)
Assets
Finance lease assets (a)	Right of Use Assets	$	11
Operating lease assets (b)	Right of Use Assets	2,585
Total lease assets		$	2,596

Liabilities
Current
Finance	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	1
Operating (b)	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	313

Noncurrent
Finance	Long-Term Lease Liabilities	24
Operating (b)	Long-Term Lease Liabilities	2,795
Total lease liabilities		$	3,133

(a) Finance lease assets are recorded net of accumulated amortization of $12 million as of November 2, 2019.

(b) As of November 2, 2019, operating lease assets included $394 million of non-lease components and current and noncurrent lease liabilities included $34 million and $367 million, respectively, of non-lease components.

The components of net lease expense are disclosed below. For the 13 and 39 weeks ended November 2, 2019, expense related to non-lease components was $20 million and $61 million, respectively, and variable lease expense was $3 million and $10 million, respectively.



		13 Weeks Ended			39 Weeks Ended
		November 2, 2019			November 2, 2019
	Classification	(millions)
Operating lease expense (c)	Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	106		$	319
Sublease income	Selling, general and administrative expenses	(1		)	(2		)
Net lease expense		$	105		$	317

As of November 2, 2019, the maturity of lease liabilities is as follows:



	Finance Leases (d)		Operating Leases (e and f)		Total
	(millions)
Fiscal year
2019	$	1	$	90	$	91
2020	3		334		337
2021	3		335		338
2022	3		313		316
2023	3		308		311
After 2023	31		5,384		5,415
Total undiscounted lease payments	44		6,764		6,808
Less amount representing interest	19		3,656		3,675
Total lease liabilities	$	25	$	3,108	$	3,133

(d) Finance lease payments include $12 million related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised.

(e) Operating lease payments include $3,272 million related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised and exclude $965 million of legally binding minimum lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced.

(f) Operating lease payments include $1,159 million related to non-lease component payments, with $841 million related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised.

Additional supplemental information regarding assumptions and cash flows for operating and finance leases is as follows:



	November 2, 2019
Lease Term and Discount Rate	(millions)
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)
Finance leases	17.9
Operating leases	23.6
Weighted-average discount rate
Finance leases	6.64	%
Operating leases	6.70	%



	39 Weeks Ended
	November 2, 2019
Other Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows used from operating leases	$	272
Financing cash flows used from financing leases	2
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	48

As of February 2, 2019, as disclosed in the 2018 10-K, minimum rental commitments for noncancellable leases, including executed leases not yet commenced, were as follows:



	Capitalized Leases (g)		Operating Leases		Total
	(millions)
Fiscal year
2019	$	3	$	325	$	328
2020	3		315		318
2021	3		309		312
2022	3		283		286
2023	3		264		267
After 2023	31		2,758		2,789
Total minimum lease payments	46		$	4,254	$	4,300
Less amount representing interest	20
Present value of net minimum capitalized lease payments	$	26

(g) For purposes of the disclosure, capitalized lease is used interchangeably with finance lease.