LEASE COMMITMENTS

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

LEASE COMMITMENTS

LEASE COMMITMENTS

9. LEASE COMMITMENTS

In March 2005, the Company renewed its lease agreement for its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Billerica, Massachusetts.  As part of the lease agreement, the Company’s landlord agreed to certain renovations to the Billerica facility including the construction of additional high bay manufacturing space.  The Company was responsible for a portion of the construction costs and was deemed to be the owner of the building during the construction period under FASB ASC 840, Leases.  In January 2007, the Company amended this lease agreement to expand its lease to include the remaining available space in the building.  A total of $7,182,000 was capitalized to record the facility on its books with an offsetting credit to the lease financing liability.  In addition, amounts paid for construction were capitalized to fixed assets and the landlord construction allowances of $6,009,000 were recorded as additional lease financing liability.

At the completion of the construction of the initial renovations in February 2006, the lease was reviewed for potential sale-leaseback treatment in accordance with FASB ASC 840-40, Leases — Sale-Leaseback Transactions.  Based on this review, it was determined that the lease did not qualify for sale-leaseback treatment in accordance with FASB ASC 840-40.  As a result, the building and tenant improvement and associated lease financing liabilities remain on the Company’s books.  The lease financing liability is being amortized over the lease term based on the payments designated in the agreement and the building and tenant improvement assets are being depreciated on a straight line basis over the lesser of their useful lives or the lease term.