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Additional Balance Sheet Information
12 Months Ended
May 30, 2013
Balance Sheet Related Disclosures [Abstract]  
Additional Balance Sheet Information
4. Additional Balance Sheet Information
 
The composition of accounts and notes receivable is as follows: 
 
 
May 30, 2013
 
May 31, 2012
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Trade receivables, net of allowances of $1,324 and $1,066, respectively
 
$
4,539
 
$
4,193
 
Other receivables
 
 
4,029
 
 
4,274
 
 
 
$
8,568
 
$
8,467
 
 
The composition of property and equipment, which is stated at cost, is as follows:
 
 
 
May 30, 2013
 
May 31, 2012
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Land and improvements
 
$
95,295
 
$
97,253
 
Buildings and improvements
 
 
575,166
 
 
543,278
 
Leasehold improvements
 
 
61,726
 
 
61,415
 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
 
 
250,203
 
 
247,551
 
Construction in progress
 
 
11,414
 
 
3,951
 
 
 
 
993,804
 
 
953,448
 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
 
368,047
 
 
338,803
 
 
 
$
625,757
 
$
614,645
 
 
The composition of other assets is as follows:
 
 
 
May 30, 2013
 
May 31, 2012
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
Favorable lease right
 
$
10,682
 
$
11,016
 
Split dollar life insurance policies
 
 
12,304
 
 
11,334
 
Other assets
 
 
11,598
 
 
12,116
 
 
 
$
34,584
 
$
34,466
 
 
The Company’s $13,353,000 favorable lease right is being amortized over the expected term of the underlying lease of 40 years and is expected to result in amortization of $334,000 in each of the five succeeding fiscal years. Accumulated amortization of the favorable lease right was $2,671,000, $2,337,000, and $2,003,000 as of May 30, 2013, May 31, 2012, and May 26, 2011, respectively.
 
Capital Lease Obligation - During fiscal 2012, the Company entered into a master licensing agreement with CDF2 Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (CDF2), whereby CDF2 purchased on the Company’s behalf, and then deployed and licensed back to the Company, digital cinema projection systems (the “systems”) for use by the Company in its theatres. As of May 30, 2013, 642 of the Company’s screens were utilizing the systems under a 10-year master licensing agreement with CDF2, including 64 previously installed systems that the Company sold to CDF2 and licensed back. Based upon the terms of the master licensing agreement, this arrangement is considered a capital lease for accounting purposes and, therefore, Accounting Standards Codification No. 840 – Leases applies. In fiscal 2012, the Company recognized a deferred gain of approximately $635,000 in conjunction with the sale-leaseback of the previously deployed systems, which is being amortized over the 10-year life of the master licensing agreement. Included in furniture, fixtures and equipment is $45,510,000 and $43,878,000 related to the digital systems as of May 30, 2013 and May 31, 2012, respectively, which is being amortized over the 10-year term of the master licensing agreement. Accumulated amortization of the digital systems was $7,441,000 and $2,933,000 as of May 30, 2013 and May 31, 2012, respectively.
 
Under the terms of the master licensing agreement, the Company made an initial one-time payment to CDF2. The Company expects that the balance of CDF2’s costs to deploy the systems will be covered primarily through the payment of virtual print fees (VPF’s) from film distributors to CDF2 each time a digital movie is booked on one of the systems deployed on a Company screen. The Company agreed to make an average number of bookings of eligible digital movies on each screen on which a licensed system has been deployed to provide for a minimum level of VPF’s paid by distributors (standard booking commitment) to CDF2. To the extent the VPF’s paid by distributors are less than the standard booking commitment, the Company must make a shortfall payment to CDF2. Based upon the Company’s historical booking patterns, the Company does not expect to make any shortfall payments during the life of the agreement. ASC No. 840 requires that the Company consider the entire amount of the standard booking commitment minimum lease payments for purposes of determining the capital lease obligation. The maximum amount per year that the Company could be required to pay is approximately $6,163,000 until the obligation is fully satisfied.
 
The Company’s capital lease obligation is being reduced as VPF’s are paid by the film distributors to CDF2. The Company has recorded the reduction of the obligation associated with the payment of VPF’s as a reduction of the interest related to the obligation and the amortization incurred related to the systems, as the payments represent a specific reimbursement of the cost of the systems by the studios. Based on the Company's expected minimum number of eligible movies to be booked, the Company expects the obligation to be reduced by at least $4,562,000 within the next 12 months. This reduction will be recognized as an offset to amortization and is expected to offset the majority of the amortization of the systems.