Leases

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2020

Signet occupies certain properties and holds machinery and vehicles under operating leases. Signet determines if an arrangement is a lease at the agreement’s inception. Certain operating leases include predetermined rent increases, which are charged to store occupancy costs within cost of sales on a straight-line basis over the lease term, including any construction period or other rental holiday. Other variable amounts paid under operating leases, such as taxes and common area maintenance, are charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as incurred. Premiums paid to acquire short-term leasehold properties and inducements to enter into a lease are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In addition, certain leases provide for contingent rent based on a percentage of sales in excess of a predetermined level. Further, certain leases provide for variable rent increases based on indexes specified within the lease agreement. As the contingent rent and variable increases are not measurable at inception, the amounts are excluded from minimum rent and the calculation of the operating lease liability. These amounts are included in variable lease cost and included in the determination of total lease cost when it is probable that the expense has been incurred and the amount is reasonably estimable. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and current and non-current operating lease liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate available at the lease commencement date, based primarily on the underlying lease term, in measuring the present value of lease payments. Lease terms, which include the period of the lease that can not be canceled, may also include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. The operating lease ROU asset may also include initial direct costs, prepaid and/or accrued lease payments and the unamortized balance of lease incentives received. ROU assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable in accordance with the Company’s long-lived asset impairment assessment policy.

Payments arising from operating lease activity, as well as variable and short-term lease payments not included within the operating lease liability, are included as operating activities on the Company’s consolidated statement of cash flows. Operating lease payments representing costs to ready an asset for its intended use (i.e. leasehold improvements) are represented within investing activities within the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.

The weighted average lease term and discount rate for the Company’s outstanding operating leases were as follows:



	February 1, 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)	6.7
Weighted average discount rate	5.5	%

Total lease costs are as follows:



(in millions)	Fiscal 2020
Operating lease cost	$	460.3
Short-term lease cost	19.4
Variable lease cost	107.1
Sublease income	(2.0		)
Total lease cost	$	584.8

The rent expense as determined prior to the adoption of ASC 842 was as follows:



(in millions)	Fiscal 2019			Fiscal 2018
Minimum rentals	$	510.3		$	528.1
Contingent rent	8.1			8.5
Sublease income	(1.1		)	(0.5		)
Total	$	517.3		$	536.1

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:



(in millions)	Fiscal 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	467.7
Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations	149.9
Reduction in the carrying amount of right-of-use assets	360.1

The future minimum operating lease payments for operating leases having initial or non-cancelable terms in excess of one year are as follows:



(in millions)	February 1, 2020
Fiscal 2021	$	455.5
Fiscal 2022	395.1
Fiscal 2023	334.8
Fiscal 2024	265.6
Fiscal 2025	209.0
Thereafter	551.0
Total lease payments	$	2,211.0
Less: Imputed interest	(435.1		)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	1,775.9

In accordance with the prior guidance, ASC 840, Leases, the Company’s leases were previously designated as operating with no leases meeting the definition of capital leases. The designation of operating leases remains substantially unchanged under the new guidance. The future minimum lease payments by fiscal year as determined prior to the adoption of ASC 842, not including contingent rent, as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2019, were as follows:



(in millions)	February 2, 2019
Fiscal 2020	$	450.4
Fiscal 2021	408.4
Fiscal 2022	361.1
Fiscal 2023	312.0
Fiscal 2024	247.4
Thereafter	755.2
Total	$	2,534.5