4. Lease Termination and Impairment Charges

Lease termination and impairment charges consist of amounts as follows:

	Thirteen Week Period Ended				Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 29, 2014		November 30, 2013		November 29, 2014		November 30, 2013
Impairment charges	$	1,050	$	335	$	1,333	$	5,201
Lease termination charges		7,652		1,337		19,328		18,833

	$	8,702	$	1,672	$	20,661	$	24,034

Impairment Charges

These amounts include the write-down of long-lived assets at locations that were assessed for impairment because of management's intention to relocate or close the location or because of changes in circumstances that indicated the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.

Lease Termination Charges

As part of the Company's ongoing business activities, the Company assesses stores and distribution centers for potential closure or relocation. Decisions to close or relocate stores or distribution centers in future periods would result in lease termination charges, lease exit costs and inventory liquidation charges, as well as impairment of assets at these locations. During November 2013, the Company sold its lease rights for one store for a gain of $8,750, which is included as a reduction to lease termination charges and is reflected in the table below as a component of cash payments, net of sublease income. The following table reflects the closed store and distribution center charges that relate to new closures, changes in assumptions and interest accretion:

	Thirteen Week Period Ended						Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 29, 2014			November 30, 2013			November 29, 2014			November 30, 2013
Balance—beginning of period	$	261,130		$	303,637		$	284,270		$	323,758
Provision for present value of noncancellable lease payments of closed stores		569			4,522			1,005			10,896
Changes in assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates		2,418			(8,112	)		3,835			(7,899	)
Interest accretion		4,665			5,225			14,492			16,133
Cash payments, net of sublease income		(17,431	)		(10,127	)		(52,251	)		(47,743	)

Balance—end of period	$	251,351		$	295,145		$	251,351		$	295,145