Note 7 - Leases

3 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]

7. Leases

The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease at inception of the agreement. Presently, the Company leases land, machinery and equipment under various operating and financing leases.

Right-of-Use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use the underlying assets for the lease term, and lease obligations represent the net present value of the Company’s obligation to make payments arising from these leases. ROU assets and lease obligations are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term using the implicit lease interest rate or, when unknown, an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date or April 1, 2019 for leases that commenced prior to that date. ROU assets and lease obligations for the Company’s operating and financing leases are disclosed separately in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease, and the impact of these options are included in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease obligation only when the exercise of the option is at the Company’s sole discretion and it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. The Company will not separate lease and non-lease components for its leases when it is impractical to separate the two. In addition, the Company may have certain leases that have variable payments based solely on output or usage of the leased asset. These variable operating lease assets are excluded from the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet presentation and expensed as incurred. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less, or short-term leases, are not recorded on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and are expensed as incurred.

The components of lease cost were as follows (in thousands): 

	Three Months Ended
	June 29,			July 1,
	2024			2023
Lease cost:
Amortization of right of use assets	$	1,127		$	1,840
Interest on lease liabilities		154			223
Finance lease cost		1,281			2,063
Operating lease cost		1,832			2,349
Short-term lease cost		2,745			1,330
Total lease cost	$	5,858		$	5,742
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from finance leases	$	154		$	223
Operating cash flows from operating leases		3,089			3,734
Financing cash flows from finance leases		1,390			2,328
	$	4,633		$	6,285
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities	$	-		$	73
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	1,391		$	2,193
Weighted-average lease term (years):
Financing leases		4.2			4.5
Operating leases		4.6			4.9
Weighted-average discount rate (percentage):
Financing leases		4.0	%		3.9	%
Operating leases		4.9	%		4.5	%

Undiscounted future lease payments under non-cancelable operating and financing leases, along with a reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating and financing lease obligations, respectively, as of June 29, 2024 were as follows (in thousands):

Years ending March 31:	Operating		Financing
Balance of 2025	$	2,771	$	3,828
2026		3,532		4,280
2027		2,510		3,218
2028		2,237		2,811
2029		1,236		1,659
2030-2034		2,092		1,307
Total minimum payment required	$	14,378	$	17,103
Less interest		1,476		1,409
Present value of minimum lease payments		12,902		15,694
Amount due within one year		3,977		4,463
Long-term lease obligations	$	8,925	$	11,231