Leases - (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

LEASES

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings were as follows:



(in millions)	Year Ended January 31, 2020
Fixed operating lease expense	$	313.8
Variable operating lease expense	156.4
Sublease income	(5.3		)
Net lease expense	$	464.9

The weighted average remaining lease term was seven years and the weighted average discount rate was 3.8% for all of the Company's operating leases as of January 31, 2020.

The following table provides supplemental cash flow information related to the Company's operating leases:



(in millions)	Year Ended January 31, 2020
Cash outflows from operating activities attributable to operating leases	$	314.1
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating leases liabilities	312.4

The following table reconciles the undiscounted cash flows expected to be paid in each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter to the operating lease liability recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for operating leases existing as of January 31, 2020.



Years ending January 31,	Minimum Lease Payments as of January 31, 2020 (in millions)
2021	$	245.1
2022	255.2
2023	211.1
2024	178.9
2025	144.8
Thereafter	368.5
Total minimum lease payments	1,403.6
Less: amount of total minimum lease payments representing interest	(192.4		)
Present value of future total minimum lease payments	1,211.2
Less: current portion of operating lease liabilities	(202.8		)
Long-term portion of operating lease liabilities	$	1,008.4

As of January 31, 2020, there were nine executed agreements in respect of store relocations, new stores, office space and other facilities without commencement dates, which had total commitments of $88.7 million.

As previously disclosed in "Note J. Commitments and Contingencies" to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2019, under previous lease accounting, future minimum lease payments for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable lease term in excess of one year were as follows:



Years ending January 31,	Minimum Lease Payments as of January 31, 2019 (in millions)
2020	$	292.8
2021	239.2
2022	212.8
2023	177.4
2024	146.8
Thereafter	438.0
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,507.0

The Company entered into sale-leaseback arrangements for its Retail Service Center, a distribution and administrative office facility in New Jersey, in 2005 and for the TIFFANY & CO. stores in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district and on London's Old Bond Street in 2007. These sale-leaseback arrangements resulted in total deferred gains of $144.5 million, which were amortized in SG&A expenses over periods ranging from 15 to 20 years. As of January 31, 2019, $31.1 million of these deferred gains remained on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet and were reclassified to opening retained earnings in the first quarter of 2019 in accordance with ASU 2016-02 (see "Note C. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – New Accounting Standards" for additional information).

Rent expense for the Company's operating leases consisted of the following:



	Years Ended January 31,
(in millions)	2019			2018
Minimum rent for retail locations	$	225.1		$	206.6
Contingent rent based on sales	167.9			151.6
Office, distribution and manufacturing facilities and equipment	43.8			44.8
Gains on sale-leaseback arrangements	(8.4		)	(8.2		)
Sublease income	(5.2		)	(4.5		)
	$	423.2		$	390.3