Leases

9 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2020

LEASESThe Company leases certain office, distribution, retail and manufacturing facilities, land and equipment. Retail store leases may require the payment of minimum rentals and contingent rent based on a percentage of sales exceeding a stipulated amount. The lease agreements, which expire at various dates through 2062, are subject, in many cases, to renewal options and provide for the payment of taxes, insurance and

maintenance. Certain leases contain escalation clauses resulting from the pass through of increases in operating costs, property taxes and the effect on costs from changes in consumer price indices.

The Company determines its lease payments based on predetermined rent escalations (including escalations based on consumer price indices), rent-free periods and other incentives. The Company recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the related terms of such leases, beginning from when the Company takes possession of the leased facility. Variable rents, including contingent rent based on a percentage of sales and adjustments to consumer price indices, are recorded in the period such amounts and adjustments are determined. Lease terms include renewal options when exercise of such options is reasonably certain and within the control of the Company. There is generally no readily determinable discount rate implicit in the Company's leases. Accordingly, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate for a term that corresponds to the applicable lease term in order to measure its lease liabilities.

The amounts of the Company's right-of-use asset and current and non-current lease liabilities are presented separately on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Substantially all of the Company's leases are operating leases as of October 31, 2020 and 2019. The Company records lease expense within Cost of sales for leases of manufacturing facilities and within Selling, general and administrative expenses for all other leases.

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


	Three Months Ended October 31,				Nine Months Ended October 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019		2020		2019
Fixed operating lease expense	$	76.4	$	79.2	$	225.0	$	234.2
Variable operating lease expense a	40.6		40.3		77.9		110.7
Sublease income	(1.3)		(1.7)		(3.8)		(4.1)
Net lease expense	$	115.7	$	117.8	$	299.1	$	340.8

aIncludes a credit of $10.0 million and $31.4 million in the three and nine months ended October 31, 2020, respectively, related to rent concessions negotiated in connection with retail store closures due to COVID-19.

The weighted average remaining lease term was seven years and the weighted average discount rate was 3.6% for all of the Company's operating leases as of October 31, 2020.

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


	Nine Months Ended October 31,
(in millions)	2020		2019
Cash flows from operating activities attributable to operating leases	$	228.0	$	228.1
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	183.3		206.4

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 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for operating leases existing as of October 31, 2020:


Years ending January 31,	Minimum Lease Payments as of October 31, 2020 (in millions)
2021 *	$	47.3
2022	288.3
2023	244.2
2024	210.4
2025	161.6
Thereafter	450.0
Total minimum lease payments	1,401.8
Less: amount of total minimum lease payments representing interest	(180.0)
Present value of future total minimum lease payments	1,221.8
Less: current portion of lease liabilities	(225.4)
Long-term lease liabilities	$	996.4

* This amount represents minimum lease payments for the three month period from November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021.

As of October 31, 2020, there were 11 executed agreements in respect of store relocations, new stores, office space and other facilities without commencement dates, which had total commitments of $47.9 million.