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In May 2006, we entered into an agreement to lease a 418,000 square foot distribution facility located in South
Brunswick, New Jersey. The lease has an initial term of two years, with two optional two-year renewals. During
fiscal 2006, we made annual rental payments of approximately $1,247,000, plus applicable taxes, insurance and
maintenance expenses.
We are party to a variety of contractual agreements under which we may be obligated to indemnify the other
party for certain matters. These contracts primarily relate to our commercial contracts, operating leases,
trademarks, intellectual property, financial agreements and various other agreements. Under these contracts, we
may provide certain routine indemnifications relating to representations and warranties or personal injury
matters. The terms of these indemnifications range in duration and may not be explicitly defined. Historically, we
have not made significant payments for these indemnifications. We believe that if we were to incur a loss in any
of these matters, the loss would not have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
CONSOLIDATION OF MEMPHIS-BASED DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES
Our Memphis-based distribution facilities include an operating lease entered into in July 1983 for a distribution
facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The lessor is a general partnership (“Partnership 1”) comprised of W. Howard
Lester, our Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer and James A. McMahan, a Director
Emeritus, both of whom are significant shareholders. Partnership 1 does not have operations separate from the
leasing of this distribution facility and does not have lease agreements with any unrelated third parties.
Partnership 1 financed the construction of this distribution facility through the sale of a total of $9,200,000 of
industrial development bonds in 1983 and 1985. Annual principal payments and monthly interest payments are
required through maturity in December 2010. The Partnership 1 industrial development bonds are collateralized
by the distribution facility and the individual partners guarantee the bond repayments. As of January 28, 2007,
$1,418,000 was outstanding under the Partnership 1 industrial development bonds.
During fiscal 2006, we made annual rental payments of approximately $618,000, plus interest on the bonds
calculated at a variable rate determined monthly (approximately 4.0% in January 2007), applicable taxes,
insurance and maintenance expenses. Although the current term of the lease expires in August 2007, we are
obligated to renew the operating lease on an annual basis until these bonds are fully repaid.
Our other Memphis-based distribution facility includes an operating lease entered into in August 1990 for
another distribution facility that is adjoined to the Partnership 1 facility in Memphis, Tennessee. The lessor is a
general partnership (“Partnership 2”) comprised of W. Howard Lester, James A. McMahan and two unrelated
parties. Partnership 2 does not have operations separate from the leasing of this distribution facility and does not
have lease agreements with any unrelated third parties.
Partnership 2 financed the construction of this distribution facility and related addition through the sale of a total
of $24,000,000 of industrial development bonds in 1990 and 1994. Quarterly interest and annual principal
payments are required through maturity in August 2015. The Partnership 2 industrial development bonds are
collateralized by the distribution facility and require us to maintain certain financial covenants. As of January 28,
2007, $12,893,000 was outstanding under the Partnership 2 industrial development bonds.
During fiscal 2006, we made annual rental payments of approximately $2,585,000, plus applicable taxes,
insurance and maintenance expenses. Although the current term of the lease expires in August 2007, we are
obligated to renew the operating lease on an annual basis until these bonds are fully repaid.
The two partnerships described above qualify as variable interest entities under FIN 46R due to their related
party relationship and our obligation to renew the leases until the bonds are fully repaid. Accordingly, the two
related party variable interest entity partnerships from which we lease our Memphis-based distribution facilities
are consolidated by us. As of January 28, 2007, the consolidation resulted in increases to our consolidated
balance sheet of $17,620,000 in assets (primarily buildings), $14,312,000 in debt and $3,308,000 in other long-
term liabilities. Consolidation of these partnerships does not have an impact on our net income.
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