Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of La-Z-Boy Incorporated and our majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company"). We derived the April 27, 2019, balance sheet from our audited financial statements. We prepared the interim financial information in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, which we applied on a basis consistent with those reflected in our fiscal 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), but the information does not include all of the disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. In management’s opinion, the interim financial information includes all adjustments and accruals, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments (except as otherwise disclosed), that are necessary for a fair statement of results for the respective interim periods. The interim results reflected in the accompanying financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that will occur for the full fiscal year ending April 25, 2020.

To further strengthen our supply chain footprint, on August 8, 2019, we announced our plan to close our Redlands, California upholstered furniture manufacturing facility and move production to available capacity at our other North American facilities. The Company’s Redlands upholstered furniture plant employed about 350 people, accounted for approximately 10% of the La-Z-Boy branded business total upholstery production, and manufactured recliners, motion sofas and classics (high-leg recliners). Production ceased at the Redlands plant as of the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2020 and in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the facility, which is approximately 200,000 square feet, was sold for $10.8 million, net of closing costs. The sale of the Redlands property resulted in a $9.7 million pre-tax gain, recorded in selling, general and administrative expense ("SG&A") in our consolidated statement of income. In addition, we have transitioned the leather cut-and-sew operation from the Newton, Mississippi upholstered furniture manufacturing plant to another North American-based cut-and-sew facility. The move of the Newton leather cut-and-sew operation impacted about 105 of the 525 employees at that location.

As a part of our supply chain optimization initiative, we may incur expenses that qualify as exit and disposal costs under ASC 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations. Other expenses that are an integral component of, and directly attributable to, restructuring activities do not qualify as exit and disposal costs, such as accelerated depreciation, asset impairments and other incremental costs. In the first nine months of fiscal 2020, we recognized pre-tax expenses associated with this initiative of $5.3 million within cost of sales. These costs do not qualify as exit and disposal costs under ASC 420.

At January 25, 2020, we owned preferred shares of two privately held start-up companies, both of which are variable interest entities. We also hold a warrant to purchase common shares of one of these companies. We have not consolidated the results of either of these companies in our financial statements because we do not have the power to direct those activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of either of these companies and, therefore, are not the primary beneficiary.

Accounting pronouncement adopted in fiscal 2020

The accounting standards update (“ASU”) described in the paragraph below had a significant impact on our accounting policies and our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), requiring lessees to record all operating leases on their balance sheet. Under this standard, the lessee is required to record an asset for the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term and a corresponding liability for the contractual lease payments. We have adopted this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 using the modified retrospective approach. See Note 5 for further information.

The following table summarizes additional ASUs which were adopted in fiscal 2020, but did not have a material impact on our accounting policies or our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.



ASU		Description
ASU 2017-06		Plan Accounting: Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Topic 960), Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962), Health and Welfare Benefit Plans (Topic 965): Employee Benefit Plan Master Trust Reporting
ASU 2017-12		Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities
ASU 2018-02		Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
ASU 2018-07		Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting
ASU 2018-13		Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurements
ASU 2018-16		Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes

Accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

The following table summarizes additional accounting pronouncements which we have not yet adopted, but we believe will not have a material impact on our accounting policies or our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.



ASU	Description	Adoption Date
ASU 2016-13	Financial Instruments – Credit losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	Fiscal 2021
ASU 2018-14	Compensation – Retirement benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20): Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans	Fiscal 2022
ASU 2019-12	Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes	Fiscal 2022
ASU 2020-01	Investments - Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 325, and Topic 815	Fiscal 2022

Subsequent events

Subsequent to the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, one of our largest customers made a public statement that they are actively exploring a variety of options with creditors, investors and landlords in order to continue serving their customers. As of the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we had a trade receivable from this customer of approximately $7 million, and have not provided for any potential credit losses. We are monitoring this fast-developing situation, including through direct discussions with this customer, and as of the date of this filing, based on all information available to us, believe that the amounts owed as of January 25, 2020, are materially collectible.