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Commitments And Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Aug. 01, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is subject to various claims and contingencies related to lawsuits, taxes, insurance, regulatory and other matters arising out of the normal course of business. Actions filed against the Company from time to time include commercial, tort, intellectual property, customer, employment, data privacy, securities and other claims, including purported class action lawsuits. Management believes that the ultimate liability arising from such claims and contingencies, if any, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Guarantees
In connection with the disposition of certain businesses, the Company has remaining guarantees of approximately $18 million related to lease payments of Express, Limited Stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods and New York & Company under the current terms of noncancelable leases expiring at various dates through 2018. These guarantees include minimum rent and additional payments covering taxes, common area costs and certain other expenses and relate to leases that commenced prior to the disposition of the businesses. In certain instances, the Company’s guarantee may remain in effect if the term of a lease is extended.
The Company’s guarantees related to Express, Limited Stores and New York & Company require fair value accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") in effect at the time of these divestitures. The guaranteed lease payments related to Express, Limited Stores and New York & Company totaled $7 million as of August 1, 2015, $11 million as of January 31, 2015 and $16 million as of August 2, 2014. The estimated fair value of these guarantee obligations was $300 thousand as of August 1, 2015 and $1 million as of January 31, 2015 and August 2, 2014, and is included in Other Long-term Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company’s guarantees related to Dick’s Sporting Goods are not subject to fair value accounting, but require that a loss be accrued when probable and reasonably estimable based on GAAP in effect at the time of these divestitures. The Company had no liability recorded with respect to any of the guarantee obligations as it concluded that payments under these guarantees were not probable as of August 1, 2015January 31, 2015 and August 2, 2014.
In connection with the Company's investment in ETC, the Company provided a guarantee of payment to an interest rate swap counterparty for amounts owed by ETC, if any, upon settlement in February 2017. The estimated fair value of this guarantee obligation is not significant as of August 1, 2015. For additional information, see Note 6, "Equity Investments and Other."
In connection with the Company's investment in EG, an entity that owns and is developing a commercial shopping center in the Easton community, the Company, along with an unaffiliated member, provided a guarantee of interest, certain expenses and a completion guarantee on the construction of the commercial shopping center. The estimated fair value of these guarantee obligations is not significant as of August 1, 2015. For additional information, see Note 6, "Equity Investments and Other."
In 2015, in connection with the sale and leaseback under noncancellable operating leases of certain assets, the Company provided residual value guarantees to the lessor if the leased assets cannot be sold for an amount in excess of a specified minimum value at the conclusion of the lease term. The leases expire in 2020, and the total amount of the guarantees is approximately $66 million. The estimated fair value of these guarantee obligations is not significant as of August 1, 2015.
Subsequent to August 1, 2015, the Company completed a sale and leaseback transaction of an additional asset under a non-cancellable operating lease. The Company provided a residual value guarantee of $29 million to the lessor if the leased asset cannot be sold for an amount in excess of a specified minimum value at the conclusion of the lease term. The fair value, if any, of the guarantee will be recognized in the third quarter of 2015.