5. Lease Termination and Impairment Charges

Lease termination and impairment charges consist of amounts as follows:

	Thirteen Week Period Ended				Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 28, 2015		November 29, 2014		November 28, 2015		November 29, 2014
Impairment charges	$	540	$	1,050	$	818	$	1,333
Lease termination charges	6,471		7,652		20,852		19,328

	$	7,011	$	8,702	$	21,670	$	20,661

Impairment Charges

These amounts include the write-down of long-lived assets at locations that were assessed for impairment because of management’s intention to relocate or close the location or because of changes in circumstances that indicated the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable.

Lease Termination Charges

As part of the Company’s ongoing business activities, the Company assesses stores and distribution centers for potential closure or relocation. Decisions to close or relocate stores or distribution centers in future periods would result in lease termination charges, lease exit costs and inventory liquidation charges, as well as impairment of assets at these locations. The following table reflects the closed store and distribution center charges that relate to new closures, changes in assumptions and interest accretion:

	Thirteen Week Period Ended						Thirty-Nine Week Period Ended
	November 28, 2015			November 29, 2014			November 28, 2015			November 29, 2014
Balance—beginning of period	$	223,667		$	261,130		$	241,047		$	284,270
Provision for present value of noncancellable lease payments of closed stores	438			569			6,410			1,005
Changes in assumptions about future sublease income, terminations and changes in interest rates	2,000			2,418			2,434			3,835
Interest accretion	4,033			4,665			12,553			14,492
Cash payments, net of sublease income	(15,502		)	(17,431		)	(47,808		)	(52,251		)

Balance—end of period	$	214,636		$	251,351		$	214,636		$	251,351