I. LEASES

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2016‑02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (ASU 2016‑02). Under ASU 2016‑02, an entity will be required to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases on the entity’s balance sheet for both finance and operating leases. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, an entity can elect to not recognize lease assets and lease liabilities and expense the lease over a straight-line basis for the term of the lease. ASU 2016‑02 requires new disclosures that depict the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows pertaining to an entity’s leases. Companies are required to adopt the new standard for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of ASU 2016‑02 is permitted. The FASB decided to amend certain aspects of its new leasing standard in an attempt to provide a relief from implementation costs. Specifically, entities may elect not to restate their comparative periods in the period of adoption when transitioning to the new standard.

Upon adoption of ASC 842, there was no cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings or other components of equity.

We elected the package of practical expedients whereby we are not required to 1) reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases, 2) reassess the lease classification of existing leases, and 3) reassess initial direct costs for any existing leases. Additionally, we did not elect the hindsight practical expedient to determine the reasonably certain lease term for existing leases. We did elect to account for lease and related non-lease components as a single lease component. We elected to not recognize leases with an original term of 12 months or less as they are not significant to our consolidated balance sheet and income statement. We have assessed and updated our business processes, systems, and controls to ensure compliance with the new accounting and disclosure requirements in accordance with the new standard.

We lease certain real estate under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with typical original terms ranging from one to ten years. We are required to pay real estate taxes and other occupancy costs under certain leases, which are variable in nature and not included in the right of use asset or lease liability. Certain leases carry renewal options of five to fifteen years. We believe that future leases will likely have similar terms. We also lease motor vehicles, equipment, and an aircraft under operating lease agreements for periods of one to ten years. We do not typically enter into leases with residual value guarantees.

We believe finance leases will have no significant impact to our consolidated balance sheet and income statement as of March 30, 2019.

As of March 30, 2019, we have no leases that have not yet commenced that would significantly impact the rights, obligations, and financial position of the Company.

The rates implicit in our leases are primarily not readily available. To determine the discount rate used to present value the lease payments, the Company utilized the 5-year treasury note rate plus a blend of rate spreads associated with our revolver and 10-12-year senior notes. We feel the determined rate is a reasonable collectively representation of our lease population.

Future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases on March 30, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):


	Operating
	Leases
2019 (remainder of year)	$	13,879
2020		13,432
2021		11,253
2022		9,822
2023		7,867
Thereafter		22,429
Total minimum lease payments	$	78,682
Less present value discount		(12,582)
Total lease liability	$	66,100

Rent expense was approximately $6.4 million and $6.2 million during the first three months of 2019 and 2018, respectively.

For comparison purposes, we have included the future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases on December 29, 2018, (in thousands):


	Operating
	Leases
	12/29/2018
2019	$	17,242
2020		11,969
2021		9,784
2022		8,346
2023		6,382
Thereafter		22,498
Total minimum lease payments	$	76,221

During the first quarter of 2018, the Company completed a sale and leaseback transaction related to one facility in Medley, Florida. The sale price for the property was approximately $36 million and created a $7 million pre-tax gain, which was entirely recognized in 2018. The Company leased back the facility for two years as it executes its long-term plan for Florida and the Southeast region, however only a minor portion of the property sold was leased back.

As of March 30, 2019, the weighted average lease term for operating leases is 7.04 years. Similarly, the weighted average discount rate for operating leases is 3.78%.