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Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

Note 10 – Commitments and Contingencies

Facilities Leases

The Company’s corporate headquarters are located in Carson, California. The Company’s corporate headquarters has an initial lease term of five years through October 2016, and optional renewals through January 2020. The Company also leases a warehouse in Carson, California, under a month to month agreement. The Company leases warehouse space in Chesapeake, Virginia under an agreement scheduled to expire in June 2016, renewable for an additional thirty six months through June 2019. The Company’s Philippines subsidiary leases office space under a sixty-three month agreement through May 2015, renewable for an additional sixty months through April 2020. As of the date hereof, the Company has not committed to any facilities lease renewals.

Facility rent expense for the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 was $462 and $604, respectively. The Company’s facility rent expense was inclusive of amounts charged from a related party during the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013 of $94 each.

In April 2013, the Company entered into a sale lease-back agreement with STORE Master Funding III, LLC (“STORE”) whereby we leased back our facility located in LaSalle, Illinois for our continued use as an office, retail and warehouse facility for storage, sale and distribution of automotive parts, accessories and related items for 20 years commencing upon the execution of the lease and terminating in April 2033. The related assets for the sale lease-back land and building is represented by the amount included in leased facility in Note 4 – Property and Equipment, net above. The Company’s initial base annual rent is $853 for the first year (“Base Rent Amount”), after which the rental amount will increase annually on May 1 by the lesser of 1.5% or 1.25 times the change in the Consumer Price Index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that in no event will the adjusted annual rental amount fall below the Base Rent Amount. We were not required to pay any security deposit. Under the terms of the lease, we are required to pay all taxes associated with the lease, pay for any required maintenance on the property, maintain certain levels of insurance and indemnify STORE for losses incurred that are related to our use or occupancy of the property. The lease was accounted for as a capital lease and the $376 excess of the net proceeds over the net carrying amount of the property is amortized in interest expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term of 20 years. As of March 29, 2014, the net carrying value of all capital leased assets included in property and equipment was $9,125.

Minimum lease commitments under non-cancelable operating leases as of March 29, 2014 are as follows:

 

2014

   $ 887   

2015

     1,133   

2016

     722   
  

 

 

 

Total minimum lease commitments

   $ 2,742   
  

 

 

 

Capital lease commitments as of March 29, 2014 were as follows:

 

     Capital Lease
Commitments
     Less: Interest
Payments
     Principal
Obligations
 

2014

   $ 749       $ 551       $ 198   

2015

     1,009         722         287   

2016

     968         706         262   

2017

     909         688         221   

2018

     914         670         244   

2019 onwards

     14,689         6,193         8,496   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,238       $ 9,530       $ 9,708   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Legal Matters

Asbestos . A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Automotive Specialty Accessories and Parts, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary WAG, are named defendants in several lawsuits involving claims for damages caused by installation of brakes during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s that contained asbestos. WAG marketed certain brakes, but did not manufacture any brakes. WAG maintains liability insurance coverage to protect its and the Company’s assets from losses arising from the litigation and coverage is provided on an occurrence rather than a claims made basis, and the Company is not expected to incur significant out-of-pocket costs in connection with this matter that would be material to its consolidated financial statements.

The Company is subject to legal proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its business. As of the date hereof, the Company believes that the final disposition of such matters will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flow of the Company. The Company maintains liability insurance coverage to protect the Company’s assets from losses arising out of or involving activities associated with ongoing and normal business operations.