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Question: Footnote 2 of Abercrombie and Fitch Co.’

Footnote 2 of Abercrombie and Fitch Co.’s financial statements for fiscal year 2014 (January 31, 2015) contains the following information:
Footnote 2 of Abercrombie and Fitch Co.’s financial statements for fiscal year 2014 (January 31, 2015) contains the following information:


Requirements 
1. Interpret the information in the footnote. Assume that the leases relate to the stores operated by the company. What rights does the company have? What obligations? 
2. Are the rights and obligations discussed in requirement 1 reported in the liability section of the balance sheet? Why or why not? How does this impact the company’s debt and leverage ratios? 
3. How is this type of reporting likely to change in the future?

Requirements 1. Interpret the information in the footnote. Assume that the leases relate to the stores operated by the company. What rights does the company have? What obligations? 2. Are the rights and obligations discussed in requirement 1 reported in the liability section of the balance sheet? Why or why not? How does this impact the company’s debt and leverage ratios? 3. How is this type of reporting likely to change in the future?





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At January 31, 2015, the Company was committed to noncancelable leases with remaining terms of 1 to 16 years. A summary of operating lease commitments under noncancelable leases follows (thousands): $ 409,046 $ 366,909 $ 279,960 $ 210,674 $ 165,307 $ 525,286 $1,957,182 Fiscal 2015.. Fiscal 2016... Fiscal 2017.. Fiscal 2018.. Fiscal 2019. Thereafter Total


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