Note 12 - Fair Value Measurements
3 Months Ended
Aug. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
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. Fair Value Measurements
 
The following table presents the fair values of our financial assets and
liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurements fall (in thousands):
 
 
 
Level
 
 
August 30, 2016
 
 
May 31, 2016
 
Deferred compensation plan
– Assets
 
 
1
 
 
$
6,743
 
 
$
6,660
 
Deferred compensation plan
– Liabilities
 
 
1
 
 
 
(
6,743
)
 
 
(6,660
)
 
There were no transfers among levels within the fair value hierarchy during
the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2016.
 
The Deferred Compensation Plan and the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Restated Deferred Compensation Plan (
the “Predecessor Plan”) are unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plans for eligible employees. Assets earmarked to pay benefits under the Deferred Compensation Plan and Predecessor Plan are held by a rabbi trust. We report the accounts of the rabbi trust in our Consolidated Financial Statements. The investments held by these plans are considered trading securities and are reported at fair value based on third-party broker statements. The realized and unrealized holding gains and losses related to these other
 
investments, as well as the offsetting compensation expense, is recorded in Selling, general, and administrative expense, net in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
The investment in RTI common stock and related liability payable in RTI common stock, which are reflected in Shareholders
’ Equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are excluded from the fair value table above as these are considered treasury shares and reported at cost.
 
The following table
presents the fair values on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 30, 2016 for those assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
             
   
Fair Value Measurements
   
 
 
Level
 
 
August 30, 2016
 
 
Long-lived assets held for use
 
 
2
 
 
$
1,195
 
 
Long-lived assets held for sale
 
 
2
 
 
 
695
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,890
 
 
 
The following table presents the losses recognized during the
13 weeks ended August 30, 2016 and September 1, 2015 resulting from fair value measurements of assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis. The amounts presented are included in Closures and impairments, net in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (in thousands):
 
   
Thirteen weeks ended
 
   
August 30, 2016
 
September 1, 2015
 
Long-lived assets held for
use
 
$
4,266
 
 
$
2,485
 
 
 
Long-lived assets held for
sale
 
 
2,314
 
 
 
92
 
 
 
       Property impairments
 
$
6,580
 
 
$
2,577
 
 
 
 
Long-lived assets held for sale are valued using Level 2 inputs, primarily from information obtained through broker listings or sales agreements. Costs to market and/or sell are factored into the estimates of fair value for those properties included in Assets held for sale on our
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
We review our long-lived assets (primarily property, equipment, and, as appropriate, reacquired franchise rights and favorable leases) related to each restaurant to be held and used in the business, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a restaurant may not be recoverable.
 
Long-lived assets held for use presented in the table above includes restaurants or groups of restaurants that we have impaired. From time to time, the table will also include closed restaurants or surplus sites not meeting held for sale criteria that have been offered for sale at a price less than their carrying value.
 
The fair values of our long-lived assets held for use are primarily based on broker estimates of the value of the land, building, leasehold improvements, and other residual assets (Level 2).
 
Our
financial instruments at August 30, 2016 and May 31, 2016 consisted of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and payable, and long-term debt. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable and payable approximated their carrying values because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying amounts and fair values of our long-term debt, which are not measured on a recurring basis using fair value, are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
August 30, 2016
 
 
May 31, 2016
 
 
 
Carrying
Amount
 
 
Fair
Value
 
 
Carrying
Amount
 
 
Fair
Value
 
Long-term debt (Level 2)
 
$
223,286
 
 
$
218,762
 
 
$
223,526
 
 
$
223,212
 
 
We estimated the fair value of debt using market quotes and calculations based on market rates.