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Commitment and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Apr. 27, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, one of the Company’s subsidiaries ceased operations. This subsidiary contributed to a multiemployer pension plan, the Pension, Hospitalization and Benefit Plan of the Electrical Industry - Pension Trust Fund (the “Plan”). In October 2016, the Plan demanded payment for a claimed withdrawal liability of approximately $13.0 million pursuant to its interpretation of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). In December 2016, the subsidiary submitted a formal request to the Plan seeking review of the Plan’s withdrawal liability determination. The subsidiary disputed, among other things, the amount of the withdrawal liability demanded by the Plan. The subsidiary has submitted this dispute to arbitration, as required by ERISA. There can be no assurance that the Company’s subsidiary will be successful in its appeal of the Plan’s withdrawal liability determination. As required by ERISA, this subsidiary began making payments of the claimed withdrawal liability to the Plan in the amount of approximately $0.1 million per month in November 2016. The aggregate amount of the payments made to date is currently approximately $11.7 million and that amount has been recorded by the Company as an asset. If the subsidiary prevails in disputing the amount of the withdrawal liability, any amounts that have been paid by the Company to the Plan in excess of the finally determined withdrawal liability are expected to be refunded to the Company.

From time to time, we are party to other various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While the resolution of these matters cannot be predicted with certainty, it is the opinion of management, based on information available at this time, that the ultimate resolution of any such claims or legal proceedings will not, after considering applicable insurance coverage or other indemnities to which we may be entitled, have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

Commitments

Performance and Payment Bonds and Guarantees. We have obligations under performance and other surety contract bonds related to certain of our customer contracts. Performance bonds generally provide a customer with the right to obtain payment and/or performance from the issuer of the bond if we fail to perform our contractual obligations. As of April 27, 2024 and January 27, 2024, we had $397.0 million and $409.6 million, respectively, of outstanding performance and other surety contract bonds. In addition to performance and other surety contract bonds, as part of our insurance program we also provide surety bonds that collateralize our obligations to our insurance carriers. As of April 27, 2024 and January 27, 2024, we had $24.1 million and $20.4 million, respectively, of outstanding surety bonds related to our insurance obligations. Additionally, the Company periodically guarantees certain obligations of its subsidiaries, including obligations in connection with obtaining state contractor licenses and leasing real property and equipment.
 
Letters of Credit. We have issued standby letters of credit under our Credit Agreement that collateralize our obligations to our insurance carriers. At each of April 27, 2024 and January 27, 2024, we had $47.5 million of outstanding standby letters of credit issued under our Credit Agreement.