Constellation Brands, Inc. Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Leases

Leases

12 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2025

General

We primarily lease certain vineyards, office and production facilities, warehouses, production equipment, and vehicles. We have concluded that certain grape purchasing arrangements associated with the purchase of grape production yielded from a specified block of a vineyard and certain third-party logistics arrangements contain a lease.

Balance sheet location

A summary of lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are as follows:


	Balance Sheet Classification	February 28, 2025		February 29, 2024
(in millions)
Assets
Operating lease	Other assets	$	545.7	$	615.3
Finance lease	Property, plant, and equipment	18.2		18.2
Total right-of-use assets		$	563.9	$	633.5

Liabilities
Current:
Operating lease	Other accrued expenses and liabilities	$	76.7	$	89.6
Finance lease	Current maturities of long-term debt	4.1		7.5
Non-current:
Operating lease	Deferred income taxes and other liabilities	539.1		588.7
Finance lease	Long-term debt, less current maturities	4.6		10.3
Total lease liabilities		$	624.5	$	696.1

Lease cost

The components of total lease cost are as follows:


	For the Years Ended
	February 28, 2025		February 29, 2024		February 28, 2023
(in millions)
Operating lease cost	$	112.6	$	98.2	$	96.2
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of-use assets	7.2		9.4		9.2
Interest on lease liabilities	1.0		1.4		1.1
Short-term lease cost	11.5		10.5		6.6
Variable lease cost	135.2		182.1		176.5
Total lease cost	$	267.5	$	301.6	$	289.6

Lease maturities

As of February 28, 2025, minimum payments due for lease liabilities for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter are as follows:


	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
(in millions)
Fiscal 2026	$	113.6	$	4.7
Fiscal 2027	95.8		3.4
Fiscal 2028	83.7		1.3
Fiscal 2029	78.3		—
Fiscal 2030	72.7		—
Thereafter	384.1		0.1
Total lease payments	828.2		9.5
Less: Interest	(212.4)		(0.8)
Total lease liabilities	$	615.8	$	8.7

Related party transaction

We have a long-term lease for office space with an affiliate of a director.

Supplemental information


	For the Years Ended
	February 28, 2025		February 29, 2024		February 28, 2023
(in millions)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	114.8	$	99.5	$	99.7
Operating cash flows from finance leases	$	1.0	$	1.4	$	1.1
Financing cash flows from finance leases	$	7.0	$	9.7	$	8.8



Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases	$	63.0	$	268.5	$	63.2
Finance leases	$	—	$	—	$	10.1


	For the Years Ended
	February 28, 2025		February 29, 2024		February 28, 2023
(in millions)
Weighted-average remaining lease term: (1)
Operating leases	11.6 years		10.7 years		11.8 years
Finance leases	2.3 years		2.8 years		3.3 years

Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.2	%	4.3	%	3.3	%
Finance leases	8.8	%	7.5	%	6.3	%

(1)Our leases have varying terms with remaining lease terms of up to approximately 30 years. Certain of our lease arrangements provide us with the option to extend or to terminate the lease early.

LEASES