Leases

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

16) Leases

The Company has entered into certain operating leases for office space, vehicles and other equipment with lease terms between one to fifteen years, expiring between 2022 and 2033. Some of the Company’s real estate property lease agreements have options to extend the leases for up to ten years.

A summary of total lease costs and other information is comprised of the following for the indicated periods:


	Years Ended September 30,
(in thousands)	2022			2021			2020
Lease cost:
Operating lease cost	$	23,186		$	25,185		$	25,396
Short-term lease cost		1,024			826			775
Variable lease cost		7,400			5,867			5,255
Total lease cost	$	31,610		$	31,878		$	31,426

Other information:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	22,513		$	24,894		$	24,943
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	16,366		$	15,894		$	20,487
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating leases	6.1 years			6.6 years			7.1 years
Weighted-average discount rate – operating leases		5.4	%		4.8	%		4.9	%

Maturities of noncancelable operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2022 are as follows:


	September 30,
(in thousands)	2022
2023	$	22,024
2024		21,166
2025		19,253
2026		16,291
2027		12,155
Thereafter		25,857
Total undiscounted lease payments		116,746
Less imputed interest		(18,150	)
Total lease liabilities	$	98,596