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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases

6.

Leases

We have operating leases for:  (i) real estate which include both office space and statement production and mailing facilities; (ii) our outsourced data center environment, as discussed further in Note 11; and (iii) operating equipment.  Our leases have remaining terms of up to eight years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to an additional ten years.  For leases commencing prior to 2019, we used the noncancelable term to calculate the related right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability.  The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion.  Additionally, certain of our leases include payments that are adjusted periodically for inflation.  

We have made an accounting policy election not to recognize on our balance sheet, leases with an initial term of twelve months or less, for any class of underlying asset.  We have also made an election for real estate leases beginning in 2019 and later, not to separate the lease and non-lease components, but rather account for the entire arrangement as a single lease component (a practical expedient allowed under ASC 842).  For our outsourced data center environment agreement, we have concluded that there are lease and non-lease components, and have allocated the consideration in the agreement on a relative stand-alone price basis.  Due to the significant assumptions and judgements required in accounting for leases (to include whether a contract contains a lease, the allocation of the consideration, and the determination of the discount rate), the judgements and estimates made could have a significant effect on the amount of assets and liabilities recognized.

We sublease certain of our leased real estate to third parties.  These subleases have remaining lease terms of up to four years and certain subleases have renewal terms that can extend the lease for up to an additional two years.  

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

Operating lease expense

 

$

24,670

 

 

Variable lease expense

 

 

4,647

 

 

Short-term lease expense

 

 

583

 

 

Sublease income

 

 

(1,710

)

 

Total net lease expense

 

$

28,190

 

 

 

Other information related to leases was as follows (in thousands, except term and discount rate):

 

 

 

Year Ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Supplemental Cash Flows Information:

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities

 

$

24,006

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities

 

 

33,782

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases

 

59 months

 

Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases

 

 

4.32

%

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

 

2020

 

$

25,976

 

2021

 

 

25,134

 

2022

 

 

20,251

 

2023

 

 

15,097

 

2024

 

 

13,848

 

Thereafter

 

 

12,639

 

Total future minimum lease payments (1)

 

 

112,945

 

Less:  Interest (2)

 

 

(11,567

)

Total

 

$

101,378

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current operating lease liabilities

 

$

22,442

 

Non-current operating lease liabilities

 

 

78,936

 

Total

 

$

101,378

 

 

 

(1)

For leases commencing prior to 2019, minimum lease payments exclude payments for real estate taxes and non-lease components.  

 

(2)

We used our functional currency adjusted incremental borrowing rate for the discount rate for the leases at adoption date and will use the same approach for all leases commencing thereafter.

As of December 31, 2019, we have an operating lease for office space that has not yet commenced of approximately $23 million.  This operating lease will commence during 2020 with a lease term through 2031.  Additionally, prior to December 31, 2019 we entered into an agreement to upgrade the processors at our outsourced data center environment in 2020.  As a result, when we have access and control of the new asset, we will account for the termination of the original agreement by writing off the remaining right-of-use asset and lease liability, and recording a new right-of-use asset and lease liability.  At this time, we expect the net impact of these entries will increase the related right-of-use asset and lease liability by approximately $12 million.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 2018 were as follows:  2019 – $16.6 million; 2020 – $14.1 million; 2021 – $13.1 million; 2022 – $11.5 million; 2023 – $9.6 million; and thereafter – $14.7 million.  Total lease expense for 2018 and 2017 was $19.0 million and $16.4 million, respectively.