Operating Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

The Company leases various facilities and equipment under long-term operating lease agreements. Generally, our real estate and facility leases in the U.S. have 30-year total terms with initial terms of 15 years and three additional five-year terms, at our option. In the U.K. and Brazil, our real estate and facility leases generally have 20-year terms and 5-year terms, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments for non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2017, are as follows:




	Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2018	$	42,693
2019	37,980
2020	33,692
2021	29,447
2022	25,566
Thereafter	158,209
Total ⁽¹⁾	$	327,587

(1) Includes $1.3 million of future, non-cancelable sublease payments to be received.

Total rent expense under all operating leases was $51.8 million, $53.8 million, and $51.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included.

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