Leases

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

A lease is defined as a party obtaining the right to use an asset legally owned by another party. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are recognized on the balance sheet as Right-of-Use ("ROU") assets and operating lease liabilities based on the present value of the remaining future minimum payments over the lease term at commencement date of the lease.

The Company uses discount rates to determine the present value of future lease payments. The Company primarily uses its incremental borrowing rate adjusted to reflect a secured rate, based on the information available for leases, including the lease term and interest rate environment in the country in which the lease exists. The lease terms used to calculate the ROU asset and lease liability may include options to extend or terminate when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.

The Company leases office facilities under non-cancelable operating leases with terms generally ranging between 10 and 25 years. The Company utilizes these leased office facilities for use by its employees in countries in which the Company conducts its business. Leases are negotiated with third-parties and, in some instances contain renewal, expansion and termination options. The Company also subleases certain office facilities to third-parties when the Company no longer utilizes the space. None of the Company’s leases restrict the payment of dividends or the incurrence of debt or additional lease obligations, or contain significant purchase options. In addition to the base rental costs, our lease agreements generally provide for rent escalations resulting from increased assessments for real estate taxes and other charges. A portion of our real estate lease portfolio contains base rents subject to annual changes in the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") as well as charges for operating expenses which are reimbursable to the landlord based on actual usage. Changes to the CPI and payments for such reimbursable operating expenses are considered variable and are recognized as variable lease costs in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Approximately 99% of the Company’s lease obligations are for the use of office space. All of the Company’s material leases are operating leases.

As a practical expedient, the Company elected an accounting policy not to separate non-lease components from lease components and instead account as a single lease component. The Company also elected not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for leases that, at the commencement date, are for 12 months or less.

The following chart provides additional information about the Company’s property leases:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In millions)	2021		2020		2021			2020
Lease Cost:
Operating lease cost	$	95	$	97	$	189		$	189
Short-term lease cost	2		1		3			2
Variable lease cost	26		27		63			64
Sublease income	(5)		(5)		(13)			(10)
Net lease cost	$	118	$	120	$	242		$	245
Other information:
Operating cash outflows from operating leases					$	204		$	197
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities					$	251		$	129
Weighted-average remaining lease term – real estate					9.1 years			8.5 years

Weighted-average discount rate – real estate leases					2.76		%	3.05		%

Future minimum lease payments for the Company’s operating leases as of June 30, 2021 are as follows:


Payment Dates (In millions)	Real Estate Leases
Remainder of 2021	$	208
2022	388
2023	340
2024	297
2025	265
2026	244
Subsequent years	901
Total future lease payments	2,643
Less: Imputed interest	(309)
Total	$	2,334
Current lease liabilities	$	342
Long-term lease liabilities	1,992
Total lease liabilities	$	2,334

Note: Table excludes obligations for leases with original terms of 12 months or less which have not been recognized as a right of use asset or liability in the consolidated balance sheets.