Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Mattel routinely enters into noncancelable lease agreements primarily for premises and equipment used in the normal course of business. Certain of these leases include escalation clauses that adjust rental expense to reflect changes in price indices, as well as renewal and termination options.

Mattel adopted the new lease standard on January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective transition method. Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted and continue to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. Mattel elected the package of practical expedients, permitted under the transition guidance within the new lease standard, which among other things, allowed Mattel to continue to account for existing leases based on the historical lease classification. Mattel also elected the practical expedients to exclude right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less from the balance sheet, and to combine lease and non-lease components for property leases, which primarily relate to ancillary expenses such as common area maintenance charges and management fees.

Mattel determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception by assessing whether it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Mattel's leases have remaining lease terms of up to 12 years, and often include one or more options to renew for up to 10 years. Renewal and termination options are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that Mattel will exercise the option.

In addition, certain of Mattel's lease agreements, primarily related to American Girl leases, include contingent rental payments based on a percentage of sales. Contingent rental expense is recorded in the period in which the contingent event becomes probable. During 2020, 2019, and 2018, contingent rental expense was not material, Mattel's lease agreements do not contain any material residual guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As substantially all of Mattel's leases do not provide an implicit rate, Mattel uses its incremental borrowing rate, based on the information available at the lease commencement date, to determine the present value of lease payments.

The following table summarize Mattel's right-of-use assets and liabilities and other information about our leases:


	December 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
	(In thousands, except years and percentage information)
Right-of-use assets, net	$	291,601		$	303,187

Accrued liabilities	$	79,540		$	74,065
Noncurrent lease liabilities	249,353			270,853
Total lease liabilities	$	328,893		$	344,918

Weighted-average remaining lease term	6.6 years			6.6 years

Weighted-average discount rate	7.6		%	7.9		%

Operating lease costs are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The components of lease costs for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:


	For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
	(In thousands)
Operating lease costs (a)	$	136,842	$	142,100
Sublease rental income	$	2,697	$	5,690

(a) Includes short-term and variable lease costs of $42.3 million and $43.8 million for 2020 and 2019, respectively. Variable lease costs primarily relate to common area maintenance charges, management fees, taxes and storage fees.

Operating lease expense under ASC 840, Leases was $127.1 million for 2018, net of sublease income of $3.0 million.

Supplemental information related to leases was as follows:


	For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
	(In thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities	$	96,953	$	105,015
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new and modified operating lease liabilities	$	41,802	$	38,795

The following table shows the future maturities of lease liabilities for leases in effect as of December 31, 2020:


Years Ending December 31,	Lease Liabilities
	(In thousands)
2021	$	95,090
2022	72,018
2023	53,473
2024	44,197
2025	35,324
Thereafter	121,342
	421,444
Less: imputed interest	(92,551)
	$	328,893