Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2021

The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. Right-of-use (ROU) assets related to the Company's leases are recorded in Lease assets and lease liabilities are recorded in Accrued liabilities and Lease liabilities on the Consolidated balance sheets.

ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset over the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of future lease payments over the lease term. The ROU asset also includes prepaid lease payments and initial direct costs and is reduced for lease incentives paid by the lessor. The discount rate used to determine the present value is generally the Company's incremental borrowing rate because the implicit rate in the lease is not readily determinable. The lease term used to calculate the ROU asset and lease liabilities includes periods covered by options to extend or terminate when the Company is reasonably certain the lease term will include these optional periods.

In accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases (ASC Topic 842), the Company elected the short-term lease practical expedient that allows entities to recognize lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term for leases with a term of 12 months or less. The Company has also elected the practical expedient under ASC Topic 842 allowing entities to not separate non-lease components from lease components, but instead account for such components as a single lease component for all leases except leases involving assets operated by a third-party.

The Company has operating lease arrangements for sales and administrative offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities, product testing facilities, equipment and vehicles. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms ranging from 1 to 6 years, some of which include options to extend the lease term for periods generally not greater than 5 years and some of which include options to terminate the leases within 1 year. Certain leases also include options to purchase the leased asset. The Company's leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Operating lease expense for the three months ended September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020 was $6.1 million and $7.1 million, respectively, and $18.7 million and $20.9 million for the nine months ended September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020, respectively. This includes variable lease costs related to leases involving assets operated by a third party of approximately $0.9 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020, respectively, and $3.4 million and $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 26, 2021 and September 27, 2020, respectively. Other variable and short-term lease costs were not material.

Balance sheet information related to the Company's leases was as follows (in thousands):


	September 26, 2021		December 31, 2020		September 27, 2020
Lease assets	$	47,507	$	45,203	$	47,599

Accrued liabilities	$	18,468	$	17,081	$	17,704
Lease liabilities	26,017		30,115		31,225
	$	44,485	$	47,196	$	48,929

Future maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities as of September 26, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):


	Operating Leases
2021	$	5,017
2022	17,694
2023	9,119
2024	6,907
2025	3,923
Thereafter	3,406
Future lease payments	46,066
Present value discount	(1,581)
Lease liabilities	$	44,485

Other lease information surrounding the Company's operating leases was as follows (dollars in thousands):


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 26, 2021		September 27, 2020		September 26, 2021		September 27, 2020
Cash outflows for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	4,756	$	5,274	$	20,479	$	15,893
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations, net of modifications	$	11,189	$	(1,327)	$	17,390	$	327


	September 26, 2021		December 31, 2020		September 27, 2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)	3.36		3.78		3.92
Weighted-average discount rate	2.4	%	3.1	%	3.1	%