Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2022

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 used in manufacturing and distribution processes.

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 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021 was $6.2 million and $6.1 million, respectively, and $19.3 million and $18.7 million for the nine months ended September 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021, respectively. This includes variable lease costs related to assets used in manufacturing and distribution processes of approximately $0.8 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended September 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021, respectively, and $2.7 million and $3.4 million for the nine months ended September 25, 2022 and September 26, 2021, 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 25, 2022		December 31, 2021		September 26, 2021
Lease assets	$	40,543	$	49,625	$	47,507

Accrued liabilities	$	15,366	$	17,369	$	18,468
Lease liabilities	23,836		29,904		26,017
	$	39,202	$	47,273	$	44,485

Future maturities of the Company's operating lease liabilities as of September 25, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):


2022	$	4,502
2023	14,351
2024	8,437
2025	6,121
2026	4,927
Thereafter	2,130
Future lease payments	40,468
Present value discount	(1,266)
Lease liabilities	$	39,202

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


	Three months ended				Nine months ended
	September 25, 2022		September 26, 2021		September 25, 2022		September 26, 2021
Cash outflows for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	5,391	$	4,756	$	14,985	$	20,479
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations, net of modifications	$	1,980	$	11,189	$	8,333	$	17,390


	September 25, 2022		December 31, 2021		September 26, 2021
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)	3.43		3.86		3.36
Weighted-average discount rate	2.1	%	1.9	%	2.4	%