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Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

The Company recognizes a right of use (“ROU”) asset and a liability for all leases whose term is more than 12 months at the lease inception date. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term, which includes any extension the Company reasonably expects to exercise. The Company assesses whether certain service arrangements contain embedded leases where the contract conveys the right to use an asset but are not explicitly identified as lease arrangements; examples include information technology, third-party logistics and original equipment manufacturers. The Company uses incremental borrowing rates, updated quarterly, that reflect its own external unsecured borrowing rates that are risk-adjusted to approximate secured borrowing rates over similar terms.

For certain non-real estate leases, the portfolio approach is used. The Company also has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a single lease component.

Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Operating lease assets and Operating lease liabilities are reported as separate lines in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The current portion of Operating lease liabilities is reported in Other accrued liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

For finance leases, lease payments are allocated between interest expense and reduction of the liability in accordance with an amortization schedule. The ROU asset is amortized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Assets acquired under finance leases are recorded in property, plant and equipment, net.

The depreciable life of leasehold improvements and other lease-related assets are limited by the expected lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain of exercise.

Supplemental consolidated balance sheet information for leases at December 31, is as follows (in millions):


	Classification	2020		2019
Assets
Operating leases	Operating lease assets (1)	$	530	$	615
Finance leases	Property, plant and equipment, net (2)	10		15
Total lease assets		$	540	$	630

Liabilities
Current
Operating leases	Other accrued liabilities	$	129	$	132
Finance leases	Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt	3		3
Noncurrent
Operating leases	Long-term operating lease liabilities	472		541
Finance leases	Long-term debt	5		10
Total lease liabilities		$	609	$	686

(1)During 2020, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred for all of its reporting units as a result of overall macroeconomic conditions and developments in the equity and credit markets primarily driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pursuant to the authoritative accounting literature, the Company compared the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows attributable to the asset or group of assets at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are available to their respective carrying amount. As a result of the impairment testing performed in connection with the triggering event, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $8 million in the Home Solutions segment related to the operating leases of its Yankee Candle retail

store business. In addition, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2 million in the Corporate segment to reflect a reduction in the carrying values of certain operating lease assets. The impairment charges were calculated by subtracting the estimated fair value of the asset group from its carrying value.

(2)Net of accumulated depreciation of $12 million and $8 million, respectively.

Components of lease expense for the years ended December 31, are as follows (in millions):


	2020		2019
Operating lease cost:
Operating lease cost (1)	$	180	$	207
Variable lease costs (2)	25		26
Finance lease cost
Amortization of leased assets	4		5

(1)Includes short-term leases, which are immaterial.

(2)Consists primarily of additional payments for non-lease components, such as maintenance costs, payments of taxes and additional rent based on a level of the Company’s retail store sales.

Rent expense for continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $227 million.

Remaining lease term and discount rates at December 31, are as follows:


	2020	2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating leases	6	7
Finance leases	2	3
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.2%	4.3%
Finance leases	3.4%	3.5%

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the years ended December 31, are as follows (in millions):


	2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	177	$	201
Operating cash flows from finance leases	—		1
Financing cash flows from finance leases	4		4

Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:
Operating leases	75		130
Finance leases	—		7

Maturities of lease liabilities at December 31, 2020, are as follows (in millions):


	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
2021	$	155	$	4
2022	135		3
2023	102		1
2024	79		—
2025	62		—
Thereafter	168		—
Total lease payments	701		8
Less: imputed interest	(100)		—
Present value of lease liabilities	$	601	$	8

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