Leases Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

The Company's leases are primarily leased properties across different worldwide locations where the Company conducts its operations. All of these leases are classified as operating leases. Certain leases may contain options to extend or terminate the lease at the Company's sole discretion. As of December 31, 2023, there were no options to terminate and twenty-eight options to extend that were accounted for in the determination of the lease term for the Company's outstanding leases. Certain leases contain leasehold improvement incentives, retirement obligations, escalating clauses, rent holidays, and variable payments tied to a consumer price index. Lease costs associated with variable payments were $1,175,000 in 2023, $1,009,000 in 2022, and $1,253,000 in 2021. There were no restrictions or covenants for the outstanding leases as of December 31, 2023. The Company did not have any leases that had not yet commenced but that created significant rights and/or obligations as of December 31, 2023.

The total operating lease expense was $11,598,000 in 2023, $8,939,000 in 2022, and $8,180,000 in 2021. The total operating lease cash payments were $10,148,000 in 2023, $8,548,000 in 2022, and $8,225,000 in 2021. The total lease expense for leases with a term of twelve months or less for which the Company elected not to recognize a lease asset or lease liability was $427,000 in 2023, $144,000 in 2022, and $154,000 in 2021.

Future operating lease cash payments are as follows (in thousands):


Year Ended December 31,	Amount
2024	$	13,612
2025	11,836
2026	9,746
2027	8,851
2028	8,395
Thereafter	53,257
	$	105,697

The discounted present value of the future lease cash payments resulted in a lease liability of $78,601,000 and $39,752,000 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

In connection with the acquisition of Moritex Corporation in the fourth quarter of 2023 (refer to Note 21), the Company assumed multiple lease agreements, the most significant of which is for a 22,000 square-foot building in Vietnam that serves as a production plant for optical components.

In June 2023, the Company entered into a lease for a 115,000 square-foot building in Singapore to serve as a new distribution center for customers in Asia. The lease contains two components, including an 88,000 square-foot premises with a term of ten years, six months. The Company has the right and option to extend the term of this lease component for an additional period of five years, commencing upon the expiration of the original term. This lease component commenced during the second quarter of 2023, and therefore the Company recorded approximately $29,639,000, which reflects an estimated extension period of five years, within "Operating lease assets" and "Operating lease liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets on the commencement date. The second component of this Singapore lease is for a 27,000 square-foot premises with a term of eight years. The commencement date for this lease component is in the fourth quarter of 2025, and therefore it was not yet recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, nor did it create any significant rights and obligations as of December 31, 2023. The Company has the right and option to extend the term of this lease component for an additional period of five years, commencing upon the expiration of the original term. Future payment obligations associated with this lease component total $13,231,000, none of which was payable in 2023 and which reflects an estimated extension

period of five years. Future payment obligations related to this lease component are not included in the future operating lease cash payments table above.

In December 2021, the Company entered into a lease for a 65,000 square-foot building in Southborough, Massachusetts for a term of ten years to serve as a new distribution center for customers in the Americas. The Company has the right and option to extend the term of this lease for an additional period of five years, commencing upon the expiration of the original ten-year term. This lease commenced during the first quarter of 2022, and therefore the Company recorded approximately $9,271,000, which does not reflect an estimated extension period, within "Operating lease assets" and "Operating lease liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets on the commencement date.

The weighted-average discount rate was 5.7% and 3.3% for the leases outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The weighted-average remaining lease term was 10.5 years and 7.8 years for the leases outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.