LEASES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

LEASES

LEASES

4. LEASES

Lessee Disclosure

The Company has operating and financing leases for towers, land, corporate offices, retail facilities, and data transport capacity. The lease terms are generally between three and 10 years, some of which include additional renewal options.

Supplemental lease information

The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended				Six months ended
	June 30, 2023		June 30, 2022		June 30, 2023		June 30, 2022
Operating lease cost:
Operating lease cost	$	5,763	$	6,194	$	11,744	$	12,337
Short-term lease cost		625		645		1,303		1,154
Variable lease cost		1,383		642		2,045		1,446
Total operating lease cost	$	7,771	$	7,481	$	15,092	$	14,937
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of-use asset	$	804	$	782	$	1,504	$	1,579
Variable costs		227		210		430		458
Interest costs		78		95		162		197
Total finance lease cost	$	1,109	$	1,087	$	2,096	$	2,234

During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company paid $9.7 million and $10.8 million, respectively, for operating lease liabilities. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $12.3 million and $5.1 million, respectively, of operating lease liabilities arising from ROU assets. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, in conjunction with the restructuring activities the Company terminated $5.6 million of lease right of use assets, $5.9 million of lease liabilities from its balance sheet, and recorded a gain of $0.3 million in the restructuring expense line of its statement of operations.

At June 30, 2023, finance leases with a cost of $31.6 million and accumulated amortization of $14.9 million were included in property, plant and equipment. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company paid $0.5 million of financing cash flows, $3.4 million of investing cash flows and $0.2 million of operating cash flows for finance lease liabilities. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company paid $0.6 million of financing cash flows and $0.1 million of operating cash flows for finance lease liabilities. Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company disposed of a finance lease with a net book value of $1.0 million recording a loss for that amount. At June 30, 2023, finance leases had a lease liability of $6.5 million, of which $1.7 million was current.

At December 31, 2022, finance leases with a cost of $26.6 million and accumulated amortization of $13.5 million were included in property, plant and equipment.

The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are noted in the table below:

	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases		13.1 years		12.4 years
Financing leases		9.4 years		9.3 years
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases		6.4%		6.0%
Financing leases		7.1%		6.7%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of June 30, 2023 were as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases		Financing Leases
2023 (excluding the six months ended June 30, 2023)	$	11,716	$	1,474
2024		18,425		2,128
2025		15,101		1,020
2026		10,933		550
2027		8,736		511
Thereafter		84,450		2,651
Total lease payments		149,361		8,334
Less imputed interest		(58,470)		(1,858)
Total	$	90,891	$	6,476

Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

	Operating Leases		Financing Leases
2023	$	19,417	$	1,403
2024		17,836		1,342
2025		14,805		978
2026		10,505		504
2027		8,096		495
Thereafter		76,452		2,651
Total lease payments		147,111		7,373
Less imputed interest		(53,794)		(1,914)
Total	$	93,317	$	5,459

As of June 30, 2023, the Company did not have any material operating or finance leases that have not yet commenced.

Lessor Disclosure

The Company is the lessor in agreements to lease the use of its network assets including its cell sites and buildings. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $3.9 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of lease income from agreements in which the Company is the lessor. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded $2.0 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of lease income. Lease income is classified as Carrier Services revenue in the statement of operations.

The following table presents the maturities of future undiscounted lease payments for the periods indicated:

2023 (excluding the six months ended June 30, 2023)	$	3,110
2024		5,917
2025		5,733
2026		5,419
2027		4,270
Thereafter		14,394
Total future lease payments	$	38,843