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Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Laureate conducts a significant portion of its operations at leased facilities, including many of Laureate's higher education facilities and other office locations. Laureate analyzes each lease agreement to determine whether it should be classified as a finance lease or an operating lease.

Finance Leases

Our finance lease agreements are for property and equipment. The lease assets are included within buildings as well as furniture, equipment and software and the related lease liability is included within debt and finance leases on the consolidated balance sheets.

Operating Leases

Our operating lease agreements are primarily for real estate space and are included within operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The terms of our operating leases vary and generally contain renewal options. Certain of these operating leases provide for increasing rent over the term of the lease. Laureate also leases certain equipment under noncancellable operating leases, which are typically for terms of 60 months or less.

ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. As discussed in Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. Our variable lease payments consist of non-lease services related to the lease. Variable lease payments are excluded from the ROU assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Many of our lessee agreements include options to extend the lease, which we do not include in our minimum lease terms unless they are reasonably certain to be exercised. On occasion, Laureate has entered into sublease agreements for certain leased office space; however, the sublease income from these agreements is immaterial.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:


Leases	Classification	2023		2022
Assets:
Operating	Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	$	371,611	$	389,565
Finance	Buildings, Furniture, equipment and software, net	47,604		41,049
Total leased assets		$	419,215	$	430,614

Liabilities:
Current
Operating	Current portion of operating leases	$	57,514	$	38,994
Finance	Current portion of long-term debt and finance leases	6,742		6,173
Non-current
Operating	Long-term operating leases, less current portion	360,120		376,898
Finance	Long-term debt and finance leases, less current portion	50,826		42,013
Total lease liabilities		$	475,202	$	464,078


Lease Term and Discount Rate	2023		2022		2021
Weighted average remaining lease terms
Operating leases	8.6 years		9.4 years		9.4 years
Finance leases	13.7 years		14.6 years		14.9 years

Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases	9.50	%	9.40	%	8.90	%
Finance leases	10.70	%	9.90	%	9.60	%

The components of lease cost for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:


Lease Cost	Classification	2023		2022		2021
Operating lease cost	Direct costs	$	62,904	$	58,701	$	70,256
Finance lease cost
Amortization of leased assets	Direct costs	10,130		6,821		6,732
Interest on leased assets	Interest expense	5,670		3,990		4,092
Short-term lease costs	Direct costs	1,242		1,055		73
Variable lease costs	Direct costs	13,165		9,806		5,575
Sublease income	Revenues	(934)		(425)		(187)
Total lease cost		$	92,177	$	79,948	$	86,541

As of December 31, 2023, maturities of lease liabilities were as follows:


Maturity of Lease Liability	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
Year 1	$	95,007	$	11,526
Year 2	94,267		10,612
Year 3	86,116		7,710
Year 4	73,491		6,164
Year 5	51,889		5,305
Thereafter	229,945		93,903
Total lease payments	$	630,715	$	135,220
Less: interest and inflation	(213,081)		(77,652)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	417,634	$	57,568

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:


Other Information	2023		2022		2021
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows used for operating leases	$	63,959	$	56,540	$	75,164
Operating cash flows used for finance leases	$	5,670	$	3,990	$	4,107
Financing cash flows used for finance leases	$	6,905	$	5,136	$	4,874
Leased assets obtained for new finance lease liabilities	$	13,034	$	5,226	$	1,997
Leased assets obtained for new operating lease liabilities	$	20,920	$	12,677	$	7,674

Corporate Office Lease Termination

In March 2021, the Company exercised its one-time right under the operating lease agreement for its former corporate headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, to terminate the lease effective June 30, 2022. In connection with the exercise of this early termination option, the Company was required to pay an early termination fee of approximately $1,200, half of which was paid in March 2021. In December 2021, the Company and the landlord agreed to a termination of the lease agreement, effective December 31, 2021. In connection with this lease termination, the Company made a total payment of approximately $2,750, which included the second half of the early termination fee noted above, as well as all remaining amounts owed under the lease.

Kendall Lease Termination

In December 2021, the Company completed a lease termination agreement with the landlord of its Kendall property in Chicago, Illinois. In connection with the lease termination agreement, the Company made a total payment of approximately $44,050 and recorded a loss of approximately $25,800, which is included in Operating (loss) income in the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2022.

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