Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Note 11. Leases

As a lessee, the company leases certain logistics, office, and manufacturing facilities, as well as vehicles, copiers, and other equipment. These operating leases generally have remaining lease terms between 1 month and 30 years, and some include options to extend (generally for 1 to 10 years) or have options to terminate the arrangement within 1 year. The company’s finance leases are not material.

The company has guaranteed the residual value of three leased operating facilities with lease terms ending in 2020, 2023 and 2024. The company has agreed with the lessor to comply with certain financial covenants consistent with its other debt arrangements (Note 10). The aggregate maximum guarantee under these three lease arrangements is $147 million. Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities for these lease arrangements are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, but exclude any amounts for residual value guarantees.

As a lessee, the consolidated statement of income includes pre-tax operating lease costs of $208 million and pre-tax variable lease costs of $41 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Lease costs arising from finance leases, short-term leases, and sublease income are not material.

Cash used in operating activities for payments of amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $208 million in the year ended December 31, 2019. Operating lease ROU assets of $205 million were obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities in the year ended December 31, 2019.

The weighted-average remaining operating lease term was 6.2 years and the weighted average discount rate was 4.0% as of December 31, 2019.

ROU assets of $699 million as of December 31, 2019, are classified in other assets in the consolidated balance sheet. Operating lease liabilities of $167 million and $571 million as of December 31, 2019, are classified in other accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheet.

As of December 31, 2019, future payments of operating lease liabilities are as follows:


(In millions)

2020	$	197
2021	158
2022	124
2023	92
2024	68
2025 and Thereafter	197

Total Lease Payments	836
Less: Imputed Interest	98

Total Operating Lease Liability	$	738

As a lessor, operating leases, sales-type leases and direct financing leases are not material.

As previously disclosed in the company's 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K and under previous lease accounting guidance, income from continuing operations includes expense from operating leases of $211 million and $198 million in 2018 and 2017, respectively, and the following is a summary of annual future minimum lease and rental commitments under noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2018:



(In millions)

2019	$	192
2020	158
2021	118
2022	86
2023	58
2024 and Thereafter	177

	$	789