Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Leases

Leases

Note 3.  Leases

We have operating leases for office space, warehouse space, computer and office equipment and vehicles used in our business operations. We have a finance lease as a result of the 2015 sale-leaseback of our corporate headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts. All new agreements are reviewed to determine if they contain a lease component. A lease is a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment over a period of time in exchange for consideration. We recognize the lease obligation on a discounted basis using the explicit or implicit discount rate stated within the agreement. We recognize a corresponding right-of-use asset, which is initially determined based upon the net present value of the associated liability and is adjusted for deferred costs and possible impairment, if any. For those lease agreements that do not indicate the applicable discount rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate. We have made the following policy elections: (i) operating leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet; (ii) we recognize lease expense for operating leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term; and (iii) we account for lease components and non-lease components that are fixed payments as one component. Some of our operating leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the respective lease term 1 to 3 years. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. For lease extensions that are reasonably certain to occur, we have included these renewal periods in our calculation of the net present value of the lease obligation and related right-of-use asset. Certain leases also include options to purchase the leased property. The depreciable life of certain assets and leasehold improvements is limited by the expected lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain of exercise. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The amounts of operating and finance lease right-of-use assets and related lease obligations recorded within our consolidated balance sheets are as follows:

		September 30,		December 31,
Leases	Classification	2021		2020
Assets		(in thousands)
Operating leases	Operating lease assets	$	8,106	$	4,542
Finance lease	Finance lease assets *		19,563		20,544
Total leased assets		$	27,669	$	25,086
Liabilities
Current
Operating	Other current liabilities	$	3,874	$	2,573
Finance	Current portion of finance lease obligation		921		756
Noncurrent
Operating	Other long-term liabilities		4,220		1,949
Finance	Finance lease obligation		46,672		47,393
Total lease liabilities		$	55,687	$	52,671
* Finance lease assets are recorded net of accumulated depreciation of $49.2 million and include $0.7 million of prepaid financing costs as of September 30, 2021. Finance lease assets are recorded net of accumulated depreciation of $48.4 million and include $0.7 million of prepaid financing costs as of December 31, 2020. ​

All of our operating lease office locations support selling and servicing functions. Operating lease expense, and depreciation and interest expense relating to our finance lease obligation, are recognized within our consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 as follows:

		Three months ended				Nine months ended
		September 30,				September 30,
Lease cost	Classification	2021		2020		2021		2020
Operating lease cost		(in thousands)
Service	Cost of revenue	$	790	$	601	$	2,074	$	1,776
Research and development	Operating expenses		114		137		366		347
Sales and marketing*	Operating expenses		414		347		1,169		1,024
General and administrative*	Operating expenses		254		213		714		648
Total operating lease cost		$	1,572	$	1,298	$	4,323	$	3,795
Finance lease cost
Depreciation of leased assets	Cost of revenue, R&D, Sales and marketing and G&A	$	326	$	328	$	981	$	1,009
Interest on lease liabilities	Interest expense		1,269		1,296		3,822		3,898
Total finance lease cost		$	1,595	$	1,624	$	4,803	$	4,907
Total lease cost		$	3,167	$	2,922	$	9,126	$	8,702
* Sales and marketing and general and administrative expense also includes short-term lease and variable lease costs of approximately $0.6 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and includes short-term and variable lease costs of approximately $0.3 million and $0.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

The lease of our corporate headquarters, shown below under finance leases, had an original lease term of 22 years, beginning in January 2015. All other locations are treated as operating leases, with lease terms ranging from 1 to 10 years. The tables below reflect the minimum cash outflow regarding our current lease obligations as well as the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rates used in our calculation of our lease obligations and right-of-use assets as of September 30, 2021:

	Finance		Operating		Total
Maturity of Lease Liabilities	Leases		Leases		Leases
	(in thousands)
2021	$	1,465	$	1,127	$	2,592
2022		5,980		3,980		9,960
2023		6,114		1,849		7,963
2024		6,252		838		7,090
2025		5,930		692		6,622
Thereafter		73,723		531		74,254
Total lease payments	$	99,464	$	9,017	$	108,481
Less interest portion*		(51,871)		(923)		(52,794)
Finance lease and operating lease obligations	$	47,593	$	8,094	$	55,687
* Finance lease interest calculated using the implied interest rate; operating lease interest calculated using estimated corporate borrowing rate.

	September 30,
Lease term and discount rate	2021
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating leases		3.0
Finance leases		15.3
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases		4.5%
Finance leases		10.5%

Our cash outflows from our operating leases include rent expense and other charges associated with these leases. These cash flows are included within the operating activities section of our statement of cash flows. Our cash flows from our finance lease include both an interest component and payment of principal component. The table below shows our cash outflows, by lease type and related section of our statement of cash flows, as well as the non-cash amount capitalized on our balance sheet in relation to our operating lease right-of-use assets for the nine months ending September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

	Nine months ended
	September 30,
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities	2021		2020
	(in thousands)
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	4,323	$	3,795
Operating cash outflows from finance leases		3,821		4,035
Financing cash outflows from finance leases		562		252
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities		6,396		1,658
Finance lease assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities	$	—	$	—