The Company entered into various non-cancelable lease agreements for offices and facilities, as well as auto leases. The substantial majority of the Company's leases are for its office spaces and facilities, which are accounted for as operating leases. The Company leases office space in California, as well as offices in various locations in the U.S., with additional sales, operations, and research and development offices around the world. The Company determines whether an arrangement is a lease at inception if there is an identified asset, and it has the right to control the identified asset for a period of time. Some of the Company's leases include options to extend the lease for up to 5 years, and some include options to terminate the lease within 1 year. The Company's lease terms are only for periods in which it has enforceable rights and are impacted by options to extend or terminate the lease only when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option.

For leases with terms greater than 12 months, the Company records the related right-of-use asset and lease obligation at the present value of lease payments over the lease terms. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company's leases do not include any residual value guarantees or bargain purchase options.

Lease agreements will typically exist with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for separately. The Company's agreements may contain variable lease payments. The Company includes variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate and exclude those which depend on facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time.

Most of the Company's leases do not contain an implicit interest rate. Therefore, the Company uses judgment to estimate an incremental borrowing rate, which is defined as the rate of interest the Company would have to pay to borrow an amount that is equal to the lease obligations, on a collateralized basis, and over a similar term. The Company takes into consideration the terms of the Company's Credit Facility (as defined in Note 7. Debt), lease terms, and current interest rates to determine the incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement date. At September 30, 2023, the Company's weighted-average discount rate was 5.14%, while the weighted-average remaining lease term was 9.1 years. As part of the supplemental cash flow disclosure, the right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities does not reflect the impact of prepaid or deferred rent.

On May 11, 2023, the Company amended its existing operating lease at the Lafayette City Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The effect of the modification was a partial reduction in the square footage of the lease and an extension of the lease term through July 2035. The modification resulted in the Company continuing to classify the lease as an operating lease, with an increase in right-of-use assets and lease liabilities totaling $31.6 million and $30.4 million, respectively.

On July 13, 2023, as part of the Company's ongoing evaluation of real estate needs and overall lease consolidation initiatives, the Company entered into a lease agreement for a new headquarters location for approximately 50,000 square feet of office space located in Goleta, California. The lease expires in May 2031, with no option to extend. The Company anticipates taking possession of the leased premises in October 2023 and intends to relocate its headquarters to this space in fiscal 2024.

Refer to Note 14. Restructuring Plan for discussion of the impact of lease abandonment charges.

The components of lease expense for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, was as follows:


	Year Ended
	September 30, 2023
(In thousands)
Operating lease cost	$	12,324
Short-term lease cost		340
Variable lease cost		5,480
Total lease cost	$	18,144

For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, and October 1, 2022, rent expense, including leases for offices and facilities as well as auto leases, was $12.7 million and $11.3 million, respectively, and common area maintenance expense was $5.5 million and $4.3 million, respectively.

The following table summarizes the maturity of lease liabilities under operating leases as of September 30, 2023:


Fiscal years ending	Operating leases
(In thousands)
2024	$	4,415
2025		9,579
2026		7,888
2027		6,395
2028		5,841
Thereafter		41,040
Total lease payments		75,158
Less imputed interest		(19,049	)
Total lease liabilities	$	56,109