Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Operating Leases – The Company leases office space under non-cancelable lease agreements, which expire on various dates through 2035. The lease terms include options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. The Company reflects lease expense over the lease terms on a straight-line basis. Occupancy lease agreements, in addition to base rentals, generally are subject to escalation provisions based on certain costs incurred by the landlord. The Company does not have any leases with variable lease payments. Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office space of $11,916 and $10,235 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and variable lease cost of $1,723 and $1,597 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

On July 1, 2018, the Company entered into a new lease agreement for office space at its headquarters at 55 East 52nd St., New York, New York. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company committed to extend the lease term for the Company's current space and add space on up to seven additional floors, three of which commenced as of the lease’s effective date. The Company anticipates that it will take possession of the remainder of these floors over the next four years. On December 6, 2019, the lease was modified to add an additional floor and to extend the lease term for all current and prospective space to end on December 31, 2035.

In conjunction with the lease of office space, the Company has entered into letters of credit in the amounts of approximately $5,545 and $5,536, which are secured by cash that is included in Other Assets on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The Company has entered into various operating leases for the use of office equipment (primarily computers, printers, copiers and other IT related equipment). Occupancy and Equipment Rental on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes operating lease cost for office equipment of $1,196 and $923 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company uses its secured incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of its right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The determination of an appropriate incremental borrowing rate requires significant assumptions and judgment. The Company's incremental borrowing rate was calculated based on the Company's recent debt issuances and current market conditions. The Company scales the rates appropriately depending on the life of the leases.

The Company incurred net operating cash outflows of $9,102 and $2,973 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to its operating leases, which were net of cash received from lease incentives of $1,270 and $6,198, respectively.

Other information as it relates to the Company's operating leases is as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
New Right-of-Use Assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	81,133		$	14,573


	March 31, 2020			March 31, 2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases	11.8 years			8.9 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases	4.26		%	5.55		%

As of March 31, 2020, the maturities of the undiscounted operating lease liabilities for which the Company has commenced use are as follows:



2020	$	33,199
2021	46,697
2022	46,201
2023	32,074
2024	26,427
Thereafter	268,034
Total lease payments	452,632
Less: Tenant Improvement Allowances	(26,347		)
Less: Imputed Interest	(102,090		)
Present value of lease liabilities	324,195
Less: Current lease liabilities	(34,585		)
Long-term lease liabilities	$	289,610

In conjunction with the lease agreement to expand its headquarters at 55 East 52nd St., New York, New York, and lease agreements at certain other locations, the Company entered into leases for office space which have not yet commenced and thus are not yet included on the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The Company anticipates that it will take possession of these spaces between 2020 and 2023 with lease terms of 1 to 13 years. The additional future payments under these arrangements are $203,291 as of March 31, 2020.