Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements: The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for interim financial information, including rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for complete financial statements.

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We believe the estimates and assumptions underlying our condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of March 31, 2022 (particularly as it relates to our assessments of the recoverability of our real estate and the adequacy of our credit loss reserves on loans and financing receivables). Actual results could differ from these estimates for various reasons including the impact from COVID-19 and other risk factors as outlined in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

For information about significant accounting policies (including any recent accounting developments), refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no material changes to these significant accounting policies other than the following:

Recent Accounting Developments

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting” (“ASU 2020-04”) to simplify the accounting for contract modifications made to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") or other reference rates that are expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criterion are met. The optional expedients and exceptions can be applied to contract modifications made until December 31, 2022. On January 7, 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)” (“ASU 2021-01”), which clarifies that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the transition. We have evaluated our contracts that are referenced to LIBOR or other reference rates expected to be discontinued. Our British pound sterling term loan and corresponding interest rate swap were modified with the Sterling Overnight Index Average Rate as a replacement reference rate during the fourth quarter of 2021, and our unsecured credit facility was modified with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") during the second quarter of 2022. We accounted for such modifications prospectively using the expedients and exceptions provided for in ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2021-01. We are continuing to evaluate the need to modify other U.S. dollar LIBOR contracts, such as other loans, but the requirement to replace the U.S. dollar LIBOR has been extended to June 30, 2023. Moreover, we do not expect any impact to our Australian dollar term loan and corresponding interest rate swap, as these contracts are not referenced to rates that are expected to be discontinued.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Variable Interest Entities

At March 31, 2022, we had loans and/or equity investments in certain variable interest entities approximating $600 million, which represents our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement in such entities. We have determined that we were not the primary beneficiary of any variable interest entity in which we hold a variable interest because we do not control the activities (such as the day-to-day operations) that most significantly impact the economic performance of these entities.