Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842) and all subsequent ASU's that modified Topic 842, as explained in note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Accounting Pronouncements Adopted. The Company's leases primarily relate to real estate property for branches and office space. At December 31, 2021 and 2020, all of the Company's leases are classified as operating leases.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Topic 842 requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, measured at the present value of the future minimum lease payments, at the lease commencement date. At the time of adoption, an operating lease right-of-use asset of $22.2 million and operating lease liabilities of $23.3 million were recorded in other assets and other liabilities, respectively on our Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The calculated amount of the right-of-use asset and lease liabilities are impacted by the length of the lease term and the discount rate used to calculate the present value of minimum lease payments. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the discount rate used in determining the lease liability for each individual lease is the Company's incremental borrowing rate at the time of adoption of ASU 2016-02, or lease inception date, on a collateralized basis, over a similar term. Certain leases include options to renew, with one or more renewal terms usually ranging from 3 years to 10 years. For each lease, these extension options were evaluated, and those which were considered reasonably certain of renewal are included in the lease term.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases was 7.0 years and 7.5 years, respectively, and the weighted average discount rate used in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was 2.13% and 2.26% respectively.

The Company elected to account for the lease and non-lease components separately since such amounts are readily determinable under the Company's lease contracts. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, while variable lease payments are recognized as incurred. Variable lease payments include common area maintenance charges, real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance costs and utilities. Operating and variable lease expenses are recorded in occupancy expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income. During both the years ended December 31, 2021and 2020, operating and variable lease expenses totaled approximately $2.4 million.

There were no sale and leaseback transactions, leveraged leases or lease transactions with related parties during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. At December 31, 2021, the Company had entered into a lease related to an additional branch office location which had not yet commenced. The Company will record a right of use asset and lease liability for this lease obligation.

The following table summarizes lease payment obligations for each of the next five years and thereafter as follows:


	Lease Payment Obligations at December 31,
	2021		2020
	(In thousands)

One year or less	$	4,198	$	4,010
After one year to two years	3,950		3,624
After two years to three years	3,150		3,310
After three years to four years	2,479		2,586
After four years to five years	2,177		1,914
Thereafter	5,340		6,620
Total undiscounted cash flows	21,294		22,064
Discount on cash flows	(1,709)		(1,992)
Total lease liability	$	19,585	$	20,072

At December 31, 2019, operating lease commitments under lessee arrangements were $4.9 million, $4.5 million, $4.0 million, $3.5 million and $2.7 million for 2020 through 2024, respectively, and $5.0 million in aggregate for all years thereafter.