Leases

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASC 842 to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The Company adopted ASC 842 on December 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective method and as a result did not adjust comparative periods or modify disclosures in those comparative periods.

The new guidance provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company elected the package of practical expedients, which does not require the reassessment of prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. Further, the Company elected the practical expedients to combine lease and non-lease components. Contracts may be comprised of lease components, non-lease components, and elements that are not components. Each lease component represents a lessee’s right to use an underlying asset in the contract if the lessee can benefit from the right-of-use of the asset either on its own or together with other readily available resources and if the right-of-use is neither highly dependent or highly interrelated with other rights-of-use. Non-lease components include items such as common area maintenance and utilities provided by the lessor. We also elected the practical expedient to not recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are classified as short-term leases.

Consideration in the contract is comprised of any fixed payments and variable payments that depend on an index or rate. Payments in the Company's operating lease arrangements primarily consist of base office rent. In accordance with ASC 842, variable payments in an agreement that are not dependent on an index or rate are excluded from the calculation of ROU assets and lease liabilities. The Company makes variable payments on certain of its leases related to taxes, insurance, common area maintenance, and utilities, among other things.

The adoption of ASC 842 on December 1, 2019 resulted in the recognition of operating lease ROU assets of approximately $28.9 million and operating lease liabilities of approximately $29.9 million. The difference between the value of the ROU assets and lease liabilities is due to the reclassification of existing deferred rent, prepaid rent, and unamortized lease incentives as of December 1, 2019. Operating leases are included in ROU assets and lease liabilities on the Company’s balance sheets. ROU assets and lease liabilities are to be presented separately for operating and finance leases; however, the Company currently has no material finance leases. The adoption of ASC 842 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations, consolidated statement of stockholders' equity, consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) or consolidated statement of cash flows. The adoption of ASC 842 had no impact on liquidity or the Company’s debt-covenant compliance under its current debt agreements.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the duration of the lease term. Lease liabilities represent the Company’s contractual obligation to make lease payments over the lease term. ROU assets are recorded and recognized at commencement for the lease liability amount, plus initial direct costs incurred less lease incentives received. Lease liabilities are recorded at the present value of future lease payments over the lease term at commencement. Operating leases liabilities and their corresponding ROU assets are recorded based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. The interest rate implicit in the lease contracts is not readily determinable. As such, we utilize the appropriate incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate incurred to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term at an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. Lease expenses relating to operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company has operating leases for administrative, product development, and sales and marketing facilities, vehicles, and equipment under various non-cancelable lease agreements. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms ranging from 1 year to 10 years. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease where it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise those options. The Company considers several economic factors when making the determination as to whether the Company will exercise options to extend or terminate the lease, including but not limited to, the significance of leasehold improvements incurred in the office space, the difficulty in replacing the asset, underlying contractual obligations, or specific characteristics unique to a particular lease. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The components of operating lease cost for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2020 were as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	August 31, 2020		August 31, 2020
Lease costs under long-term operating leases	$	1,714	$	5,471
Lease costs under short-term operating leases	235		379
Variable lease cost under short-term and long-term operating leases⁽¹⁾	113		301
Operating lease right-of-use asset impairment	—		1,189
Total operating lease cost	$	2,062	$	7,340

⁽¹⁾ Lease costs that are not fixed at lease commencement.

The table below presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases during the nine months ended August 31, 2020 (in thousands):


	Nine Months Ended
	August 31, 2020
Cash paid for leases	$	5,979
Right-of-use assets recognized for new leases and amendments (non-cash)	$	204

Weighted average remaining lease term in years and weighted average discount rate are as follows:


	August 31, 2020
Weighted average remaining lease term in years	4.51
Weighted average discount rate	2.3	%

Future payments under non-cancellable leases at August 31, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):


Remainder of 2020	$	1,906
2021	6,267
2022	5,518
2023	5,325
2024	5,236
Thereafter	2,841
Total lease payments	27,093
Less imputed interest⁽¹⁾	(1,380)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	25,713

⁽¹⁾Lease liabilities are measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments using a discount rate determined at lease commencement unless the discount rate is updated as a result of a lease reassessment event.

As previously disclosed in the Company’s 2019 10-K, the following table summarizes the future non-cancelable minimum lease commitments (including office space, copiers, and automobiles) at November 30, 2019 under the previous lease accounting standard, ASC 840, Leases (in thousands):


2020	$	7,453
2021	5,711
2022	4,977
2023	5,017
2024	5,102
Thereafter	2,904
Total	$	31,164