Leases

6 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2025

12. Leases

We are a lessee under various leases for facilities and equipment. As of August 31, 2025, we were the lessee for 133 operating leases and 112 finance leases with terms of 12 months or more. These leases are reflected in "Right-of-use assets," "Lease liability—short-term" and "Lease liability—long-term" in our consolidated balance sheets.

Our leases are primarily for (i) operating facilities, (ii) vehicles and equipment used in operations, (iii) facilities used for back-office functions, (iv) equipment used for back-office functions, and (v) temporary storage. The majority of our vehicle and equipment leases have both a fixed and variable component.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets and we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We have a significant number of short-term leases, including month-to-month agreements. Our short-term lease agreements include expenses incurred hourly, daily, monthly and for other durations of time of one year or less. Our future lease commitments as of August 31, 2025, do not reflect all of our short-term lease commitments.

The following table outlines the classification of right-of-use ("ROU") asset and lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets as of August 31, 2025 and February 28, 2025 (in thousands):


		As of
		August 31, 2025		February 28, 2025
Assets	Balance Sheet Classification
Operating right-of-use assets	Right-of-use assets	$	17,941	$	19,471
Finance right-of-use assets	Right-of-use assets	11,632		6,480
Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities―short-term	Lease liability—short-term	6,425		6,373
Operating lease liabilities―long-term	Lease liability—long-term	12,107		13,741
Finance lease liabilities―short-term	Lease liability—short-term	2,578		1,376
Finance lease liabilities―long-term	Lease liability—long-term	9,336		5,271

Supplemental information related to our leases was as follows (in thousands, except years and percentages):


	Three Months Ended August 31,				Six Months Ended August 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Operating cash flows from operating leases included in lease liabilities	$	1,852	$	1,794	$	3,733	$	3,561
Lease liabilities obtained from new ROU assets—operating leases	1,954		410		1,970		628
Decrease in ROU assets related to lease terminations	(146)		—		(613)		—
Operating cash flows from finance leases included in lease liabilities	199		83		340		151
Financing cash flows from finance leases included in lease liabilities	604		236		1,038		432
Lease liabilities obtained from new ROU assets—finance leases	2,497		1,009		6,624		1,419


	As of
	August 31, 2025		February 28, 2025
Weighted-average remaining lease term—operating leases	3.62 years		3.79 years
Weighted-average discount rate—operating leases	5.18	%	5.06	%
Weighted-average remaining lease term—finance leases	4.31 years		4.57 years
Weighted-average discount rate—finance leases	6.79	%	6.86	%

The following table outlines the classification of lease expense related to operating and finance leases in the statements of operations (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended August 31,				Six Months Ended August 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Operating lease expense:
Cost of sales	$	1,495	$	1,488	$	3,325	$	2,920
Selling, general and administrative	575		487		1,085		967
Total operating lease expense	2,070		1,975		4,410		3,887
Financing lease expense:
Cost of sales	684		269		1,171		492
Interest expense	199		83		340		151
Total financing lease expense	883		352		1,511		643
Variable lease expense:
Cost of sales	215		133		464		246

Total variable lease expense	215		133		464		246
Short-term lease expense:
Cost of sales	1,869		1,405		3,671		2,863
Selling, general and administrative	—		1		4		10
Total short-term lease expense	1,869		1,406		3,675		2,873
Total lease expense	$	5,037	$	3,866	$	10,060	$	7,649

As of August 31, 2025, maturities of our lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):


Fiscal year:	Operating Leases		Finance Leases		Total
2026	$	3,707	$	1,646	$	5,353
2027	6,220		3,270		9,490
2028	4,230		3,173		7,403
2029	3,522		2,964		6,486
2030	1,507		2,298		3,805
2031	689		337		1,026
Thereafter	431		3		434
Total lease payments	20,306		13,691		33,997
Less imputed interest	(1,774)		(1,777)		(3,551)
Total	$	18,532	$	11,914	$	30,446

We sublease multiple buildings in Columbia, South Carolina to multiple subtenants. The Columbia sublease agreements are by and between AZZ Precoat Metals and multiple subtenants. Sublease income is recognized over the term of the sublease on a straight-line basis and is reported in the consolidated statement of operations as a reduction to "Cost of sales." Sublease income for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025 and 2024 was as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended August 31,				Six Months Ended August 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Sublease income	$	266	$	254	$	531	$	509