OPERATING LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

The company leases office space in almost all its business locations and data centers and has certain equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. The operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 9.95 years for the year ended December 31, 2023 (2022: 10.27 years) and generally include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from 1 to 10 years. Certain lease arrangements include an option to terminate the lease if a notification is provided to the landlord within 1 to 5.2 years prior to the end of the lease term. The company has sole discretion in exercising lease renewal and termination options. The lease terms used in the company’s lease measurements do not include renewal options as they are not reasonably certain to be exercised as of the date of this report.

The company elected to combine lease and non-lease components in calculating the lease liability and right-of-use asset for operating leases.

Variable lease payments are determined based on the terms and conditions outlined in the lease contracts and are primarily determined in relation to the extent of the company’s usage of the right-of use-asset or the nature and extent of services received from the lessor. Variable lease costs consists primarily of common area maintenance and other operating expenses as negotiated with the lessor.

As of December 31, 2023, the right-of-use asset of $319.3 million was included in Other assets, and the lease liability of $433.7 million was included in Accounts payable and accrued expenses, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The components of lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 were as follows:


(in millions)	Year ended December 31, 2023		Year ended December 31, 2022		Year ended December 31, 2021
Operating lease cost	$	75.4	$	82.9	$	81.4
Variable lease cost	25.9		19.0		25.5
Less: sublease income	(2.3)		(1.6)		(1.9)
Total lease expense	$	99.0	$	100.3	$	105.0

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was as follows:


(in millions)	Year ended December 31, 2023		Year ended December 31, 2022
Cash outflows from operating leases included in the measurement of lease liabilities	$	80.8	$	70.7
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities	$	22.7	$	214.8

In determining the discount rate, the company considered the interest rate yield for specific interest rate environments and the company’s credit spread at the inception of the lease.

The weighted-average discount rate for the operating lease liability for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 4.14% (2022: 3.78%).

As of December 31, 2023, the maturities of the company’s lease liabilities (primarily related to real estate leases) were as follows:


(in millions)
Year Ending December 31,2023	Lease Liabilities
2024	$	64.6
2025	66.0
2026	62.1
2027	55.2
2028	45.1
Thereafter	237.0
Total lease payments	530.0
Less: interest	(96.3)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	433.7