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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract] |
Schedule of operating leases | All of our leases qualify as operating leases. The following table summarizes the presentation in our consolidated balance sheets of our operating leases:
|  |  | As of December 31,
(In millions) | Balance sheet location |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Assets: |  |  |  |  |
Operating lease assets | Operating lease assets |  | $ | 433.3 |  |  | $ | 427.0 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |
Current operating lease liabilities | Accrued expenses and other |  | $ | 83.2 |  |  | $ | 73.6 |
Non-current operating lease liabilities | Long-term operating lease liabilities |  | 402.0 |  |  | 412.7 |
Total operating lease liabilities |  |  | $ | 485.2 |  |  | $ | 486.3 |
Operating lease costs | The following table summarizes the effect of lease costs in our consolidated statements of income:
|  |  | For the Years Ended December 31,
(In millions) | Income Statement Location |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Operating lease cost | Research and development |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 6.7 |
| Selling, general and administrative |  | 93.1 |  |  | 84.6 |
Variable lease cost | Research and development |  | 1.1 |  |  | 1.2 |
| Selling, general and administrative |  | 21.1 |  |  | 23.7 |
Sublease income | Selling, general and administrative |  | (24.2) |  |  | (25.6) |
| Other (income) expense, net |  | (3.9) |  |  | (3.9) |
Net lease cost |  |  | $ | 92.4 |  |  | $ | 86.7 |
Operating lease liability maturity | The minimum lease payments for the next five years and thereafter is expected to be as follows:
(In millions) |  | As of December 31, 2020
2021 |  | $ | 95.8 |
2022 |  | 93.5 |
2023 |  | 82.0 |
2024 |  | 75.0 |
2025 |  | 56.9 |
Thereafter |  | 129.8 |
Total lease payments |  | $ | 533.0 |
Less: interest |  | 47.8 |
Present value of operating lease liabilities |  | $ | 485.2 |
Operating lease weighted average remaining term and discount rate | The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate of our operating leases are as follows:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Weighted average remaining lease term in years |  | 6.30 |  | 7.07
Weighted average discount rate |  | 2.9 | % |  | 3.2 | %
Operating lease supplemental cash flow disclosure | Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to our operating leases included in cash flows provided by operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows is as follows:
|  | As of December 31,
(In millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities |  | $ | 100.2 |  |  | $ | 93.8 |
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations |  | 59.0 |  |  | 35.9 |

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