LEASES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

We determine if our contractual agreements contain a lease at inception. A lease is identified when a contract allows us the right to control an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Our lease agreements consist primarily of operating leases for office space, warehouses, office equipment, and trailers. We do not have material financing leases. Frequently, we enter into contractual relationships with a wide variety of transportation companies for freight capacity and utilize those relationships to efficiently and cost-effectively arrange the transport of our customers’ freight. These contracts typically have a term of twelve months or less and do not allow us to direct the use or obtain substantially all of the economic benefits of a specifically identified asset. Accordingly, these agreements are not considered leases.

Our operating leases are included on the consolidated balance sheets as right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities. A right-of-use lease asset represents our right to use an underlying asset over the term of a lease, while a lease liability represents our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Current and noncurrent lease liabilities are recognized on the commencement date at the present value of lease payments, including non-lease components, which consist primarily of common area maintenance and parking charges. Right-of-use lease assets are also recognized on commencement date as the total lease liability plus prepaid rents. As our leases typically do not provide an implicit rate, we use our fully collateralized incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is influenced by market interest rates, our credit rating, and lease term and as such, may differ for individual leases.

Our lease agreements typically do not contain variable lease payments, residual value guarantees, purchase options, or restrictive covenants. Many of our leases include the option to renew for a period of months to several years. The term of our leases may include the option to renew when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option, although these occurrences are seldom. We have lease agreements with lease components (e.g., payments for rent) and non-lease components (e.g., payments for common area maintenance and parking), which are all accounted for as a single lease component.

We do not have material lease agreements that have not yet commenced that are expected to create significant rights or obligations as of September 30, 2024.

Information regarding lease expense, remaining lease term, discount rate, and other select lease information are presented below (dollars in thousands):


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
Lease Costs	2024		2023		2024		2023
Operating lease expense(1)	$	24,615	$	25,285	$	77,045	$	74,711
Short-term lease expense	513		1,346		3,196		4,246
Total lease expense	$	25,128	$	26,631	$	80,241	$	78,957

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(1) Operating lease expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, includes $0.6 million and $4.8 million respectively, of restructuring charges related to rationalization of our facilities footprint including the early termination or abandonment of select office buildings under operating leases. Refer to Note 13, Restructuring, for further discussion related to our 2024 Restructuring Program.


	Nine Months Ended September 30,
Other Lease Information	2024		2023
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	72,916	$	72,073
Right-of-use lease assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities	57,854		44,184


Lease Term and Discount Rate	As of September 30, 2024		As of December 31, 2023
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)	5.6		5.9
Weighted average discount rate	4.2	%	3.9	%

The maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2024, were as follows (in thousands):


Maturity of Lease Liabilities	Operating Leases(1)
Remaining 2024	$	17,514
2025	95,429
2026	81,013
2027	63,626
2028	47,339
Thereafter	109,177
Total lease payments	414,098
Less: Interest	(46,420)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	367,678

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(1) Includes $12.1 million of operating lease liabilities for the Europe Surface Transportation disposal group, which is presented within liabilities held-for-sale on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Refer to Note 14, Divestitures, for further discussion related to the planned sale of our Europe Surface Transportation business.