LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 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 the 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 December 31, 2024.

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


	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
Lease Costs	2024		2023		2022
Operating lease expense(1)	$	108,834	$	100,635	$	92,032
Short-term lease expense	4,109		5,377		7,151
Total lease expense	$	112,943	$	106,012	$	99,183

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(1) Operating lease expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2024, includes $13.0 million 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 14, Restructuring, for further discussion related to our 2024 Restructuring Program.


	Twelve Months Ended December 31,
Other Lease Information	2024		2023		2022
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	97,743	$	97,880	$	91,702
Right-of-use lease assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities	85,233		66,473		161,886


	As of December 31,
Lease Term and Discount Rate	2024		2023
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)	5.5		5.9
Weighted average discount rate	4.3	%	3.9	%

The maturity of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2024, were as follows (in thousands):


Maturity of Lease Liabilities	Operating Leases(1)
2025	$	89,523
2026	88,899
2027	71,829
2028	54,842
2029	42,035
Thereafter	73,985
Total lease payments	421,113
Less: Interest	(47,090)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	374,023

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(1) Includes $10.5 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 15, Divestitures, for further discussion related to the sale of our Europe Surface Transportation business.