LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Leases

We lease certain manufacturing facilities, warehouses/distribution centers, office space, land, vehicles, and equipment. At lease inception, we determine the lease term by assuming the exercise of those renewal options that are reasonably assured. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company had operating lease costs of approximately $235 million, $218 million and $234 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

At December 31, 2023 and 2022, we have no material leases classified as financing leases. We have approximately $929 million of non-cancellable operating lease commitments, excluding variable consideration at December 31, 2023 and $889 million at December 31, 2022. The undiscounted annual future minimum lease payments are summarized by year in the table below and excludes lease payments related to our European major domestic appliance business classified as held for sale.


Maturity of Lease Liabilities	Operating Leases (in millions)
2024	$	191
2025	152
2026	138
2027	117
2028	87
Thereafter	244
Total lease payments	$	929
Less: interest	156
Present value of lease liabilities	$	772

The long-term portion of the lease liabilities included in the amounts above is $612 million as of December 31, 2023. The remainder of our lease liabilities are included in other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for operating leases was 7 years and 5%, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2023 the cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of the liabilities and the operating cash flows was $236 million. The right of use assets obtained in exchange for new liabilities was $157 million for the year ended December 31, 2023.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 the cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of the liabilities and the operating cash flows was $219 million. The right of use assets obtained in exchange for new liabilities was $79 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.

As the Company's lease agreements normally do not provide an implicit interest rate, we apply the Company's incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. Relevant information used in determining the Company's incremental borrowing rate includes the duration of the lease, location of the lease, and the Company's credit risk relative to risk-free market rates.

Many of our leases include renewal options that can extend the lease term. The execution of those renewal options is at our sole discretion and reflected in the lease term when they are reasonably certain to be exercised.

Certain leases also include options to purchase the underlying asset at fair market value. If leased assets have leasehold improvements, typically the depreciable life of those leasehold improvements

are limited by the expected lease term. Additionally, certain lease agreements include lease payment adjustments for inflation.

Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants, except for synthetic leases (see Synthetic lease arrangements).

We rent or sublease certain real estate to third parties. Our sublease portfolio primarily consists of operating leases within our warehouses, resulting in a nominal amount of sublease income for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Sale-leaseback transactions

There were no material sale-leaseback transactions in 2023. In the first quarter of 2022, the Company sold and leased back a group of non-core properties for net proceeds of approximately $52 million. The initial total annual rent for the properties is approximately $2 million per year over an initial 15 year lease term and is subject to annual rent increases. Under the terms of the lease agreement, the Company is responsible for all taxes, insurance and utilities and is required to adequately maintain the properties for the lease term. The Company has two sequential 5-year renewal options.

The transaction met the requirements for sale-leaseback accounting. Accordingly, the Company recorded the sale of the properties, which resulted in a gain of approximately $44 million ($36 million, net of tax) recorded in selling, general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the twelve months ended December 31, 2022. The related land and buildings were removed from property, plant and equipment, net and the appropriate right-of-use asset and lease liabilities of approximately $32 million were recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at the time of the transaction in the first quarter of 2022.

There were no material sale-leaseback transactions in 2021.

Synthetic lease arrangements

We have a number of synthetic lease arrangements with financial institutions for non-core properties. The leases contain provisions for options to purchase, extend the original term for additional periods or return the property. As of December 31, 2023, these arrangements include residual value guarantees of up to approximately $378 million that could potentially come due in future periods. We do not believe it is probable that any material amounts will be owed under these guarantees. Therefore, no material amounts related to the residual value guarantees are included in the lease payments used to measure the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The residual value guarantee amounted to $334 million as of December 31, 2022.

The majority of these leases are classified as operating leases. We have assessed the reasonable certainty of these provisions to determine the appropriate lease term. The leases were measured using our incremental borrowing rate and are included in our right of use assets and lease liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Rental payments are calculated at the applicable reference rate plus a margin. The impact to the Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) is nominal.