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Operating Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2021

Operating Leases [Abstract]

ROU Assets and Lease Liabilities

For operating leases, the ROU assets and liabilities as of April 30 are presented in our Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as follows:

		2021				2020
Operating lease ROU assets		$	121,430			$	142,716
Short-term portion of operating lease liabilities			22,440				21,810
Operating lease liabilities, non-current		$	145,832			$	159,782

Total Net Lease Costs

Our total net lease costs were as follows:

		For the Years Ended April 30,
		2021				2020
Operating lease cost		$	24,862			$	26,027
Variable lease cost			2,135				3,856
Short-term lease cost			248				86
Sublease income			(722	)			(691	)
Total net lease cost (1)		$	26,523			$	29,278

⁽¹⁾ Total net lease cost does not include those costs included in Restructuring and related charges on our Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). See Note 7, “Restructuring and Related Charges” for more information on these programs.

Other Supplemental Information for Operating Leases

Other supplemental information includes the following:

		For the Years Ended April 30,
		2021				2020
Weighted-average remaining contractual lease term (years)			9				10
Weighted-average discount rate			5.89	%			5.89	%
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases		$	32,344			$	28,243

Reconciliation of Undiscounted Cash Flows to Operating Lease Liabilities

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating lease liabilities recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as of April 30, 2021:

Fiscal Year		Operating Lease Liabilities
2022		$	30,674
2023			26,905
2024			24,799
2025			23,235
2026			20,584
Thereafter			95,000
Total future undiscounted minimum lease payments			221,197
Less: Imputed interest			52,925
Present value of minimum lease payments			168,272
Less: Current portion			22,440
Noncurrent portion		$	145,832

Net Rent Expense for Operating Leases

The following schedule shows the composition of net rent expense for operating leases for the year ended April 30:

		2019
Minimum rental		$	29,066
Less: sublease rentals			(719	)
Total		$	28,347

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