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Note 13 - Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

NOTE 13. LEASES

We enter into operating lease contracts primarily for land and office space. Agreements are evaluated at inception to determine whether such arrangements contain a lease. Operating leases include land lease contracts and contracts for the use of office space.

Right of use assets, which we refer to as “ROU assets,” represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the respective lease term. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Certain of our operating lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of revenue and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflationary changes. Percentage rent contracts, in which lease expense is calculated as a percentage of advertising revenue, and payments due to changes in inflationary adjustments are included within variable rent expense, which is accounted for separately from periodic straight-line lease expense.

Many of our leases entered into in connection with land provide options to extend the terms of the agreements. Generally, renewal periods are included in minimum lease payments when calculating the lease liabilities as, for most leases, we consider exercise of such options to be reasonably certain. As a result, optional terms and payments are included within the lease liability. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The implicit rate within our lease agreements is generally not determinable. As such, we use the incremental borrowing rate, which we refer to as "IBR," to determine the present value of lease payments at the commencement of the lease. The IBR, as defined in ASC 842, is "the rate of interest that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment."

Operating Lease Cost

Operating lease cost is as follows:

	*For the Three Months Ended*
	*March 31,*
	*2023*		*2022*		*Statement of Operations Classification*

Lease cost	$	2,176,629	$	1,937,096	Cost of billboard and broadband revenues and general and administrative
Variable and short-term lease cost		577,375		331,028	Cost of billboard and broadband revenues and general and administrative

Total Lease Cost	$	2,754,004	$	2,268,124

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases is as follows:

	*For the Three Months Ended*
	*March 31,*
	*2023*		*2022*

Cash payments for operating leases	$	2,246,389	$	1,933,522
New operating lease assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	791,724	$	622,600

Operating Lease Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2023

December 31, 2022

Balance Sheet Classification

Lease assets
$ 64,304,426 $ 64,719,405
Other Assets: Right of use assets

Current lease liabilities
$ 5,228,891 $ 5,203,981
Current Liabilities: Lease liabilities

Noncurrent lease liabilities
58,743,145 59,281,733
Long-term Liabilities: Lease liabilities

Total Lease Liabilities
$ 63,972,036 $ 64,485,714

Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities

March 31, 2023

2024
$ 8,110,303

2025
7,512,665

2026
7,235,167

2027
6,754,259

2028
6,447,483

Thereafter
59,690,379

Total lease payments
95,750,256

Less imputed interest
(31,778,220 )

Present Value of Lease Liabilities
$ 63,972,036

As of March 31, 2023, our operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 16.9 years and a weighted-average discount rate of 4.80%.