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Leases

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Leases
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract]  
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As described in Note 1 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), effective January 1, 2019. We had approximately 45 operating leases for real estate and other assets. These included various leases for our branch and office locations as well as those for postage and copier machines and an advertising billboard. Our leases had initial lease terms of two to twenty-five years. Most leases included one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from two to twelve years. We assessed these options using a threshold of reasonably certain. For leases where we were reasonably certain to renew, those option periods were included within the lease term and, therefore, the measurement of the right-of-use asset and lease liability. Certain leases included options to terminate the lease, which allows the contract parties to terminate their obligations under the lease contract, typically in return for an agreed financial consideration. The terms and conditions of the termination options vary by contract. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less were not recognized on the balance sheet. We recognized lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Certain lease agreements included payments based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) on which variable lease payments were determined and included in the right-of-use asset and liability. Variable lease payments that were not based on CPI were excluded from the right-of-use asset and lease liability and recognized in the period in which the obligations for those payments were incurred. Our lease agreements did not contain any material residual value guarantees, restrictions or covenants.

In determining whether a contract contained a lease, we determined whether an arrangement was or included a lease at contract inception. Operating lease right-of-use asset and liability were recognized at commencement date and initially measured based on the present value of lease payments over the defined lease term. The opening balance for both our right-of-use asset and lease liability were $40.9 million as of the adoption date of January 1, 2019 and the outstanding balances were $38.2 million and $38.8 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2019.

We had real estate lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately. However, we elected the practical expedient to not separate non-lease components from lease components for all classes of underlying assets. For certain equipment leases, such as machine equipment, we accounted for the lease and associated non-lease components as a single lease component.

In determining the discount rates, since most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we used our incremental borrowing rate provided by the FHLB of San Francisco based on the information available at commencement date to calculate the present value of lease payments. In order to apply the incremental borrowing rate, a portfolio approach with a collateralized rate was utilized. Assets were grouped based on similar lease terms and economic environments in a manner whereby the Company reasonably expects that the application does not differ materially from a lease-by-lease approach.

The following table presents the Company's right-of-use asset and lease liability for the period indicated:
 
September 30, 2019
 
(in thousands)
Assets
 
Total right-of-use assets - Operating leases
$
38,211

 
 
Liabilities
 
Total lease liabilities - Operating leases
$
38,767



The Company's right-of-use asset is included in prepaid expenses and other assets and our lease liability is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

The following table presents the Company's lease costs for the periods indicated:
 
Three Months Ended 
September 30, 2019
 
Nine Months Ended 
September 30, 2019
 
(in thousands)
Operating lease cost (1)
$
2,089

 
$
5,956

Sublease income (2)
(33
)
 
(99
)
Net lease cost
$
2,056

 
$
5,857


(1) 
Includes short-term leases and variable lease costs, which are recorded in rent expense.
(2) 
Includes rental income from leased properties, which are included as contra-expense in rent expense.

The following table presents the Company's remaining lease liability by maturity as of September 30, 2019:
 
Operating Leases
 
(in thousands)
 
 
2019
$
1,902

2020
6,374

2021
5,129

2022
4,843

2023
4,735

Thereafter
21,727

 
44,710

Interest
(5,943
)
Present value of lease liability
$
38,767



Weighted average remaining leases terms for the Company's operating leases were 8.63 years as of September 30, 2019. Weighted average discount rates used for the Company's operating leases was 3.24 percent as of September 30, 2019. Net lease expense recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $2.1 million and $5.9 million, respectively. The Company chose the practical expedients and reviewed the lease and non-lease components for any impairment or otherwise, subsequently determining that no cumulative-effect adjustment to equity was necessary as part of implementing the modified retrospective approach for its adoption of ASC 842.

Cash paid, and included in cash flows from operating activities, for amounts included in the measurement of the lease liability for the Company's operating leases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $1.9 million and $5.3 million, respectively.