Ecovyst, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Leases

Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

11. Leases:

The Company has operating and finance lease agreements with remaining lease terms as of March 31, 2019 up to 28 years, including leases of land, buildings, railcars, vehicles, manufacturing equipment and general office equipment. Some leases include options to terminate or extend for one or more years. These options are incorporated in the Company’s lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Some leases include options to purchase, which the Company assesses under the guidance to determine if these leases should be classified as finance lease agreements.

When the Company enters into an arrangement, at inception, the Company determines if the arrangement contains a lease and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. Some of the Company’s lease arrangements contain lease components (e.g. minimum rent payments) and non-lease components (e.g. maintenance). The Company accounts for the lease and non-lease components based on the estimated standalone price of each component. Certain of the Company’s lease agreements include rental payments that are adjusted periodically for an index or rate and these are initially measured using the index or rate in effect at the commencement date. Variable lease expense is recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The Company recognizes a right-of-use lease asset and lease liability at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. The Company is required to use the rate of interest that it 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. When the Company is unable to readily determine the discount rate implicit in the lease agreement, the Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate over the relevant lease term. Short-term leases, which have an initial term of twelve months or less, are not recorded on the Company’s balance sheet.

Lease expense for operating leases and financing leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in cost of goods sold or selling, general, and administrative expense on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The table below presents the operating and finance right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities recognized on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019:



	Classification	March 31, 2019
Assets
Operating lease assets	Right-of-use lease assets	$	57,173
Finance lease assets	Property, plant and equipment, net	1,632
Total leased assets		$	58,805

Liabilities
Current:
Operating lease liabilities	Operating lease liabilities - current	$	14,482
Finance lease liabilities	Accrued liabilities	162

Noncurrent:
Operating lease liabilities	Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent	40,971
Finance lease liabilities	Other long-term liabilities	474
Total lease liabilities		$	56,089

The Company’s weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate for operating leases as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:



	March 31, 2019
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):
Operating leases	5.62
Finance leases	3.39

Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases	5.73	%
Finance leases	4.67	%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019 are as follows:



	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Total
Remainder of 2019	$	13,262		$	152		$	13,414
2020	14,492			202			14,694
2021	11,501			202			11,703
2022	8,366			124			8,490
2023	6,153			5			6,158
Thereafter	11,947			—			11,947
Total lease payments	65,721			685			66,406
Less: Interest	(10,268		)	(49		)	(10,317		)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	55,453		$	636		$	56,089

At December 31, 2018, future minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases under previous lease guidance was as follows:



Year	Amount
2019	$	18,457
2020	14,344
2021	11,432
2022	8,354
2023	6,198
Thereafter	17,477
	$	76,262

Operating lease costs of $4,679 are included in cost of goods sold and in selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Finance lease, short-term lease and variable lease costs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were not material. Lease income is not material to the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The following table presents other information related to our operating and finance leases and the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of cash flows:



	Three months ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Payments on operating leases included in operating cash flows	$	3,978
Interest payments under finance lease obligations included in operating cash flows	$	9
Principal payments under finance lease obligations included in financing cash flows	$	48

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities (non-cash):
Operating leases	$	508
Finance leases	$	—