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Quad/Graphics, Inc. Leases Disclosure
Note 11. Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at contract inception. The Company recognizes a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date.
For operating and finance leases, the lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments at the lease commencement date, and is subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method.
Key estimates and judgments include how the Company determines the discount rate, lease term and lease payments.
•ASC 842 requires a lessee to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, its incremental borrowing rate. Generally, the Company cannot determine the implicit interest rate as it does not have access to the lessor’s estimated residual value or the amount of the lessor’s deferred initial direct costs. Therefore, the Company generally uses its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate for the lease. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate for a lease is the rate of interest it would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms based on the published United States Treasury rates as well as the Company’s credit rating at implementation or at the lease inception date.
•The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancelable period of the lease, plus or minus any additional periods covered by an option to extend or terminate the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise.
•Lease payments included in the lease liability are comprised of fixed payments as well as any exercise price of a Company option to purchase the underlying asset if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise. The Company’s leases do not contain variable lease payments.
ROU assets are initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred less any lease incentives received. For operating leases, the ROU asset is subsequently amortized by the straight-line lease expense adjusted by the lease liability accretion over the lease term.
For finance leases, the ROU asset is subsequently amortized on a straight-line basis from the lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of its useful life or the end of the lease term. Amortization of the ROU asset is recognized and presented separately from interest expense on the lease liability.
The Company’s ROU assets for both operating and finance leases are reviewed for impairment losses on a quarterly basis in line with ASC 360-10 — Property, Plant, and Equipment — Overall. The Company recorded impairment charges of $0.2 million and $3.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, to reduce the carrying value of certain ROU assets.
The Company also monitors its leases for events or changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of the lease. When a reassessment results in the remeasurement of a lease liability, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the ROU asset.
Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets—net, current portion of operating lease obligations, and operating lease obligations in the consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment—net, current portion of finance lease obligations, and finance lease obligations in the consolidated balance sheets.
The Company has elected not to recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have an original lease term of twelve months or less. Therefore, the Company recognizes the lease payments associated with these short-term leases as an expense over the lease term in the consolidated statement of operations.
Practical Expedients
The Company has elected to apply the following practical expedients allowed under Accounting Standards Update 842:
•The Company elected the practical expedient package and therefore did not reassess for any existing leases:
◦whether contracts are or contain leases;
◦the lease classification for any existing leases; and
◦any initial direct costs.
•The Company elected the practical expedient related to land easements, allowing to carry forward the accounting treatment for land easements on existing agreements.
•The Company used “hindsight” judgments that impact the lease term.
•The Company elected to combine lease and non-lease components into one lease component for select underlying lease asset categories. Real estate leases are accounted for separately while all other leases, primarily equipment leases, with separate lease and non-lease components are accounted for as a single lease component.
Leases Financial Information
The Company enters into various lease agreements for real estate, such as office space and manufacturing facilities, as well as equipment leases, including press, finishing and transportation equipment. Many of these leases provide the Company with options to renew, terminate, or in the case of equipment leases, purchase the related equipment at the termination value, as defined, and at various early buyout dates during the term of the lease. In general, the Company has determined these options were not reasonably certain to be exercised, and therefore are not included in the determination of the lease term.
The following summarizes certain lease information for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
Lease cost (1) | |||||||||||
| Finance lease cost: | |||||||||||
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | $ | 0.9 | $ | 2.1 | |||||||
| Interest on lease liabilities | 0.1 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Operating lease cost | 23.2 | 23.8 | |||||||||
| Short-term lease cost | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Sublease income | (0.4) | (0.3) | |||||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | 24.2 | $ | 26.5 | |||||||
Other information (1) | |||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities | |||||||||||
| Operating cash flows from finance leases | $ | 0.1 | $ | 0.4 | |||||||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | 25.1 | 26.3 | |||||||||
| Financing cash flows from finance leases | 1.0 | 2.7 | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities | 0.3 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | 12.6 | 11.2 | |||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term — finance leases | 3 years | 3.3 years | |||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term — operating leases | 3.7 years | 4.2 years | |||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate — finance leases | 7.0 | % | 5.0 | % | |||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate — operating leases | 6.0 | % | 6.1 | % | |||||||
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(1)Includes information related to leases classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024. For more information on the assets and liabilities classified as held for sale, refer to Note 21, “Assets Held for Sale.”
The components of finance lease assets at December 31, 2025 and 2024, were as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||
| Leased equipment—gross | $ | 9.9 | $ | 11.8 | |||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (8.6) | (9.8) | |||||||||
Leased equipment—net (1) | $ | 1.3 | $ | 2.0 | |||||||
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(1)Leased equipment - net totaling $5.4 million are classified as held for sale and are included in other long-term assets within the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. Refer to Note 21, “Assets Held for Sale,” for further information on the assets classified as held for sale. These balances are excluded from the table above.
Future maturities of lease liabilities at December 31, 2025, were as follows:
| Future Maturities of Operating Leases | Future Maturities of Finance Leases | ||||||||||
| 2026 | $ | 26.6 | $ | 0.6 | |||||||
| 2027 | 22.7 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 2028 | 15.3 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| 2029 | 7.4 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| 2030 | 4.9 | — | |||||||||
| 2031 and thereafter | 4.0 | — | |||||||||
| Total minimum payments | 80.9 | 1.4 | |||||||||
| Less: present value discount | (8.1) | (0.1) | |||||||||
| Present value of minimum payments | 72.8 | 1.3 | |||||||||
| Less: current portion | (23.0) | (0.5) | |||||||||
| Long-term lease liability | $ | 49.8 | $ | 0.8 | |||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 18, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 22, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 23, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 24, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 19, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 20, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 21, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 22, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 23, 2016 | |
About Leases Disclosures
Lease disclosures under ASC 842 provide a comprehensive view of a company's leased asset portfolio, including the split between operating and finance leases, discount rates used to present-value future payments, and the maturity schedule of lease obligations. This section reveals a significant source of off-balance-sheet commitments that were largely hidden before the current standard.
Key signals: the weighted-average discount rate affects the size of recorded lease liabilities — a higher rate reduces the reported obligation, so compare the chosen rate against the company's incremental borrowing rate. The operating versus finance lease mix affects both EBITDA and operating income presentation. Watch the maturity table for concentration risk: large payment cliffs in specific years may create cash flow pressure. Variable lease payments excluded from the liability measurement represent real obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet. Compare total lease costs against prior-year operating lease expense to assess the true economic burden.