Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Leases

Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

18. LEASES

The Company adopted the new accounting guidance for leases using the modified retrospective approach as of January 1, 2019. Prior-year financial statements were not recast under the new standard, and therefore those amounts are not presented in the tables below. The Company elected the package of transition provisions available for expired or existing contracts, which allowed the Company to carry forward its historical assessments of (i) whether contracts are or contain leases, (ii) lease classification and (iii) initial direct costs. The adoption of the new accounting guidance for leases resulted in the recognition of a $12 million operating right-of-use asset and a corresponding operating lease liability. Under the prior accounting standard for leases, the Company already had $41 million of assets and $59 million of liabilities related to finances leases reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2018.

The Company leases property and equipment under finance and operating leases. For leases with terms greater than one year, the Company records the related asset and obligation at the present value of lease payments over the term. The Company does not separate lease and nonlease components of equipment leases.

The table below presents the lease-related assets and liabilities recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.



	Classification on the Balance Sheet	December 31, 2019
Assets
Operating lease assets	Other non-current assets	$	29
Finance lease assets	Property and equipment, net	37
Total lease assets		$	66

Liabilities
Current
Operating lease liabilities	Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	5
Finance lease liabilities	Current portion of long-term debt	5
Non-current
Operating lease liabilities	Other non-current liabilities	24
Finance lease liabilities	Long-term debt	55
Total lease liabilities		$	89

During 2019, the Company entered into new leases related to its corporate headquarters and call center, which resulted in an increase of $22 million in both operating lease assets and lease liabilities.

The table below presents the remaining lease term and discount rates for finance and operating leases.



	December 31, 2019
Weighted-average remaining lease term
Operating leases	7.9 years
Finance leases	9.7 years
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases	4.7	%
Finance leases	4.5	%

Undiscounted cash flows

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities recorded on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019.



	Operating Leases		Finance Leases
2020	$	6	$	7
2021	5		7
2022	4		7
2023	3		7
2024	3		7
Thereafter	14		39
Total minimum lease payments	35		74
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest	6		14
Present value of future minimum lease payments	29		60
Less: current obligations under leases	5		5
Long-term lease obligations	$	24	$	55

Other information

During 2019, the Company made cash payments totaling $9 million related to its operating and finance leases which was included within operating activities, and $5 million of cash payments related to its finance leases which was included within financing activities on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

During 2019, the Company incurred finance lease expense of $5 million and $3 million for amortization of right-of-use assets and interest expense, respectively, and incurred $6 million of expense related to its operating leases. Under the prior accounting standard for leases, the Company incurred total rent expense of $8 million and $5 million during 2018 and 2017, respectively.