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Reporting Period: Mar 30, 2019
We determine if an arrangement contains a lease and the classification of such lease at inception. As of March 31, 2019, all of our material leases are classified as operating leases; we have not entered into any material finance leases. For all operating leases with an initial term greater than 12 months, we recognize an operating lease right-of-use ("ROU") asset and operating lease liability. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Operating lease ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement date and provided by Bank of America, N.A., the administrative agent for our senior secured credit facility, in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset excludes lease incentives.
Certain lease agreements contain variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or rate. These variable lease payments are not included in the calculation of the operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability; instead, they are expensed as incurred. Certain lease agreements contain lease and nonlease components, which are accounted for separately. We separate the contract consideration between lease and nonlease components based on the relative standalone price of each component. Our leases may contain options to extend or terminate the lease, and we include these terms in our calculation of the operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the option.
We lease office space, data centers and certain equipment under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2028, with various renewal options that can extend the lease terms by one to ten years. Our operating leases include fixed payments plus, in some cases, scheduled base rent increases over the term of the lease. Certain leases require variable payments of real estate taxes and insurance. We exclude these variable payments from the measurements of our lease liabilities and expense them as incurred. Additionally, certain leases require payments for operating expenses applicable to the property. We account for these nonlease components separately from the lease components. No lease agreements contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. As of March 31, 2019, we have not entered into any material finance leases. We sublease certain office spaces to third parties resulting from restructuring activities in certain locations.
During the first quarter of 2019, we exited a portion of a corporate office space and determined that the carrying amount of the asset group to which the related operating lease right-of-use ("ROU") asset is assigned may not be recoverable. Therefore, we performed a long-lived asset impairment test on the asset group, which is comprised of the operating lease ROU asset and leasehold improvements of the office space. First, we tested the asset group for recoverability by comparing the undiscounted cash flows of the asset group, which included expected future lease and nonlease payments under the lease agreement offset by expected sublease income, to the carrying amount of the asset group. This first step of the long-lived asset impairment test concluded that the carrying amount of the asset group was not recoverable. Therefore, we performed the second step of the long-lived asset impairment test by comparing the fair value of the asset group to its carrying amount and recognizing a lease impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeded the fair value. To estimate the fair value of the asset group, we relied on a discounted cash flow approach using market participant assumptions of the expected cash flows and discount rate. Based on the estimated fair value o
Restructuring charges for the first three months of 2019 totaled $1.3 million, compared to $0.7 million for the first three months of 2018. During the first quarter of 2019, we exited a portion of our Lake Oswego, Oregon corporate office resulting in a $0.7 million lease impairment charge on the related operating lease right-of-use ("ROU") asset and leasehold improvements and $0.2 million of accelerated depreciation on related furniture and fixtures. The lease impairment charge was recognized in accordance with ASC 842, Leases, which we adopted on a modified retrospective basis on January 1, 2019. See Note 2 "Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies" and Note 3 "New Accounting Pronouncements" within the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on our adoption of ASC 842. See Note 5 "Leases" within the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on the long-lived asset impairment test performed in the first quarter of 2019. Additionally, we recognized a $0.2 million restructuring charge in the first quarter of 2019 related to workforce reductions in our corporate operations. The $0.7 million restructuring charge incurred in the first three months of 2018 primarily related to updated lease assumptions for our San Francisco office vacated in the second quarter of 2017, which was accounted for in accordance with ASC 840, Leases. See Note 9 "Restructuring Charges" within the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information on our restructuring charges.