Bristow Group 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

LEASES

The Company leases land, hangars, buildings, fuel tanks and tower sites under operating lease agreements. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception, and many of these leases offer an option for renewal or extension. The adoption of ASC 842 allows the Company to retain its current classification of leases, and the optional practical expedience rule has allowed the use of the current-period adjustment method to recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the current period rather than the restatement of prior year lease amounts. The majority of the bases from which the Company operates are leased, with current remaining terms between one and sixty years. The lease expense on those contracts with initial terms of twelve months or less are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and are not recorded on the balance sheet. The Company does not currently maintain any finance leases and is only engaged in operating lease agreements.

The Company’s maturity analysis of lease payments under operating leases that had a remaining term in excess of one year as of December 31, 2018 were as follows (in thousands):



	Maturity of Lease Liabilities
2019	$	1,573
2020	1,530
2021	987
2022	562
2023	495
Years subsequent to 2023	7,952
Total future minimum lease payments	$	13,099

The Company’s maturity analysis of lease payments under operating leases that have a remaining term in excess of one year as of March 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):



	Maturity of Lease Liabilities
2019 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2019)	$	1,591
2020	2,072
2021	1,081
2022	657
2023	633
Years subsequent to 2023	8,959
Total future minimum lease payments	14,993
Less: imputed interest	6,533
Present value of lease liabilities	$	8,460

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized $0.9 million of operating lease expense. Included in this amount was $0.3 million for contracts with remaining terms of less than one year.



Reported balances:
Other current liabilities	$	1,687
Long-term lease liabilities	6,773
Total operating lease liabilities	$	8,460

Other information related to these leases is as follows:



	2019
Weighted average remaining lease term	11 years
Weighted average discount rate	4.46		%
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2019 (in thousands)	$	513

As of March 31, 2019, the Company had an additional operating lease, for a new office facility that has not yet commenced, for total future minimum lease payments of $1.5 million. This lease is expected to commence during 2019, with a lease term of five years.