Notes to Financial Statements

NOTE 13  LEASES

We have operating and finance leases for datacenters, corporate offices, research and development facilities, Microsoft Experience Centers, and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 20 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 5 years, and some of which include options to terminate the leases within 1 year.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

Six Months Ended 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

503

 

 

$

478

 

 

$

1,001

 

 

$

943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

$

249

 

 

$

163

 

 

$

455

 

 

$

288

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

 

94

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

162

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total finance lease cost

 

$

343

 

 

$

247

 

 

$

641

 

 

$

450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

 

(In millions)

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

December 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

$

482

 

 

$

479

 

 

$

973

 

 

$

932

 

Operating cash flows from finance leases

 

 

94

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

186

 

 

 

162

 

Financing cash flows from finance leases

 

 

153

 

 

 

104

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

1,578

 

 

 

948

 

 

 

2,256

 

 

 

1,931

 

Finance leases

 

 

1,193

 

 

 

863

 

 

 

1,828

 

 

 

2,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

 

(In millions, except lease term and discount rate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

 

June 30,
2020

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

10,298

 

 

$

8,753

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

1,866

 

 

$

1,616

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

8,875

 

 

 

7,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

10,741

 

 

$

9,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, at cost

 

$

12,694

 

 

$

10,371

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(1,840

)

 

 

(1,385

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

$

10,854

 

 

$

8,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

699

 

 

$

540

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

10,819

 

 

 

8,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total finance lease liabilities

 

$

11,518

 

 

$

9,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

8 years

 

 

 

8 years

 

Finance leases

 

 

12 years

 

 

 

13 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Discount Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

2.3%

 

 

 

2.7%

 

Finance leases

 

 

3.6%

 

 

 

3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following table outlines maturities of our lease liabilities as of December 31, 2020:

 

(In millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ending June 30,

 

Operating Leases

 

 

Finance Leases

 

 

 

 

2021 (excluding the six months ended December 31, 2020)

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

533

 

2022

 

 

1,997

 

 

 

1,080

 

2023

 

 

1,811

 

 

 

1,092

 

2024

 

 

1,579

 

 

 

1,107

 

2025

 

 

1,280

 

 

 

1,431

 

Thereafter

 

 

4,309

 

 

 

8,943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total lease payments

 

 

12,075

 

 

 

14,186

 

Less imputed interest

 

 

(1,334

)

 

 

(2,668

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

10,741

 

 

$

11,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, we have additional operating and finance leases, primarily for datacenters, that have not yet commenced of $4.0 billion and $6.9 billion, respectively. These operating and finance leases will commence between fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2026 with lease terms of 1 year to 15 years.