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5. LEASES The Company primarily has non-cancelable operating leases for its headquarters in New York and various other offices. The operating lease for the Company’s headquarters does not include any renewal options; however, certain of the Company’s other leases contain renewal and early termination options that the Company has determined are not reasonably certain of being exercised. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (dollars in thousands) | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | Lease Cost | | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Operating lease cost | | $ | 15,618 | | | $ | 11,003 | | | $ | 31,183 | | | $ | 21,749 | | | | | Short term lease cost | | 132 | | | 687 | | | 304 | | | 1,386 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Net Lease Cost | | $ | 15,750 | | | $ | 11,690 | | | $ | 31,487 | | | $ | 23,135 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (dollars in thousands) | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | Supplemental Lease Cash Flow Information | | 2026 | | 2025 | | 2026 | | 2025 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | Operating cash flows for operating leases(1) | | $ | 14,239 | | | $ | 8,766 | | | $ | 29,197 | | | $ | 17,943 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations: | | | | | | | | | | | Operating leases(2) | | $ | 9,765 | | | $ | (2,241) | | | $ | 10,977 | | | $ | 22,845 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The amount presented above includes tenant improvement allowances received from the lessor of $0.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026.The amount presented above includes a reduction related to the shortening of a lease term and rent abatements on existing leases of $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lease Term and Discount Rate | | June 30, 2026 | | December 31, 2025 | | | | Weighted-average remaining lease term: | | | | | | | | Operating leases | | 12.4 years | | 12.9 years | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Weighted-average discount rate: | | | | | | | | Operating leases | | 5.7 | % | | 5.7 | % | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | (dollars in thousands) | | | | | | Future Maturity of Operating Lease Payments | | Operating Leases | | | | July 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 | | $ | 31,000 | | | | | 2027 | | 64,427 | | | | | 2028 | | 51,108 | | | | | 2029 | | 47,526 | | | | | 2030 | | 66,256 | | | | | Thereafter | | 508,392 | | | | | Total Lease Payments | | 768,709 | | | | | Imputed interest | | (236,394) | | | | | Total Lease Liabilities | | $ | 532,315 | | | |
Amounts presented in the table above are presented net of tenant improvement allowances and reflect the impacts of rent holiday periods. The Company has future operating lease payments of approximately $26.7 million related to leases that have not commenced that were entered into as of June 30, 2026. Such lease payments are not included in the table above or within operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities in the Company’s consolidated statements of financial condition. These operating lease payments are anticipated to commence in the third quarter of 2026 and continue for approximately 6 years.
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