LEASES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

NOTE 9 — LEASES

The table below summarizes the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets:


Operating Leases	Balance Sheet Classification	September 30, 2025		December 31, 2024
Right-of-use assets	Other assets	$	55,553	$	54,276

Current liabilities	Other current liabilities	$	13,829	$	13,110
Noncurrent liabilities	Other liabilities		42,352		42,124
Total lease liabilities		$	56,181	$	55,234

Total lease expense, which is included in Cost of goods sold and Selling, general & administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income, was $7,964 and $20,298 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $5,657 and $18,390 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, were $4,340 and $10,882 and are included in Net cash provided by operating activities in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, were $3,771 and $11,918 and are included in Net cash provided by operating activities in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities were $6,981 and $11,634 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $5,426 and $16,043 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.

The total future minimum lease payments for noncancelable operating leases were as follows:


	September 30, 2025
2025	$	5,564
2026		15,010
2027		12,013
2028		10,085
2029		7,259
After 2029		14,293
Total lease payments	$	64,224
Less: Imputed interest		8,043
Operating lease liabilities	$	56,181

As of September 30, 2025 the weighted average remaining lease term is 6.2 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liability is 3.7%.

LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC 10-Q