Must Public Companies report property Leases/Contracts to the SEC?
Toying around with CoStar, I have been gathering information on a public industrial user I have been aggressively pursuing for expansion. One some of their properties, CoStar has downloadable "documents" including leases and deeds.


**I noticed on one of the leases, there was a web address to the SEC archives at the bottom of the page**. Are companies required to report these documents to the SEC?

[{"id": "cvdv5z9", "text": "No, I believe only a 10 k is required. And you wouldn't find individual leases they are usually lumped together. So for instance here is Apple's section of their 10-k on leases:\n\nOther Off-Balance Sheet Commitments\n\nOperating Leases\n\nThe Company leases various equipment and facilities, including retail space, under noncancelable operating lease arrangements. The Company does not currently utilize any other off-balance sheet financing arrangements. The major facility leases are typically for terms not exceeding 10 years and generally contain multi-year renewal options. Leases for retail space are for terms ranging from five to 20 years, the majority of which are for 10 years, and often contain multi-year renewal options. As of September 27, 2014, the Company\u2019s total future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases were $5.0 billion, of which $3.6 billion related to leases for retail space. \n\n Rent expense under all operating leases, including both cancelable and noncancelable leases, was $717 million, $645 million and $488 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases having remaining terms in excess of one year as of September 27, 2014, are as follows (in millions):\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\n\n2015\n\t   \t$ \t662 \t  \n\n2016\n\t   \t  \t676 \t  \n\n2017\n\t   \t  \t645 \t  \n\n2018\n\t   \t  \t593 \t  \n\n2019\n\t   \t  \t534 \t  \n\nThereafter\n\t   \t  \t1,877 \t  \n\t   \t\n\n \n\t\n\n \n\t \n\nTotal\n\t   \t$ \t4,987 \t  \n\t   \t\n\n \n\t\n\n \n\t \n\n \n\nApple Inc. | 2014 Form 10-K | 75 ", "replies": [{"id": "cvdxl1i", "text": "That's what I always thought, but for this company I went through their SEC filings (10-K), and they had each lease amendment for every one of their facilities as an individual \"exhibit\". Given, they had fewer properties, but I'm not sure why they would file those contracts and documents publicly\n\nIt's great for me because in this instance, I was able to see that they are paying above market with little to no options in their favor.", "replies": [{"id": "cvdzyd1", "text": "I'm just guessing here, but perhaps their property leases are a large portion of the operating expenses so they want to provide that info to investors or to the regulatory agencies to lower their chances of an audit.", "replies": [{"id": "cve649o", "text": "Do they maybe have below market rents or excellent terms and thus changes in the agreements might hurt their bottom line? I can't imagine that an industrial user's primary expense is rent.", "replies": [{"id": "cvgu68b", "text": "The facility in question is a class a flex building with great amenities. Their operations here are 50% office/50% clean room space, so I can imagine it being much more expensive that a standard industrial user", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]