Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Leases

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Leases
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases

Note 3 - Leases

 

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. This determination generally depends on whether the arrangement conveys to the Company the right to control the use of a fixed asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control of an underlying asset is conveyed to the Company if the Company obtains the rights to direct the use of and to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from using the underlying asset. The Company has lease agreements which include lease and non-lease components, which the Company has elected to account for as a single lease component for all classes of underlying assets. Lease expense for variable lease components are recognized when the obligation is probable. The Company made an accounting policy election to exclude from balance sheet reporting those leases with initial terms of 12 months or less.

 

Right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. ASC 842 requires a lessee to discount its unpaid lease payments using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, its incremental borrowing rate. As an implicit interest rate was not readily determinable in the Company’s leases, the incremental borrowing rate was used based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

 

The lease term for all of the Company’s leases includes the non-cancellable period of the lease plus any additional periods covered by either a Company option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, or an option to extend (or not to terminate) the lease controlled by the lessor. Options for lease renewals have been excluded from the lease term (and lease liability) for the majority of the Company’s leases as the reasonably certain threshold is not met.

 

The Company entered into a lease for corporate office space effective June 1, 2022. The lease has a term of 5 years 2 months, with an expiration date on July 30, 2027 and current annual rent of $0.6 million. The Company is also responsible for certain other costs, such as insurance, utilities and maintenance. At March 31, 2023, for capitalization purposes under ASC842, the Company has this operating lease and a finance lease for office equipment. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company spent $0.3 million in improvements at its corporate office space, which has been included in the value of the operating right-to-use asset as of March 31, 2023.

 

The components of lease expense are as follows:

 

    Three months ended  
(in thousands)   March 31,
2023
    March 31,
2022
 
Operating lease expense   $ 162     $ 93  
Finance lease cost                
Amortization of right-to-use assets   $ 1     $ 20  
Interest on lease liabilities   $ 1     $ 1  
Total finance lease cost   $ 2     $ 21  

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases are as follows:

 

Cash flow information:   Three months ended  
(in thousands)   March 31,
2023
    March 31,
2022
 
             
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:            
Operating cash flow use from operating leases   $ 150     $ 94  
Operating cash flow use from finance leases   $ 1     $ 1  
Financing cash flow use from finance leases   $ 1     $ 22  
                 
Non-cash activity:                
                 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:                
Operating leases   $
-
    $
-
 
Finance Leases   $
-
    $
-
 

 

Weighted average remaining lease terms are as follows at March 31, 2023:

 

Weighted average remaining lease term:        
Operating leases     4.3 years  
Finance Leases     0.8 year  

 

As the interest rate implicit in the leases was not readily determinable at the time that the leases were evaluated, the Company used its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate was based on the term of the lease, the economic environment of the lease and reflects the rate the Company would have had to pay to borrow on a secured basis. Below is information on the weighted average discount rates used at the time that the leases were evaluated:

 

Weighted average discount rates:      
Operating leases     4.8 %
Finance Leases     8 %

 

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

 

(in thousands)
Year ending December 31,
  Operating
Leases
    Finance
Leases
 
2023 (excluding three months ended March 31, 2023)   $ 456     $ 3  
2024     618      
-
 
2025     631      
-
 
2026     643      
-
 
2027     380      
-
 
Total lease payments   $ 2,728     $ 3  
Less imputed interest     (271 )    
-
 
Present value of lease liabilities   $ 2,457     $ 3