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LEASES

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LEASES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES

6. LEASES

 

We determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. We have operating leases for office and temporary living space as well as for some office equipment. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current operating lease liability and non-current operating lease liability in our condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The Company does not have any finance leases.

 

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rates, which are derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. We give consideration to our bank financing arrangements, geographical location and collateralization of assets when calculating our incremental borrowing rates. We review our incremental borrowing rate on a quarterly basis.

 

Our lease terms include options to extend the lease when we believe that we may want the right to exercise that option. Leases with a term of less than 12 months are not recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Our lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. For real estate leases, we account for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. Some leases include escalation clauses and termination options that are factored in the determination of the lease payments when appropriate.

 

If a lease is modified after the effective date, the operating lease ROU asset and liability are re-measured using the current incremental borrowing rate. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, there was approximately $153,000 of unoccupied lease charges for two of the Company’s facilities. There were no unoccupied lease charges for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Miami office lease that we assumed in connection with an acquisition ended, and we entered into a new lease arrangement with the landlord for significantly less office space. Charges of approximately $71,000 were incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2023 as a result of vacating the former premises. During the year ended December 31, 2022, a facility lease was terminated in conjunction with the Company ceasing its document storage services. This termination resulted in additional costs for the three months ended March 31, 2023 of approximately $45,000. These amounts are included in net loss on lease terminations, unoccupied lease charges and restructuring costs in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

Lease expense is included in direct operating costs, general and administrative expense, selling and marketing expense and research and development expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations based on the nature of the expense. Our lease terms are determined taking into account lease renewal options, the Company’s anticipated operating plans and leases that are on a month-to-month basis. The Company also has some related party leases – see Note 8.

 

The components of lease expense were as follows:

 

    2024     2023  
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2024     2023  
    ($ in thousands)  
Operating lease cost   $ 637     $ 801  
Short-term lease cost     4       -  
Variable lease cost     5       5  
Total - net lease cost   $ 646     $ 806  

 

 

Short-term lease cost represents leases that were not capitalized as the lease term as of the later of January 1, 2024 or the beginning of the lease was less than 12 months. Variable lease costs include utilities, real estate taxes and common area maintenance costs.

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

 

    March 31, 2024     December 31, 2023  
    ($ in thousands)  
Operating leases:                
Operating lease ROU assets, net   $ 4,107     $ 4,365  
                 
Current operating lease liabilities   $ 1,775     $ 1,888  
Non-current operating lease liabilities     2,320       2,516  
Total operating lease liabilities   $ 4,095     $ 4,404  
                 
Operating leases:                
ROU assets   $ 4,614     $ 6,571  
Asset lease expense     (509 )     (2,152 )
Foreign exchange gain/(loss)     2       (54 )
ROU assets, net   $ 4,107     $ 4,365  
               
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):                
Operating leases     4.5       4.5  
Weighted average discount rate:                
Operating leases     13.7 %     13.3 %

 

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases is as follows:

 

    2024     2023  
    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2024     2023  
    ($ in thousands)  
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:                
Operating cash flows from operating leases   $ 668     $ 907  
                 
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:                
Operating leases, excluding impairments and terminations   $ 249     $ 287  

 

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

 

Operating leases - Years ending December 31,   ($ in thousands)  
2024 (nine months)   $ 1,756  
2025     1,350  
2026     577  
2027     453  
2028     385  
Thereafter     1,429  
Total lease payments     5,950  
Less: imputed interest     (1,855 )
Total lease obligations     4,095  
Less: current obligations     1,775  
Long-term lease obligations   $ 2,320  

 

The Company leases certain apartments which are subleased to others. The sublease agreements are currently on a month-to-month basis and are considered operating leases. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company received sublease income of approximately $28,000. There was no sublease income for the three months ended March 31, 2023.