Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Note 9—Leases

 

Lease Agreements

 

On August 31, 2022, the Company provided a six month notice to MawIt Inc. (the “Six Month Notice”) for a property at Pennington, New Jersey, which serves as the Company’s New Jersey corporate headquarters. Under the Six Month Notice, the Company will not be renewing the lease and will be vacating the property before February 28, 2023. The Company remeasured the lease payments and recorded decreases of ROU asset for approximately $120,000 and lease liabilities of approximately $120,000 for this operating lease.

 

On October 17, 2022, the Company provided a notice to Explora BioLabs (the “Notice”) for a property at San Diego, California, which serves as the Company’s lab space. Under the Notice, the Company will terminate the lease on December 16, 2022. The Company accounted for the Notice as a contract modification, and accordingly, recorded decreases of ROU asset for approximately $363,000 and lease liabilities of approximately $363,000 for this operating lease.

 

The Company has operating leases for corporate offices and lab space. These leases have remaining lease terms of approximately less than a year to four years, some of which include options to extend the lease. For any lease where the Company is reasonably certain that a renewal option will be exercised, the lease payments associated with the renewal option period are included in the ROU asset and lease liability as of October 31, 2022.

 

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of October 31, 2022 was as follows:

 

Operating Leases:  

As of October 31,

2022

   

As of July 31,

2022

 
Operating lease right-of-use assets   $ 3,931,083     $ 4,665,515  
Operating Leases:                
Current portion included in current liabilities   $ 978,570     $ 1,111,571  
Long-term portion included in non-current liabilities     3,513,897       4,126,636  
Total operating lease liabilities   $ 4,492,467     $ 5,238,207  

 

Supplemental lease expense related to leases is as follows:

 

   

For the Three

Months Ended

October 31, 2022

   

For the Three

Months Ended

October 31, 2021

 
Operating lease cost   $ 379,116     $ 369,792  
Total lease expense   $ 379,116     $ 369,792  

 

Other information related to leases where the Company is the lessee is as follows:

 

   

As of

October 31, 2022

 
Weighted-average remaining lease term     3.9 years  
Weighted-average discount rate     10.13 %

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases is as follows:

 

   

For the Three

Months Ended

October 31, 2022

   

For the Three

Months Ended

October 31, 2021

 
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities   $ 390,424     $ 380,284  
Total cash flows related to operating lease liabilities   $ 390,424     $ 380,284  

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of October 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

Years ending July 31,        
2023 – the remainder of the fiscal year     $ 1,054,361  
2024       1,350,056  
2025       1,390,558  
2026       1,432,274  
2027       240,688  
Total minimum lease payments       5,467,937  
Less: Imputed interest       (975,470 )
Total     $ 4,492,467