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Note 15 - Leases

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Note 15 - Leases
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
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Note 15. Leases

 

The Company leases an 85,000 square foot facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota consisting of corporate offices, manufacturing and warehouse space. The lease term is ten years and two months, ending on February 28, 2025, and is renewable. The renewal options have not been included within the lease term because it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise either option.

 

In July 2021, the Company entered into an indirect lease arrangement for an approximately 318,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico that operates as a Maquiladora. The lease term is for seven years, of which five years are mandatory, commencing in March 2022. The lease contains written options to renew for two additional consecutive periods of five years each. The lease calls for monthly rental payments of $162,000, increasing 2% annually. The renewal options have not been included within the lease term because it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise either option.

 

On November 19, 2021, the Company signed a lease for a 105,000 square foot warehouse in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The lease term is five years commencing in March 2022 and ending on February 28, 2027, with rent payments increasing annually. The lease includes an option to extend the lease for an additional five years. The renewal option has not been included within the lease term because it is not reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option.

 

 

Nestor Cables leases an approximately 25,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Oulu, Finland, which is utilized for the operations of Nestor Cables. The original lease term ended on October 31, 2022, but auto renews indefinitely until terminated with two years written notice. It is not reasonably certain that Nestor Cables will not exercise the termination option. The lease calls for monthly rental payments of approximately $40,000. Rent is increased each year on January 1st based upon the cost-of-living index published by the Finnish government.

 

Right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized as of the commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term which includes renewal periods the Company is reasonably certain to exercise. The Company’s leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Operating lease expense included within cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expense was as follows for the three months ended:

 

Operating lease expense within:

(in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

   

Six Months Ended March 31,

 
   

2023

   

2022

   

2023

   

2022

 

Cost of sales

  $ 995     $ 439     $ 1,958     $ 724  

Selling, general and administrative

    63       57       119       112  

Total lease expense

  $ 1,058     $ 496     $ 2,077     $ 836  

 

Future maturities of lease liabilities were as follows as of March 31, 2023 (in thousands):

 

FY2023(Remaining)

  $ 2,067  

FY2024

    3,890  

FY2025

    3,063  

FY2026

    2,870  

FY2027

    1,196  

Thereafter

    -  

Total lease payments

    13,086  

Less: Interest

    (610 )

Present value of lease liabilities

  $ 12,476  

 

The weighted average term and weighted average discount rate for the Company’s leases as of March 31, 2023 were 3.79 years and 3.23%, respectively, compared to 4.71 years and 3.05%, respectively, as of March 31, 2022. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2023, the operating cash outflows from the Company’s leases were $950,000 and $1,907,000, respectively, compared to $238,000 and $550,000, respectively, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2022.