Note 8 - Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Lessee, Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]

NOTE 8 Leases

A lease is defined as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of an identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Substantially all of the leases in which the Company is the lessee are comprised of real property for offices and office equipment rentals with terms extending through 2041. Portions of certain properties are subleased for terms extending through July 2025. Substantially all of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases. The Company has no existing finance leases.

The Company elected not to include short-term leases (i.e., leases with initial terms of twelve months or less), or equipment leases (deemed immaterial) on the consolidated financial statements. The following table presents the classification of the Company’s right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

		*March 31,*		*December 31,*
(dollars in thousands)		*2025*		*2024*
Lease Right-of-Use Assets	*Classification*
Operating lease right-of-use assets	Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	12,983	$	13,438
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities	Operating lease liabilities	$	18,515	$	18,991

The calculated amount of the ROU assets and lease liabilities in the table above are impacted by the length of the lease term and the discount rate used to present value the minimum lease payments. The Company’s lease agreements often include one or more options to renew at the Company’s discretion. If at lease inception the Company considers the exercising of a renewal option to be reasonably certain, the Company will include the extended term in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability. The Company utilizes its incremental borrowing rate at lease inception, on a collateralized basis, over a similar term for the discount rate. For the Company’s only finance lease, the Company utilized its incremental borrowing rate at lease inception.

	*March 31,*			*December 31,*
	*2025*			*2024*
Weighted-average remaining lease term, years
Operating leases		12.5			12.6
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases		4.6	%		4.5	%

As the Company elected, for all classes of underlying assets, not to separate lease and non‑lease components and instead to account for them as a single lease component, the variable lease cost primarily represents variable payments such as common area maintenance and utilities. Variable lease cost also includes payments for usage or maintenance of those capitalized equipment operating leases.

The following table presents lease costs and other lease information for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024:

	*Three months ended*
	*March 31,*
(dollars in thousands)	*2025*			*2024*
Lease costs
Operating lease cost	$	619		$	461
Variable lease cost		58			266
Short-term lease cost		290			36
Finance lease cost
Interest on lease liabilities		—			—
Amortization of right-of-use assets		—			—
Sublease income		(41	)		(48	)
Net lease cost	$	926		$	715
Other information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities operating cash flows from operating leases	$	598		$	460
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities		22			108

Future minimum payments for finance and operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of March 31, 2025 were as follows:

	*Operating*
(dollars in thousands)	*Leases*
Twelve months ended
March 31, 2026	$	2,494
March 31, 2027		2,255
March 31, 2028		1,820
March 31, 2029		1,535
March 31, 2030		1,216
Thereafter		25,218
Total future minimum lease payments	$	34,538
Amounts representing interest		(16,023	)
Total operating lease liabilities	$	18,515