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Property and equipment: | 2. Property and equipment: Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment and finance leases and capitalized compensation costs of employees directly involved with construction activities were as follows:
IRU Finance Lease Termination – Discount and Gain on Lease Termination In June 2024, the Company elected to exercise a contractual option to prepay in full at a 12.0% discounted rate an IRU finance lease agreement (the “IRU Lease”) acquired in the Transaction for $114.6 million. At the payment date, the present value of the IRU finance lease liability was $117.9 million and the remaining 31 monthly principal payments of $4.2 million each totaled $130.2 million. The prepayment resulted in a gain on lease termination of $3.3 million related to the difference between the book value of $117.9 million and the cash payment of $114.6 million. The Company is continuing to use the related IRU asset. |