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NOTE 16 - LEASES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
LEASES  
LEASES

NOTE 16 LEASES

 

In January 2024, the Company entered into a lease for office space and car parking bays in Malta. The term of the lease is for six years, although the Company may terminate the lease at any time after three years. The monthly rent payment for the office is approximately $15 thousand for the first year, with a 3% annual increase.

 

Right-of-use assets for these administrative office leases as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2025

 

2024

 

Malta Office

 

 

826

 

 

910

 

Operating lease, right-of-use asset, net

 

$

826

 

$

910

 

 

The Company has no other material operating or financing leases with terms greater than 12 months.

 

Lease expense for operating leases recorded in the balance sheet is included in operating costs and expenses and is based on the future minimum lease payments recognized on a straight- line basis over the term of the lease plus any variable lease costs. Operating lease expenses, inclusive of short-term and variable lease expenses, included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, were $199 thousand and $232 thousand, respectively. We have a month to month lease in Las Vegas. 

 

Annual maturities analysis under the Malta lease agreement at December 31, 2025 is as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

2026

 

$

219

 

2027

 

 

225

 

2028

 

 

231

 

2029

 

 

237

 

Total

 

 

912

 

Less: Present value discount

 

 

(105)

 

Lease obligations, net

 

$

807

 

 

Operating lease obligations are based on the net present value of the remaining lease payments over the remaining lease term. In determining the present value of lease payments, the Company used its incremental borrowing rate on the date of adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases. As of December 31, 2025, the weighted average remaining lease term is 4 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operation lease liability was 4.5%.