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Sale-leaseback Financing Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Leases [Abstract]  
Sale-leaseback Financing Obligations SALE-LEASEBACK FINANCING OBLIGATIONS

 

In 2023, the Company’s subsidiaries sold marine equipment to two separate third-party buyers for $3.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively. Simultaneously with each sale, the subsidiaries entered into lease agreements with each buyer of the respective marine equipment (the sale of the property and simultaneous leaseback is referred to as a “sale-leaseback”). Each lease is for a four-year term. Under each of the lease agreements, the initial base rent is $35,000, and $10,000 respectively per month. As a part of each of the lease agreements, the lessee is granted an option to purchase the marine equipment back from the buyer, which can be exercised at any time during the period commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the agreements and ending on the day that is 120 days prior to the expiration of the lease term. If the lessee has not already delivered such notice at least 120 days prior to the expiration of the lease term, it is required to purchase the marine equipment upon the expiration of the lease term.

The Company accounted for the sale-leaseback transactions as financing transactions with the purchasers of the property in accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases, as the lease agreements were determined to be finance leases. The Company concluded that both lease agreements met the criteria for classification as finance leases due to the obligation to repurchase the equipment.

Odyssey Retriever Inc. (“ORI”) was an Odyssey subsidiary that entered into the sale-leaseback financing obligations pertaining to the $3.5 million sale-leaseback noted above. In 2023, Odyssey transferred all of its shares in ORI to OML as part of the purchase price for its investment in OML. As a result, the sale-leaseback financing obligation entered into by ORI was no longer a financing lease obligation for the Company. However, pursuant to the OML Purchase Agreement, Odyssey is obligated to pay all amounts owed for rent and the repurchase of the marine equipment under the sale-leaseback agreement.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the carrying values of the financing liabilities were $4.4 million and $4.3 million. The monthly lease payments are split between a reduction of principal and interest expense using the effective interest rate method.

Remaining future cash payments related to the financing liability for the remainder of 2026 and thereafter are as follows:

Year Ending December 31,

Annual payment obligation

 

2026

$

405,000

 

2027

 

4,710,000

 

Thereafter

 

 

$

5,115,000