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LEASES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
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LEASES

note 15 — 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 March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2026

 

2025

 

Malta Office

 

 

755

 

 

826

 

Operating lease, right-of-use asset, net

 

$

755

 

$

826

 

 

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 unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, were $.06 million and $.06 million, respectively.

 

Annual maturities analysis under the Malta lease agreement at March 31, 2026, is as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

2026 (remainder)

 

$

164

 

2027

 

 

232

 

2028

 

 

238

 

2029

 

 

245

 

Total

 

 

879

 

Less: Present value discount

 

 

(81)

 

Lease obligations, net

 

$

798

 

 

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 March 31, 2026, the weighted average remaining lease term is 3.8 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operation lease liability was 4.5%.