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Note 13 - Leases
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

Note 13  Leases

 

On  December 22, 2020, the Company acquired CPS which included the assumption of an operating lease for a 55,120 square foot light manufacturing facility located in Addison Illinois, which expired   June 30, 2024. During the year ended March 31, 2025, CPS entered into a three year lease for office space in Palatine, Illinois.

 

The Company leases office locations with lease terms that are less than 12 months or are on month to month terms. Rent expense is recognized over the term of the lease on a straight-line basis. Rent expense for these leases totaled $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Operating leases with lease terms of greater than 12 months are capitalized in Operating lease right-of-use assets and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. Rent expense for these operating leases totaled $0.4 million and $0.4 million the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, which is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.  

 

Operating lease costs for the years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

  

Year Ended March 31,

 
  

2026

  

2025

 

Fixed rent cost

 $414  $456 

Short term lease cost

  48   88 

Total operating lease cost

 $462  $544 

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows (in thousands):

 

  

March 31,

  

March 31,

 

Operating leases

 

2026

  

2025

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 $229  $97 
         

Operating lease liability, current

 $99  $- 

Operating lease liability, noncurrent

  134   99 

Total operating lease liabilities

 $233  $99 

 

The operating lease right-of-use assets are included in other assets in the March 31, 2026 and 2025 consolidated balance sheets, and operating lease liabilities are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and lease liabilities non-current in the March 31, 2026 and 2025 consolidated balance sheets.

 

Future maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):

 

For Years Ending March 31,

    

2027

 $108 

2028

  108 

2029

  67 

Total lease payments

  283 

Less: imputed interest

  (50)

Present value of operating lease liabilities

 $233 

 

Significant determinations

 

Discount rate – the Company’s lease is discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate of 6.0% as the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable.

 

Options – the lease term is the minimum noncancelable period of the lease. The Company does not include option periods unless the Company determined it is reasonably certain of exercising the option at inception or when a triggering event occurs.

 

Lease and non-lease components – Non lease components were considered and determined not to be material. 

 

PodcastOne arrangement

 

PodcastOne leases its Los Angeles premises located at 345 North Maple Drive, Suite 295, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 consisting of approximately 1,398 square feet of office and podcast studio space under a lease agreement expiring in November 2027. Rent expense for the operating lease totaled $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the year ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025, respectively.