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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Leases  
Leases

12. Leases

Operating leases

The Company is party to several facility leases in South Africa for office, manufacturing and laboratory space. Dr. Gerdus Kemp, an officer of PET Labs and an employee of ASP Guernsey, is the sole owner of a leased office and production facility in Pretoria, South Africa. A lease for production space in Pretoria, South Africa is being accounted for as a short-term lease effective with the acquisition of 51% of PET Labs.

Quantitative information regarding the Company’s operating lease liabilities is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Operating Lease Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

$

785

 

 

$

664

 

Other Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows paid for amounts included in the
   measurement of lease liabilities

 

$

751

 

 

$

645

 

Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of
   -use assets

 

$

851

 

 

$

364

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)

 

 

3.25

 

 

 

3.61

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

 

8.70

%

 

 

9.83

%

 

Future lease payments under noncancelable operating lease liabilities are as follows as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

 

 

Operating
Leases

 

Future Lease Payments

 

 

 

2026

 

$

655

 

2027

 

 

582

 

2028

 

 

262

 

2029

 

 

164

 

2030

 

 

176

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

Total lease payments

 

$

1,839

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(236

)

Total operating lease liabilities

 

$

1,603

 

Less current portion

 

 

(544

)

Operating lease liabilities - noncurrent

 

$

1,059

 

The Company records the expense from short term leases as incurred. The Company recorded lease expense from its short term leases of $128,686 and $31,746 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Financing leases

The Company is party to several ongoing finance leases in South Africa for vehicles and equipment. Some of these finance leases include arrangements with variable interest rates indexed to the prime interest rate in South Africa. The variable interest expense was $1,798 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company elects to include finance lease right-of-use assets in property and equipment, net.

Quantitative information regarding the Company’s finance lease liabilities is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Finance Lease Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest on lease liabilities

 

$

86

 

 

$

69

 

Other Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash flows paid for amounts included in the
   measurement of finance lease liabilities

 

$

131

 

 

$

101

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

$

106

 

 

$

43

 

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)

 

 

3.6

 

 

 

4.4

 

Weighted average discount rate

 

 

13.1

%

 

 

13.1

%

 

Future lease payments under noncancelable finance lease liabilities are as follows as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

 

 

Finance
Leases

 

Future Lease Payments

 

 

 

2026

 

$

241

 

2027

 

 

235

 

2028

 

 

194

 

2029

 

 

75

 

2030

 

 

25

 

Thereafter

 

 

49

 

Total lease payments

 

$

819

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(181

)

Total lease liabilities

 

$

638

 

Less current portion

 

 

(167

)

Finance lease liabilities - noncurrent

 

$

471

 

Lease receivable

The Company leases certain equipment to customers under sales-type leases and records the leases within lease receivables on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and records interest income in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and

comprehensive loss. The Company does not have significant variable lease payments or residual value guarantees associated with these leases. Credit risk is monitored regularly, and no allowance for credit losses was recorded as of the reporting date.

The Company’s net investment in sales-type leases were comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

Total undiscounted cash flows

 

$

1,099

 

Present value discount

 

 

(657

)

Net investment in sales-type leases

 

$

442

 

Less current portion

 

$

(16

)

Net investment in sales-type leases - noncurrent

 

$

426

 

Future minimum lease payments to be collected under sales-type leases, excluding lease payments that are not fixed and determinable, as of December 31, 2025 are as follows (in thousands):

 

Sales-type
Leases

 

Future Lease Payments To Be Collected

 

 

 

2026

 

$

113

 

2027

 

 

113

 

2028

 

 

113

 

2029

 

 

113

 

2030

 

 

112

 

Thereafter

 

 

535

 

Total undiscounted cash flows

 

$

1,099

 

Interest income recognized from sales-type leases for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $68,868.