Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Leases

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Leases
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
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Note 7 – Leases

 

The Company leases an office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida under an operating lease. The term expires November 2024. The annual base rent is subject to annual increases of 2.75%. As described within Note 10, the Company shares this space with a related party pursuant to the Shared Space Agreement, as defined below.

 

The Company leases an office in Israel under an operating lease. The term expired on December 31, 2023. The Company entered into a new tenancy contract with the facility for a period of twelve months from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

 

The Company leases vehicles under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2026.

 

Many of these leases provide for payment by the Company, as the lessee, of taxes, insurance premiums, costs of maintenance and other costs which are expensed as incurred. Certain operating leases include escalation clauses and some of which may include options to extend the leases for up to 3 years.

 

The components of lease cost and supplemental balance sheet information for the Company’s lease portfolio were as follows:

 

    2023     2022  
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2023     2022  
Lease Cost                
Operating lease (income) cost, net of related party license fee   $ (29 )   $ 92  
Variable lease cost     178       120  

Short-term lease cost

   

161

      -  
Total lease cost   $ 310     $ 212  

 

    As of December 31,  
    2023     2022  
Assets            
Operating lease, right-of-use asset   $ 210     $ 428  
Liabilities                
Current                
Operating lease liabilities   $ 169     $ 245  
Non-current                
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion     27       178  
Total lease liabilities   $ 196     $ 423  
                 
Other information:                
Weighted average remaining lease term - operating leases     1.18 years       1.79 years  
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases     7.30 %     7.36 %

 

The Company records operating lease payments to lease expense using the straight-line method. The Company’s lease expense was $310 and $212 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, included in general and administrative expenses, which is net of the related party license fee of $270 and $242 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively (see Note 10).

 

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2023 were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,   Amount  
2024   $ 175  
2025     23  
2026     5  
Total future minimum lease payments     203  
Imputed interest     (7 )
Total liability   $ 196  

 

The following table summarizes the cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

    2023     2022  
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2023     2022  
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:   $ (256 )   $ (342 )