Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

On June 14, 2022, the Company entered into a sublease agreement with The Paul Revere Life Insurance Company. Pursuant to the terms of the sublease lease agreement, the Company agreed to lease 26,503 square feet, located at 1 Mercantile Street, Worcester, MA (the “Mercantile Street Facility”), through January 2030. The Company recorded a right of use asset and related operating lease liability of $2.2 million on the Balance Sheet at the lease inception.

On July 18, 2023, the Company executed, with a retroactive Effective Date of June 15, 2023, a Third Amendment to Sublease (the “Third Amendment”), with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company, pursuant to which the Company relocated from the 26,503 square feet of rentable space on the fourth floor of the Mercantile Center to 11,916 square feet of rentable space on the second floor of the Mercantile Center. As a result of the modification, the Company recorded an adjustment to its right of use asset and related operating lease liability of $1.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively, and $0.2 million gain on the modification of the sublease, which is recorded in Other Income in the Statements of Operations. On June 28, 2024, the Company terminated the lease of its Mercantile Street Facility for a termination fee of $40,000.

On October 27, 2017, the Company entered into a lease agreement with WCS - 377 Plantation Street, Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit corporation. Pursuant to the terms of the lease agreement, the Company agreed to lease 27,043 square feet from the landlord, located at 377 Plantation Street in Worcester, MA (the “Plantation Street Facility”), through November 2026, subject to additional extensions at the Company’s option (see Note 13). Base rent, net of abatements of $0.6 million over the lease term, totals approximately $3.6 million, on a triple-net basis.

The terms of the lease also require that the Company post an initial security deposit of $0.8 million, in the form of $0.5 million letter of credit and $0.3 million in cash, which increased to $1.3 million ($1.0 million letter of credit, $0.3 million in cash) on November 1, 2019. After the fifth lease year, the letter of credit obligation is subject to reduction. As of December 31, 2024, the letter of credit was cancelled.

The Company leases office space under an agreement classified as an operating lease that expires in October 2026. The Company’s lease liabilities result from the lease of its Plantation Street Facility in Massachusetts, which expires in 2026. Such leases do not require any contingent rental payments, impose any financial restrictions, or contain any residual value guarantees. Certain of the Company’s leases include renewal options and escalation clauses; renewal options have not been included in the calculation of the lease liabilities and right of use assets as the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise the options. The Company does not act as a lessor or have any leases classified as financing leases.

During the second quarter of fiscal year 2024, the Company identified triggering events that required an impairment of the asset group consisting of the right-of-use asset and associated leasehold improvements. The assessment concluded that impairment existed, and the impairment loss was allocated to the leasehold improvements and right-of-use assets based on the relative carrying amounts of the assets (see Note 6). At December 31, 2024, the Company had operating lease liabilities of $0.9 million and right of use assets of $0.1 million, which were included in the Balance Sheet. At December 31, 2023, the Company had operating lease liabilities of $2.5 million and right of use assets of $1.6 million, which were included in the Balance Sheet.

The following summarizes quantitative information about the Company’s operating leases:

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Maturities of our operating leases, excluding short-term leases, are as follows:

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