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Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
11.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Bank Lines of Credit — The Company maintains a $65,000 revolving credit facility which has a maturity date of June 28, 2024. Unless the lender issues a notice of termination at least 60 days prior to such maturity date, this facility will automatically extend to June 30, 2025. Borrowings on the facility bear interest at the greater of a fixed rate of 3.50% per annum or at the borrower’s option of (i) Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 1.1% or (ii) Prime minus 1.50%. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had no borrowings under the credit facility.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company’s available credit under this facility was $64,422 as a result of the issuance of an aggregate amount of $578 of various standby letters of credit, which were required in connection with certain office leases and other agreements. The Company incurs a 1% per annum fee on the outstanding balance of issued letters of credit.

U.S. Broker Dealer maintains a $30,000 revolving credit facility agreement pre-approved by FINRA with a credit period ending May 24, 2024 and a maturity date of May 24, 2025. Borrowings on the facility bear interest equal to the Prime rate, payable quarterly in arrears of the last day of March, June, September and December of each calendar year. The Company had no borrowings under this credit facility and the available balance was $30,000 as of March 31, 2024.

Leases — The Company maintains operating leases for corporate offices and an aircraft with various expiration dates, some of which extend through 2036. Some leases include options to terminate or to extend the lease terms. The Company records lease liabilities measured at the present value of anticipated lease payments over the lease term, including options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain such options will be exercised. The implicit discount rates used to determine the present value of the Company’s leases are not readily determinable, thus the Company uses its secured borrowing rate, which was determined with reference to our available credit line. See below for additional information about the Company’s leases.

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

($ in thousands)

 

2024

 

2023

Supplemental Income Statement Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease cost

 

 $

6,184

 

 

 $

5,580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating cash inflows/(outflows) for operating leases

 

 $

(5,924)

 

 

 $

(6,082)

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations (e.g. new leases and amendments commenced during the period)

 

 $

218

 

 

 $

1,049

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (in years)

 

 

11.80

 

 

 

12.51

 

Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases

 

 

3.99

%

 

 

3.52

%

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company received $24 and $0 of tenant improvement allowances, respectively. These cash receipts are included within net operating cash inflows/(outflows) for operating leases in the supplemental cash flow information above.

As of March 31, 2024, the future sublease income and maturities of our operating lease liabilities are as follows:

Fiscal year ended

 

Sublease Income

 

Operating Leases

Remainder of 2024

 

$

(633)

 

$

18,361

2025

 

 

(422)

 

 

23,388

2026

 

 

 

 

21,835

2027

 

 

 

 

20,964

2028

 

 

 

 

20,737

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

163,590

Total Payments

 

$

(1,055)

 

$

268,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Tenant improvement allowances

 

 

(948)

Less: Present value adjustment

 

 

(56,083)

Total

 

$

211,844

Contractual Arrangements — In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide indemnification for specified losses, including certain indemnification of certain officers, directors and employees.

Legal — In the ordinary course of business, from time to time the Company and its affiliates are involved in judicial or regulatory proceedings, arbitration or mediation concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its businesses, including contractual and employment matters. In addition, government agencies and self-regulatory organizations conduct periodic examinations, investigations and initiate administrative proceedings regarding the Company’s business, including, among other matters, compliance, accounting, recordkeeping and operational matters, that can result in censure, fine, the issuance of cease-and-desist orders or the suspension or expulsion of a broker-dealer, investment advisor, or its directors, officers or employees. In view of the inherent difficulty of determining whether any loss in connection with such matters is probable and whether the amount of such loss can be reasonably estimated, particularly in cases where claimants seek substantial or indeterminate damages or where investigations and proceedings are in the early stages, the Company often cannot estimate the amount of such loss or range of loss, if any, related to such matters, how or if such matters will be resolved, when they will ultimately be resolved, or what the eventual settlement, fine, penalty or other relief, if any, might be. For matters where the Company can reasonably estimate the amount of a probable loss, or range of loss, the Company will accrue a loss for such matters in accordance with the U.S. GAAP for the aggregate of the estimated amount or the minimum amount of the range, if no amount within the range is a better estimate. The Company believes, based on current knowledge and after consultation with counsel, that it is not currently party to any material pending proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, the resolution of which would have a material effect on the Company.

During 2023, West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund, a putative Class A stockholder of the Company, filed a class action lawsuit, on behalf of itself and other similarly-situated Class A stockholders, in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the Company seeking declaratory judgment that certain provisions of the Stockholders Agreement between the Company and Partner Holdings are invalid and unenforceable as a matter of Delaware law. On March 4, 2024, the Court of Chancery issued an interlocutory order, presently in effect, that certain provisions of the Stockholders Agreement, including the provisions relating to

approval rights and director vacancies, are facially invalid, void, and unenforceable under Delaware law. A final order has not yet been entered in the lawsuit and the time for taking an appeal has not yet run.