LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Leases

LEASES

16. LEASES

The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term.

The Company’s leases consist of leaseholds on office space, machinery, and equipment. The Company utilized a portfolio approach in determining the discount rate. The portfolio approach takes into consideration the range of the term, the range of the lease payments, the category of the underlying asset and the Company’s estimated incremental borrowing rate, which is derived from information available at the lease commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company also considered its recent debt issuances as well as publicly available data for instruments with similar characteristics when calculating the incremental borrowing rates.

The lease term includes options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. These operating leases contain renewal options for periods ranging from three to five years that expire at various dates with no residual value guarantees. Future obligations relating to the exercise of renewal options are included in the measurement if, based on the judgment of management, the renewal option is reasonably certain to be exercised. Factors in determining whether an option is reasonably certain of exercise include, but are not limited to, the value of leasehold improvements, the value of the renewal rate compared to market rates, and the presence of factors that would cause a significant economic penalty to the Company if the option is not exercised. Management reasonably plans to exercise all options, and as such, all renewal options are included in the measurement of the right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities.

Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, per the election of the practical expedient noted above. The Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

The Company recognizes variable lease payments in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate are initially measured using the index or rate at the commencement date, otherwise variable lease payments are recognized in the period incurred.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

	Year Ended		Year Ended
	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Finance leases:
Depreciation of assets	$	152,700	$	88,000
Interest on lease liabilities		43,400		38,000
Operating lease expense		550,400		328,300
Total net lease cost	$	746,500	$	454,300

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

	December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Operating leases:
Operating lease ROU assets	$	3,429,700	$	873,800
Total ROU Liabilities	$	3,484,400	$	841,700
Finance leases:
Property and equipment, at cost	$	1,365,500	$	1,411,100
Less: Accumulated depreciation		293,100		140,400
Property and equipment, net	$	1,072,400	$	1,270,700
Total Finance lease liabilities	$	543,400	$	999,400

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases was as follows:

	Year Ended			Year Ended
	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	(301,100	)	$	(273,800	)
Financing cash flows from finance leases		(356,900	)		(564,400	)
Assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities:
Operating leases	$	2,943,800		$	—
Finance leases		—			1,043,100
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years):
Operating leases		8.6			3.2
Finance leases		2.7			3.1
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases		4.7	%		9.9	%
Finance leases		4.8	%		5.2	%

The minimum lease payments under the terms of the leases are as follows for the years ended December 31:

	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Total
2022	$	611,700		$	268,900		$	880,600
2023		542,000			238,600			780,600
2024		433,300			74,900			508,200
2025		328,900			—			328,900
2026		338,800			—			338,800
Thereafter		1,952,600			—			1,952,600
Total lease payments	$	4,207,300		$	582,400		$	4,789,700
Less amount of discount/interest		(722,900	)		(39,000	)		(761,900	)
	$	3,484,400		$	543,400		$	4,027,800