The Company leases office space and various equipment under non-cancelable operating leases, with the longest lease expiring in 2032. These lease agreements provide for various renewal options. Rent expense for the various leased office space and equipment was approximately $3.9 million, $3.5 million, and $2.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively. Rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 included a reduction to overall expense of $0.3 million for a rent concession as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. P10 elected the practical expedient, whereby the concessions were treated as a reduction of rent expense during the period received.

The Company leases an insignificant amount of office equipment under non-cancelable financing leases, with the longest lease expiring in 2028. The finance lease right-of-use asset is included in right-of-use assets and the finance lease liability is included in lease liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amortization and interest expense for the finance leased equipment is included in general, administrative and other in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following table presents information regarding the Company’s operating leases as of December 31, 2023:


Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	16,901
Operating lease liabilities	$	20,087
Cash paid during year ended December 31, 2023 for operating lease liabilities	$	3,402
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)		6.77
Weighted-average discount rate		4.33	%

The future contractual lease payments as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:


2024		4,012
2025		3,284
2026		2,993
2027		2,889
2028		2,586
Thereafter		7,707
Total undiscounted lease payments		23,471
Less imputed interest		(3,384	)
Total operating lease liabilities	$	20,087

With the acquisition of WTI, an earnout payment of up to $70.0 million of cash and common stock may be earned upon meeting certain performance metrics. Upon the achievement of $20.0 million, $22.5 million, and $25.0 million of EBTIDA, $35.0 million, $17.5 million, and $17.5 million are earned, respectively. Of the total amount, $50.0 million can be earned by the sellers and the remaining $20.0 million would be allocated to employees of the Company at the time the earnout is earned. Payment to both sellers and employees is contingent on continued employment and, therefore, these earnout payments are recorded as compensation and benefits expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Payments will be made in cash, with the option to pay up to 50.0% in units of P10 Intermediate, no later than 90 days following the last day of the calendar quarter in which a milestone payment is achieved. Total payment will not exceed $70.0 million and any amounts paid will be paid by October 2027, at which point the earnout expires. The Company will evaluate whether each earn-out hurdle is probable of occurring and recognize an expense over the period the hurdle is expected to be achieved. As of December 31, 2023, the Company has determined that only the first two EBITDA hurdles are probable of being achieved. For the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, $21.0 million, $5.2 million, and $0.0 million of expense was recognized, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance was $26.2 million and $5.2 million, respectively, which is included in accrued compensation and benefits in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. No payments have been made on the earnout.

In connection with the acquisition of WTI, certain employees entered into employment agreements. As part of these employment agreements, certain employees may receive a one-time bonus payment if the employee is employed by the Company as of the fifth anniversary of the effective date and the trailing-twelve month EBITDA of WTI at that time is equal to or greater than $20.0 million. Payment can be made in cash or stock of P10, provided that no more than $5.0 million will be payable in cash. Total payment will not exceed $10.0 million and any amounts will be paid in October 2027. For the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $2.0 million, $0.4 million, and $0 of expense, respectively, which is included in compensation and benefits on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance was $2.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively, and is included in accrued compensation and benefits on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The Company recognizes accrued contingent liabilities and contingent payments to customers asset in our Consolidated Balance Sheets for an agreement that exists between ECG and third party customers. The agreements require ECG to share in certain revenues earned with the third parties and also include an option for the third parties to sell back the revenue share to ECG at a set multiple. The Company’s contingent liabilities and corresponding contingent payments to customers are recognized once determined to be probable and estimable. The contingent payments to customers are amortized and recorded within management and advisory fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations over the revenue share agreement. As of December 31, 2023, the Company has determined that the put options are probable and have accrued estimated contingent liabilities and contingent payments to customers. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance was $16.2 million and $14.3 million, respectively, and is included in accrued contingent liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The associated contingent payments to customers asset balance was $14.0 million and $13.6 million as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. The Company recognized $1.5 million, $0.7 million, and $0 of amortization of

contingent payments to customers for the years ended December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2021, respectively, which is included in management and advisory fees on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company will reassess each period and recognize all changes as if they occurred at inception.

As discussed in Note 18, subsequent to the end of the year, the Company announced that William "Fritz" Souder, the Company's Chief Operating Officer ("COO"), will be retiring from P10 in May of 2024. Associated with his termination, the COO will receive $1.2 million of severance payments. For the year ended December 31, 2023, P10 recognized $1.2 million of severance expense related to the retirement, which is included in compensation and benefits in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

We may be involved, either as plaintiff or defendant, in a variety of ongoing claims, demands, suits, investigations, tax matters and proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. We evaluated all potentially significant litigation, government investigations, claims or assessments in which we are involved and disclosed anything more likely than not to be recognized below. We do not believe that any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will result in losses that are materially in excess of amounts already recognized, if any.

In 2021, the Civil Enforcement Division of the Oregon Department of Justice (Oregon DOJ) initiated an investigation of certain transactions involving the Oregon Low Income Community Jobs Initiative, also known as the Oregon New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, to which a subsidiary of Enhanced Capital, among others, was a party. The Oregon DOJ contended that the subsidiary of Enhanced Capital omitted from the NMTC application information regarding the application of leveraged financing in the transaction and the sources and uses of funds in the proposed transactions. The subsidiary of Enhanced Capital completed non-binding mediation in July 2023 and a settlement was negotiated which was paid in the fourth quarter of 2023. The total settlement was $3.6 million of which the insurance carrier contributed $1.5 million. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the total expense associated with the litigation was $2.1 million in other (expense)/income on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.