Leases

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

LeasesThe Company accounts for its leases under ASC 842. Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition of a lease are classified as operating or financing leases, and are recorded on the consolidated balance sheet as both an operating lease ROU asset and operating lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate implicit in the lease or the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. Lease liabilities are increased by interest and reduced by payments each period, and the right of use asset is amortized over the lease term. For operating leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization of the right of use asset result in straight-line rent expense over the lease term. Variable lease expenses, if any, are recorded when incurred. The Company has elected to apply the short-term lease exemption practical expedient for each class of underlying assets and excludes short-term leases having initial terms of 12 months or less. The Company recognizes rent

expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term for these short-term leases. The Company has determined that no material embedded leases exist. Under ASC 842, the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term. For this purpose, the Company considers only payments that are fixed and determinable at the time of commencement. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

Operating Leases

The Company currently leases certain office equipment and its office and laboratory facilities under non-cancelable operating leases. Rent expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term from the lease commencement date through the scheduled expiration date. Rent expenses totaled $1.9 million and $1.3 million for the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

The Company leases the following facilities:

•One University Plaza, Suite 307, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, which, since November 2011, serves as the Company’s corporate headquarters. The lease was renewed during fiscal 2022 and expires in November 2026. The Company recognized $88,000 and $91,000 of rent expense relative to this lease for fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.

•1330 Piccard Drive Suite 025, Rockville, MD 20850, which consists of laboratory and office space where the Company conducts operations related to its primary service offerings. The Company executed this lease (the "Original Premises") on January 11, 2017. The operating commencement date was August 11, 2017. This lease originally expired in August 2028.

◦On March 30, 2020, the Company executed the first amendment to this lease to expand the existing premises at 1330 Piccard Drive, Suite 025 ("Expansion Premises") to add on Suites 050 and 104. This amendment also extended the current lease term by six months. The Expansion Premises operating lease commencement date was June 1, 2020 and, under the amendment, both leases expire February 28, 2029.

◦In accordance with ASC 842, the Company evaluated the first amendment and also performed a reassessment of the existing lease for Suite 025 to determine the impact of the six-month term extension. As a result of this assessment, the Company recognized an additional operating ROU asset and related operating lease liability for Suite 025 of $118,000 and $125,000, respectively, as well as an incremental net rent expense of $8,000 during the three months ended July 31, 2020. The Company did not recognize the incremental rental expense under this amendment during fiscal 2020 as the Expansion Premises lease commencement date was during fiscal 2021.

◦Upon the Expansion Premises operating lease commencement date (June 1, 2020), the Company recognized an operating ROU asset and related operating lease liability for Suites 050 and 104 of $3.8 million, each, respectively.

◦On December 22, 2020, the Company executed the second amendment to this lease to expand the existing premises at 1330 Piccard Drive, Suites 025, 050, and 104 ("Additional Expansion Premises") and add on Suite 201. The Additional Expansion Premises operating lease commencement date was April 1, 2021 and, under the second amendment, reaffirms that all three leases expire February 28, 2029. Upon the Additional Expansion Premises operating lease commencement date (April 1, 2021), the Company also recognized an operating ROU asset and related operating lease liability for Suite 201 of $3.3 million, each, respectively.

◦For the leases related to the premises at Piccard Drive, the Company recognized $1.7 million and $1.2 million of rental expense for fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.

•1405 Research Boulevard, Suite 125, Rockville, Maryland 20850 (“New Location”), which consisted of laboratory and office space where the Company conducted operations related to its primary service offerings. The Company executed this lease on November 1, 2018. The operating commencement date was January 17, 2019. This lease was set to expire in April 2024. The Company terminated this lease on June 30, 2020 and transitioned its activities from this location to the Expansion Premises, as defined above, during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. Upon lease termination, the Company recognized a decrease in the related operating ROU asset and operating lease liability of approximately $850,000 and $926,000, respectively, as well as a gain on lease termination of $76,000. The Company recognized zero and $43,000 of rental expense for fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.

•VIA LEONE XIII, 14, Milan, Italy, which consists of laboratory and office space where the Company conducts operations related to its flow cytometry service offerings. The Company executed the lease for its laboratory space in June 2021, and commenced occupancy during the three months ended October 31, 2021. This lease expires May 2023. The Company executed the lease for its office space on October 1, 2021. This lease expires September 2027.

◦The Company recognized an operating ROU asset and related operating lease liability for the lab and office space of $205,000 each, respectively.

◦The Company recognized rental costs associated with these leases of $81,000 and zero for fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively.

ROU assets and lease liabilities related to our current operating leases are as follows (in thousands):


	April 30, 2022	April 30, 2021
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	8,230	8,521
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	1,054	818
Non-current portion of operating lease liabilities	8,412	8,783

As of April 30, 2022, the weighted average remaining operating lease term and the weighted average discount rate were 6.7 years and 5.73%, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments due each fiscal year as follows (in thousands):


2023	$	2,735
2024	2,809
2025	2,848
2026	2,895
2027	2,860
Thereafter	5,164
Total undiscounted liabilities	19,311
Less: Imputed interest	(9,845)
Present value of minimum lease payments	$	9,466

Refer to Note 4, Property and Equipment, for more information on financing leases.