LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

NOTE 3 – LEASES

The Company leases land and office equipment under operating leases from non-related parties. Our leases have remaining lease terms of 3 years to 72 years, some of which include options to automatically extend the leases for up to 66 years and are included as part of the lease liability and right of use assets as we expect to exercise the options. One of the leases for land was terminated in its entirety effective October 10, 2024. The remaining lease liability and right-of-use asset for the terminated lease was removed in the fourth quarter of 2024. Any difference between the carrying amounts of the right-of-use asset and the lease liability will be recorded in the income statement as a gain or loss. Payments made under operating leases are recognized in the consolidated statement of operations on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease. The annual lease payments for the land operating leases increase each year either by the most recent increase in the Consumer Price Index or by 3%, as applicable based on the lease agreements. Periodically, the annual lease payment for one operating land lease is determined based on the fair market value of the applicable parcel of land. None of the operating leases contain contingent rent provisions. The commencement date of all the operating leases is the earlier of the date we become legally obligated to make rent payments or the date we may exercise control over the use of the land or equipment. The Company currently does not have any financing leases and does not have any lessor leases that require disclosure.

Management made certain assumptions related to the separation of lease and nonlease components and to the discount rate used when calculating the right of use asset and liability amounts for the operating leases. As our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our incremental borrowing rates for long-term and short-term agreements and apply the rates accordingly based on the term of the lease agreements to determine the present value of lease payments.

In October 1997, Artesian Water entered into a 33-year operating lease for a parcel of land with improvements located in South Bethany, a municipality in Sussex County, Delaware. The annual lease payments increase each year by the most recent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Workers, CPI-U, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. At each eleventh year of the lease term, the annual lease payment shall be determined based on the fair market value of the parcel of land. Rental payments for 2024, 2023 and 2022 were $20,000, $19,000, and $19,000, respectively. The future minimum rental payment as disclosed in the following table is calculated using CPI-U from August 2024 as well as the adjustment for an appraisal conducted in 2019 to determine the fair market value of the parcel of land.

In March 2023, Artesian Water entered into a 5-year operating lease for office equipment. The quarterly lease payments under the lease agreement remain fixed throughout the term of the lease. The previous lease for office equipment expired in March 2022. Payments pursuant to the lease agreements for 2024, 2023 and 2022 were $8,000, $6,000 and $5,000, respectively.

Rent expense for all operating leases except those with terms of 12 months or less comprises:

	For the Twelve Months Ended December 31,
(in thousands)
	2024		2023

Minimum rentals	$	35	$	34
Contingent rentals		—		—
	$	35	$	34

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:

(in thousands)

	Twelve Months Ended		Twelve Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,
		2024			2023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	35		$	34
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
Operating leases	$	414		$	506

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

(in thousands, except lease term and discount rate)
	December 31, 2024			December 31, 2023

Operating Leases:
Operating lease right-of-use assets	$	414		$	506

Other current liabilities	$	8		$	9
Operating lease liabilities		404			503
Total operating lease liabilities	$	412		$	512


Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term
Operating leases	68 years			58 years
Weighted Average Discount Rate
Operating leases		5.0	%		5.0	%

Maturities of operating lease liabilities that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:

	(in thousands)
	Operating Leases
Year
2025	$	28
2026		28
2027		28
2028		22
2029		20
Thereafter		1,321
Total undiscounted lease payments	$	1,447
Less effects of discounting		(1,035	)
Total lease liabilities recognized		412

As of December 31, 2024, we have not entered into finance leases that will commence at a future date.