Leases

9 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Note 7. Leases

Financing Leases

Financing leases are as follows:

	February 28, 2021			May 31, 2020
Non-cancellable financing leases	$	4,048,575		$	5,455,656
Less: Current portion		(1,775,721	)		(1,838,251	)
Non-cancellable financing leases, net of current portion	$	2,272,854		$	3,617,405

Greystone and an unrelated private company entered into three lease agreements for certain production equipment with a total cost of approximately $6.9 million which were effective February 24, 2018, August 2, 2018 and December 21, 2018, respectively, with five-year terms and an effective interest rate of 7.4%. Each of the lease agreements include a bargain purchase option to acquire the production equipment at the end of the lease term. The leased equipment is principally used to produce pallets for the private company. Lease payments are made as a credit on the sales invoice at the rate of $3.32 for each pallet produced and shipped from the respective leased equipment. The estimated aggregate monthly rental payments are approximately $153,000. The rent payments can vary each month depending on the quantity of pallets produced from each machine. The lease agreements provide for minimum monthly lease rental payments based upon the total pallets sold in excess of a specified amount not to exceed the monthly productive capacity of the leased machines.

Effective December 28, 2018, Yorktown purchased certain production equipment from Greystone at net book value of $968,168 and entered into a lease agreement with Greystone for the equipment with a monthly rent of $27,915 for the initial thirty-six months and $7,695 for the following twelve months and maturing December 27, 2022. The lease agreement has a $10,000 purchase option at the end of the lease.

The production equipment under the non-cancelable financing leases has a gross carrying amount of $8,473,357 as of February 28, 2021. Amortization of the carrying amount of $758,902 and $653,942 was included in depreciation expense for the nine months ended February 28(29), 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Operating Leases

Greystone recognized a lease liability for each lease based on the present value of remaining minimum fixed rental payments, using a discount rate that approximates the rate of interest for a collateralized loan over a similar term. A right-of-use asset is recognized for each lease, valued at the lease liability. Minimum fixed rental payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease as costs and expenses on the consolidated statements of income. Variable and short-term rental payments are recognized as costs and expenses as they are incurred.

Greystone has three non-cancellable operating leases for (i) equipment with a fifty-two month term and a forty-eight month term and a discount rate of 5.40% and (ii) office space on a sixty month term and a discount rate of 5.0%. The leases are single-term with constant monthly rental rates.

Lease Summary Information

For the nine months ended February 28(29):

	2021			2020
Lease Expense
Financing lease expense -
Amortization of right-of-use assets	$	758,902		$	653,942
Interest on lease liabilities		218,088			355,692
Operating lease expense		61,411			63,185
Short-term lease expense		1,117,628			1,207,008
Total	$	2,156,029		$	2,279,827
Other Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for finance leases -
Operating cash flows	$	218,088		$	355,692
Financing cash flows	$	1,407,081		$	1,487,489
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities for operating leases -
Operating cash flows	$	61,411		$	63,185
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities -
Financing leases	$	-		$	612,124
Operating leases	$	-		$	67,750
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) -
Financing leases		2.8			3.6
Operating leases		2.2			3.0
Weighted-average discount rate -
Financing leases		7.4	%		7.1	%
Operating leases		5.2	%		5.2	%

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable leases as of February 28, 2021, are approximately:

	Financing Leases		Operating Leases
Twelve months ended February 28, 2022	$	2,017,791	$	73,881
Twelve months ended February 28, 2023		1,816,377		33,881
Twelve months ended February 29, 2024		561,855		23,154
Twelve months ended February 28, 2025		16,422		5,164
Twelve months ended February 28, 2026		1,798		-
Total future minimum lease payments		4,414,243		136,080
Present value discount		365,668		8,939
Present value of minimum lease payments	$	4,048,575	$	127,141