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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

The Company's lease on its Woburn, Massachusetts manufacturing facilities (the “Woburn Lease”) extends through September 2025 at a monthly base rent of $13,846 and with a 5-year extension option. In September 2014, the Company entered into a 7-year operating lease agreement with one 5-year extension option for its corporate office and product development activities in Waltham, Massachusetts (the “Waltham Lease”). The term of the Waltham Lease commenced on February 20, 2015 and includes fixed payment obligations that escalate over the initial lease term. Average monthly base rent under the 7-year lease is approximately $41,074. During 2019 the Company consolidated its operations within the Woburn facility and is offering the Waltham facility for sublet. At December 31, 2019, the Company had an impairment charge of $400,000 that reduced the right of use asset for idle facility costs.


8. Commitments and Contingencies - (continued)

The following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows of the operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019:

2020
$
641,193

2021
653,164

2022
247,347

2023
165,785

2024
165,785

2025
117,431

Total minimum lease payments
$
1,990,705

 
 
Weighted-average discount rate, 14.7%
$
485,485

Lease obligation, current portion
588,546

Lease obligation, net of current portion
916,674

 
$
1,990,705



Total recorded rent expense was $664,098 and $627,732, for 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company records rent expense on its facility leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Weighted average remaining operating lease term was 3.5 years as of December 31, 2019.

Other Contingencies

As previously disclosed, in 2017 we received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the FTC. The CID requested information in connection with an FTC review for compliance of our representations about Quell with Sections 5 and 12 of the FTC Act. During 2017, 2018 and 2019, we responded to requests for information by FTC. We met with FTC on multiple occasions in 2019 to discuss our responses. Currently, we are actively engaged with FTC to achieve resolution of this matter. This would include a consent order that, among other provisions, would prohibit us from making certain claims in our advertising about Quell, and a monetary judgment that would be payable to the FTC. Final resolution of this matter is uncertain, and terms related to potential resolution cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.