NOTE 5: LEASES

On June 18, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement to lease a building in Irvine, California. The lease commenced September 1, 2009 and ended August 31, 2016. In November 2015, the Company signed the First Amendment to extend the lease until August 31, 2021. As of September 1, 2020, the rent was $23,637 per month.

In November 2016, the Company’s Mexican subsidiary, Biomerica de Mexico, entered into a 10-year lease for approximately 8,100 square feet of manufacturing space. The rent is currently $3,239 per month. The Company has one 10-year option to renew at the end of the initial lease period. Biomerica, Inc. is not a guarantor of such lease. Biomerica de Mexico also leases a smaller unit on a month-to-month basis for use in one manufacturing process. In addition, the Company leases a small office on a month-to-month basis in Lindau, Germany, as headquarters for BioEurope GmbH, its Germany subsidiary.

Components of lease expense include fixed lease expense of $85,946 for the three months ended August 31, 2020. For purposes of determining straight-line rent expense, the lease term is calculated from the date the Company first takes possession of the facility, including any periods of free rent and any renewal options periods that the Company is reasonably certain of exercising. The Company’s office and equipment leases generally have contractually specified minimum rent and annual rent increases which are included in the measurement of the right-of-use asset and related lease liability. Additionally, under these lease arrangements, the Company may be required to pay directly, or reimburse the lessors, for some maintenance and operating costs. Such amounts are generally variable and therefore not included in the measurement of the right-of-use asset and related lease liability but are instead recognized as variable lease expense in the condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss when they are incurred.

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the three months ended August 31, 2020:

Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	78,561

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities		--
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)		6.02
Weighted average discount rate		6.5	%

The maturity of lease liabilities as of August 31, 2020 are as follows:

Fiscal Years ending May 31st:
2021	$	161,927
2022		236,391
2023		262,810
2024		291,328
2025		322,098
Thereafter		457,053
Total	$	1,731,607