Note 10 - Leases

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

Note 10. Leases

Clearfield leases a 71,000 square foot facility at 7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota consisting of our corporate offices, manufacturing and warehouse space. The lease term is ten years and two months and commenced on January 1, 2015.  On June 30, 2019, the Company amended its lease to add 14,000 square feet to this facility, with the lease term for the additional space coterminous with the original lease. Upon proper notice and payment of a termination fee of approximately $249,000, the Company has a one-time option to terminate the lease effective as of the last day of the eighth year of the term after the Company commenced paying base rent. The renewal and termination options have not been included within the lease term because it is not reasonably certain that we will exercise either option.

We also have an indirect lease arrangement for a 46,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. The lease term is three years and commenced on August 1, 2017. This lease does not contain a written option to renew.

On February 12, 2020, the Company entered into an indirect lease arrangement for an additional 52,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. The lease term is approximately 42 months and commenced on February 12, 2020. The lease contains written options to renew for two additional consecutive periods of three years each.

Right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized as of the commencement date based on the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term which includes renewal periods we are reasonably certain to exercise. Our leases do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. As of June 30, 2020, we do not have material lease commitments that have not commenced.

Operating lease expense included within cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expense was as follows for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020:

Operating lease expense under ASC842, Leases, within:	Three months ended June 30, 2020		Nine months ended June 30, 2020
Cost of goods sold	$	247,897	$	652,399
Selling, general and administrative		54,345		166,109
Total lease expense	$	302,242	$	818,508

Future maturities of lease liabilities were as follows as of June 30, 2020:

	Operating Leases
2020 (remainder of fiscal year)	$	202,586
2021		752,423
2022		772,803
2023		744,963
2024		516,725
Thereafter		217,552
Total lease payments	$	3,207,052
Less: Interest		(234,833	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	2,972,219

The weighted average term and weighted average discount rate for our leases as of June 30, 2020 were 4.21 years and 3.48%, respectively. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020, the operating cash outflows from our leases were $237,726 and $574,381, respectively.

Rent expense for our operating leases as accounted for under ASC 840, Leases, included within cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expense was as follows for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2019.

Operating lease expense under ASC840, Leases, within:	Three months ended June 30, 2019		Nine months ended June 30, 2019
Cost of goods sold	$	158,932	$	491,878
Selling, general and administrative		54,990		162,366
Total lease expense	$	213,922	$	654,244

As previously disclosed in Note B of the Notes to the Financial Statements in our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), the future minimum payments required under lease agreements were as follows:

	As of September 30, 2019
2020	$	643,040
2021		479,213
2022		491,397
2023		503,895
2024		516,720
Thereafter		217,551
Total minimum lease payments	$	2,851,816