Note 2 - Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]

(2)         Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at its inception. The Company has entered into operating leases for real estate. These leases have initial terms which range from 10 years to 11 years, and often include one or more options to renew. These renewal terms can extend the lease term by 5 years, and will be included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. The Company’s existing leases do not contain significant restrictive provisions; however, certain leases contain provisions for payment of real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance costs by the Company. The lease agreements do not contain any residual value guarantees. Some of the real estate lease agreements include periods of rent holidays and payments that escalate over the lease term by specified amounts. All operating lease expenses are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For finance leases, interest expense is recognized on the lease liability and the right-of-use asset is amortized over the lease term.

Some leases may require variable lease payments based on factors specific to the individual agreements. Variable lease payments for which we are typically responsible include real estate taxes, insurance and common area maintenance expenses based on the Company’s pro-rata share, which are excluded from the measurement of the lease liability. Additionally, one of the Company’s real estate leases has lease payments that adjust based on annual changes in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). The leases that are dependent upon CPI are initially measured using the index or rate at the commencement date and are included in the measurement of the lease liability. Incremental payments due to changes in the index are treated as variable lease costs and expensed as incurred.

These operating leases are included in “Operating lease right-of-use assets” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The Company’s obligations to make lease payments are included in “Operating lease liabilities, current portion” and “Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As of December 31, 2021, total right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities were approximately $5,140,000 and $5,941,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, total right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities were approximately $6,103,000 and $6,906,000, respectively.

We primarily use our incremental borrowing rate, which is updated quarterly, based on the information available at commencement date, in determining the present value of lease payments. If readily available, we would use the implicit rate in a new lease to determine the present value of lease payments. The Company has certain contracts for real estate which may contain lease and non-lease components which it has elected to treat as a single lease component.

The Company has entered into various short-term operating leases, primarily for office equipment with an initial term of twelve months or less. Lease payments associated with short-term leases are expensed as incurred and are not recorded on the Company’s balance sheet. The related lease expense for short-term leases was not material for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

The following table presents information related to lease expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2021		2020
Finance lease expense
Amortization expense	$	422	$	425
Interest expense		230		261
Operating lease expense		1,406		1,406
Variable lease expense		315		317
Total lease expense	$	2,373	$	2,409

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information related to leases (in thousands): 

	December 31,
	2021		2020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases	$	1,532	$	1,363
Operating cash flows from finance leases		230		261
Financing cash flows from finance leases		499		715

The annual future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

	Operating			Finance
	Leases			Leases
Next 12 months	$	1,492		$	1,315
12 to 24 months		1,509			1,315
24 to 36 months		1,318			1,238
36 to 48 months		1,231			1,173
48 to 60 months		858			262
Thereafter		842			0
Total lease payments		7,250			5,303
Less imputed interest		(1,309	)		(851	)
Total	$	5,941		$	4,452

The following table presents certain information related to lease terms and discount rates for leases as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

	December 31,
	2021		2020
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years):
Operating leases		5.3		6.2
Finance leases		4.0		4.9
Weighted-average discount rate (percentage):
Operating leases		8.0		8.0
Finance leases		8.5		10.2