LEASES
The Company’s right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities at September 30, 2025, primarily relate to non-cancelable operating leases for our Hawaii corporate and Canadian office spaces and our leasehold land interest for Lot 4C held by Kaupulehu Developments. Management determines if a contract is or contains a lease at inception of the contract or modification of the contract. A contract is or contains a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of the asset for a period in exchange for consideration.
Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized based on the present value of future minimum lease payments over the expected lease term at commencement date. The Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate; therefore, management uses the Company’s incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments based on information available at lease commencement. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease terms. The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components and the non-lease components are excluded in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability and expensed as incurred. None of the Company’s lease agreements contain material residual value guarantees or material restrictions or covenants. A ROU asset and corresponding lease liability is not recorded for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less (short-term leases) as the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases as incurred over the lease term.
Leases recorded on the consolidated balance sheet consist of the following:
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| | September 30, |
| | 2025 | | 2024 |
| Assets: | | | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets | $ | 145,000 | | | $ | 39,000 | |
| Total right-of-use assets | $ | 145,000 | | | $ | 39,000 | |
| Liabilities: | | | |
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities (1) | $ | 78,000 | | | $ | 68,000 | |
| Operating lease liabilities | 93,000 | | | 7,000 | |
| Total lease liabilities | $ | 171,000 | | | $ | 75,000 | |
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(1) Amount included in “Other Current Liabilities” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The components of lease expense are as follows:
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| Year ended September 30, |
| 2025 | | 2024 |
| Operating lease cost | $ | 114,000 | | | $ | 87,000 | |
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| Variable lease cost | 155,000 | | | 142,000 | |
| Total lease cost | $ | 269,000 | | | $ | 229,000 | |
Supplemental information related to leases is as follows:
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| | September 30, |
| | 2025 | | 2024 |
| Cash paid related to operating lease liabilities | $ | 142,000 | | | $ | 114,000 | |
| Operating leases: | | | |
| Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years) | 2.2 | | 0.9 |
| Weighted-average discount rate | 8.20% | | 6.99% |
The remaining lease payments for our operating leases as of September 30, 2025, are as follows:
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| Fiscal year ending: | |
| 2026 | $ | 88,000 | |
| 2027 | 59,000 | |
| 2028 | 36,000 | |
| 2029 | — | |
| 2030 | — | |
Thereafter | — | |
| Total lease payments | 183,000 | |
| Less: amounts representing interest | (12,000) | |
| Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 171,000 | |
The lease payments for the Lot 4C leasehold land zoned conservation were subject to renegotiation as of January 1, 2006. Per the lease agreement, the lease payments will remain unchanged pending an appraisal, whereupon the lease rent could be adjusted to fair market value. Barnwell does not know the amount of the new lease payments which could be effective upon performance of the appraisal; they may remain unchanged or increase, and Barnwell currently expects the adjustment, if any, to not be material.
The future lease payment disclosures above assume the minimum lease payments for leasehold land in effect at December 31, 2005 remain unchanged through December 2025, the end of the lease term.