Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. Leases Disclosure

Note 6 - Leases

 

The Company enters into lease agreements for real estate, including office space, production buildings, and land, as well as non-real estate assets such as heavy machinery, office equipment, and vehicles. Our leases are classified as either operating or finance leases at the commencement date. Operating leases consist of each of the above asset types, which have lease terms of 2 years to 30 years. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, operating lease liabilities short-term, and operating lease liabilities long-term on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Finance leases consist primarily of heavy machinery with lease terms of 4 to 5 years. Finance leases are included in property, plant, and equipment, net, current maturities of long-term debt, and long-term debt, less current maturities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our lease agreements may include options to extend or terminate the lease, as well as options to purchase the underlying asset. These options are factored into the lease term and the measurement of right-of-use ("ROU") assets and lease liabilities when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise them. These decisions are based on an assessment of economic incentives, such as the strategic importance of the underlying asset to our regional operations and the expected fair market value of the assets at the end of the lease term.

 

As most of our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate ("IBR") to determine the present value of lease payments at lease commencement. The IBR is the rate of interest the Company would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. In determining the ROU asset and corresponding lease liability, we evaluate whether a contract contains a lease by assessing if we have the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. For arrangements involving multiple components, we have elected the practical expedient to combine lease and non-lease components (such as common area maintenance and utility charges) into a single lease component for all underlying asset classes.

 

Certain of our real estate lease agreements include variable lease payments based on inflation rates, which are contractually capped. These payments are not included in the measurement of the lease liability and are recognized in the period in which the obligation is incurred. Our lease agreements do not typically include material residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants; where present, they are not expected to result in material payments. Furthermore, the Company has elected the short-term lease exception for all asset classes, whereby we do not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less that do not include a purchase option we are reasonably certain to exercise.

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:

 

Operating and Finance leases		January 31, 2026				January 31, 2025
Finance lease assets
Property and Equipment - gross		$	1,676			$	899
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(847	)			(626	)
Property and Equipment - net		$	829			$	273
Finance lease liabilities
Finance lease liability short-term		$	174			$	75
Finance lease liability long-term			541				-
Total finance lease liabilities		$	715			$	75
Operating lease assets
Operating lease ROU assets		$	13,054			$	8,199
Operating lease liabilities
Operating lease liability short-term		$	2,196			$	1,071
Operating lease liability long-term			12,125				7,713
Total operating lease liabilities		$	14,321			$	8,784

 

 

Total lease costs consist of the following:

 

Lease costs	Consolidated Statements of Operations Classification		Year Ended January 31, 2026				Year Ended January 31, 2025
Finance Lease Costs
Amortization of ROU assets	Cost of sales		$	164			$	131
Interest on lease liabilities	Interest expense, net			8				6
Operating lease costs	Cost of sales, SG&A expenses			2,819				1,873
Short-term lease costs (1)	Cost of sales, SG&A expenses			1,933				667
Total Lease costs			$	4,924			$	2,677

 

(1) Includes variable lease costs, which are not material

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:

 

		Year Ended January 31,
		2026				2025
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Financing cash flows from finance leases		$	85			$	31
Operating cash flows from finance leases			8				6
Operating cash flows from operating leases			1,927				2,031
ROU Assets obtained in exchange for new lease obligations
Finance leases liabilities		$	704			$	-
Operating leases liabilities			7,440				2,767

 

Weighted-average lease terms and discount rates are as follows:

 

		January 31, 2026				January 31, 2025
Weighted-average remaining lease terms (in years)
Finance leases			4.5				2.3
Operating leases		13.3					11.5
Weighted-average discount rates
Finance leases			2.9	%			6.4	%
Operating leases			8.8	%			10.0	%

 

Maturities of lease liabilities as of January 31, 2026, are as follows:

 

Year		Operating Leases				Finance Leases
For the year ended January 31, 2027		$	2,959			$	192
For the year ended January 31, 2028			3,130				163
For the year ended January 31, 2029			2,414				154
For the year ended January 31, 2030			1,318				154
For the year ended January 31, 2031			1,127				98
Thereafter			15,720				-
Total lease payments			26,668				761
Less: amount representing interest			(12,347	)			(46	)
Total lease liabilities at January 31, 2026		$	14,321			$	715

 

Rent expense on operating leases, which is recorded on a straight-line basis, was $4.8 million and $2.5 million for the years ended  January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.