(12) Commitments and Contingencies

 

Operating Leases

 

We currently lease various office facilities. These leases are under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with expiration dates in 2030. We have the option for certain leases to extend for one or two five-year term(s) and we have the right of first refusal on any sale.

 

The Company records lease liabilities within current liabilities or long-term liabilities based upon the length of time associated with the lease payments. The Company records its long-term operating leases as right-of-use assets. Upon initial adoption, using the modified retrospective transition approach, no leases with terms less than 12 months have been capitalized to the consolidated balance sheet consistent with ASC 842. Instead, these leases are recognized in the consolidated statement of operations on a straight-line expense throughout the lives of the leases. No Company leases contain common area maintenance or security agreements.

 

We have made certain assumptions and judgments when applying ASC 842, the most significant of which is that we elected the package of practical expedients available for transition, which allow us to not reassess whether expired or existing contracts contain leases under the new definition of a lease, lease classification for expired or existing leases, and whether previously capitalized initial direct costs would qualify for capitalization under ASC 842. Additionally, we did not elect to use hindsight when considering judgments and estimates such as assessments of lessee options to extend or terminate a lease or purchase the underlying asset.

 

 

As of December 31, 2025, the weighted-average remaining lease term was 4.9 years. Lease expense related to operating leases was $1.2 million and $0.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company’s lease agreements do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate nor is one available to the Company from its lessors. Instead, during the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company estimates the weighted-average discount rate for its operating leases to be between 10.93% and 12.46% to discount future cash flows to present value based on the incremental borrowing rate.

 

Future minimum payments as of December 31, 2025 under these long-term operating leases are as follows (in thousands):

 

      
2026  $927 
2027   845 
2028   857 
2029   874 
2030   689 
Total future minimum lease payments   4,192 
Less: amount representing interest   (905)
Present value of obligations under operating leases   3,287 
Less: current portion   (622)
Long-term operating lease obligations  $2,665 

 

Litigation

 

We may be subject to potential liabilities under government regulations and various claims and legal actions that are pending but we believe are immaterial at this time or may be asserted in the future from time to time.

 

These matters arise in the ordinary course and conduct of our business and may include, for example, commercial, product liability, intellectual property, and employment matters. We intend to continue to defend the Company vigorously in such matters and when warranted, take legal action against others. Furthermore, we regularly assess contingencies to determine the degree of probability and range of possible loss for potential accrual in our financial statements. An estimated loss contingency is accrued in our financial statements if it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Based on our assessment, we have adequately accrued an amount for contingent liabilities currently in existence. We do not accrue amounts for liabilities that we do not believe are probable or that we consider immaterial to our overall financial position. Litigation is inherently unpredictable, and unfavorable resolutions could occur. As a result, assessing contingencies is highly subjective and requires judgment about future events. The amount of ultimate loss may exceed the Company’s current accruals, and it is possible that its cash flows or results of operations could be materially affected in any particular period by the unfavorable resolution of one or more of these contingencies.

 

Indemnifications

 

Our indemnification arrangements generally include limited warranties and certain provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if our products or services infringe a third-party’s intellectual property rights. To date, we have not incurred any material costs as a result of such warranties or indemnification provisions and have not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

We have also agreed to indemnify our directors and executive officers for costs associated with any fees, expenses, judgments, fines, and settlement amounts incurred by any of these persons in any action or proceeding to which any of those persons is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of the person’s service as a director or officer, including any action by us, arising out of that person’s services as our director or officer or that person’s services provided to any other company or enterprise at our request.

 

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Mar 31, 2026Showing above
2024Mar 6, 2025
2023Apr 1, 2024
2022Mar 7, 2023
2021Mar 8, 2022
2020Feb 24, 2021
2019Mar 5, 2020
2018Apr 1, 2019
2016Mar 29, 2017
2015Mar 24, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.