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Leases
6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases

NOTE 8. LEASES

Leases

 

In April 2019, the Company entered a new lease for its corporate headquarters in Pasadena, California.  The 91 month office building lease between the Company and 177 Colorado Owner, LLC is for approximately 24,000 square feet of office space located at 177 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, and this lease has replaced the Company’s previous corporate headquarters office lease.  The increased capacity of this new office space compared to the Company’s current corporate headquarters will accommodate increased personnel as the Company’s pipeline of drug candidates expands and moves closer to market. Lease payments began on September 30, 2019 and are estimated to total approximately $8.8 million over the term.  The Company expects to pay approximately $3.5 million for leasehold improvements, net of tenant improvement allowances.  The lease contains an option to renew for one term of five years. The exercise of this option was not determined to be reasonably certain and thus was not included in lease liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2020. 

The Company also leases approximately 74,000 square feet of office and laboratory space for its research facility in Madison, Wisconsin.  The lease will expire in September 2029. Lease payments are estimated to total approximately $13.3 million for the term. The lease contains two options to renew for two terms of five years. The exercise of these options were not determined to be reasonably certain and thus was not included in lease liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2020.    

Operating lease cost during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively.  Variable lease costs during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 were $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.  There was no short-term lease cost during the three and six months ended March 31, 2020.

The following table presents maturities of operating lease liabilities on an undiscounted basis as of March 31, 2020:

 

2020 (remainder of fiscal year)

 

$

936,566

 

2021

 

 

2,256,379

 

2022

 

 

2,521,446

 

2023

 

 

2,590,558

 

2024

 

 

2,661,512

 

2025 and thereafter

 

 

10,834,206

 

Total lease payments

 

 

21,800,667

 

Less imputed interest

 

 

(6,933,478)

 

Total operating lease liabilities (includes current portion)

 

$

14,867,189

 

Cash paid for the amounts included in the measurement of the operating lease liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and included in Other changes in operating assets and liabilities within cash flows from operating activities on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.3 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate for all leases as of March 31, 2020 was 8.6 years and 8.9%, respectively.

As of September 30, 2019, future minimum lease payments due in fiscal years under operating leases were as follows:

 

2020

 

$

1,521,451

 

2021

 

 

2,256,379

 

2022

 

 

2,521,446

 

2023

 

 

2,590,558

 

2024

 

 

2,661,512

 

2025 and thereafter

 

 

10,834,206

 

Total

 

$

22,385,552

 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company entered into a sublease agreement (the “Sublease”) with Halozyme, Inc. for additional research and development facility space in San Diego, California.  The Sublease provides additional space needed to accommodate the recent growth of the Company’s personnel and discovery efforts.  The space consists of approximately 21,000 rentable square feet located at 11404 Sorento Valley Road, San Diego, California, 92121.  The term of the Sublease commenced on April 1, 2020 and will expire on January 14, 2023.  Lease payments are estimated to total approximately $2.1 million over the term.