Sale-leaseback Financing Obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

NOTE 13 - SALE-LEASEBACK FINANCING OBLIGATIONS

On April 4, 2023 and June 30, 2023, the Company’s subsidiaries sold marine equipment to separate third-party buyers for $3.5 million and $1.0 million, respectively. Simultaneously with each sale, the subsidiaries entered into lease agreements with each buyer of the respective marine equipment (the sale of the property and simultaneous leaseback is referred to as a “sale-leaseback”). Each of the leases is for a term of 4 years. Under the terms of the lease agreements, the initial base rent is $35,000 and $10,000 per month, respectively. As a part of each of the lease agreements, the lessee is granted an option to purchase the marine equipment back from the buyer, that can be exercised at any time during the period commencing on the first anniversary of the date of the agreements and ending on the day that is 120 days prior to the expiration of the lease term. If the lessee has not already delivered such notice at least 120 days prior to the expiration of the lease term, it is required to purchase the marine equipment upon the expiration of the lease term.

The Company accounted for the sale-leaseback transactions as financing transactions with the purchasers of the property in accordance with ASC Topic 842 as the lease agreements were determined to be finance leases. The Company concluded the lease agreements both met the qualifications to be classified as finance leases due to the obligation to repurchase the equipment.

The presence of a finance lease indicates that control of the equipment has not transferred to the buyer/lessor and, as such, the transactions were each deemed a “failed sale-leaseback” and must be accounted for as a financing arrangement. As a result of this determination, the Company is viewed as having received the sales proceeds from the buyer/lessor in the form of a hypothetical loan collateralized by its leased equipment. The hypothetical loan is payable as principal and interest in the form of “lease payments” to the buyer/lessor. As such, the Company will not derecognize the property from its books for accounting purposes until the lease ends.

ORI was one of Odyssey’s subsidiaries that entered into one of the sale-leaseback financing obligations noted above. As noted in the NOTE 7 Investment in Unconsolidated Entities footnote, Odyssey transferred all of its shares in ORI to OML as part of the Investment in OML. Pursuant to the OML Purchase Agreement, Odyssey is obligated to pay all amounts owed for rent and the repurchase of the marine equipment under the sale-leaseback agreement.

As of December 31, 2023, the carrying values of the financing liabilities were $3,202,044 and $910,288. The monthly lease payments are split between a reduction of principal and interest expense using the effective interest rate method. No gain or loss was recognized related to the sale-leasebacks.

Under the April 4, 2023 and June 30, 2023 sale-leasebacks, the Company recorded third party payments of $350,000 and $100,000 respectively, as a cost of the financing obligation and recorded them as a discount.

Remaining future cash payments related to the financing liability, for the fiscal years ending December 31 are as follows:


Year ending December 31,	Annual payment obligation
2024	$	540,000
2025		540,000
2026		540,000
2027		4,700,000

	$	6,320,000