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Commitment and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
8.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Facilities Lease Agreements
—In February 2019, the Company entered into a
5-year
office lease agreement for a 9,780 square feet facility in South San Francisco, California (“SSF Lease”). The remaining lease term of the SSF Lease is two years and eight months
as of June 30, 2021. The Company has no other leases as of June 30,2021 and December 31, 2020.
As a result of the merger with Millendo, the Company assumed Millendo’s noncancelable operating leases for office space which have remaining lease terms of approximately 3.0 years. In February 2019 and October 2018, Millendo entered into two noncancellable operating leases for office space in Ann Arbor, Michigan (“Ann Arbor Leases”) of which one that Millendo took possession of in April 2019 and the other that Millendo took possession of in July 2019, respectively. One of its leases in Ann Arbor, Michigan expires in June 2024 and the other expires in March 2024. There were no other leases assumed by the Company as of June 30,2021.
As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the balance of the operating lease right of use assets on the SSF Lease were $1,603 and $1,877, respectively, and the related operating lease liability were $2,088 and $2,439, respectively, as shown in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
As of June 30, 2021, the balance of the operating lease right of use assets on the Ann Arbor Leases was $2,070 and the related operating lease liability was $2,070 as shown in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Rent expense for the SSF Lease
w
as
 
$
322
and $
330
for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
As of June 30, 2021, future minimum annual lease payments under the Company’s operating lease liabilities for the SSF Lease and Ann Arbor Leases were as follows:
 
Year Ending
  
Total
Commitment
 
2021 (excluding the six months ended June 30, 2021)
   $ 786  
2022
     1,603  
2023
     1,647  
2024
     443  
2025
     —    
    
 
 
 
Total minimum lease payments
     4,479  
Less: imputed interest
     (321
    
 
 
 
Present value of operating lease obligations
     4,158  
Less: current portion
     (1,484
    
 
 
 
Noncurrent operating lease obligations
   $ 2,674  
    
 
 
 
Guarantees and Indemnifications
—In the normal course of business, the Company enters into agreements that contain a variety of representations and provide for general indemnification. The Company’s exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future. To date, the Company has not paid any claims or been required to defend any action related to its indemnification obligations. As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company does not have any material indemnification claims that were probable or reasonably possible and consequently has not recorded related liabilities.
Legal
Proceedings
Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, penalties, and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated.
As a result of the merger with Millendo, the Company is party to various litigation matters given Millendo’s role as successor to OvaScience, Inc. (“OvaScience”). OvaScience merged with Millendo in 2018. Prior to the merger with Millendo, OvaScience was sued in three matters that are disclosed below.
On November 9, 2016, a purported shareholder derivative action was filed in Massachusetts State court (Cima v. Dipp) against certain former officers and directors of OvaScience and OvaScience alleging breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment, abuse of control, gross mismanagement and waste of corporate assets for purported actions related to OvaScience’s January 2015 follow-on public offering. No material proceedings have occurred since the case was filed; in April 2021, the Company filed a unilateral request to continue a stay of the case, which the court has not yet ruled on.
On March 24, 2017, a purported shareholder class action lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts Federal court (Dahhan v. OvaScience, Inc.) OvaScience and certain former officers of OvaScience alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act (the “Dahhan Action”). Defendants have answered and the case is currently in discovery.
On July 27, 2017, a purported shareholder derivative complaint was filed in Massachusetts Federal court (Chiu v. Dipp) against OvaScience and certain former officers and directors of OvaScience alleging breach of fiduciary duties, unjust enrichment and violations of Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act. related to OvaScience’s January 2015 follow-on public offering and other public statements concerning OvaScience’s AUGMENT treatment. Following the Court’s dismissal of an amended complaint, the parties agreed that plaintiffs could file a second amended complaint and that the case would be stayed pending the resolution of the Dahhan Action. In May 2018, the court entered an order staying this case pending the resolution of the Dahhan Action.
With respect to each of the three OvaSciences matters described above, the Company is unable to estimate potential losses, if any. However, the Company believes the matters are without merit, and that in light of applicable insurance, any material exposure to the Company is remote.
On April 23, 2021 a complaint was filed against the Company and each of its directors in New York Federal court (Nakkhumpun v. Millendo Therapeutics, Inc.) alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and breach of fiduciary duty of candor, for allegedly disseminating a materially incomplete and misleading registration statement with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger. Following the filing of this complaint, ten additional complaints containing substantially the same claims were filed in Federal courts in New York, the Eastern District of New York, and Michigan. After the Company filed a Form 8-K on June 11, 2021 containing additional disclosures, each of these cases was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice.