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Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies

NOTE 10 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Rental Leases

On February 21, 2012 Trident Manufacturing, Inc. entered into a five-year lease for the facility in Salt Lake City, Utah with First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. with a commencement date of February 21, 2012. The facility is approximately 15,040 square feet and located at 440 West Lawndale Drive, Salt Lake City UT 84115.

 

 

In April 2016, Trident entered into a sublease agreement for the facility with Lucky Spoon, LLC. The term of the sublease commenced on April 1, 2016 and expires on the last day of Trident’s lease.

On August 27, 2016, we entered into a sublease agreement with Rosenson Properties, LLC, a California limited liability company, as landlord, and General Electric International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as tenant and assignor, for the premises located at 150 Baker Street East, Costa Mesa, California.  GEII had entered into a lease dated as of December 17, 2010, as amended by a First Amendment to Lease dated March 11, 2014, wherein Rosenson Properties leased the premises to GEII.  The premises consist of approximately 35,704 square feet of space and the lease provides for monthly triple-net lease payments of $22,973.  The lease term ended on March 31, 2017.

On March 10, 2016, we signed a lease agreement for a 18,200 square-foot CTU Industrial Building at 2990 Redhill Unit A, Costa Mesa, CA.  On May 1, 2016 we moved out of the Baker Street facility and moved our operations and headquarters to the new facility.  The lease term at the new facility is seven years and two months beginning October 1, 2016.  Rental is $179,090 for the first twelve months.

 

Year

 

Lease Payment

 

 

 

2017

 

$167,352

2018

 

$228,000

2019

 

$234,840

2020

 

$241,884

2021

 

$249,132

2022

 

$256,608

2023

 

$44,052

 

Our Rent expense for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $66,735 and $67,027respectively.

 

Severance Benefits

Effective at March 31, 2017, Mr. Mahdi, was entitled to receive in the event of his termination without cause a severance benefit consisting of a single lump sum cash payment equal the salary that Mr. Mahdi would have been entitled to receive period of (1) year, at an annual salary of $275,000.

Effective at March 31, 2017, Mr. Bennett, was entitled to receive in the event of his termination without cause a severance benefit consisting of a single lump sum cash payment equal the salary that Mr. Bennett would have been entitled to receive through the remainder of his employment period or two (2) years, whichever is greater, at an annual salary of $140,000.