Note 9. Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, as amended, using the alternative transition method, which allowed the Company to initially apply the new lease standard at the adoption date (the “effective date method”). Under the effective date method, comparative periods are presented under previous GAAP, Accounting Standards Codification 840, and do not include any retrospective adjustments to reflect the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02. As an accounting policy, the Company has elected not to apply the recognition requirements to short-term leases and not to separate non-lease components from lease components. The Company also has elected the package of transition provisions available for existing contracts, which allowed the Company to carryforward its historical assessments of (i) whether contracts are or contain leases, (ii) lease classification and (iii) initial direct costs. The adoption did not result in a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated deficit. As a result of the adoption, the Company recorded an operating lease right-to-use asset of $0.4 million and corresponding short-term and long-term liabilities of $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, as of January 1, 2019. The adoption of ASU No. 2016-02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income or cash flows as of the adoption date.

The Company identified only one lease to be accounted for under ASU No. 2016-02, and this was the lease for its corporate facility, which expires in October 2020. The right-to-use asset and corresponding liability for the facility lease have been measured at the present value of the future minimum lease payments. The discount rate used to measure the lease asset and liability represents the interest rate on the Notes (8%). Lease expense is recognized on a straight line basis over the lease term, and operating lease expense was $0.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.

Our future minimum payments under our facility operating lease as of March 31, 2019 are listed in the table below (in thousands).


Year	Operating Lease
2019	$	164
2020		187

Total future lease payments		351
Less: imputed interest		(39	)

Present value of lease liabilities	$	312

Supplemental cash flow information related to the operating lease was as follows (in thousands):


	Three months ended March 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows for lease	$	54