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Right of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]  
Right of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities Right of Use Assets and Lease Liabilities
In 2014, the Company entered into a long-term lease with a related party, which, as amended, provided for a lease of useable laboratory and office space located in New York, New York. A member of the Company’s board of directors is the Executive Chairman of the parent company to the landlord under this lease. Concurrent with this lease, the Company entered into a license agreement to occupy certain vivarium-related space in the same facility for the same term and rent escalation provisions as the lease. This license has the primary characteristics of a lease and is characterized as a lease in accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases, for accounting purposes. In September 2018, the Company further amended the lease to obtain an additional office space beginning October 1, 2018 and to extend the term of the lease for previously acquired space. The lease, as amended, has a term of 14.3 years ending in May 2029.
The Company has also entered into an agreement (the “Vehicle Lease”) with a company (the “Lessor”) to acquire motor vehicles for certain employees. The Vehicle Lease provides for individual vehicle leases, which at each lease commencement was determined to qualify for operating lease treatment. The contractual period of each lease is 12 months, followed by month-to-month renewal periods. The Company estimates the lease term for each vehicle to be 12 months. Leases which the Company determined to have a lease term of 12 months or less will be treated as short-term in accordance with the accounting policy election and are not recognized on the balance sheet. Each lease permits either party to terminate the lease at any time via written notice to the other party. The Company neither acquires ownership of, nor has the option to purchase the vehicles at any time. The Company is required to maintain an irrevocable $1.75 million letter of credit that the Lessor may draw upon in the event the Company defaults on the Vehicle Lease, which has been recorded as restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The following table presents the weighted average remaining lease term, and the weighted average discount rates related to leases as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:
March 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Other information
Weighted average remaining lease term5.0 years5.3 years
Weighted average discount rate9.07 %9.07 %
The following table presents the lease cost for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20242023
Lease cost
Operating lease cost$941$1,085
Variable lease cost411404
Short-term lease cost536672
$1,888$2,161
Maturity analysis under the lease agreements is as follows (in thousands):
Nine months ending December 31, 2024$2,850 
Year ending December 31, 20253,907 
Year ending December 31, 20263,974 
Year ending December 31, 20274,022 
Year ending December 31, 20284,144 
Thereafter1,771 
Total20,668 
Less: Present value discount(4,292)
Total operating lease liability16,376 
Less: Current portion(3,639)
Operating lease liabilities, non-current$12,737