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9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
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10.  Leases

In October 2020, the Company entered into a ten-year operating lease agreement with annual escalating rental payments for approximately 14,189 square feet of office and laboratory space in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The leased premises will serve as the Company’s headquarters. The first and second amendments to the lease agreement were executed in December 2020 and April 2021, respectively (collectively with the lease agreement, referred to herein as the “Lease”). In November 2020, the Company prepaid rent of $0.3 million and paid a security deposit of $0.3 million for the Lease. The Lease commenced on May 1, 2021 and the Company was obligated to begin making rental payments on this date. The Company will apply the prepaid amount toward the rental payments through December 2021. The Company is also entitled to use half of the security deposit towards rental payments in May and June 2022. The Company measured and recognized an initial right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and operating lease liability upon lease commencement. The Company has the right to extend the term of the Lease for an additional five-year term; however, this extension has not been included in the calculation of the lease liability and ROU asset at the lease inception as the exercise of the option was not reasonably certain.

The Company continued to operate under its operating lease in Pittsburgh until the Company moved into its new headquarters and laboratory space, which occurred in June 2021. The Company’s prior office and operating space was leased under operating leases with original terms of less than 12 months which expire at various dates through November 2021; therefore, the Company’s previous operating leases are not recognized as ROU assets on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2021. The Company also maintains its short-term rental of office space in New York, which the Company extended the term of until November 2021, as well as short term rentals of office space in Boston and San Diego.

At June 30, 2021, the Company had a ROU asset and operating lease liabilities of approximately $6.0 million and approximately $6.2 million, respectively.

The following tables summarize quantitative information about the Company’s leases for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

Nine months ended June 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

Operating cash flows - operating lease

$

15,904

$

Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities at lease commencement

$

6,117,772

 

As of June 30, 

 

    

2021

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating lease (in years)

 

10.08

Weighted-average discount rate – operating lease

 

7.3

%

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

June 30, 

June 30, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Operating leases

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating lease cost

$

144,136

$

 

144,136

$

Short-term lease rent expense

 

29,083

 

31,174

 

85,522

 

71,014

Net lease cost

$

173,219

$

31,174

$

229,658

$

71,014

As of June 30, 2021, future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable operating lease was as follows:

Operating

    

Lease

Remaining Period Ended September 30, 2021

$

113,058

Year Ended September 30, 2022

 

822,660

Year Ended September 30, 2023

 

867,367

Year Ended September 30, 2024

 

874,320

Year Ended September 30, 2025

 

881,391

Year Ended September 30, 2026

 

888,627

Thereafter

 

4,401,029

Total

 

8,848,452

Less present value discount

 

(2,671,870)

Operating lease liabilities

$

6,176,582