9. 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 consolidated balance sheet. The Company also maintained a short-term rental of office space in New York, which the Company extended the term of until November 2021, and San Diego. The Company maintained a month-to-month short-term rental office space in Boston through September 2021. In October 2021, the Company commenced a one-year lease for the rental office space in Boston, which extends through October 2022.

In August 2021, the Company entered into a two-year finance lease for certain laboratory equipment. The Company measured and recognized an initial right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and finance lease liability upon lease commencement.

At September 30, 2021, ROU assets and lease liabilities were as follows:

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The following tables summarize quantitative information about the Company’s leases for the year ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

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The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

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As of September 30, 2021, future minimum lease payments under the non-cancelable leases were as follows:

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