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Commitment and Contingencies

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Commitment and Contingencies
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Mar. 31, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitment and Contingencies

Note 21: Commitment and Contingencies

 

The following is a schedule of future minimum contractual obligations as of March 31, 2022 (in thousands):

                                                       
    2022     2023     2024     2025     2026     Thereafter     Total  
Operating Leases   $ 499     $ 640     $ 665     $ 686     $ 703     $ 582     $ 3,775  
Employment Contracts     2,201       2,219       794       427                   5,641  
Consulting Contracts     753       155                               908  
Debt     57,770       24       24       24       18             57,860  
    $ 61,223     $ 3,038     $ 1,483     $ 1,137     $ 721     $ 582     $ 68,184  

 

The Company has not included any amounts that may be required related to its pending acquisition of WOW.

 

Leases

 

On January 30, 2019, the Company entered into an operating lease for 5,838 square feet of general office space at 190 N. Canon Drive, Suite 400, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 pursuant to a 96-month lease that commenced on August 1, 2019. The Company pays rent of $0.4 million annually, subject to annual escalations of 3.5%.

 

On February 1, 2021, as part of the ChizComm Acquisition, the Company assumed an operating lease that was entered into on May 19, 2019 for 6,845 square feet of general office space located at 245 Fairview Mall Drive, Suites 202 and 301, Toronto, Ontario M2J 4T1 pursuant to an 84-month lease which commenced on October 1, 2019. The Company pays rent of $95,830 annually, subject to annual escalations 5% to 7%. Also, as part of the ChizComm Acquisition, the Company assumed an operating lease that was entered into on April 30, 2019 for 3,379 square feet of general office space located at One International Boulevard, 11th Floor, Mahawh, New Jersey pursuant to a 24-month lease which ended on May 1, 2021. The Company pays rent of $74,338 annually.

 

On March 2, 2021, the Company entered into an operating lease for 4,765 square feet of general office space located at 1050 Wall Street West, Suite 665, Lyndhurst NJ, 07071 pursuant to an 89-month lease which commenced on October 1, 2021. The Company pays rent of $0.1 million annually subject to annual escalations of 2.5%.

 

As of March 31, 2022, the weighted-average lease term for operating leases was 67 months. The weighted-average discount rate on the leases was 24.9%.

 

Rental expenses incurred for operating leases during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 were $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

 

Other Funding Commitments

 

The Company enters into various agreements associated with its individual properties. Some of these agreements call for the potential future payment of royalties or “profit” participations for either (i) the use of third party intellectual property, in which the Company is obligated to share net profits with the underlying rights holders on a certain basis as defined in the respective agreements or (ii) services rendered by animation studios, post-production studios, writers, directors, musicians or other creative talent for which the Company is obligated to share with these service providers a portion of the net profits of the properties on which they have rendered services, as defined in each respective agreement.

 

On April 6, 2022, the Company completed its acquisition of WOW. The Company purchased 100% of WOW’s issued and outstanding shares for approximately $38.3 million in cash and 11,057,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.