Note 21: Commitment and Contingencies

The following is a schedule of future minimum contractual obligations as of September 30, 2022 (in thousands):

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, 11^th 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%.

On April 6, 2022, as part of the Wow Acquisition, the Company assumed an operating lease for 45,119 square feet of general office space located at 2025 West Broadway, Suite 200, Vancouver, B.C., V6J 1Z6. The right of use asset and lease liability were revalued on the acquisition date based on the remaining lease term of 117 months with payments of $81,769 per month, subject to escalations of 7% each of the third and fifth years. The lease liability and right of use asset were determined to be $6.6 million, utilizing a discount rate of 11.5%. As part of the assumed office lease, the Company also assumed a parking lease for 80 parking spaces. The parking lease was also revalued utilizing the 11.5% discount rate. With a remaining lease term of 117 months, paying $6,091 per month, the ROU asset and lease liability were determined to be $0.5 million as of the acquisition date.

Also, as part of the Wow Acquisition, the Company assumed various equipment finance leases, the majority of which are under Master Line of Credit Agreements with certain banking institutions. As the rates were implicit in the leases, the Company determined that the carrying value of the leases as of the acquisition date equaled the fair value. As determined by utilizing the implicit rate in the leases that ranged from 3.7%- 14.5% with remaining lease terms of 10-33 months and monthly payments of $1,346-$57,362 as of the Wow Acquisition date. The remaining finance lease obligations of $3.5 million as of the acquisition date was included as part of the Company’s existing current and noncurrent finance lease liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet upon consolidation.

As of September 30, 2022, the weighted-average lease term for the Company’s operating leases are 95 months and the weighted-average discount rate on the leases was 10.39%. As of September 30, 2022, the weighted-average lease term for the Company’s finance leases are 27 months and the weighted-average discount rate on the leases was 5.11%.

As of December 31, 2021, the weighted-average lease term for operating leases was 70 months. The weighted-average discount rate on the leases was 24.9%.

Rental expenses incurred for operating and finance leases during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $0.9 million and $0.1 million, respectively. Rental expenses incurred for operating and finance leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $2.0 million and $0.4 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.