Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

Note 19 - Leases

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Note 19 - Leases
3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Lessee, Operating Leases [Text Block]

19.

LEASES

 

Operating Leases

The Company has operating leases for real estate in the United States and South Africa and does not have any finance leases.

 

In 2019, the Company entered into a real estate lease for office space in Andover, Massachusetts.  In August 2021, the lease was amended to include additional space and extend the term of the existing space by one year. The new lease expiration date is February 29, 2028.  

 

The Company leases office and warehouse space in South Africa. The Company has exercised its right to extend the lease for an additional year. The lease, which was originally set to expire in December 2024, was extended to December 2025.

 

Commencing in July 2024, the Company entered into a new operating lease for warehouse and retail office space located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The lease term is for five years, commencing on July 15, 2024 and expiring on July 14, 2029.

 

The Company also leases office space in Las Vegas, Nevada, which expires on January 31, 2027.

 

Commencing in August 2024, the Company entered into a new operating lease for retail office space located in Salem, New Hampshire. The lease term is for five years, commencing on August 22, 2024 and expiring on August 21, 2029.

 

Commencing in August 2024, the Company entered into a new operating lease for retail office space located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The lease term is for eight years, commencing on August 27, 2024 and expiring on July 31, 2032.

 

Commencing in November 2024, the Company entered into a new operating lease for retail office space located in Franklin, Tennessee. The lease term is for five and a half years, commencing on November 1, 2024 and expiring on April 30, 2030.

 

Commencing in April 2025, the Company entered into another operating lease for office space located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The lease term is for three years, commencing on April 1, 2025 and expiring on April 30, 2028.

 

Commencing in October 2025, the Company assumed two operating leases for retail suites located in Santa Clarita, California. The leases each have a two-year term, commencing on October 3, 2025, and expiring on September 14, 2027. The Company subleases both suites to a third-party dealer. The Company remains the primary obligor under the head leases and invoices the subtenant for an equivalent amount of rent with no markup.

 

Certain of the Company’s leases contain options to renew and extend lease terms and options to terminate leases early. Reflected in the right-of-use asset and lease liability on the Company’s balance sheets are the periods provided by renewal and extension options that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, as well as the periods provided by termination options that the Company is reasonably certain to not exercise.

 

For the three months ended February 28, 2026 and 2025, the elements of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended

   

Three Months Ended

 
   

February 28, 2026

   

February 28, 2025

 

Lease Cost:

               

Operating lease cost

  $ 206     $ 181  

Short-term lease cost

    35       19  

Variable lease cost

    49       -  

Total lease cost

  $ 290     $ 200  
                 

Other Information:

               

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities

  $ 176     $ 105  
                 

Operating Leases:

               

Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)

    3.7       4.6  

Weighted-average discount rate

    7.7 %     8.0 %

 

Future lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of February 28, 2026 are as follows (in thousands):

 

Fiscal Year Ending November 30,

       

2026 (nine months)

  $ 666  

2027

    773  

2028

    386  

2029

    266  

2030

    160  

Thereafter

    226  

Total lease payments

    2,477  

Less: imputed interest

    307  

Present value of operating lease liabilities

  $ 2,170  

Operating lease liabilities, current

  $ 751  

Operating lease liabilities, non-current

  $ 1,419