Annual report [Section 13 and 15(d), not S-K Item 405]

Note 6 - Leases

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Note 6 - Leases
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Operating and Finance Leases [Text Block]

Note 6. Leases

 

Lease expense consisted of the following:

 

   

Classification on the Consolidated Statement of Operations

 

Year Ended October 31,

   

Year Ended October 31,

 

(in thousands)

     

2025

   

2024

 

Operating lease expense

 

General and administrative expenses

  $ 7,375     $ 7,324  

Short-term and variable lease expense

 

General and administrative expenses

    715       599  

Finance lease expense:

                   

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

General and administrative expenses

    -       2  

Sublease income

 

General and administrative expenses

    (145 )     (141 )

Total lease expense

  $ 7,945     $ 7,784  

 

Supplemental other information related to leases:

 

   

October 31,

   

October 31,

 
   

2025

   

2024

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) of operating leases

    6       7  

Weighted-average discount rate of operating leases

    7.8 %     7.8 %

 

The table below reconciles the undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating lease and finance lease liabilities recorded on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of October 31, 2025:

 

   

Future Payments

 

(in thousands)

 

Operating Leases

 

2026

  $ 6,258  

2027

    5,653  

2028

    4,647  

2029

    3,601  

2030

    2,863  

Thereafter

    6,883  

Total lease payments

  $ 29,905  

Less: Interest

    (6,395 )

Total lease payments

  $ 23,510  

Less: Current portion

    (4,851 )

Long-term portion

  $ 18,659  

 

As of October 31, 2025, we had no material operating or finance leases that had not yet commenced.

 

Related Party Leases

 

The Company has two related party leases. Eco-Pan leases its facility in Pacific, Washington from an investor group in which Bruce Young, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, holds an approximately 25% interest. Camfaud leases its facility in Essex, England from a trust the trustees of which include Tony Faud, the Company’s Managing Director — U.K., and members of his family.

 

The following is supplemental consolidated balance sheet information and other information related to related party leases:

 

(in thousands)

   

October 31,

   

October 31,

 

Leases

Classification on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

2025

   

2024

 

Current assets: Operating leases

Right-of-use operating lease assets

  $ 2,545     $ 2,820  

Current liabilities: Operating leases

Operating lease obligations, current portion

   

357

     

323

 

Non-current liabilities: Operating leases

Operating lease obligations, non-current

    2,171       2,480  

Total leased liabilities

  $ 2,528     $ 2,803  

 

For both years ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, $0.6 million was included in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations related to related party leases.