Commitments and Contingencies | NOTE 4 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Litigation The Company is currently not involved in any litigation that it believes could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations. A disgruntled former consultant has brought an action in Texas state court against the Company and its former chief executive officer, alleging fraud and misrepresentation pertaining to stock and payments alleged to be owed to the consultant. The Company believes it has made all required payments and delivered the stock to the consultant. The consultant has also included a claim of partial ownership of certain of the Company’s patents, which management believes is without merit. The case is currently being defended by the Company and costs relating thereto have been submitted to the Company’s insurance carrier. In August 2019, the Board of Directors formed a special committee of independent directors (the “Special Committee”) to investigate certain activities of Michael De La Garza (“De La Garza”), our former chief executive officer. The Special Committee has retained legal counsel, and is authorized to retain forensic accountants, to assist the investigation. In August 2019, the Company initiated litigation against De La Garza in the District Court of Travis Country, Texas (the “Court”) in order to stop him from misappropriating the company’s trade secrets, depleting its monies and other assets, damaging the value of the company in the marketplace, and holding himself out as the company’s CEO. On September 25, 2019, the Court entered a temporary injunction against De La Garza enjoining him from numerous acts including representing himself as the Company’s CEO and from interfering with the current CEO’s management of the company. This litigation is ongoing, and its resolution is unknown. The Special Committee is investigating certain activities of De La Garza, including the Ageos, LLC Operating Agreement, the QHCI/Noun note receivable, an advance/bonus, personal expenditures, and other items. All amounts expended have been expensed as of September 30, 2019. No amounts have been recorded in these financial statements as expected recoveries. The Company has also sued De La Garza, among others, in federal court seeking to invalidate the unauthorized issuance of 6 million shares of preferred stock to him in 2015. Among other relief, this lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment invalidating the initial issuance of 3 million shares of Cipherloc Series A Preferred Stock to De La Garza. The combined 9 million preferred stock shares were converted to 13.5 million shares of common stock by De La Garza during 2018. The Company alleges that De La Garza failed to comply with both state law and its bylaws when he caused the Company to issue the Preferred Stock to himself as purported compensation. This lawsuit is ongoing, and its resolution is unknown. Leases In March 2019, the Company guaranteed a lease on behalf of Ageos, LLC in McLean, Virginia. The lease has a term of three years for 4,359 square feet of space in McClean, Virginia. The initial rent cost is $7,991 per month and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 4.0%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $267,389. The agreement with Ageos was terminated in August 2019 and the Company has made an unwritten offer to assume the lease. No amounts have been accrued for this commitment as of March 31, 2020. In February 2019, the Company and the landlord for its leased office space in Buda, Texas entered into a new lease agreement, and the Company reduced its rented space from approximately 3,900 to 1,302 square feet. The new lease was effective February 1, 2019 and has a three-year term. The initial monthly rent is $2,566, and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 2.7%. The lease automatically renews for a three-year term, unless either party to the lease agreement notifies the other of the intent to terminate the lease in writing at least 180 days prior to the expiration of the current term. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $58,850. In October 2018, the Company leased approximately 3,900 square feet of office space on North Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, Arizona. The lease for this facility began on October 4, 2018 and continues until October 31, 2021. Annual rent of $77,180 was prepaid for the first year from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2019, and the lease agreement provides for annual rent increases of approximately 5.0%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $132,171. In February 2020, the Company leased approximately 3,666 square feet of office space on 2107 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia. The lease for this facility began on February 1, 2020 and continues until July 31, 2025. The base annual rent is $159,471, a $100,000 security deposit was paid, and abatement of monthly rent payments was provided until August 1, 2020, and the lease provides for annual rent increases of approximately 2.5%. The amount of future payments guaranteed is $938,863. As the result of restructuring actions intended to conserve cash during the COVID-19 crisis, the landlords of the North Scottsdale Road and the Wilson Boulevard spaces were notified that the Company no longer needed the spaces and is seeking a termination of the lease agreements. Our significant accounting policies are detailed in Note 2 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019. Changes to our accounting policies as a result of adopting ASU 2016-02 are discussed below. The Company has three lease agreements for facilities. Some leases include options to extend for one or more years. These options are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on our Balance Sheet; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with initial terms in excess of 12 months are recorded as operating or financing leases in our Balance Sheet. Lease assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use a secured incremental borrowing rates based on the information available at commencement date, including lease term, in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. At inception, the Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease and whether that lease meets the classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. Some of the Company’s lease arrangements contain lease components (e.g. minimum rent payments) and non-lease components (e.g. maintenance, labor charges, etc.). The Company generally accounts for each component separately based on the estimated standalone price of each component. For certain leases the Company accounts for the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. Operating Leases Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU lease assets, and operating lease liabilities and operating long-term lease liabilities on the Balance Sheets. Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease expense is recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Lease expense is included in general and administrative expense in the statements of operations and is reported net of lease income. Lease income is not material to the results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The Company announced a corporate restructuring on March 31, 2020 which will result in the abandonment of certain office spaces. The Company has recorded an impairment charge of approximately $447,025 which is the estimate of the future payments less projected sublease income from the abandoned office space. Cash Flows An initial right-of-use asset of $233,751 was recognized as a non-cash asset addition with the adoption of the new lease accounting standard. Cash paid for amounts included in the present value of operating lease liabilities was $28,534 during second quarter 2020 and is included in operating cash flows. In February 2020, the Company’s new lease in Arlington, Virginia added approximately $734,000 in new lease obligations. The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for all of our operating lease were as follows as of March 31, 2020: Remaining lease term and discount rate: March 31, 2020 Weighted average remaining lease terms (years) Lease facilities 2.97 Weighted average discount rate Lease facilities 4.62 % Significant Judgements Significant judgements include the discount rates applied, the expected lease terms, and lease renewal options. There are three leases with a renewal option. Using the practical expedient, the Company utilized existing lease classifications as of September 30, 2019. As a result, the lease renewal options were not changed on implementation. Future annual minimum lease obligations at March 31, 2020 are as follows: Year ending September 30 Amount 2020 $ 82,917 2021 278,914 2022 184,083 2023 170,322 2024 174,575 2025 148,870 $ 1,039,681 Rent expense totaled $63,353 and $97,685 for the six months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively |