Note 13. Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
Leases:
The Company primarily enters into leases for office space that are classified as operating leases. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, total lease cost was $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, total lease cost was $2.0 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Total lease cost was primarily composed of operating lease costs.
Purchase Commitments:
The Company enters into inventory purchase commitments with third-party manufacturers in the ordinary course of business, including a non-cancellable inventory supply agreement with a certain third-party manufacturing vendor. The provisions of the agreement allowed the Company, once it reached a certain cumulative purchase threshold in the fourth quarter of 2021, to pay for a portion of the subsequent inventory purchases using an advance previously paid to the vendor. As of June 30, 2023, the aggregate amount of minimum inventory purchase commitments is $27.3 million, and the Company has a vendor advance asset of $5.5 million, net of write-downs, and an accrued purchase commitment liability of $0.5 million related to the agreement. The portion of the balances that is expected to be utilized in the next 12 months is included in current assets and current liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
The Company applied the guidance in Topic 330, Inventory to assess the purchase commitment and related loss, using such factors as Company-specific forecasts which are reliant on the Company’s limited sales history, agreement-specific provisions, macroeconomic factors, and market and industry trends. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company did not recognize any additions to the accrued purchase commitment liability, or any related losses, based on its purchase commitment assessment as there were no significant changes to the assessment factors.
The Company reviews its inventory on hand, including inventory acquired under the purchase commitments, for excess and obsolescence (“E&O”) on a quarterly basis. Any E&O inventory acquired that was previously accounted for as a purchase commitment liability accrual or vendor advance write down is recorded at zero value. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company did not acquire such E&O inventory. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company utilized $1.6 million of the accrued purchase commitment liability and $4.5 million of the vendor advance that was previously written down to acquire such E&O inventory. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company did not acquire such E&O inventory.
Contingencies
The Company is involved in litigation and legal matters from time to time, which have arisen in the normal course of business. Although the ultimate results of these matters are not currently determinable, management does not expect that they will have a material effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and comprehensive loss, or statements of cash flows.
On February 16, 2022, a putative class action lawsuit, styled Rose v. Butterfly Network, Inc., et al. (Case No. 2:22-cv-00854) was filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company, its then President and Chief Executive Officer, its then Chief Financial Officer, and the Chairman of its Board of Directors as well as Longview’s Chairman (who is a director of the Company), Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and members of Longview’s Board of Directors prior to the Business Combination, alleging violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5 and 14a-9 promulgated thereunder. On August 8, 2022, the Court appointed KNS Holdings LLC DBPP UA Jan. 1, 2016 as lead plaintiff and Levy & Korsinsky as lead counsel. On November 1, 2022, lead plaintiff, along with plaintiff Carl Metzgar, filed an Amended Class Action Complaint. In addition to alleging violations of Sections 10(b), 14(a), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, plaintiff also alleges violations of Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act. The alleged class consists of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s stock between January 12, 2021 and November 15, 2021, persons who exchanged Longview shares for the Company’s common stock, and persons who purchased Longview stock pursuant, or traceable to, the Proxy/Registration Statement filed with the SEC on November 27, 2020 or any amendment thereto. The lawsuit is premised upon allegations