Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies

Rental Payments under Non-cancelable Operating Leases

Optex Systems Holdings leases its office and manufacturing facilities for the Optex Systems, Inc., Richardson address and the Applied Optics Center Dallas address, under non-cancellable operating leases.

The leased facility under Optex Systems Inc. at 1420 Presidential Drive, Richardson, Texas consists of 49,100 square feet of space and expires March 31, 2021. Pursuant to the terms of the most recent amendment to the Richardson site facilities lease, there was no base rent payment due from January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2014, with payments beginning April 2014. The monthly base rent was $23.0 thousand through March 31, 2019, and annual rental payment inflationary increases between 3.4% and 4.8% occurring April 1, each year. The monthly rent includes approximately $10.4 thousand for additional Common Area Maintenance fees and taxes (CAM), to be adjusted annually based on actual expenses incurred by the landlord.

The leased facility under the Applied Optics Center at 9839 and 9827 Chartwell Drive, Dallas, Texas, consists of 44,867 square feet of space at the premises. On November 17, 2016, we received a countersigned new lease for the Applied Optics Center from the landlord, dated October 21, 2016, and which commenced retroactive to October 1, 2016. The new lease term will expire on October 31, 2021, with two renewal options available to the tenant, each with a renewal term duration of five years. The monthly base rent was $20.0 thousand through September 30, 2018 and escalates approximately 3% October 1, each year thereafter through 2021. The lease includes a one month base rent abatement for October 1 through October 31, 2016 for $19.4 thousand. The monthly rent includes approximately $6.4 thousand for additional Common Area Maintenance fees and taxes (CAM), to be adjusted annually based on actual expenses incurred by the landlord. Our obligations to make payments under the lease are secured by a $250,000 standby letter of credit which was reduced to $125,000 on October 31, 2019.

As of September 29, 2019 the unamortized deferred rent was $83 thousand as compared to $111 thousand as of September 30, 2018. Deferred rent expense is amortized monthly over the life of the leases.

As of September 29, 2019, the remaining minimum base lease and estimated common area maintenance (CAM) payments under the non-cancelable office and facility space leases are as follows:

Non-cancellable Operating Leases Minimum Payments

Total expense under both facility lease agreements for the twelve months ended September 29, 2019 was $700 thousand. Total expense under both facility lease agreements as of the twelve months ended September 30, 2018 was $688 thousand.