Discontinued Operations

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

12. Discontinued Operations

On July 31, 2013, the Company sold the rights for the purchase, sale and licensing of its Millennium, eQueue and eConn product lines and related inventories to PiOn, Incorporated (“PiOn”) located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The divestiture is consistent with the Company’s plan to discontinue marketing efforts in the PBX and call center telecommunications systems segment and focus on IP voice and security endpoints within its Cortelco business segment. Under terms of the sale, the Company received cash proceeds of approximately $48,000 (received in August 2013), assigned approximately $52,000 in deferred revenue liabilities to the buyer and will receive up to three years of royalty payments based on future sales of products included in the Millennium, eQueue, and eConn product lines. Royalty payments over the contractual period are to be received 30 days after each calendar quarter with royalty revenue recognized when earned. The transaction resulted in a loss on sale of approximately $286,000, which is included in the consolidated statements of income in income from discontinued operations. Due to the full valuation allowance and historical net losses experienced by the communications systems and services business segment, no income tax expense has been attributed to this segment.

The Company will continue to fulfill product orders and provide repair and refurbishment services for PiOn as part of an orderly transition from the Company’s Corinth, Mississippi warehouse to PiOn’s warehouse in Manchester, New Hampshire. The transition period will be no less than six months and can be extended indefinitely. The net cash flows expected to be received and paid by the Company related to the fulfillment, repair and refurbishment services during the transition period are not expected to be significant.

In accordance with the Company’s decision to exit the communications systems and services business segment, the results of operations and cash flows from these businesses have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. Further, assets and liabilities related to the discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in thousands):

	July 31,		July 31,
	2013		2012
Assets of Discontinued Operations	$
Accounts receivable		106	$	294
Inventories		-		543
Prepaid and other current assets		26		23
Property and equipment, net		20		25
	$	152	$	885
Liabilities of Discontinued Operations
Accounts payable		4		23
Accrued expenses and other		215		393
	$	219	$	416

Condensed results of operations for the discontinued operations for the years ended July 31, 2013 and 2012 are as follows (in thousands):

	For the Years Ended July 31,
	2013		2012
Revenues	$	1,223	$	1,826
Income from discontinued operations		342		455
Loss on sale of discontinued operations		(286)		-
Net income from discontinued operations	$	56	$	455