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Note 5 - Investment Securities Available for Sale
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]
5.
Investment Securities Available For Sale
 
Investments in available-for-sale marketable securities at
December 31, 2016
consisted of investments in publicly traded companies and had a fair value of
$6,073,000,
an aggregate cost basis of
$5,598,000,
gross unrealized gains aggregating
$614,000
and gross unrealized losses aggregating
$139,000.
Marketable securities at
March 31, 2016
consisted of investments with a fair value of
$9,656,000,
an aggregate cost basis of
$9,791,000,
gross unrealized gains aggregating
$422,000
and gross unrealized losses aggregating
$557,000.
Securities that had been in a continuous loss position for less than
12
months as of
December 31, 2016
had an aggregate fair value and unrealized loss of
$613,000
and
$139,000,
respectively. The corresponding amounts at
March 31, 2016
were
$5,903,000
and
$163,000.
As of
December 31, 2016,
none
of the Company
’s investments in securities has been in a continuous loss for more than
12
months. Securities that had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for more than
12
months as of
March 31, 2016,
had an aggregate fair value and unrealized loss of
$4,711,000
and
$395,000
respectively.
 
Any investment with a fair value of less than its cost basis is assessed for possible “other-than-temporary” impairment regularly and at each reporting date. Other-than-temporary impairments of available-for-sale marketable equity securities are recognized in the consolidated statement of income (loss). On the basis of its
June 30, 2016
assessment, the Company concluded that it had suffered an other-than-temporary impairment in its investment in the common stock of Insignia Systems, Inc. (“Insignia”). In reaching this conclusion, management gave significant weight to the fact that, as of
June 30, 2016,
the Company
’s investment in Insignia had been in a continuous unrealized loss position for well over
one
year and that the magnitude of the unrealized loss had increased sharply during the quarter ended
June 30, 2016.
While management believed that it was reasonably possible that the unrealized loss at
June 30, 2016
would reverse prior to the Company’s divestment of the security, management concluded that the weight of the evidence warranted the other-than-temporary impairment. Consistent with the applicable accounting guidance, the Company’s cost basis in the Insignia investment was lowered to
$3,604,000
at
June 30, 2016
to reflect the impairment charge. The fair value of the Company’s Insignia investment was
$4,034,000
as of
December 31, 2016,
reflecting an unrealized gain position of
$430,000.
 
As a result of the above-described Insignia other-than-temporary impairment assessment, the Company
’s condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) for the
three
months ended
June 30, 2016
and the
nine
months ended
December 31, 2016
include a non-operating charge of
$1,502,000
.
There was
no
other-than-temporary impairment charge for the corresponding prior year periods.
 
On
November 28, 2016,
Insignia announced that its Board of Directors had declared a special dividend of
$0.70
per share. On
December 13, 2016,
Insignia announced that the record date for the special dividend would be
January 6, 2017.
That is, stockholders owning Insignia shares on
January 6, 2017
would be entitled to receive the dividend. The Company
’s accounting policy for such dividends is to recognize any related income on the record date, rather than on the declaration date. As such, the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) for the
three
and
nine
months ended
December 31, 2016
do
not
reflect any amount associated with this Insignia special dividend. See Note
16
for discussion of related
fourth
fiscal quarter accounting considerations.
 
With the exception of Insignia, all of the Company
’s investments in available-for-sale marketable securities are fully classified within the current asset section of the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Given the Company’s intention
not
to sell its Insignia shares for a period of at least
twelve
months, the investment was classified in non-current assets as of
March 31, 2016.
While the Company’s intention to hold the Insignia shares has
not
changed, the Company reclassified a portion of the investment to current assets in its
December 31, 2016
condensed consolidated balance sheet. The amount of this reclassification was equal to the dividend expected to be received in
January 2017.
 
 
 
The Company realized gains of
$583,000
and
$0,
respectively, from the sale of securities during the
nine
-month periods ended
December 31, 2016
and
December 31, 2015.
The marketable securities held by the Company as of
December 31, 2016,
and
March 31, 2016
are classified as available-for-sale securities.
 
All securities are priced using publicly quoted market prices and are considered Level
1
fair value measurements.