Note 16 - Dispositions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

16.

DISPOSITIONS

  

Effective

June 1, 2018,

the Company completed the sale (the “Sale”) of certain assets comprising its Test and Measurement business segment (the “Test and Measurement Segment”) to Hickok Waekon, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“Buyer”), pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Buyer, the Company, Supreme Electronics Corp., a Mississippi corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Supreme”), Waekon Corporation, an Ohio corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Waekon Corporation”), and Robert L. Bauman, who was a director of the Company. Prior to the effectiveness of the Sale, Supreme and Waekon Corporation owned certain of the assets used in the operation of the Test and Measurement Segment and were primarily responsible for the operation thereof.

Upon the closing of the Sale, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company then-owned, directly or indirectly, by Mr. Bauman or his affiliate, equaling approximately

21,413

shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company and

176,768

shares of Class B Common Stock of the Company, were transferred and assigned to the Company. The shares constituted the consideration received by the Company in the Sale.  Based upon the share price at closing, the value of the proceeds received was approximately

$1.6

million.  The net assets sold were approximately

$2.7

million.  The Company recorded a loss on sale of approximately

$1.2

million.