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Assets Held for Sale
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
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2.   Assets Held for Sale and Note Receivable for Sale of Subsidiaries


For the year ended April 30, 2019, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, FEI-Asia, which is reported under the FEI-NY segment, was classified as held-for-sale. The table below represents FEI-Asia’s assets and liabilities as of April 30, 2019 (in thousands):


Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 35  

Accounts receivable, net

    348  

Inventories, net

    876  

Other current assets

    88  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    202  

Total assets held for sale

  $ 1,549  
         

Accounts payable – trade

  $ 707  

Accrued liabilities

    315  

Other current liabilities

    56  

Other liabilities

    2,253  

Total liabilities held for sale

  $ 3,331  

On May 21, 2019 the Company completed the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary FEI-Asia to an Asian corporation. FEI-Asia was sold for $130,000 in addition to all rights, benefits and obligations attached thereto, free and clear from any encumbrance. The results of this transaction, including approximately $85,000 of income for the twenty-one days in May 2019, are included in the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019. The above transaction resulted in a consolidated loss of approximately $1 million recorded in SG&A on the consolidated statement of operations in fiscal year 2019.


On April 26, 2018, the Company sold its Gillam-FEI s.a. (“Gillam”) Belgium subsidiary to a European entity, in a stock purchase agreement, for $1 million in cash received on April 27, 2018, and a note receivable payable in three years for $1 million, included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  In fiscal 2020 it was determined that the note receivable would not likely be collected and thus a reserve was recorded for $1 million, recorded in other expense on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended April 30, 2020.