Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) represents all changes in a company’s net assets, except changes resulting from transactions with stockholders. Other comprehensive income or loss primarily includes foreign currency translation items and defined benefit pension items. Accumulated other comprehensive loss is reported as a component of the Company's stockholders' equity.

The following table summarizes other comprehensive (loss) income by component (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended April 30,
	2022						2021
	Pre-tax Amount		Tax Expense		Net Amount		Pre-tax Amount		Tax Expense		Net Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(1,006)	$	—	$	(1,006)	$	577	$	—	$	577
Minimum pension liability adjustments:
Other comprehensive gain before reclassifications	100		(27)		73		184		(50)		134


Other comprehensive (loss) income	$	(906)	$	(27)	$	(933)	$	761	$	(50)	$	711

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Comprehensive Income (Loss) (continued)


	Six Months Ended April 30,
	2022						2021
	Pre-tax Amount		Tax Expense		Net Amount		Pre-tax Amount		Tax Expense		Net Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	(951)	$	—	$	(951)	$	1,372	$	—	$	1,372
Minimum pension liability adjustments:
Other comprehensive gain before reclassifications	199		(54)		145		368		(100)		268


Other comprehensive (loss) income	$	(752)	$	(54)	$	(806)	$	1,740	$	(100)	$	1,640

The following table summarizes the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component (in thousands):


	Foreign Currency Translation (Loss) Gain		Defined Benefit Pension Plan		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at October 31, 2021	$	(3,754)	$	(1,979)	$	(5,733)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(951)		145		(806)
Balance at April 30, 2022	$	(4,705)	$	(1,834)	$	(6,539)


	Foreign Currency Translation (Loss) Gain		Defined Benefit Pension Plan		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at October 31, 2020	$	(3,069)	$	(4,479)	$	(7,548)
Other comprehensive income	1,372		268		1,640
Balance at April 30, 2021	$	(1,697)	$	(4,211)	$	(5,908)

COVID-19 Pandemic

There is uncertainty around the breadth and duration of the Company's business disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decline in demand for the Company's products beginning the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, which it believes was due to the COVID-19 pandemic, negatively impacted its sales and profitability for the last three quarters of fiscal year 2020, all of fiscal year 2021, and the first two quarters of fiscal year 2022. The Company also expects COVID-19 to impact its sales and profitability in future periods. The duration of these trends and the magnitude of such impacts are uncertain and therefore cannot be estimated at this time, as they are influenced by a number of factors, many of which are outside management’s control. The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity, including its ability to comply with debt covenants, for fiscal year 2022 and beyond, is driven by estimates that contain uncertainties.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity

This amendment simplifies accounting for convertible instruments by removing major separation models currently required under GAAP. Consequently, more convertible debt instruments will be reported as a single liability instrument and more convertible preferred stock as a single equity instrument with no separate accounting for embedded conversion features. The ASU removes certain settlement conditions that are required for equity contracts to qualify for the derivative scope exception, which will permit more equity contracts to qualify for it. The ASU also simplifies the diluted earnings per share (EPS) calculation in certain areas.

ASU 2020-06 is effective for public business entities that meet the definition of a SEC filer for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company adopted this ASU effective November 1, 2021 and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.