NOTE 10 – INVESTMENT IN FC ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTS

We own a 19.5 percent interest in FC Organizational Products (FCOP), an entity that purchased substantially all of our consumer solution business unit assets in fiscal 2008 for the purpose of selling planners and related organizational products under a comprehensive licensing agreement. Due to significant operating losses incurred after the establishment of FCOP, we reconsidered whether FCOP was a variable interest entity as defined under ASC 810, and determined that FCOP was a variable interest entity. We further determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of FCOP because we do not have the ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact FCOP’s economic performance, which primarily consist of the day-to-day sale of planning products and related accessories, and we do not have an obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from FCOP that could potentially be significant.

We account for our investment in FCOP using the equity method of accounting. However, we have not recorded our share of FCOP’s losses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations because we have impaired and written off investment balances in previous periods, as defined within the applicable accounting guidance, in excess of our share of FCOP’s losses through February 28, 2019.

The operations of FCOP are primarily financed by the sale of planning products and accessories in the normal course of business. The majority of FCOP’s sales and cash flows are seasonal and occur between October and January. Accordingly, we generally receive payment on outstanding receivables during our second and third quarters of each fiscal year. During the quarter ended February 28, 2019 we received $1.4 million of cash from FCOP. Receivables from FCOP are reported as components of other current and other long-term assets based on their expected payment dates and consisted of the following at dates indicated (in thousands):



		February 28,		August 31,
		2019		2018
Other current assets	$	694	$	1,123
Other long-term assets		-		411
	$	694	$	1,534

During the past couple of years, we received larger payments from FCOP than previously anticipated. Based on the payments received during the second quarter of fiscal 2019 and amounts currently expected to be received during fiscal 2020, all remaining receivables from FCOP are now classified as current assets. Accordingly, we accelerated the accretion of the remaining discount on these receivables during the quarter ended February 28, 2019, which totaled $0.2 million. Amounts receivable from FCOP at August 31, 2018 are presented net of $0.3 million discount.