Discontinued operations

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Note 3 - Discontinued operations

On October 31, 2018, the Company sold all of the assets and liabilities of its subsidiary, Comnet Telecom Supply (“Comnet Telecom”). The Company and RAP Acquisition Inc. (“RAP Acquisition”), a New Jersey corporation, entered into a stock purchase agreement under which RAP Acquisition agreed to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Comnet Telecom for a purchase price of $4,200,000 in cash. Comnet Telecom is a New Jersey-based manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications and data products, including fiber optic cables, cabling technologies, custom patch cord assemblies, data center consoles and other data center equipment. This division was one of the three subsidiaries of the “Custom Cabling Manufacturing and Assembly” segment. Comnet Telecom was acquired by the Company in January 2015 from Robert Portera, and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company since that time. Mr. Portera served as the President of Comnet Telecom during the period that Comnet Telecom was owned by the Company, and is the founder and principal of RAP Acquisition.

For the year ended October 31, 2018, the Company recognized pretax loss of $221,000 from the discontinued operations of the Comnet Telecom division, and an income tax benefit of $41,000. The major line items constituting the loss of discontinued operations of Comnet are as follows (in thousands):


	2018
Major line items constituting pretax income from discontinued operations:
Net sales	$	8,343
Cost of sales		(6,199)
Gross profit		2,144
Selling, general and administrative expense		(1,569)
Pretax income from discontinued operations		575
Pretax loss on sale of Comnet		(796)
Total pretax income (loss) from discontinued operations		(221)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		(41)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(180)