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Note 5 - Accrued Expenses
9 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Accounts Payable, Accrued Liabilities, and Other Liabilities Disclosure, Noncurrent [Text Block]

Note 5 Accrued expenses

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

  

July 31, 2021

  

October 31, 2020

 
         

Wages payable

 $1,838  $1,506 

Accrued receipts

  1,271   518 

Other accrued expenses

  588   549 
         

Totals

 $3,697  $2,573 

 

Accrued receipts represent purchased inventory for which invoices have not been received.

 

The purchase agreement for the Schrofftech acquisition provides for earn-out payments of up to $2.4 million, which are earned through October 31, 2021. The initial earn-out liability was valued at its fair value using an option pricing based approach with a risk-neutral framework using Black Scholes due to the option-like nature of the earn-out payout structure. The earn-out was and will continue to be revalued quarterly using a present value approach and any resulting increase or decrease will be recorded into selling and general expenses. Any changes in the amount of the actual results and forecasted scenarios could impact the fair value. Significant judgment is employed in determining the appropriateness of the assumptions used in calculating the fair value of the earn-out as of the acquisition date. Accordingly, significant variances between actual and forecasted results or changes in the assumptions can materially impact the amount of contingent consideration expense we record in future periods.

 

We estimate the fair value of the earn-out liability using an option pricing based approach with a risk-neutral framework using Black Scholes related to Schrofftech calculated at net present value (Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy).

 

The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of July 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

Description

 

Level 3

 

Earn-out liability

 $- 

 

The following table summarizes our financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of October 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

Description

 

Level 3

 

Earn-out liability

 $370 

 

The following table summarizes the changes to the Level 3 liabilities measured at fair value for the three months ended July 31, 2021, April 30, 2021, January 31, 2021 and for the year ended October 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

  

Level 3

 
  

July 31, 2021

  

April 30, 2021

  

January 31, 2021

  

October 31, 2020

 

Beginning balance

 $-  $296  $370  $1,249 

Change in value

  -   (296)  (74)  (879)

Ending balance

 $-  $-  $296  $370