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Discontinued Operations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations

10. Discontinued Operations

On August 12, 2018 the Company sold substantially all of the U.S. business assets and operations of M&I Electric (“M&I) to a newly formed subsidiary of Myers Power Products, Inc. (“Buyer”). The newly formed subsidiary was established by the Buyer to acquire the assets of M&I pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Transaction”) between the Company and the Buyer. The Transaction included a total purchase price of approximately $18.5 million based on $10.1 million of cash consideration plus debt assumed by the buyer of $8.4 million. Under the terms of the Transaction, the Company transferred $740,000 into an escrow account to provide security for certain of the Company’s indemnification obligations for a six month period following closing.  A portion of the funds provided by the Transaction were required to be used to repay the Note and related accrued interest totaling approximately $6.5 million.  

The contractual terms of the Transaction include a provision for true-up of the net working capital, estimated as of the date of closing, to actual working capital as calculated by the Buyer and agreed to by the Seller. Any difference in the actual (conclusive) net working capital in relation to the estimated working capital at closing results in an adjustment to the purchase price.  In October 2018, the Company received notification from the Buyer of their actual working capital calculation.  In the notification, the Buyer has communicated a decrease of approximately $4.3 million dollars in net working capital, in comparison to the estimated working capital used at contract closing.  The contractual terms of the Transaction provide that in the event the Buyer and Seller cannot agree to a conclusive net working capital adjustment, then all items remaining in dispute shall be submitted by either one of the parties within thirty (30) calendar days after the expiration of the resolution period to a national or regional independent accounting firm mutually acceptable to Buyer and Seller (the "Neutral Arbitrator"). The Neutral Arbitrator shall act as an arbitrator to determine the conclusive net working capital.  The conclusive net working capital, once determined, may result in a purchase price adjustment due to the Buyer or to the Company as Seller.

The Company and the Buyer of M&I Electric currently have a significant disagreement with regard to the working capital adjustment calculation and the Company has not received documentation sufficient to support the Buyer’s position. As such, no adjustments were made in determining the gain on the sale of assets reported at December 31, 2018.  Any purchase price adjustment related to the conclusive determination of the net working capital adjustment, if any, will be reflected at the date of such determination. Any legal fees incurred related to this disagreement will be expensed as incurred.

At March 31, 2018, the related operating results were reflected as discontinued operations in the Company’s Condensed Statement of Operations.  Summary financial results are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

Net sales

 

$

6,413

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(2,859

)

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

(0.33

)

 

Depreciation and amortization for discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was approximately $162,000.  There were no capital expenditures or significant non-cash operating or investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018 for discontinued operations.