NOTE 4 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS



On April 5, 2019, the Company sold its Suttle FutureLink™ Fiber business line, including inventory, equipment, and customer relationships, to PPC Broadband Inc. (“PPC”).  The transaction was structured as an Asset Purchase Agreement with a simultaneous signing and closing.  The sale price was $5,000,000 cash, of which $500,000 was deferred into an escrow account until certain criteria were met and was recorded as restricted cash within the consolidated balance sheet. The Company recognized a gain on the sale of inventory and capital equipment totaling $2,967,000 during the second quarter of 2019. Concurrent with the closing of the transaction, Suttle and PPC entered into a Transition Services Agreement under which Suttle agreed to manufacture products related to the FutureLink™ Fiber business line until September 30, 2019, to ensure seamless supply to the customer base.



On March 11, 2020, the Company sold the remainder of its Suttle business lines, including the SoHo, MediaMAX, and SpeedStar brands and inventory as well as working capital, certain capital equipment, intellectual property, and customer relationships to Oldcastle Infrastructure, Inc. (“Oldcastle”) for $8,000,000, with a working capital adjustment 90 days after close. Oldcastle will operate the majority of the acquired Suttle business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Primex Technologies, Inc.  Through the sale to Primex, a separate online equipment auction held in the fourth quarter of 2020, and various other sales, the Company received total proceeds of $8,900,000 and recorded a gain on the sale of $2,247,000 in 2020.    



Concurrent with the closing of the transaction, the Company and Oldcastle entered into a Transition Services Agreement (“TSA”) under which Suttle continued to manufacture products for Oldcastle for six months, to ensure seamless supply and quality assurance to the existing customer base. Concurrently with the closing of the transaction and the TSA, the Company and Oldcastle also entered into a lease agreement under which Oldcastle will lease two buildings in Hector, Minnesota, where Suttle had conducted operations. Base rents under the lease agreement range from $6,970 to $7,180 per month. The associated assets and liabilities related to this sale were classified as held for sale at December 31, 2019.  The presentation of discontinued operations has been retrospectively applied to all prior periods presented.



The assets and liabilities of this discontinued operation that are classified as held for sale are as follows:



The financial results of the discontinued operations are as follows:



During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded $960,000 in restructuring expense. This consisted of severance and related benefits costs due to the sale of the remainder of Suttle’s business lines and the closure of the plant now that the TSA is completed. We expect total restructuring costs to be $1,000,000, including any remaining shut down costs. The Company paid $708,000 in restructuring charges during 2020 and had $252,000 in restructuring accruals recorded in accrued compensation and benefits at December 31, 2020 that are expected to be paid during 2021.