Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by eOn Communications Corporation (“eOn” or the "Company"). It is management’s opinion that these statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of October 31, 2013, and for all periods presented.

Description of Business

eOn Communications Corporation and subsidiaries (“eOn” or the “Company”) is a provider of communications solutions. Backed with over 20 years of telecommunications expertise, the Company’s solutions enable customers to use its technologies in order to communicate more effectively. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cortelco Systems Holding Corp, (“Cortelco”), the Company provides commercial grade telephone products primarily for use in businesses, government agencies, colleges and universities, telephone companies, and utilities. Cortelco sells primarily through large national distributors with whom it has long-term relationships. Through its majority-owned subsidiary, Cortelco Systems Puerto Rico (“CSPR”), the Company provides sales and service of integrated communications systems, data equipment, security products, and telephony billing services.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and include the accounts of eOn Communications Corporation, Cortelco acquired on April 1, 2009 and CSPR, control of which was acquired on June 9, 2010. All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto as of July 31, 2013 and 2012 and for each of the two years in the period ended July 31, 2013, which are included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair Value Measurements

Accounting standards define fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact, and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of non performance.

Accounting standards have established a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Accounting standards have established three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

⋅ Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

⋅ Level 2: Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets), or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

⋅ Level 3: Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

The Company’s cash equivalent instruments, primarily money market securities and U.S. Treasury Securities, are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices.

As of October 31, 2013, the Company owns approximately four percent of Symbio Investment Corporation. Symbio Investment Corporation is a holding company whose primary asset is an approximate twenty percent investment in Symbio S.A. Symbio S.A.’s principal business is to provide outsourced information technology and research and development services globally at sites located in the United States, Finland, Sweden, China and Taiwan. The Company believes, based on stock issuances by Symbio S.A. subsequent to quarter-end, that the fair value of the Company’s investment in Symbio Investment Corporation is less than the Company’s cost of $990,000. The Company estimated the fair value of the investment in Symbio Investment Corporation based on the stock issuances noted above and the put option described in Note 4. The estimated fair value resulted in an other-than-temporary impairment charge of $394,000 recognized in the quarter ended October 31, 2013. This impairment resulted in a remaining book value of the investment in Symbio Investment Corporation, including the estimated value of the put option, totaling $596,000 as of October 31, 2013.

The note payable to the former Cortelco shareholders (Note 6) is valued each period end using a discounted cash flow analysis of the projected future payments of Cortelco using a discount rate of 15.22%. The note is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Projected future payments are evaluated at each reporting period and are significantly impacted by seasonal changes in inventory and vendor and customer payments. The following represents transactions related to the note payable for the three months ended October 31, 2013 (in thousands):

Beginning fair value - August 1, 2013	$	3,004
Imputed interest		115
Change in estimates		(43)
Interest expense		72
Payments		-
Ending fair value - October 31, 2013	$	3,076

Income Taxes

Due to uncertainties surrounding the timing of realizing the benefits of its net deferred tax assets in future returns, to the extent that it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets may not be realized, the Company continues to record a valuation allowance against all of its deferred tax assets at October 31, 2013. 

Reclassification

Certain amounts in the prior period condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the October 31, 2013 condensed consolidated financial statement presentation.