Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2016

Fair Value Measurements

Schedule of carrying amounts and estimated fair values of financial instruments

The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of August 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

	August 31, 2016				August 31, 2015
	Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
	Amount		Value		Amount		Value
Financial assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,030	$	6,030	$	4,808	$	4,808
Receivables (including related parties)		900		900		2,049		2,049
Other assets (non-derivatives)		643		643		872		872
Financial liabilities:
Payables (including related parties)	$	4,552	$	4,552	$	5,214	$	5,214
Long-term debt (including current installments)		2,909		2,889		3,907		3,906

Schedule of assets that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

The following table presents assets that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of August 31, 2016 (in thousands):

			Quoted
			prices in
			active		Significant
			markets for		other		Significant
			identical		observable		unobservable
	Fair		assets		inputs		inputs		Total
	value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		losses
Long-lived assets	$	9,660	$	—	$	—	$	9,660	$	8,635
Goodwill		—		—		—		—		55
Investment in non-marketable equity security—Nanoteco and LumenMax		20		—		—		20		597
Total	$	9,680	$	—	$	—	$	9,680	$	9,287

Schedule of long-lived assets that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis

The following table presents the long-lived assets (property, plant and equipment and intangible assets) that were measured at relative fair value on a nonrecurring basis as of August 31, 2016 (in thousands):

			Quoted
			prices in
			active		Significant
			markets for		other		Significant
			identical		observable		unobservable
	Fair		assets		inputs		inputs		Total
	value		(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)		losses
Property, plant and equipment	$	8,738	$	—	$	—	$	8,738	$	7,433
Intangible assets		44		—		—		44		1,202
Total	$	8,782	$	—	$	—	$	8,782	$	8,635