Debt and Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Debt Instrument [Line Items]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

At January 31, 2014 and October 31, 2013, debt consisted of the following:

	January 31, 2014			October 31, 2013
Revolving credit facility	$	6,500		$	6,500
Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes	23,000			38,000
Connecticut Development Authority Note	3,190			3,246
Connecticut Clean Energy and Finance Investment Authority Note	6,061			5,744
Capitalized lease obligations	451			497
Total debt	$	39,202		$	53,987
Less: Unamortized debt discount (1)	(1,767		)	(3,106		)
	37,435			50,881
Less: Current portion of long-term debt	(6,914		)	(6,931		)
Long-term debt	$	30,521		$	43,950

(1) The debt discount recorded in connection with the issuance of the Company’s unsecured convertible notes is recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as a reduction to associated debt balance. The Company amortizes the debt discount to interest expense over the term of the debt.

schedule of future minimum debt and lease payments [Text Block]

Aggregate annual principal payments under our loan agreements and capital lease obligations, excluding payments relating to the revolving credit facility, for the years subsequent to January 31, 2014 are as follows:

Year 1	$	414
Year 2	386
Year 3	282
Year 4	260
Year 5	25,299
Thereafter	6,061
	$	32,702