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Disposed and Discontinued Operations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Disposed and Discontinued Operations  
DISPOSED AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

NOTE 4.    DISPOSED AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Disposed Operations

In May 2019, we sold our grid-tied central solar inverter services business to Bold Renewables Holdings, LLC (“Buyer”) for $1.00 dollar and assumption of our initial product warranty and our extended warranty service obligations. In connection with this transaction, we entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with the Buyer. Under this agreement, we initially loaned $2.8 million to the buyer at closing and have made available an additional $5.25 million that may be borrowed in the future, subject to certain operating and liquidity covenants, for operating needs over the next ten years. The borrowings under the Loan and Security Agreement bear interest at 0% for the first seven years and 5% thereafter. Additionally, the Loan and Security Agreement provides for early payment discounts of 50% during the first three years, 45% for years four and five and 40% thereafter up to 30 days prior to the maturity of the Loan and Security Agreement. A discount on the initial $2.8 million funding under the Loan and Security Agreement of $2.3 million has

been recognized as a reduction to the gain recognized on the sale. As a result of the transaction, we reduced our liabilities held in discontinued operations approximately $10.9 million related to initial product warranty and reduced Other liabilities of our continuing operations of approximately $22.0 million related to extended warranty service obligations as well as other assets and liabilities associated with the continuing grid-tied central solar inverter service and repair business. A $14.8 million non-cash gain was recognized in Other income (expense) from continuing operations and an $8.6 million non-cash gain, net of tax expense of $2.4 million, was recognized in Income from discontinued operations.

Discontinued Operations

In December 2015, we completed the wind down of engineering, manufacturing and sales of our solar inverter product line (the "inverter business"). Accordingly, the results of our inverter business have been reflected as "Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented herein.

The effect of our sales of extended inverter warranties to our customers continues to be reflected in deferred revenue in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Deferred revenue for extended inverter warranties and the associated costs of warranty service will be reflected in Sales and Cost of goods sold, respectively, from continuing operations in future periods in our Consolidated Statement of Operations, as the deferred revenue, is earned and the associated services are rendered. Extended warranties related to the inverter product line are no longer offered.

The significant items included in "Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" are as follows:

Three Months Ended September 30, 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 

    

2019

    

2018

    

2019

    

2018

Sales

$

$

$

$

Cost of sales

 

(700)

 

 

(900)

 

(88)

Total operating expense

 

133

 

 

514

 

31

Operating income from discontinued operations

 

567

 

 

386

 

57

Other income (expense)

 

(84)

 

(258)

 

10,835

 

(261)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes

 

483

 

(258)

 

11,221

 

(204)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 

108

 

113

 

2,531

 

22

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

$

375

$

(371)

$

8,690

$

(226)

Assets and Liabilities of discontinued operations within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are comprised of the following:

September 30, 

December 31, 

    

2019

    

2018

Cash and cash equivalents

$

$

5,251

Other current assets

406

Inventories

84

198

Current assets of discontinued operations

$

84

$

5,855

Other assets

$

$

67

Deferred income tax assets

 

755

 

5,917

Non-current assets of discontinued operations

$

755

$

5,984

Accounts payable and other accrued expenses

$

$

350

Accrued warranty

 

910

 

4,936

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

$

910

$

5,286

Accrued warranty

$

903

$

10,429

Other liabilities

 

142

 

286

Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations

$

1,045

$

10,715