Note 16 – Assets Held for Sale

 

The Company periodically reviews long-lived assets against its plans to retain or ultimately dispose of these assets. If the Company decides to dispose of an asset and commits to a plan to actively market and sell the asset, it will be moved to assets held for sale. The Company analyzes market conditions each reporting period and, if applicable, records additional impairments due to declines in market values of like assets. The fair value of the asset is determined by observable inputs such as appraisals and prices of comparable assets in active markets for assets like the Company's. Gains are not recognized until the assets are sold. 

 

In the second quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company, as part of its on-going facility consolidation and rationalization initiative, committed to a plan to actively market for sale its Paterson, NJ property. Chase owns the building and leases the land from the landowner.  Currently, the building is being leased to a tenant and the land is being sub-leased. Upon commitment to this plan, the Company reclassified the net book value of the related assets to assets held for sale. 

 

Assets held for sale as of May 31, 2016 and August 31, 2015 were: