Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Recently Issued, and Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation:
Our Consolidated Financial Statements include all of the accounts of the Company and our subsidiaries. We have eliminated all intercompany transactions and balances in consolidation. All amounts are in thousands, except per share amounts, and approximate due to rounding.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, a UK entity acquired in connection with the acquisition of mthree ( See Note 4, “Acquisitions” for further details of this acquisition) was erroneously dissolved by the Company in accordance with UK Companies Act regulations while still holding assets. This entity, along with its subsidiaries, (the entity) had various net intercompany receivables owed to them from other Wiley companies of approximately $188.8 million, which upon a dissolution technically revert to the British Crown (Crown). Wiley has petitioned to Companies House to reinstate the entity without prejudice. The Company believes the likelihood that reinstatement will not occur is remote as it entails an administrative exercise to remedy, not a negotiation.
As a result of these events, the Company evaluated whether it was appropriate to consolidate the assets, liabilities, and operations of the entity as part of its consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2021 and for the period from the entity being dissolved through April 30, 2021, and also whether there was a liability to the Crown and a related loss associated with the dissolution of the entity under US GAAP in the fiscal year 2021.
The Company evaluated the criteria in Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 810, “Consolidations” to determine if consolidating the entity was appropriate under US GAAP. Based on that evaluation and the administrative nature of the process to restore, the Company concluded that although the entity was dissolved, we maintained control of the assets of the entity and, therefore, appropriately consolidated the assets, liabilities and operations of the entity it in our consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2021. In connection with that conclusion, the Company also concluded that it does not have conditions to require a loss or liability to the Crown to be recorded in fiscal year 2021, other than immaterial fees associated with the restoration process. The Company anticipates the restoration of the entity, with the entirety of its net assets, to be completed by the second quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Reclassifications:
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation.
Use of Estimates:
The preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures in conformity with US GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and revenue and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates include, among other items, sales return reserves, allocation of acquisition purchase price to assets acquired and liabilities assumed, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, intangible assets with definite lives and other long-lived assets, and retirement plans. We review these estimates and assumptions periodically using historical experience and other factors and reflect the effects of any revisions on the Consolidated Financial Statements in the period we determine any revisions to be necessary. Actual results could differ from those estimates, which could affect the reported results.
Book Overdrafts:
Under our cash management system, a book overdraft balance exists for our primary disbursement accounts. This overdraft represents uncleared checks in excess of cash balances in individual bank ac
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