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REG - Halma PLC - Final Results <Origin Href="QuoteRef">HLMA.L</Origin> - Part 4

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 3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the Annual Report and financial statements, taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and provide the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Company's position, performance, business model and strategy.                                         
 
 
 This responsibility statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 14 June 2016 and is signed on its behalf by:  
 
 
 A J WilliamsChief Executive  K J ThompsonFinance Director  
 
 
Results for the 53 weeks to 2 April 2016 
 
Consolidated Income Statement 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                   53 weeks to 2 April 2016  52 weeks to 28 March 2015  
                                                                                                                                                                            Notes  Beforeadjustments*£000    Adjustments* (note 2)£000  Total     Beforeadjustments*£000  Adjustments*(note 2)£000  Total£000  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        £000                                                                   
 Continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Revenue                                                                                                                                                                    2      807,805                   -                          807,805   726,134                 -                         726,134    
 Operating profit                                                                                                                                                                  173,225                   (30,282)                   142,943   158,500                 (21,437)                  137,063    
 Share of results of associate                                                                                                                                                     (159)                     -                          (159)     64                      -                         64         
 Profit on disposal of operations                                                                                                                                           9      -                         556                        556       -                       1,430                     1,430      
 Finance income                                                                                                                                                             3      217                       -                          217       167                     -                         167        
 Finance expense                                                                                                                                                            4      (7,269)                   -                          (7,269)   (5,113)                 -                         (5,113)    
 Profit before taxation                                                                                                                                                            166,014                   (29,726)                   136,288   153,618                 (20,007)                  133,611    
 Taxation                                                                                                                                                                   5      (36,373)                  8,926                      (27,447)  (35,706)                6,096                     (29,610)   
 Profit for the year attributable to equity shareholders                                                                                                                    2      129,641                   (20,800)                   108,841   117,912                 (13,911)                  104,001    
 Earnings per share                                                                                                                                                         6                                                                                                                                  
 From continuing operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Basic                                                                                                                                                                             34.26p                                               28.76p    31.17p                                            27.49p     
 Diluted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                28.76p                                                      27.48p     
 Dividends in respect                                                                                                                                                       7                                                                                                                                  
 of the year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Paid and proposed (£000)                                                                                                                                                                                                               48,472                                                      45,229     
 Paid and proposed per share                                                                                                                                                                                                            12.81p                                                      11.96p     
 *   Adjustments include the amortisation of acquired intangible assets; acquisition items; profit or loss on disposal of operations; and the associated taxation thereon.         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and Expenditure 
 
                                                                                           53 weeks to 2 April 2016£000  52 weeks to28 March2015£000  
 Profit for the year                                                                       108,841                       104,001                      
 Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to the Consolidated Income Statement:                                                               
 Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit pension plans                                 8,841                         (34,795)                     
 Tax relating to components of other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified    (2,304)                       6,791                        
 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to the Consolidated Income Statement:                                                                    
 Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges                            (990)                         71                           
 Exchange gains on translation of foreign operations and net investment hedge              30,036                        30,900                       
 Exchange losses transferred to Income Statement on disposal of operation                  22                            189                          
 Tax relating to components of other comprehensive income that may be reclassified         209                           (23)                         
 Other comprehensive income for the year                                                   35,814                        3,133                        
                                                                                                                                                      
 Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to equity shareholders               144,655                       107,134                      
 
 
 The exchange gain of £30,036,000 (2015: gain of £30,900,000) includes gains of £9,336,000 (2015: gains of £862,000) which relate to net investment hedges as described in the Annual Report and Accounts 2016.  
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet 
 
                                                      2 April 2016£000  28 March 2015£000  
 Non-current assets                                                                        
 Goodwill                                             544,259           406,190            
 Other intangible assets                              231,753           138,691            
 Property, plant and equipment                        96,562            86,303             
 Interest in associate                                3,722             4,236              
 Deferred tax asset                                   44,424            28,596             
                                                      920,720           664,016            
 Current assets                                                                            
 Inventories                                          105,318           79,734             
 Trade and other receivables                          183,619           156,464            
 Tax receivable                                       190               20                 
 Cash and bank balances                               53,938            41,230             
 Derivative financial instruments                     1,131             1,069              
                                                      344,196           278,517            
 Total assets                                         1,264,916         942,533            
 Current liabilities                                                                       
 Trade and other payables                             122,791           102,717            
 Borrowings                                           4,748             1,705              
 Provisions                                           4,437             11,746             
 Tax liabilities                                      15,158            12,405             
 Derivative financial instruments                     2,196             636                
                                                      149,330           129,209            
 Net current assets                                   194,866           149,308            
 Non-current liabilities                                                                   
 Borrowings                                           295,908           140,419            
 Retirement benefit obligations                       52,323            66,790             
 Trade and other payables                             10,153            3,756              
 Provisions                                           18,510            1,549              
 Deferred tax liabilities                             92,352            51,862             
                                                      469,246           264,376            
 Total liabilities                                    618,576           393,585            
 Net assets                                           646,340           548,948            
 Equity                                                                                    
 Share capital                                        37,965            37,965             
 Share premium account                                23,608            23,608             
 Own shares*                                          (8,219)           (8,450)            
 Capital redemption reserve                           185               185                
 Hedging reserve                                      (610)             171                
 Translation reserve                                  75,387            45,329             
 Other reserves                                       (5,831)           (4,073)            
 Retained earnings                                    523,855           454,213            
 Shareholders' funds                                  646,340           548,948            
 *   Referred to in prior years as Treasury shares    
                                                                                               
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Share capital  Share premium account  Own shares  Capital redemption reserve  Hedgingreserve*£000  Translation reserve*£000  Other reserves  Retained earnings  Total     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          £000           £000                   £000        £000                                                                       £000            £000               £000      
 At 28 March 2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         37,965         23,608                 (8,450)     185                         171                  45,329                    (4,073)         454,213            548,948   
 Profit for the year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         -               108,841            108,841   
 Other comprehensive income and expense:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
 Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -              -                      -           -                           -                    30,036                    -               -                  30,036    
 Exchange losses transferred to Income Statement on disposal of operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -              -                      -           -                           -                    22                        -               -                  22        
 Actuarial gains on defined benefit pension plans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         -               8,841              8,841     
 Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -              -                      -           -                           (990)                -                         -               -                  (990)     
 Tax relating to components of other comprehensive income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -              -                      -           -                           209                  -                         -               (2,304)            (2,095)   
 Total other comprehensive income and expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -              -                      -           -                           (781)                30,058                    -               6,537              35,814    
 Dividends paid                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         -               (46,473)           (46,473)  
 Share-based payment charge                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         3,845           -                  3,845     
 Deferred tax on share-based payment transactions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         109             -                  109       
 Excess tax deductions related to share-based payments on exercised awards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                         -               737                737       
 Purchase of Own shares**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -              -                      (3,003)     -                           -                    -                         -               -                  (3,003)   
 Performance share plan awards vested**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   -              -                      3,234       -                           -                    -                         (5,712)         -                  (2,478)   
 At 2 April 2016                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          37,965         23,608                 (8,219)     185                         (610)                75,387                    (5,831)         523,855            646,340   
 *    The presentation of the Hedging and Translation reserves, which were previously netted, has been amended to show the two reserves and their movements in the year separately. The comparatives have been adjusted to reflect this amended presentation. There has been no impact on Shareholders' funds in either year.                                                            
 
**  The purchase of Employee Benefit Trust shares/treasury shares and performance share plan awards vested were shown net in Own shares in prior years, as were the share-based payments charge and performance share plan awards vested in Other reserves. The prior year comparative has been adjusted to show these gross amounts. There has been no impact on                      
 Shareholders' funds in either year.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 
 
 Own shares are ordinary shares in Halma plc purchased by the Company and held to fulfil the Company's obligations under the Group's share plans. At 2 April 2016 the number of treasury shares held was 940,421 (2015: 1,371,785) and the number of shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust was 311,444 (2015: nil). The market value of Own shares was £11,417,000 (2015: £9,616,000). The Translation reserve is used to record the difference arising from the retranslation of the financial statements of foreign        
 operations. The Hedging reserve is used to record the portion of the cumulative net change in fair value of cash flow hedging instruments that are deemed to be an effective hedge.The Capital redemption reserve was created on repurchase and cancellation of the Company's own shares. The Other reserves represent the provision for the value of the Group's equity-settled share plans.                                                                                                                                   
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Share capital  Share premium account  Own shares  Capital redemption reserve  Hedgingreserve*£000  Translationreserve*£000  Other reserves  Retained earnings  Total     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               £000           £000                   £000        £000                                                                      £000            £000               £000      
 At 29 March 2014                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              37,902         22,778                 (7,054)     185                         123                  14,240                   (2,745)         420,571            486,000   
 Profit for the year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        -               104,001            104,001   
 Other comprehensive income and expense:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -              -                      -           -                           -                    30,900                   -               -                  30,900    
 Exchange losses transferred to Income Statement on disposal of operations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -              -                      -           -                           -                    189                      -               -                  189       
 Actuarial losses on defined benefit pension plans                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        -               (34,795)           (34,795)  
 Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -              -                      -           -                           71                   -                        -               -                  71        
 Tax relating to components of other comprehensive income                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -              -                      -           -                           (23)                 -                        -               6,791              6,768     
 Total other comprehensive income and expense                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  -              -                      -           -                           48                   31,089                   -               (28,004)           3,133     
 Share options exercised                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       63             830                    -           -                           -                    -                        -               -                  893       
 Dividends paid                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        -               (43,399)           (43,399)  
 Share-based payment charge                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        3,828           -                  3,828     
 Deferred tax on share-based payment transactions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        291             -                  291       
 Excess tax deductions related to share-based payments on exercised awards                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -              -                      -           -                           -                    -                        -               1,044              1,044     
 Purchase of treasury shares**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -              -                      (6,843)     -                           -                    -                        -               -                  (6,843)   
 Performance share plan awards vested**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -              -                      5,447       -                           -                                             (5,447)         -                  -         
 At 28 March 2015                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              37,965         23,608                 (8,450)     185                         171                  45,329                   (4,073)         454,213            548,948   
 *    The presentation of the Hedging and Translation reserves, which were previously netted, has been amended to show the two reserves and their movements in the year separately. There has been no impact on Shareholders' funds in either year.                                                                                           
 
**  The purchase of Employee Benefit Trust shares/treasury shares and performance share plan awards vested were shown net in Own shares in prior years, as were the share-based payments charge and performance share plan awards vested in Other reserves. There has been no impact on Shareholders' funds in either year.                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
 
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
 
                                                         Notes  53 weeks to 2 April 2016  52 weeks to     
                                                                £000                      28 March 2015   
                                                                                          £000            
 Net cash inflow from operating activities               10     149,273                   137,231         
                                                                                                          
 Cash flows from investing activities                                                                     
 Purchase of property, plant and equipment                      (22,418)                  (22,164)        
 Purchase of computer software                                  (1,669)                   (1,021)         
 Purchase of other intangibles                                  (535)                     (382)           
 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment            2,364                     1,411           
 Proceeds from sale of capitalised development costs            166                       -               
 Development costs capitalised                                  (8,579)                   (7,213)         
 Interest received                                              217                       134             
 Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired         8      (202,575)                 (87,743)        
 Disposal of operations, net of cash disposed            9      907                       4,248           
 Net cash used in investing activities                          (232,122)                 (112,730)       
                                                                                                          
 Financing activities                                                                                     
 Dividends paid                                                 (46,473)                  (43,399)        
 Proceeds from issue of share capital                           -                         893             
 Purchase of Own shares                                         (3,003)                   (6,843)         
 Interest paid                                                  (4,149)                   (3,118)         
 Loan arrangement fee paid                                      (770)                     -               
 Proceeds from bank borrowings                           10     74,788                    68,962          
 Repayment of bank borrowings                            10     (97,000)                  (35,341)        
 Proceeds on issue of loan notes                         10     167,473                   -               
 Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities         90,866                    (18,846)        
                                                                                                          
 Increase in cash and cash equivalents                   10     8,017                     5,655           
 Cash and cash equivalents brought forward                      39,525                    33,126          
 Exchange adjustments                                           1,984                     744             
 Cash and cash equivalents carried forward                      49,526                    39,525          
 
 
                                                                         Notes  53 weeks to 2 April 2016  52 weeks to 28 March 2015  
                                                                                £000                      £000                       
 Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt                                                                             
 Increase in cash and cash equivalents                                          8,017                     5,655                      
 Net cash outflow/(inflow) from repayment/(drawdown) of bank borrowings  10     22,212                    (33,621)                   
 Proceeds from issue of loan notes                                       10     (167,473)                 -                          
 Net debt acquired                                                              -                         (468)                      
 Loan notes issued in respect of acquisitions*                                  (288)                     (657)                      
 Loan notes repaid in respect of acquisitions*                                  367                       2,731                      
 Exchange adjustments                                                           (8,659)                   (38)                       
                                                                                (145,824)                 (26,398)                   
 Net debt brought forward                                                       (100,894)                 (74,496)                   
 Net debt carried forward                                                       (246,718)                 (100,894)                  
 
 
 *   Of the £657,000 loan notes issued in the prior year £367,000 was converted at par into cash on 17 July 2015. New loan notes were issued totalling £288,000 on 15 April 2015, 8 July 2015 and 30 November 2015 in respect of the acquisition of Advanced Electronics Limited in the prior year. These loan notes, which attract interest at 1%, are convertible into cash at par on each anniversary of the acquisition date until 14 May 2019. A further £336,000 of loan notes outstanding at the balance sheet date were  
 converted at par into cash post year-end on 14 May 2016.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 
 Notes to the Results  1  Basis of preparationGeneral Information The Results are based on the Company's financial statements which are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted for use in the European Union (EU) and therefore comply with Article 4 of the EU IAS legislation and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 that are applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with IFRS and International 
 Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) interpretations issued and effective at the time of preparing these accounts.With the exception of the new standards adopted in the year, as discussed below, there have been no significant changes in accounting policies from those set out in Halma plc's Annual Report and Accounts 2015. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the years ended 2 April 2016 and 28 March 2015 other than those noted below.The financial information set 
 out in these Results does not constitute the Group's statutory accounts for the years ended 2 April 2016 and 28 March 2015 but is derived from those accounts. Statutory accounts for 2015 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and those for 2016 will be delivered following the Company's Annual General Meeting. The auditor's reports on the 2015 and the 2016 accounts were unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a      
 statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.The following Standards with an effective date of 1 January 2015 have been adopted without any significant impact on the amounts reported in these financial statements:IAS19 (amended) 'Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions'Annual Improvements 2010-2012 Cycle, specifically amendments to IFRS 2 'Share Based Payments' and IFRS 8 'Operating Segments'Annual Improvements 2011-2013, specifically amendments to IFRS 3 'Business Combinations' and 
 IFRS 13 'Fair Value Measurement'These Results were approved by the Board of Directors on 14 June 2016.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
 
Notes to the Results 
 
1  Basis of preparationGeneral Information The Results are based on the Company's financial statements which are prepared
in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted for use in the European Union (EU) and
therefore comply with Article 4 of the EU IAS legislation and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 that are
applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial statements have also been prepared in accordance with IFRS and
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) interpretations issued and effective at the time of
preparing these accounts.With the exception of the new standards adopted in the year, as discussed below, there have been
no significant changes in accounting policies from those set out in Halma plc's Annual Report and Accounts 2015. The
accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the years ended 2 April 2016 and 28 March 2015 other than
those noted below.The financial information set out in these Results does not constitute the Group's statutory accounts for
the years ended 2 April 2016 and 28 March 2015 but is derived from those accounts. Statutory accounts for 2015 have been
delivered to the Registrar of Companies and those for 2016 will be delivered following the Company's Annual General
Meeting. The auditor's reports on the 2015 and the 2016 accounts were unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by
way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the
Companies Act 2006.The following Standards with an effective date of 1 January 2015 have been adopted without any
significant impact on the amounts reported in these financial statements:IAS19 (amended) 'Defined Benefit Plans: Employee
Contributions'Annual Improvements 2010-2012 Cycle, specifically amendments to IFRS 2 'Share Based Payments' and IFRS 8
'Operating Segments'Annual Improvements 2011-2013, specifically amendments to IFRS 3 'Business Combinations' and IFRS 13
'Fair Value Measurement'These Results were approved by the Board of Directors on 14 June 2016. 
 
 2  Segmental analysis Sector analysisThe Group has four reportable segments (Process Safety, Infrastructure Safety, Medical, and Environmental & Analysis), which are defined by markets rather than product type. Each segment includes businesses with similar operating and marketing characteristics. These segments are consistent with the internal reporting as reviewed by the Chief Executive.  
 
 
 Segment revenue and results  Revenue(all continuing operations)  
                              53 weeks to 2 April 2016 £000       52 weeks to28 March2015£000  
 Process Safety               155,467                             158,372                      
 Infrastructure Safety        264,843                             234,063                      
 Medical                      198,715                             169,333                      
 Environmental & Analysis     188,928                             164,412                      
 Inter-segmental sales        (148)                               (46)                         
 Revenue for the year         807,805                             726,134                      
 
 
 Inter-segmental sales are charged at prevailing market prices and have not been disclosed separately by segment as they are not considered material. Revenue derived from the rendering of services was £25,134,000 (2015: £22,022,000). All revenue was otherwise derived from the sale of products.  
 
 
                                                                                                                                            Profit (all continuing operations)  
                                                                                                                                            53 weeks to 2 April 2016            52 weeks to     
                                                                                                                                            £000                                28 March 2015   
                                                                                                                                                                                £000            
 Segment profit before allocation of adjustments*                                                                                                                                               
 Process Safety                                                                                                                             39,557                              44,772          
 Infrastructure Safety                                                                                                                      56,167                              49,992          
 Medical                                                                                                                                    51,695                              45,385          
 Environmental & Analysis                                                                                                                   34,527                              27,403          
                                                                                                                                            181,946                             167,552         
 Segment profit after allocation of adjustments*                                                                                                                                                
 Process Safety                                                                                                                             36,095                              40,280          
 Infrastructure Safety                                                                                                                      50,965                              49,585          
 Medical                                                                                                                                    34,747                              31,981          
 Environmental & Analysis                                                                                                                   30,413                              25,699          
 Segment profit                                                                                                                             152,220                             147,545         
 Central administration costs                                                                                                               (8,880)                             (8,988)         
 Net finance expense                                                                                                                        (7,052)                             (4,946)         
 Group profit before taxation                                                                                                               136,288                             133,611         
 Taxation                                                                                                                                   (27,447)                            (29,610)        
 Profit for the year                                                                                                                        108,841                             104,001         
 *    Adjustments include the amortisation of acquired intangible assets; acquisition items; and profit or loss on disposal of operations.                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 
 
 The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the Group's accounting policies. Acquisition transaction costs, adjustments to contingent consideration and release of fair value adjustments to inventory (collectively 'acquisition items') are recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement. Segment profit, before these acquisition items and the other adjustments, is disclosed separately above as this is the measure reported to the Chief Executive for the purpose of allocation of resources 
 and assessment of segment performance.These adjustments are analysed as follows:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 
 
                                                                                                                                           53 weeks to 2 April 2016                          
                                                                         Acquisition items                                                                                                                                                    
                           Amortisationof acquiredintangible assets£000  Transactioncosts£000  Adjustmentsto contingentconsideration £000  Release offair valueadjustmentsto inventory £000  Totalamortisationcharge andacquisitionitems£000  Disposal of operations (note 9) £000  Total£000  
 Process Safety            (3,462)                                       -                     -                                           -                                                 (3,462)                                          -                                     (3,462)    
 Infrastructure Safety     (2,398)                                       (1,101)               (827)                                       (842)                                             (5,168)                                          (34)                                  (5,202)    
 Medical                   (13,018)                                      (2,926)               (826)                                       (768)                                             (17,538)                                         590                                   (16,948)   
 Environmental & Analysis  (4,225)                                       -                     111                                         -                                                 (4,114)                                          -                                     (4,114)    
 Total Segment & Group     (23,103)                                      (4,027)               (1,542)                                     (1,610)                                           (30,282)                                         556                                   (29,726)   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
 The transaction costs arose mainly on the acquisitions (see note 8) of Value Added Solutions, LLC (VAS), Firetrace USA, LLC (Firetrace), Visiometrics, S.L. (Visiometrics), and CenTrak Inc. (CenTrak), which were acquired on 19 May 2015, 5 October 2015, 16 December 2015 and 3 February 2016 respectively. The £827,000 charge in the Infrastructure Safety sector related to a revision in the estimate of the remaining contingent consideration payable on Advanced Electronics Limited (Advanced) acquired in the prior 
 year. The £826,000 charge in the Medical sector related to exchange differences arising on the revaluation of Visiometric's contingent consideration which is denominated in Euros. The remaining £111,000 credit to contingent consideration related to a revision in the estimate of the remaining payable on a prior year acquisition (ASL) from £197,000 to £86,000. The release of fair value adjustments to inventory arises from revaluing the inventories of Firetrace and CenTrak at acquisition. The £590,000 profit  
 on disposal in the Medical sector relates to the disposal of 8.8% of the Group's ownership interest in Optomed Oy on 26 August 2015. See note 9 for further details. The £34,000 loss on disposal of operations relates to warranty claims arising on the Monitor disposal in the prior year.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                      52 weeks to 28 March 2015                         
                                                                          Acquisition items                                                                                                                                             
                           Amortisationof acquiredintangible assets £000  Transactioncosts   Adjustmentsto contingentconsideration  Release offair valueadjustmentsto inventory £000  Totalamortisationcharge andacquisitionitems £000  Disposal ofoperations (note 9)£000  Total£000  

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