WILLAS-ARRAY ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2016
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Business combinations
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Non-controlling interests that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to a
proportionate share of the entity’s net assets in the event of liquidation may be initially measured
either at fair value or at the non-controlling interests’ proportionate share of the recognised
amounts of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. The choice of measurement basis is made on a
transaction-by-transaction basis. Other types of non-controlling interests are measured at fair value
or, when applicable, on the basis specified in another IFRS.
When the consideration transferred by the Group in a business combination includes assets or
liabilities resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement, the contingent consideration is
measured at its acquisition-date fair value and included as part of the consideration transferred in
a business combination. Changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration that qualify as
measurement period adjustments are adjusted retrospectively, with corresponding adjustments
against goodwill. Measurement period adjustments are adjustments that arise from additional
information obtained during the ‘measurement period’ (which cannot exceed one year from the
acquisition date) about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date.
The subsequent accounting for changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration that do
not qualify as measurement period adjustments depends on how the contingent consideration is
classified. Contingent consideration that is classified as equity is not remeasured at subsequent
reporting dates and its subsequent settlement is accounted for within equity. Contingent
consideration that is classified as an asset or a liability is remeasured at subsequent reporting
dates in accordance with IAS 39, with the corresponding gain or loss being recognised in profit or
loss.
When a business combination is achieved in stages, the Group’s previously held equity interest in
the acquiree is remeasured to at fair value acquisition date (i.e. the date when the Group obtains
control), and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is recognised in profit or loss. Amounts arising from
interests in the acquiree prior to the acquisition date that have previously been recognised in other
comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss where such treatment would be appropriate
if that interest were disposed of.
If the initial accounting for a business combination is incomplete by the end of the reporting period
in which the combination occurs, the Group reports provisional amounts for the items for which the
accounting is incomplete. Those provisional amounts are adjusted during the measurement period
(see above), or additional assets or liabilities are recognised, to reflect new information obtained
about facts and circumstances that existed at the acquisition date that, if known, would have
affected the amounts recognised at that date.
