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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the financial year ended 31 March 2015
(In Singapore dollars)
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONT’D)
2.6 Basis of consolidation and business combinations (cont’d)
(b)
Business combinations and goodwill
Business combinations are accounted for by applying the acquisition method. Identifiable assets acquired
and liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition
date. Acquisition-related costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which the costs are incurred
and the services are received.
Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer will be recognised at fair value at the
acquisition date. Subsequent changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration which is deemed to
be an asset or a liability, will be recognised in profit or loss.
The Group elects for each individual business combination, whether non-controlling interest in the acquiree
(if any), that are present ownership interests and entitle their holders to a proportionate share of net assets
in the event of liquidation, is recognised on the acquisition date at fair value, or at the non-controlling
interest's proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets. Other components of non-controlling
interests are measured at their acquisition date at fair value, unless another measurement basis is required
by another FRS.
Any excess of the sum of the fair value of the consideration transferred in the business combination, the
amount of non-controlling interest in the acquiree (if any), and the fair value of the Group's previously
held equity interest in the acquiree (if any), over the net fair value of the acquiree's identifiable assets and
liabilities is recorded as goodwill. The accounting policy for goodwill is set out in Note 2.13(a). In instances
where the latter amount exceeds the former, the excess is recognised as gain on bargain purchase in profit
or loss on the acquisition date.
Goodwill is initially measured at cost. Following initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any
accumulated impairment losses.
For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition
date, allocated to the Group’s cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the
combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the acquiree are assigned to those units.
The cash-generating units to which goodwill have been allocated is tested for impairment annually and
whenever there is an indication that the cash-generating unit may be impaired. Impairment is determined for
goodwill by assessing the recoverable amount of each cash-generating unit (or group of cash-generating
units) to which the goodwill relates.
2.7 Transactions with non-controlling interests
Non-controlling interest represents the equity in subsidiaries not attributable, directly or indirectly, to owners of
the Company.
Changes in the Company’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in a loss of control are accounted
for as equity transactions. In such circumstances, the carrying amounts of the controlling and non-controlling
interests are adjusted to reflect the changes in their relative interests in the subsidiary. Any difference between the
amount by which the non-controlling interest is adjusted and the fair value of the consideration paid or received is
recognised directly in equity and attributed to owners of the Company.
