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Note 19 - Other Charges | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 19 - Other Charges Other charges are comprised of acquisition-related costs and restructuring initiatives which have been undertaken from time to time under various restructuring plans. Acquisition-related costs primarily include retention bonuses to employees joining by way of an acquisition, advisory services, brokerage services and administrative costs, and collectively relate to completed and prospective acquisitions. The following tables shows the components of other charges as follows:
|  |  | January 31, 2018 |  |  |  | January 31, 2017 |  |  |  | January 31, 2016 |
Acquisition-related costs |  |  | 3,471 |  |  |  | 3,019 |  |  |  | 1,416 |
Restructuring plans |  |  | 523 |  |  |  | 436 |  |  |  | 76 |
|  |  | 3,994 |  |  |  | 3,455 |  |  |  | 1,492 |
Fiscal 2018 Restructuring Plan In the third quarter of fiscal 2018, management approved and began to implement the fiscal 2018 restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses and increase operating margins. To date, $0.5 million has been recorded within other charges in conjunction with this restructuring plan. These charges are comprised of workforce reduction charges. This plan is complete with a nominal amount of further expected costs. The following table shows the changes in the restructuring provision for the fiscal 2018 restructuring plan.
|  |  | Workforce Reduction |
Balance at January 31, 2017 |  |  | - |
Accruals and adjustments |  |  | 456 |
Cash draw downs |  |  | (211 | )
Balance at January 31, 2018 |  |  | 245 |
Fiscal 2017 Restructuring Plan In the third quarter of 2017, management approved and began to implement the fiscal 2017 restructuring plan to reduce operating expenses and increase operating margins. To date, $0.4 million has been recorded within other charges in conjunction with this restructuring plan. These charges are comprised of workforce reduction charges and office closure costs. This plan is substantially complete with a nominal amount of further expected costs. The following table shows the changes in the restructuring provision for the fiscal 2017 restructuring plan.
|  |  | Workforce Reduction |  |  |  | Office Closure Costs |  |  |  | Total |
Balance at January 31, 2016 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Accruals and adjustments |  |  | 309 |  |  |  | 118 |  |  |  | 427 |
Cash draw downs |  |  | (308 | ) |  |  | (30 | ) |  |  | (338 | )
Foreign exchange |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (1 | )
Balance at January 31, 2017 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 88 |
Accruals and adjustments |  |  | - |  |  |  | (26 | ) |  |  | (26 | )
Cash draw downs |  |  | - |  |  |  | 62 |  |  |  | 62 |
Balance at January 31, 2018 |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |

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