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Note 20 - Other Charges

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block]

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- 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 advisory services, brokerage services, administrative costs and retention bonuses to employees joining by way of an acquisition, and collectively relate to completed and prospective acquisitions.

The following tables shows the components of other charges as follows:

Year Ended			January 31,				January 31,				January 31,
			2020				2019				2018
Acquisition-related costs			3,797				3,778				3,471
Restructuring plans			–				20				523
			3,797				3,798				3,994

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The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions.

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