1. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
1.3 Operating profit
 
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The following has been charged/(credited) in arriving at operating profit:       
Advertising and promotional expenses  52 159  57 968 
Audit fees – services as auditors relating to the year-end audit  27 498  27 889 
Audit fees – other  7 524  2 414 
Consulting fees  79 424  92 839 
Foreign exchange loss  1 676  1 217 
Impairment of inventory  8 495  4 205 
Insurance  15 095  11 315 
IT infrastructure costs and computer-related costs  57 582  55 737 
Legal fees  3 594  9 283 
Licence fees  66 419  49 196 
Motor vehicle expenses  23 541  19 548 
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment  (1 919) (1 383)
Travel – local and overseas  9 770  7 638 
Staff training  68 310  13 030 
Receipt of contingent consideration    (45 823)
Professional fees and other costs related to the fraud recoupment    67 933 
Fraud recoupment    (315 132)

 

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Fair value movements comprise the following:    
Fair value gain on surety receivable (32 743) (12 859)
Fair value gain on put option (22 000) (46 179)
Fair value gain on financial instruments  (14 533) (4 208)
   (69 276) (63 246)
Bad debts and expected credit loss, arising from the application of IFRS 9, comprise the following:       
Bad debts and expected credit loss on loans  69 480  (398)
Expected credit loss on 2DFine and OSI loans  98  471 
Remeasurement of financial guarantee contracts    (671)
Bad debts and expected credit losses on trade receivables, other receivables and advances to customers  667 347  328 359 
   736 925  327 761 
Loss on modification of financial instruments       
Loss on modification of financial asset – Deferral Loan1  64 500  — 
Gain on modification of financial liability – Class A Preference Shares2  (7 047) — 
   57 453  — 
1 For details regarding the modification of the Deferral Loan refer to note 2.1.2.
2 For details regarding the modification of the Class A Preference Shares refer to note 3.4.2.