Supplemental Balance Sheet Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Supplemental Balance Sheet Information [Abstract]

Inventories consisted of the following:



	July 31, 2016	October 31, 2015
	$	$
Raw materials, packaging components and spare parts	179.2	160.2
Work-in-process	88.1	63.5
Finished goods	124.4	145.9
Balance, end of period	391.7	369.6

Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

The following is the breakdown of accounts payable and accrued liabilities:



	July 31, 2016	October 31, 2015
	$	$
Trade payables	244.0	289.2
Interest payable	34.8	36.2
Accrued salaries and related expenses	81.8	89.5
Customer deposits	6.6	7.3
Repositioning	3.3	22.9
Other accruals	7.8	16.7
Balance, end of period	378.3	461.8

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired

The following table summarizes gross carrying amounts, accumulated amortization, and accumulated impairments related to the Company's identifiable intangible assets as of July 31, 2016:



Definite-lived intangible assets	Gross carrying value	Accumulated amortization		Net carrying value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in Years)
	$	$		$
Favorable agreements	1.0	(1.0	)	—		—
Trade names	1.6	(0.6	)	1.0		5.6
Developed technology	54.1	(15.5	)	38.6		10.8
Trade secrets and patents	2.5	(0.2	)	2.3		14.5
Customer relationships	248.8	(35.7	)	213.1		14.2
Non-compete agreements	2.6	(1.5	)	1.1		3.0
Subtotal	310.6	(54.5	)	256.1
Foreign exchange				(3.3	)
Balance, end of period				252.8

Schedule of Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Acquired



Indefinite-lived intangible assets	Gross carrying value	Accumulated impairment		Net carrying value
	$	$		$
In-process research and development	2.2	(0.9	)	1.3
Regulatory permits	0.2	—		0.2
Subtotal	2.4	(0.9	)	1.5
Foreign exchange				(0.2	)
Balance, end of period				1.3

Schedule of Goodwill

The following table summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended July 31, 2016:



	Total
	$
Balance at October 31, 2015 ⁽¹⁾	284.4
Measurement period adjustment ⁽²⁾	(2.9	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.3
Balance at July 31, 2016	281.8

(1) The opening cumulative goodwill balance is reflective of historical impairment charges of the full value of goodwill, which includes a $172.5 million impairment related to Puerto Rico operations, a $0.1 million impairment related to the Banner Canada operations, a $1.3 million impairment related to the Biosolutions business, a disposition impact on the sale of Banner Mexico of $3.1 million and a spinoff impact on the spinoff of Banner Life Sciences of $11.1 million.

(2) Represents a measurement period adjustment on the Irix Acquisition in the second quarter of fiscal 2016.