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9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

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Statements of Cash Flows Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

Statements of cash flows non-cash investing and financing activities

	Nine months ended July 31,
	2016	2015
Non-cash financing activities:	$	$
Assumption of earnout liability from the Partnership (1)	36.0	—
Distribution to member in form of a note payable (2)	51.0	—
Partnership units issued and value contributed to Patheon from Irix acquisition	—	1.0
Spinoff of subsidiary	—	34.1
Partnership units issued and value contributed to Patheon from Agere acquisition	—	6.8

(1) Refer to Note 11 for further information

(2) Refer to Note 12 for further information