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84 Other Items Not Allocated to Segments The Brink’s Company and subsidiaries Other Items Not Allocated to Segments (Unaudited) FX devaluation in Venezuela The rate we use to remeasure operations in Venezuela declined significantly in February 2015 (from 52 to 170 bolivars to the U.S. dollar) and in March 2014 (from 6.3 to 50 bolivars to the U.S. dollar). These currency devaluations resulted in losses from the remeasurement of bolivar-denominated net monetary assets. Nonmonetary assets were not remeasured to a lower basis when the currency devalued. Instead, under highly inflationary accounting rules, these assets retained their higher historical bases and the excess is recognized in earnings as the asset is consumed, resulting in incremental expense until the excess basis is depleted. Expenses related to these Venezuelan devaluations have not been allocated to segment results. Venezuela operations We have excluded from our segment results all of our Venezuela operating results, including foreign exchange devaluation discussed separately above, due to management’s inability to allocate, generate or redeploy resources in-country or globally. In light of these unique circumstances, the Venezuela business is largely independent of the rest of our global operations. As a result, the CODM, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, assesses segment performance and makes resource decisions by segment excluding Venezuela operating results. Additionally, management believes excluding Venezuela from segment results makes it possible to more effectively evaluate the company’s performance between periods. Factors considered by management in excluding Venezuela results include: • Continued inability to repatriate cash to redeploy to other operations or dividend to shareholders • Highly inflationary environment • Fixed exchange rate policy • Continued currency devaluations and • Our difficulty raising prices and controlling costs Venezuela impairment In the second quarter of 2015, we recognized an impairment of the Venezuela property, plant and equipment. This charge was not allocated to segment results. 2014 Reorganization and Restructuring Brink’s reorganized and restructured its business in December 2014, eliminating the management roles and structures in its former Latin America and EMEA regions and implementing a plan to reduce the cost structure of various country operations by eliminating approximately 1,700 positions across its global workforce. Severance costs of $21.8 million associated with these actions were recognized in 2014. Additional charges related to severance and lease terminations of $0.3 million were recognized in the first half of 2015. These amounts have not been allocated to segment results.
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