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## Cardno Limited and its Controlled Entities for the year ended 30 June 2010 

## 34. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS CONTINUED 

The Group incurred acquisition related costs of $546,593 relating to external legal fees and due diligence costs. These legal fees and due diligence costs have been included in administrative expenses in the Group’s consolidated statement of comprehensive income. 

The assets and liabilities arising from the acquisitions are as follows: 

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## Year ended 30 June 2009 

(a) The Group acquired the issued share capital of The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd and Spectrum Survey & Mapping Pty Ltd with an effective acquisition date of 1 July 2008. 

The acquired businesses contributed revenues of $8,876,918 and net profit after tax of $981,663 to the Group for the year. 

The Ecology Lab is a Sydney based consultant specialising in marine and freshwater ecology while Spectrum Survey & Mapping is a specialist survey firm based in Perth and Kalgoorlie. 

## Details of acquisitions 

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