Supplemental cash flow information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental cash flow information

Supplemental cash flow information

	2016	2015	2014
Year ended December 31,	$’000	$’000	$’000
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	40,930	27,828	30,147
Income taxes, net of refunds	19,804	18,306	21,454

To reflect the actual cash paid for capital expenditure to acquire property, plant and equipment, increases in accounts payable for capital expenditure are non-cash and excluded from capital expenditure, while decreases are cash payments and included. The changes in accounts payable were a decrease of $223,000 and $229,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, cash paid during the period for interest of $40,930,000 (December 31, 2015 - $27,828,000) included the payment of accrued interest on a 1984 development loan from a municipal agency that was fully repaid by Charleston Center LLC in June 2016. See Note 10.