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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segmented information:

Schedule of segment information

	Year  ended December 31, 2012			Nine months ended December 31, 2011			Year  ended March 31, 2011
				(Restated – note 2(a))			(Restated – note 2(a))
Revenue:
Applied Technologies	$	91,675		$	55,064		$	22,053
On-Road Systems	40,706			22,451			6,594
Corporate and Technology Investments	23,245			10,181			8,128
CWI	198,015			138,844			111,287
WWI	272,086			84,917			53,127
Total segment revenues	625,727			311,457			201,189
Less: equity investees’ revenues	470,101			223,761			164,414
Total consolidated revenues	$	155,626		$	87,696		$	36,775
Net operating income (loss) excluding depreciation and amortization, foreign exchange loss (gain) and bank charges and other:
Applied Technologies	$	10,868		$	1,051		$	(5,170	)
On-Road Systems	(43,503		)	(32,625		)	(19,985		)
New Markets and Off-Road Systems	(12,324		)	(2,670		)	—
Corporate and Technology Investments	(50,022		)	(19,767		)	(15,698		)
CWI	35,368			42,832			25,399
WWI	9,765			4,879			3,373
Net segment operating loss	(49,848		)	(6,300		)	(12,081		)
Less: equity investees’ operating income	45,133			47,711			28,772
Net consolidated operating loss excluding depreciation and amortization, foreign exchange loss (gain) and bank charges and other:	$	(94,981	)	$	(54,011	)	$	(40,853	)
Depreciation and amortization:
Applied Technologies	$	(7,905	)	$	(5,048	)	$	(1,305	)
On-Road Systems and Corporate	(3,490		)	(1,152		)	(2,070		)
	(11,395		)	(6,200		)	(3,375		)
Net consolidated operating loss before foreign exchange loss (gain), bank changes, interest and other:	(106,376		)	(60,211		)	(44,228		)
Foreign exchange loss (gain), bank changes, interest and other	1,922			(1,136		)	3,735
Loss before undernoted	(108,298		)	(59,075		)	(47,963		)
Interest on long-term debt and other income (expense), net	(4,928		)	(2,337		)	(2,385		)
Income from investment accounted for by the equity method (note 7)	16,190			14,458			8,627
Loss before income taxes	$	(97,036	)	$	(46,954	)	$	(41,721	)
Total additions to long-lived assets excluding business combinations:	$	31,566		$	13,392		$	3,613

Schedule of total assets, by segment

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
			(Restated – note 2(a))
Applied Technologies	$	161,206	$	169,898
On-Road Systems	85,401		49,347
Corporate and unallocated assets	243,470		106,517
CWI	69,577		72,436
WWI	86,997		41,911
	$	646,651	$	440,109
Less: equity investees’ total assets	156,574		114,347
Total consolidated assets	$	490,077	$	325,762

Schedule of capital assets and goodwill information by geographic area

	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(Restated- note 2(a))		(Restated- note 2(a))
Italy	$	99,099	$	105,601
Canada	29,707		16,294
United States	12,463		1,312
Sweden	7,720		5,378
China	6,524		3,087
Australia	601		32
	$	156,114	$	131,704
Less: equity investees’ long-lived assets	5,826		3,900
Total consolidated long-lived assets	$	150,288	$	127,804