11. Other finance expense

  Year ended
2 January
2010
$ million
Year ended
3 January
2009
$ million
Year ended
29 December
2007
$ million
Hedging activities:  
– (Loss)/gain on derivatives in designated hedging relationships(1.0)0.11.6
– Gain/(loss) on derivatives classified as held for trading2.3(2.1)(3.8)
– Currency translation loss on hedging instruments(1.6)(17.9)(3.0)
 (0.3)(19.9)(5.2)
Other items:  
– Loss on embedded derivatives(5.1)(0.4)
 (0.3)(25.0)(5.6)

Other finance expense principally represents fair value gains and losses arising on financial instruments held by the Group to hedge its translational exposures where either the economic hedging relationship does not qualify for hedge accounting or to the extent that there is deemed to be ineffectiveness in a designated hedging relationship.

Other finance expense is wholly attributable to continuing operations.