diff --git a/transformations/PassTest.hs b/transformations/PassTest.hs
index e370f36..40a7511 100644
--- a/transformations/PassTest.hs
+++ b/transformations/PassTest.hs
@@ -553,7 +553,47 @@ testTransformProtocolInput = TestList
    onlySingleAlt = A.Only emptyMeta . flip (A.Alternative emptyMeta (variable "c")) (A.Skip emptyMeta) . A.InputSimple emptyMeta . singleton
    seqItems = A.Input emptyMeta (variable "c") . A.InputSimple emptyMeta
    altItems = flip (A.Alternative emptyMeta (variable "c")) (A.Skip emptyMeta) . A.InputSimple emptyMeta
-                             
+
+
+testPullRepCounts :: Test
+testPullRepCounts = TestList
+  [
+    testUnchanged 0 $ A.Par emptyMeta A.PlainPar
+   ,testUnchanged 1 $ A.Par emptyMeta A.PriPar
+   ,testUnchanged 2 $ A.Alt emptyMeta False
+   ,testUnchanged 3 $ A.Alt emptyMeta True
+   ,testUnchanged 4 $ A.If emptyMeta
+   
+   ,TestCase $ testPass "testPullRepCounts 5"
+     (nameAndStopCaringPattern "nonce" "nonce" $ mkPattern $ A.Seq emptyMeta $
+       A.Spec emptyMeta (A.Specification emptyMeta (simpleName "nonce") (A.IsExpr emptyMeta A.ValAbbrev A.Int $ intLiteral 6)) $
+         A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "i") (intLiteral 0) (exprVariable "nonce")) $ A.Several emptyMeta [])
+       
+     (pullRepCounts $ A.Seq emptyMeta $ A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "i") (intLiteral 0) (intLiteral 6)) $ A.Several emptyMeta [])
+     (return ())
+
+   ,TestCase $ testPass "testPullRepCounts 6"
+     (nameAndStopCaringPattern "nonce" "nonce" $ nameAndStopCaringPattern "nonce2" "nonce2" $ mkPattern $ A.Seq emptyMeta $
+       A.Spec emptyMeta (A.Specification emptyMeta (simpleName "nonce") (A.IsExpr emptyMeta A.ValAbbrev A.Int $ intLiteral 6)) $
+         A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "i") (intLiteral 0) (exprVariable "nonce")) $
+           A.Spec emptyMeta (A.Specification emptyMeta (simpleName "nonce2") (A.IsExpr emptyMeta A.ValAbbrev A.Int $ intLiteral 8)) $
+             A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "j") (intLiteral 0) (exprVariable "nonce2")) $ A.Several emptyMeta [])
+       
+     (pullRepCounts $ A.Seq emptyMeta $ A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "i") (intLiteral 0) (intLiteral 6)) $
+        A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "j") (intLiteral 0) (intLiteral 8)) $ A.Several emptyMeta [])
+     (return ())
+  ]
+  where
+    testUnchanged :: Data a => Int -> (A.Structured a -> A.Process) -> Test
+    testUnchanged n f = TestCase $ testPass
+      ("testPullRepCounts/testUnchanged " ++ show n)
+      code
+      (pullRepCounts code)
+      (return ())
+      where 
+        code = (f $ A.Rep emptyMeta (A.For emptyMeta (simpleName "i") (intLiteral 0) (intLiteral 5)) $ A.Several emptyMeta [])
+
+
 --Returns the list of tests:
 tests :: Test
 tests = TestList
@@ -565,6 +605,7 @@ tests = TestList
    ,testFunctionsToProcs4
    ,testInputCase
    ,testOutExprs
+   ,testPullRepCounts
    ,testTransformConstr0
    ,testTransformProtocolInput
  ]
diff --git a/transformations/SimplifyExprs.hs b/transformations/SimplifyExprs.hs
index 48732ef..482f1e7 100644
--- a/transformations/SimplifyExprs.hs
+++ b/transformations/SimplifyExprs.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import Metadata
 import Pass
 import qualified Properties as Prop
 import Types
+import Utils
 
 simplifyExprs :: [Pass]
 simplifyExprs = makePassesDep
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ simplifyExprs = makePassesDep
       , ("Expand array literals", expandArrayLiterals, [Prop.expressionTypesChecked, Prop.processTypesChecked], [Prop.arrayLiteralsExpanded])
       , ("Pull up definitions", pullUp, Prop.agg_namesDone ++ [Prop.expressionTypesChecked, Prop.functionsRemoved, Prop.processTypesChecked,Prop.seqInputsFlattened], [Prop.functionCallsRemoved, Prop.subscriptsPulledUp])
       , ("Transform array constructors into initialisation code", transformConstr, Prop.agg_namesDone ++ Prop.agg_typesDone, [])
+      , ("Pull up replicator counts for SEQs", pullRepCounts, Prop.agg_namesDone ++ Prop.agg_typesDone,  [])
       ]
 
 -- | Convert FUNCTION declarations to PROCs.
@@ -133,6 +135,40 @@ expandArrayLiterals = doGeneric `extM` doArrayElem
         = liftM A.ArrayElemArray $ sequence [expand ds (A.SubscriptedExpr m (A.Subscript m $ makeConstant m i) e) | i <- [0 .. (n - 1)]]
       where m = findMeta e
 
+-- | We pull up the loop (Rep) counts into a temporary expression, whenever the loop
+-- count could be modified within the loop.  Here are all things that can be replicated:
+-- SEQ -- can be altered during the loop, must pull up
+-- PAR -- count cannot be modified by code inside the loop (it is used before any PAR branches are run)
+-- IF  -- cannot be altered during loop; once body executes, loop is effectively broken
+-- ALT -- same as IF
+-- Therefore, we only need to pull up the counts for sequential replicators
+--
+-- TODO for simplification, we could avoid pulling up replication counts that are known to be constants
+pullRepCounts :: Data t => t -> PassM t
+pullRepCounts = doGeneric `extM` doProcess
+  where
+    doGeneric :: Data t => t -> PassM t
+    doGeneric = makeGeneric pullRepCounts
+    
+    doProcess :: A.Process -> PassM A.Process
+    doProcess (A.Seq m s) = pullRepCountSeq s >>* A.Seq m
+    doProcess p = doGeneric p
+    
+    pullRepCountSeq :: A.Structured A.Process -> PassM (A.Structured A.Process)
+    pullRepCountSeq (A.Only m p) = pullRepCounts p >>* A.Only m
+    pullRepCountSeq (A.Spec m sp str) = pullRepCountSeq str >>* A.Spec m sp
+    pullRepCountSeq (A.ProcThen m p s)
+      = do p' <- doProcess p
+           s' <- pullRepCountSeq s
+           return $ A.ProcThen m p' s'
+    pullRepCountSeq (A.Several m ss) = mapM pullRepCountSeq ss >>* A.Several m
+    pullRepCountSeq (A.Rep m (A.For m' n from for) s)
+      = do t <- typeOfExpression for
+           spec@(A.Specification _ nonceName _) <- makeNonceIsExpr "rep_for" m' t for
+           s' <- pullRepCountSeq s
+           return $ A.Spec m spec $ A.Rep m (A.For m' n from (A.ExprVariable m' $ A.Variable m' nonceName)) s'
+    
+
 transformConstr :: Data t => t -> PassM t
 transformConstr = doGeneric `ext1M` doStructured
   where