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Significant Items Within the Income Statement (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
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Non-underlying Items |
€ million |  | First Half |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Acquisition and disposal-related credit/(costs)(a) |  |  | (77 | ) |  |  | 148 |
Gain/(loss) on disposal of group companies(b) |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | – |
Restructuring costs |  |  | (454 | ) |  |  | (367 | )
Impairment and other one-off items(c) |  |  | – |  |  |  | (219 | )
Non-underlying items within operating profit before tax |  |  | (465 | ) |  |  | (438 | )
Tax on non-underlying items within operating profit |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 170 |
Non-underlying items within operating profit after tax |  |  | (376 | ) |  |  | (268 | )
Share of gain on disposal of Spreads business in Portugal JV |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | – |
Net monetary gain arising from hyperinflationary economies |  |  | 29 |  |  |  | – |
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit before tax |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | – |
Tax impact of non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impact of US tax reform |  |  | – |  |  |  | (29 | )
Non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | (29 | )
Non-underlying items after tax(d) |  |  | (344 | ) |  |  | (297 | )
Attributable to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-controlling interests |  |  | (8 | ) |  |  | (10 | )
Shareholders’ equity |  |  | (336 | ) |  |  | (287 | )
(a) | 2018 includes a credit of €277 million from early settlement of contingent consideration relating to Blueair.
(b) | 2019 includes a gain of €60 million relating to disposal of Alsa baking and dessert business.
(c) | 2018 includes a charge of €208 million relating to impairment of Blueair intangible asset.
(d) | Non-underlying items after tax is calculated as non-underlying items within operating profit after tax plus non-underlying items not in operating profit but within net profit after tax.

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