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Exceptional items (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of Exceptional Items |
|  | 2019 $m |  |  | 2018 $m |  |  | 2017 Restated $m |
Operating exceptional items : |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Administrative expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and integration costs |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (15 | )
Litigation |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (18 | ) |  |  | — |
Reorganisation costs |  |  | (20 | ) |  |  | (56 | ) |  |  | (36 | )
Pension settlement cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | — |
|  |  | (55 | ) |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | (51 | )
Other operating income and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gain on disposal of equity securities measured at fair value (note 17 ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 73 |
|  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 73 |
Impairment charges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill (note 13) |  |  | (49 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Management agreements (note 13 ) |  |  | (50 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Right-of-use assets (note 15) |  |  | (32 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Associates (note 16 ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (18 | )
|  |  | (131 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (18 | )
Total operating exceptional items |  |  | (186 | ) |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | 4 |
Fair value gains on contingent purchase consideration (note 25) |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Exceptional items before tax |  |  | (148 | ) |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | 4 |
Tax : |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tax on exceptional items |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | (2 | )
Exceptional tax |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 87 |
Total tax (note 8) |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 85 |
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas |  |  | (62 | ) |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | 37 |
EMEAA |  |  | (109 | ) |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | (4 | )
Greater China |  |  | — |  |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | — |
Central |  |  | (15 | ) |  |  | (55 | ) |  |  | (29 | )
|  |  | (186 | ) |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | 4 |

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