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Exceptional Items - Summary of Exceptional Items (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Cost of sales: |  |  |
Derecognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities | $ 0 | $ 22 |
Gain on lease termination |  | 30 |
Provisions charged to income statement (incl onerous contracts) | (40) |  |
Administrative expenses: |  |  |
Administrative expenses | (300) | (267) | $ (385)
Impairment loss on financial assets | 0 | (88) | (8)
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Impairment |  | (4) |
Other impairment charges | (4) | (226) | (131)
Profit/(loss) before tax | 361 | (280) | 542
Contract assets |  | (53) |
Property plant and equipment | 0 | (90) |
Financial expenses | (147) | (144) | (121)
Tax on exceptional items | 29 | 52 | 20
Tax | 96 | (20) | 156
Operating exceptional items | (29) | (270) | (186)
Fair value gains on contingent purchase consideration | 6 | 13 | 27
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | 494 | (153) | 630
Cost of Sales [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Exceptional Items [line items] |  |  |
Reorganisation costs |  | (8) |
Right-of-use assets [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Impairment | 0 |  |
Americas [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Contract assets |  | (42) |
EMEAA [member] |  |  |
Administrative expenses: |  |  |
Impairment loss on financial assets | (9) | (9) |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Contract assets |  | (11) |
EMEAA [member] | Right-of-use assets [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Impairment |  | (5) |
Exceptional items [member] |  |  |
Cost of sales: |  |  |
Gain on lease termination | 0 | 30 |
Total cost of sales | 0 | 34 |
Administrative expenses: |  |  |
Acquisition and integration costs | 0 | (6) | (7)
Litigation | (25) | (5) | (28)
Administrative expenses | (25) | (30) | (55)
Impairment loss on financial assets | (4) | (48) |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Goodwill | 0 |  | (49)
Impairment |  | (13) |
Other impairment charges | (4) | (226) | (131)
Profit/(loss) before tax | (29) | (263) | (148)
Contract assets | 0 | (53) |
Property plant and equipment | 0 | (90) |
Financial expenses | 0 | (14) |
Tax on exceptional items | (3) | (52) | (20)
Exceptional tax | 26 |  |
Tax | (29) | (52) | (20)
Fair value gains on contingent purchase consideration | 0 | 21 | 38
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | (29) | (270) | (186)
Exceptional items [member] | Cost of Sales [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Exceptional Items [line items] |  |  |
Reorganisation costs | 0 |  |
Exceptional items [member] | Administrative Expenses [member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Exceptional Items [line items] |  |  |
Reorganisation costs | 0 | (19) | (20)
Exceptional items [member] | Right-of-use assets [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Impairment | 0 | (16) | (32)
Exceptional items [member] | Management agreements [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Management agreements | 0 | (48) | (50)
Exceptional items [member] | Onerous Contracts Provisions [Member] |  |  |
Cost of sales: |  |  |
Provisions charged to income statement (incl onerous contracts) | 0 | (10) |
Exceptional items [member] | Associates [member] |  |  |
Other impairment charges: |  |  |
Impairment | (4) | (19) |
Exceptional items [member] | Americas [member] |  |  |
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | (22) | (118) | (62)
Exceptional items [member] | EMEAA [member] |  |  |
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | (7) | (128) | (109)
Exceptional items [member] | Greater China [member] |  |  |
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | 0 | (5) |
Exceptional items [member] | Central [member] |  |  |
Operating exceptional items analysed as: |  |  |
Operating exceptional profit before tax | $ 0 | $ (19) | $ (15)

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