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Reconciliation of profit before interest and taxation to headline PBIT (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
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Summary of Reconciliation of Profit Before Interest and Taxation to Headline PBIT
     

Six months
ended

30 June

2018

    

Six months

ended

30 June

2017

    

Year ended

31 December

2017

  
      £m     £m     £m  

Profit before interest and taxation

      851.3       783.9       2,021.7  

Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets

      84.0       97.8       195.1  

Goodwill impairment

      —         —         27.1  

Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries

      (189.9 )      (5.9 )      (129.0 ) 

(Gains)/losses on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership

      (0.1 )      0.2       0.3  

Investment write-downs

      1.5       —         95.9  

Restructuring costs

      45.5       19.2       56.8  

Share of exceptional losses/(gains) of associates

      28.4       (13.2)       (0.8)  

Headline PBIT

      820.7       882.0       2,267.1