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Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation of financial instruments | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation of financial instruments |
6. | Finance and investment income, finance costs and revaluation of financial instruments
Finance and investment income includes:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 1 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Income from equity investments |  |  | 6.8 |  |  |  | 9.3 |  |  |  | 18.3 |
Interest income |  |  | 44.4 |  |  |  | 32.5 |  |  |  | 80.7 |
|  |  | 51.2 |  |  |  | 41.8 |  |  |  | 99.0 |
Finance costs include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 1 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Net interest expense on pension plans |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Interest on other long-term employee benefits |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 3.9 |
Interest payable and similar charges |  |  | 104.3 |  |  |  | 127.8 |  |  |  | 252.0 |
Interest expense related to lease liabilities |  |  | 50.2 |  |  |  | 48.7 |  |  |  | 99.7 |
|  |  | 157.3 |  |  |  | 180.1 |  |  |  | 359.1 |
Revaluation of financial instruments include:
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 1 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Movements in fair value of treasury instruments |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  |  | 7.3 |  |  |  | 0.4 |
Premium on the early repayment of bonds |  |  | — |  |  |  | (32.2 | ) |  |  | (63.4 | )
Revaluation of investments held at fair value through profit or loss |  |  | 1.7 |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | 9.1 |
Revaluation of put options over non-controlling interests |  |  | 26.0 |  |  |  | (19.5 | ) |  |  | (13.5 | )
Revaluation of payments due to vendors (earnout agreements) |  |  | 4.3 |  |  |  | (7.7 | ) |  |  | (1.0 | )
|  |  | 30.0 |  |  |  | (50.5 | ) |  |  | (68.4 | )
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1 | Figures for the period ended 30 June 2019 have been re-presented in accordance with IFRS 5: Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, as described in note 1 3 .

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