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Reconciliation of operating profit to headline operating profit | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
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Reconciliation of operating profit to headline operating profit |
2 3 . | Reconciliation of operating ( loss )/ profit to headline operating profit
Continuing operations |  | Six months ended 30 June 2020 |  |  | Six months ended 30 June 2019 1 |  |  | Year ended 31 December 2019 |
|  | £m |  |  | £m |  |  | £m |
Operating (loss)/profit |  |  | (2,453.4 | ) |  |  | 596.3 |  |  |  | 1,295.9 |
Amortisation and impairment of acquired intangible assets |  |  | 53.1 |  |  |  | 52.8 |  |  |  | 121.5 |
Goodwill impairment |  |  | 2,520.8 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 47.7 |
Gains on disposal of investments and subsidiaries |  |  | (16.0 | ) |  |  | (40.6 | ) |  |  | (40.4 | )
Gains on remeasurement of equity interests arising from a change in scope of ownership |  |  | — |  |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | )
Investment and other write-downs |  |  | 220.6 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7.5 |
Litigation settlement |  |  | — |  |  |  | (16.8 | ) |  |  | (16.8 | )
Gain on sale of freehold property in New York |  |  | — |  |  |  | (7.9 | ) |  |  | (7.9 | )
Restructuring and transformation costs |  |  | 17.9 |  |  |  | 33.9 |  |  |  | 153.5 |
Restructuring costs in relation to C OVID -19 |  |  | 39.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Headline operating profit |  |  | 382.3 |  |  |  | 617.3 |  |  |  | 1,560.6 |
Note
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 13 .
Headline operating profit is one of the metrics that management uses to assess the performance of the business .

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