Table:
|  |  |  | Pro Forma (3) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Integration and Transformation Costs and Special Items Impacting Adjusted EBITDA | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Consumer litigation settlement | $65 | 0 | 0 |
| Loss on sale of data centers and colocation business | 0 | 0 | 82 |
| OTT/Stream impairment of content commitment and hardware, software, and internal labor(1) | 0 | 60 | 0 |
| Total special items impacting Adjusted EBITDA | 65 | 60 | 82 |
| Plus: integration and transformation costs impacting Adjusted EBITDA (2) | 234 | 378 | 164 |
| Plus: transaction related expenses impacting Adjusted EBTIDA | 0 | 0 | 192 |
| Total integration and transformation costs and special items impacting Adjusted EBITDA | $299 | 438 | 438 |
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Non-GAAP Integration and Transformation Costs and Special Items
(UNAUDITED)
($ in millions)
(1) Includes $18 million of hardware impairment for Q3 2018 and $15 million of content commitment impairment and $27 million of hardware, software and internal labor impairment in Q1 2018.
(2) Includes $55 million of restructuring reserve impairment for Q2 2018.
(3) Reference to pro forma figures assume the Level 3 acquisition and the colocation and data center sale took place on January 1, 2017.
Question:
What does the reference to pro forma figures assume?
Answer: the Level 3 acquisition and the colocation and data center sale took place on January 1, 2017