The financial information above has been presented on a GAAP basis and on an adjusted basis, which is described below in (a) and (b). Management believes these measures provide investors with useful supplemental information regarding VF's underlying business trends and the performance of VF's ongoing operations and are useful for period-over-period comparisons of such operations.
While management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the business, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and should be viewed in addition to, and not in lieu of or superior to, VF's operating performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as similarly titled measures presented by other companies.
(a) Adjusted amounts in 2016 represent restructuring charges of $58.1 million (net of $14.4 million tax), goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges of $79.6 million (net of $15.5 million tax) and a pension settlement charge of $50.9 million (net of $19.5 million tax). The EPS impact was calculated using 422,081,000 weighted average common shares. Excluding these charges, adjusted operating income from continuing operations in 2016 was $1.6 billion. Adjusted operating margin from continuing operations in 2016 was 14%.
(b) In the first quarter of 2017, the Licensing Business met the criteria for discontinued operations reporting and this adjusted amount represents the results of our Licensing Business as if the business was not reported as discontinued operations. The per share amounts were calculated using weighted average common shares of 422,081,000.
Following is the reconciliation of diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations to the adjusted amounts: