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Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block] | Reclassification adjustments and other activity impacting accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) during the year ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):
| Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | (197.9 | ) |  | $ | (18.6 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | (216.2 | )
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications | (68.1 | ) | (a) | (30.3 | ) |  | (6.8 | ) |  | (105.2 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net income | 25.4 |  | (a)(b)(d) | — |  |  | (0.9 | ) | (c) | 24.5 |
Net current period other comprehensive loss | (42.7 | ) |  | (30.3 | ) |  | (7.7 | ) |  | (80.7 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | (240.6 | ) |  | $ | (48.9 | ) |  | $ | (7.4 | ) |  | $ | (296.9 | )
| Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Gain on Derivatives |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | (274.5 | ) |  | $ | 7.6 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | (264.6 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 67.7 |  | (a) | (26.2 | ) |  | 0.8 |  |  | 42.3 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net income | 8.9 |  | (a)(b) | — |  |  | (2.8 | ) | (c) | 6.1 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | 76.6 |  |  | (26.2 | ) |  | (2.0 | ) |  | 48.4 |
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | (197.9 | ) |  | $ | (18.6 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | (216.2 | )
(a) These amounts are net of tax of $36.6 million and $(13.4) million for the other comprehensive loss before reclassifications and the amounts reclassified from AOCI, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014, and $(36.7) million and $(4.6) million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013.
(b) The net amount reclassified from AOCI included $23.6 million in cost of goods sold (COGS) and $1.8 million in selling, general & administrative expenses (SG&A) for the year ended December 31, 2014 and $4.7 million in COGS and $4.2 million in SG&A for the year ended December 31, 2013.
(c) The amounts reclassified from AOCI are included in COGS.
(d) Includes a reclassification of $23.1 million, net of tax, in the fourth quarter of 2014, related to our terminated vested lump-sum pension payout in the U.S.

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