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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

	2014				2013				2012
	(in millions)
U.S. income (loss)	$	12.0			$	(23.8	)		$	(6.0	)
Non - U.S. income	164.7				110.1				37.5
Total income before income taxes	$	176.7			$	86.3			$	31.5

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2014				2013				2012
	(in millions)
Current
Federal	$	0.6			$	(1.3	)		$	(3.3	)
Other state and local	0.1				0.1				1.1
Foreign	44.2				12.1				10.2
Total current	$	44.9			$	10.9			$	8.0
Deferred
Federal	$	(11.6	)		$	(9.3	)		$	(347.1	)
Foreign	0.4				(9.8		)		3.9
Total deferred	(11.2		)		(19.1		)		(343.2		)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	33.7			$	(8.2	)		$	(335.2	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013			2012
Federal statutory	35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Foreign income taxes	(25.1	)		(48.5	)		(85.0	)
Change in enacted tax rate	—			(9.9	)		—
State and local	0.1			0.2			3.5
Tax Credits	(11.4	)		—			—
Valuation allowance	4.5			12.4			(985.0	)
U.S. tax on unremitted foreign earnings	1.9			(0.2	)		(29.5	)
Uncertain tax positions	13.0			(0.5	)		(5.2	)
Other	1.1			2.0			2.0
Effective income tax rate	19.1	%		(9.5	)%		(1,064.2	)%

Current Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013
	(in millions)
Current deferred tax assets
Employee benefits	$	26.0			$	14.5
Inventory	7.5				8.0
Prepaid taxes and other	16.9				24.6
Valuation allowance	(10.2		)		(10.7		)
Total current deferred tax assets	$	40.2			$	36.4
Current deferred tax liabilities
Unrealized foreign exchange gain and other	(0.1		)		(0.1		)
Current deferred tax asset, net	$	40.1			$	36.3

Current Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Net by Jurisdiction [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013
	(in millions)
U.S. federal and state deferred tax asset, net	$	27.0			$	17.1
Other foreign deferred tax asset, net	13.1				19.2
Current deferred tax asset, net	$	40.1			$	36.3

Noncurrent Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013
	(in millions)
Noncurrent deferred tax assets
Employee benefits	$	193.9			$	161.5
Net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards	104.7				176.9
Tax credit carryforwards	69.8				82.9
Capital allowance carryforwards	14.4				16.0
Fixed assets	6.6				10.3
Deferred revenue	12.6				15.7
Capitalized expenditures	111.2				113.6
Other	2.3				2.9
Valuation allowances	(146.7		)		(153.0		)
Noncurrent deferred tax assets	368.8				426.8
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities
U.S. tax on unremitted foreign earnings	—				(85.0		)
Fixed assets and other	(9.1		)		(9.8		)
Noncurrent deferred tax asset, net	$	359.7			$	332.0

Noncurrent Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities, Net by Jurisdiction [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2014				2013
	(in millions)
U.S. federal and state deferred tax asset, net	$	362.2			$	337.2
Other foreign deferred tax asset (liability), net	(2.5		)		(5.2		)
Noncurrent deferred tax asset, net	$	359.7			$	332.0

Schedule of Unrecognized Income Tax Benefits [Table Text Block]

	Unrecognized Income Tax				Interest and
	Benefits				Penalties
	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2012	$	25.8			$	7.4
Increase in prior year tax positions	—				2.8
Decrease in prior year tax positions	(1.1		)		—
Increase in current year tax positions	0.4				—
Settlement	(4.4		)		—
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	20.7			$	10.2
Increase in prior year tax positions	6.1				0.1
Decrease in prior year tax positions	(4.4		)		(6.2		)
Increase in current year tax positions	4.0				—
Settlement	(4.7		)		—
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	21.7			$	4.1
Increase in prior year tax positions	10.5				8.1
Decrease in prior year tax positions	(0.5		)		—
Increase in current year tax positions	15.6				—
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	47.3			$	12.2

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