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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, 2015
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, 2015, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):
| Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Loss on Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | (240.6 | ) |  | $ | (48.9 | ) |  | $ | (7.4 | ) |  | $ | (296.9 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 21.2 |  |  | (70.3 | ) |  | (16.9 | ) |  | (66.0 | )
Income tax effect of other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (7.2 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (7.2 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net income | 4.0 |  | (a) | — |  |  | 10.9 |  | (b) | 14.9 |
Income taxes reclassified into net income | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | 16.7 |  |  | (70.3 | ) |  | (6.0 | ) |  | (59.6 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | (223.9 | ) |  | $ | (119.2 | ) |  | $ | (13.4 | ) |  | $ | (356.5 | )
| Defined Benefit Plans |  | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Unrecognized Loss on Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | (197.9 | ) |  | $ | (18.6 | ) |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | (216.2 | )
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications | (104.7 | ) |  | (30.3 | ) |  | (6.8 | ) |  | (141.8 | )
Income tax effect of other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 36.6 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 36.6 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net income | 38.8 |  | (a)(c) | — |  |  | (0.9 | ) | (b) | 37.9 |
Income taxes reclassified into net income | (13.4 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (13.4 | )
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 Cash Flow Hedges |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | (274.5 | ) |  | $ | 7.6 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | (264.6 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 104.4 |  |  | (26.2 | ) |  | 0.8 |  |  | 79.0 |
Income tax effect of other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (36.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (36.7 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) into net income | 13.5 |  | (a) | — |  |  | (2.8 | ) | (b) | 10.7 |
Income taxes reclassified into net income | (4.6 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4.6 | )
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) The amount reclassified from AOCI included $4.8 million in cost of goods sold (COGS) and $(0.8) million in selling, general & administrative expenses (SG&A) for the year ended December 31, 2015, $36.0 million in COGS and $2.8 million in SG&A for the year ended December 31, 2014 and $7.0 million in COGS and $6.5 million in SG&A for the year ended December 31, 2013.
(b) The amounts reclassified from AOCI are included in COGS.
(c) Includes a reclassification of $23.1 million, net of tax, related to our terminated vested lump-sum pension payout in the U.S.

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