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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Business acquisitions |
Schedule of assets acquired and liabilities assumed | ​
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(millions) | ​ | 2020
Tangible assets | ​ | ​ | $54.1 | ​
Identifiable intangible assets | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Customer relationships | ​ | ​ | 147.5 | ​
Trademarks | ​ |  | 58.6 | ​
Acquired technologies and product registrations | ​ |  | 47.7 | ​
Total assets acquired | ​ |  | 307.9 | ​
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Goodwill | ​ | ​ | 275.7 | ​
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Total liabilities | ​ | ​ | 98.1 | ​
Net consideration transferred to sellers | ​ |  | $485.5 | ​
Other Acquisitions |
Business acquisitions |
Schedule of final consideration transferred to acquire all of the acquired entity's stock | ​
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(millions) | ​ | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Net tangible assets (liabilities) acquired and equity method investments | ​ | ​ | $- | ​ | ​ | ​ | ($8.0) | ​ | ​ | ​ | $30.1 | ​
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Identifiable intangible assets | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Customer relationships |  |  | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 115.7 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 101.5 | ​
Trademarks |  |  | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 24.1 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 3.9 | ​
Non-compete agreements |  |  | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 2.6 | ​
Other technology | ​ | ​ | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 48.9 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 6.5 | ​
Total intangible assets |  |  | - | ​ | ​ | ​ | 188.7 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 114.5 | ​
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Goodwill |  |  | - | ​ | ​ |  | 234.8 | ​ | ​ | ​ | 81.9 | ​
Total aggregate purchase price |  |  | - | ​ | ​ |  | 415.5 | ​ | ​ |  | 226.5 | ​
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Acquisition-related liabilities and contingent considerations |  |  | - | ​ | ​ |  | (24.1) | ​ | ​ |  | (1.5) | ​
Net cash paid for acquisitions, including acquisition-related | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
liabilities and contingent considerations | ​ | ​ | $- | ​ | ​ | ​ | $391.4 | ​ | ​ | ​ | $225.0 | ​

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