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Restructuring and Other Items (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Other Items | Restructuring and other items consisted of:
($ in millions) | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Restructuring and related charges (reversals): |  |  |  |  |
Severance and post-employment benefits | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | 2.3 |
Impairments and asset write-offs | — |  |  | 2.4 |  |  | — |
Other restructuring charges | — |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 3.0 |
Total restructuring and related charges | — |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 5.3 |
Impairment charge | — |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | — |
Development income | (2.0 | ) |  | (6.5 | ) |  | — |
Acquisition-related contingencies | 1.0 |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | (0.2 | )
Special separation benefits | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.9 |
Foreign exchange and other | 0.5 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 1.5 |
Total restructuring and other items | $ | (0.5 | ) |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 9.5 |
Activity Related to Restructuring Obligations | The following table presents activity related to our restructuring obligations:
($ in millions) | Severance and benefits |  | Other Costs |  | Total
Balance, December 31, 2011 | $ | 6.2 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 6.8 |
Charges (reversals), net | (1.2 | ) |  | 3.3 |  |  | 2.1 |
Cash payments | (2.6 | ) |  | (1.4 | ) |  | (4.0 | )
Non-cash adjustments | 0.4 |  |  | (2.5 | ) |  | (2.1 | )
Balance, December 31, 2012 | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2.8 |
Cash payments | (2.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2.8 | )
Balance, December 31, 2013 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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