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Other Expense (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Expense | Other expense consists of:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions) | 2014 |  | 2013
Development income | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (0.3 | )
Acquisition-related contingencies | 0.4 |  |  | — |
Foreign exchange and other | 0.7 |  |  | 0.5 |
| $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |

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