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Other Expense (Income) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Expense (Income) | Other expense (income) consists of:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
($ in millions) | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Development income | $ | (0.3 | ) |  | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | (1.2 | ) |  | $ | (1.2 | )
Acquisition-related contingencies | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.5 |
License costs | 1.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |
Foreign exchange and other | (0.9 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2 |
| $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | (0.5 | )

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