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Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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2014 acquisitions |
Acquisitions |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price of acquisition to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
|  | (in millions) |
Cash |  | $ | 1.6 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 67.1 |
Inventories |  |  | 89.2 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 23.0 |
Goodwill |  |  | 51.3 |
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  | 37.5 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  |  | 39.0 |
Other current and long-term assets |  |  | 1.5 |
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Total assets acquired |  |  | 310.2 |
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Deferred taxes |  |  | 9.0 |
Current and long-term debt |  |  | 39.2 |
Other current and long-term liabilities |  |  | 53.1 |
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Total liabilities assumed |  |  | 101.3 |
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Net assets acquired |  | $ | 208.9 |
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2013 acquisitions |
Acquisitions |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price of acquisition to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
|  | (in millions) |
Cash |  | $ | 3.2 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 206.0 |
Inventories |  |  | 379.5 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 242.6 |
Goodwill |  |  | 382.7 |
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  | 137.6 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  |  | 203.0 |
Other current and long-term assets |  |  | 9.1 |
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Total assets acquired |  |  | 1,563.7 |
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Current and long-term debt |  |  | 486.1 |
Deferred taxes |  |  | 184.4 |
Other current and long-term liabilities |  |  | 126.4 |
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Total liabilities assumed |  |  | 796.9 |
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Net assets acquired |  | $ | 766.8 |
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2012 acquisitions |
Acquisitions |
Schedule of allocation of the purchase price of acquisition to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed |
|  | (in millions) |
Cash |  | $ | 0.2 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 32.5 |
Inventories |  |  | 55.0 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 30.7 |
Goodwill |  |  | 68.0 |
Intangible assets subject to amortization |  |  | 45.1 |
Intangible assets not subject to amortization |  |  | 37.9 |
Other current and long-term assets |  |  | 1.2 |
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Total assets acquired |  |  | 270.6 |
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Current and long-term debt |  |  | 59.4 |
Deferred taxes |  |  | 20.6 |
Other current and long-term liabilities |  |  | 23.5 |
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Total liabilities assumed |  |  | 103.5 |
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Net assets acquired |  | $ | 167.1 |
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