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Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Goodwill.

Goodwill

4.  Goodwill

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill is as follows:

		(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2015		$	1,736.4
Acquisition		0.3
Purchase price allocation adjustment		(0.4		)
Effect of foreign currency translation		(6.0		)
Balance at March 31, 2015		$	1,730.3

We had no accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill at March 31, 2015.

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