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Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Goodwill.

Goodwill

Note 4.  Goodwill

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

	(in millions)
Balance at January 1, 2019	$	1,870.8
Purchase price allocation adjustments		(0.5)
Foreign currency translation gain		1.4
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	1,871.7

We had no accumulated impairment losses related to goodwill at March 31, 2019. 

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The entire disclosure for goodwill.

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