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Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies |
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by geographic segment |
|  | Year Ended December 31,2016 |
|  | Gross Balance |  | Accumulated Impairment Losses |  | Net Goodwill |
|  |  |  | Acquired |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance |  | During |  | Currency |  | Balance |  | Balance |  | Impairment |  | Balance |  |  |
|  | January 1, |  | the |  | Translation |  | December 31, |  | January 1, |  | Loss During |  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | Period (1) |  | and Other |  | 2016 |  | 2016 |  | the Period |  | 2016 |  | 2016 |
|  | (in millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 391.2 |  |  | 43.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 434.7 |  | $ | (24.5) |  |  | — |  |  | (24.5) |  |  | 410.2 |
EMEA |  |  | 238.6 |  |  | — |  |  | (3.7) |  |  | 234.9 |  |  | (129.7) |  |  | — |  |  | (129.7) |  |  | 105.2 |
Asia - Pacific |  |  | 26.3 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 30.2 |  |  | (12.9) |  |  | — |  |  | (12.9) |  |  | 17.3 |
Total |  | $ | 656.1 |  |  | 47.0 |  |  | (3.3) |  |  | 699.8 |  | $ | (167.1) |  |  | — |  |  | (167.1) |  |  | 532.7 |
| (1) |  | Americas goodwill additions during 2016 include $4.2 million of goodwill resulting from an insignificant acquisition.
|  | Year Ended December 31,2015 |
|  | Gross Balance |  | Accumulated Impairment Losses |  | Net Goodwill |
|  |  |  | Acquired |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance |  | During |  | Currency |  | Balance |  | Balance |  | Impairment |  | Balance |  |  |
|  | January 1, |  | the |  | Translation |  | December 31, |  | January 1, |  | Loss During |  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | Period |  | and Other |  | 2015 |  | 2015 |  | the Period |  | 2015 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 398.0 |  |  | — |  |  | (6.8) |  |  | 391.2 |  | $ | (24.5) |  |  | — |  |  | (24.5) |  |  | 366.7 |
EMEA |  |  | 265.5 |  |  | — |  |  | (26.9) |  |  | 238.6 |  |  | — |  |  | (129.7) |  |  | (129.7) |  |  | 108.9 |
Asia - Pacific |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 26.3 |  |  | (12.9) |  |  | — |  |  | (12.9) |  |  | 13.4 |
Total |  | $ | 676.4 |  |  | 12.9 |  |  | (33.2) |  |  | 656.1 |  | $ | (37.4) |  |  | (129.7) |  |  | (167.1) |  |  | 489.0 |
Schedule of Intangible assets |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | Gross |  |  |  |  | Net |  | Gross |  |  |  |  | Net |
|  | Carrying |  | Accumulated |  | Carrying |  | Carrying |  | Accumulated |  | Carrying |
|  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Amount |  | Amount |  | Amortization |  | Amount |
|  | (in millions) |
Patents |  | $ | 16.1 |  | $ | (14.9) |  | $ | 1.2 |  | $ | 16.1 |  | $ | (14.1) |  | $ | 2.0 |
Customer relationships |  |  | 231.5 |  |  | (117.3) |  |  | 114.2 |  |  | 212.5 |  |  | (102.1) |  |  | 110.4 |
Technology |  |  | 53.1 |  |  | (19.2) |  |  | 33.9 |  |  | 41.3 |  |  | (16.1) |  |  | 25.2 |
Trade names |  |  | 25.1 |  |  | (8.1) |  |  | 17.0 |  |  | 21.9 |  |  | (6.4) |  |  | 15.5 |
Other |  |  | 6.8 |  |  | (5.9) |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | (5.9) |  |  | 3.5 |
Total amortizable intangibles |  |  | 332.6 |  |  | (165.4) |  |  | 167.2 |  |  | 301.2 |  |  | (144.6) |  |  | 156.6 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets |  |  | 35.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 35.3 |  |  | 36.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 36.2 |
|  | $ | 367.9 |  | $ | (165.4) |  | $ | 202.5 |  | $ | 337.4 |  | $ | (144.6) |  | $ | 192.8 |
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits |
|  | (in millions) |
Balance at January 1, 2016 |  | $ | 4.2 |
Increases related to prior year tax positions |  |  | 1.1 |
Decreases related to statute expirations |  |  | (0.1) |
Settlements |  |  | (0.2) |
Currency movement |  |  | 0.1 |
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 5.1 |
Reconciliation of net (loss) income and number of shares used to compute net (loss) income per share, basic and assuming full dilution |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |
|  | Net |  |  |  | Share |  | Net |  |  |  | Share |  | Net |  |  |  | Share |
|  | Income |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Loss |  | Shares |  | Amount |  | Income |  | Shares |  | Amount |
|  | (Amounts in millions, except per share information) |
Basic EPS |  | $ | 84.2 |  | 34.4 |  | $ | 2.45 |  | $ | (112.9) |  | 34.9 |  | $ | (3.24) |  | $ | 50.3 |  | 35.3 |  | $ | 1.42 |
Dilutive securities, principally common stock options |  |  | — |  | 0.1 |  |  | (0.01) |  |  | — |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  | 0.1 |  |  | — |
Diluted EPS |  | $ | 84.2 |  | 34.5 |  | $ | 2.44 |  | $ | (112.9) |  | 34.9 |  | $ | (3.24) |  | $ | 50.3 |  | 35.4 |  | $ | 1.42 |

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