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Restructuring and Other Charges, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Restructuring |
Summary of the pre-tax cost by restructuring program |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions) |
Restructuring costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2015 Actions |  | $ | 2.4 |  | $ | 2.1 |  | $ | 13.6 |
Other Actions |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 2.6 |  |  | 7.8 |
Total restructuring charges |  | $ | 6.8 |  | $ | 4.7 |  | $ | 21.4 |
Summary of recorded pre-tax restructuring and other charges, net by business segment |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
|  | (in millions) |
Americas |  | $ | 3.1 |  | $ | 1.6 |  | $ | 9.4 |
Europe |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 6.7 |
APMEA |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 4.2 |
Corporate |  |  | — |  |  | (0.5) |  |  | 1.1 |
Total |  | $ | 6.8 |  | $ | 4.7 |  | $ | 21.4 |
2015 Actions | Americas and APMEA |
Restructuring |
Summary of total expected, incurred and remaining pre-tax restructuring costs |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Facility |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Legal and |  | Asset |  | exit |  |  |  |
|  | Severance |  | consultancy |  | write-downs |  | and other |  | Total |
|  | (in millions) |
Costs incurred—2015 |  | $ | 8.5 |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | 1.6 |  | $ | 2.8 |  | $ | 13.6 |
Costs incurred—2016 |  |  | (1.5) |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.1 |
Costs incurred—2017 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 2.4 |
Total restructuring costs |  | $ | 7.0 |  | $ | 0.9 |  | $ | 6.7 |  | $ | 3.5 |  | $ | 18.1 |
Summary of restructuring reserve activity | The following table summarizes pre-tax restructuring costs incurred for the year ended December 31, 2017 and total pre-tax restructuring costs incurred for the program, by business segment for the Company’s Americas and APMEA 2015 transformation program. There are no remaining costs to be incurred:
|  | Year Ended |  |  |  |  |
|  | December 31, |  | Total program |  |
|  | 2017 |  | costs |  |
|  | (in millions) |
APMEA |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 4.6 |  |
Americas |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | 13.5 |  |
Total restructuring costs |  | $ | 2.4 |  | $ | 18.1 |  |
Details of the restructuring reserve activity for the Company’s Americas and APMEA 2015 transformation program for the year ended December 31, 2017 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Facility |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Legal and |  | Asset |  | exit |  |  |  |
|  | Severance |  | consultancy |  | write-downs |  | and other |  | Total |
|  | (in millions) |
Balance at December 31,2015 |  | $ | 5.0 |  | $ | 0.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1.0 |  | $ | 6.4 |
Net pre-tax restructuring charges |  |  | (1.5) |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.1 |
Utilization and foreign currency impact |  |  | (2.3) |  |  | (0.6) |  |  | (2.9) |  |  | (1.5) |  |  | (7.3) |
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 1.2 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1.2 |
Net pre-tax restructuring charges |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 2.4 |
Utilization and foreign currency impact |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | — |  |  | (2.2) |  |  | (0.2) |  |  | (3.4) |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 0.2 |
Other Actions |
Restructuring |
Summary of total expected, incurred and remaining pre-tax restructuring costs |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Facility |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Legal and |  | Exit |  |  |  |
|  | Severance |  | consultancy |  | and other |  | Total |
|  | (in millions) |
Costs incurred—2015 |  | $ | 6.6 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 0.3 |  | $ | 6.9 |
Costs incurred—2016 |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.8 |
Adjustments to restructuring costs—2017 |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.0) |
Remaining costs to be incurred |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.6 |
Total expected restructuring costs |  | $ | 8.3 |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | 0.3 |  | $ | 9.3 |
Summary of restructuring reserve activity |
|  |  |  |  | Legal and |  | Facility exit |  |  |  |
|  | Severance |  | Consultancy |  | and other |  | Total |
|  | (in millions) |
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 6.4 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 6.4 |
Net pre-tax restructuring charges |  |  | 1.3 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 1.8 |
Utilization and foreign currency impact |  |  | (2.9) |  |  | (0.5) |  |  | — |  |  | (3.4) |
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | 4.8 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 4.8 |
Net pre-tax restructuring adjustments |  |  | (1.0) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1.0) |
Utilization and foreign currency impact |  |  | (2.8) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2.8) |
Balance at December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 1.0 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1.0 |

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