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Other Charges, Net (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Other Charges, Net |
Components of other charges, net | The components of Other Charges, net were as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Information technology transformation costs |  | $ | 2.2 |  | $ | 1.7 |
Restructuring charges |  | 1.8 |  | 1.3 |
Pension settlement charge |  | — |  | 10.2 |
Other charges, net |  | $ | 4.0 |  | $ | 13.2 |
Schedule of changes in the restructuring reserves | The following table sets forth the changes in restructuring reserves for the three months ended March 31, 2016 (in millions):
|  | Total |  | Severance |  | Exit Costs |  | Provisions for Excess Inventory |
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | $ | 23.1 |  | $ | 10.3 |  | $ | 2.4 |  | $ | 10.4 |
Restructuring charges |  | 3.8 |  | 2.3 |  | 1.3 |  | 0.2 |
Cash payments |  | (5.2 | ) | (3.6 | ) | (1.2 | ) | (0.4 | )
Other, non-cash adjustments and foreign currency effect |  | (2.2 | ) | 0.3 |  | (0.8 | ) | (1.7 | )
Balance at March 31, 2016 |  | $ | 19.5 |  | $ | 9.3 |  | $ | 1.7 |  | $ | 8.5 |

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