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Other Charges, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Other Charges, Net |
Components of other charges, net | The components of other charges, net were as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Information technology transformation costs |  | $ | 1.6 |  | $ | 2.6 |  | $ | 5.5 |  | $ | 6.2 |
Restructuring charges |  | 2.8 |  | 3.0 |  | 6.4 |  | 5.3 |
Pension settlement charge |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | 10.2 |
Professional fees incurred in connection with internal investigation |  | — |  | 0.4 |  | — |  | 0.4 |
Acquisition-related charges (benefits) |  | 0.2 |  | 0.4 |  | 8.1 |  | (2.5 | )
Long-lived asset impairments |  | — |  | 2.5 |  | 0.6 |  | 4.3 |
Other charges, net |  | $ | 4.6 |  | $ | 8.9 |  | $ | 20.6 |  | $ | 23.9 |
Schedule of changes in the restructuring reserves | The following table sets forth the changes in restructuring reserves for the nine months ended September 30, 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 |  | 12.8 |  | 7.9 |  | 3.5 |  | 1.4 |
Cash payments |  | (16.7 | ) | (12.5 | ) | (3.3 | ) | (0.9 | )
Other, non-cash adjustments and foreign currency effect |  | (3.2 | ) | (0.1 | ) | (0.6 | ) | (2.5 | )
Balance at September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 16.0 |  | $ | 5.6 |  | $ | 2.0 |  | $ | 8.4 |

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