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Subsequent Events | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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Subsequent Events | Subsequent Events On October 17, 2017, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.19 per share. The dividend will be payable December 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of November 21, 2017. On October 25, 2017, settlement payments totaling $132.6 million were made from the Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Bargaining Unit Employees and the Brunswick Pension Plan For Salaried Employees to purchase group annuity contracts to cover future benefit payments. The Company anticipates incurring settlement charges in the fourth quarter related to these actions. Additionally on October 25, 2017, settlement payments totaling $101.7 million were made from the Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Employees and the Brunswick Pension Plan For Hourly Wage Employees in connection with the previously announced terminations of these plans. The settlement payments included group annuity contracts to cover future benefit payments as well as lump-sum benefit payments to certain participants. The Company anticipates incurring settlement charges in the fourth quarter related to these actions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 855 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774 + Details
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