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Acquisitions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
Schedule of purchase price allocation | The following table illustrates each component of the consideration paid as part of the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition:
(in Millions) | Amount
Cash purchase price, net (1) | $ | 1,225.6 |
Cash proceeds from working capital and other adjustments | (21.5 | )
Fair value of FMC Health and Nutrition sold to DuPont | 1,968.6 |
Total purchase consideration | $ | 3,172.7 |
____________________ (1) Represents the cash portion of the total purchase consideration paid for the DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition.
Acquisition costs | The following table summarizes the costs incurred associated with these activities.
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(in Millions) | 2019 |  | 2018
DuPont Crop Protection Business Acquisition |  |  |  |  |
Legal and professional fees (1) | $ | 16.5 |  |  | $ | 19.6 |
Inventory fair value amortization (2) | — |  |  | 29.9 |
Total Transaction-related charges | $ | 16.5 |  |  | $ | 49.5 |
Restructuring charges |  |  |
DuPont Crop restructuring (3) | $ | 3.9 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |
Total DuPont Crop restructuring charges | $ | 3.9 |  |  | $ | 1.0 |
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(1) | Represents transaction costs, costs for transitional employees, other acquired employees related costs, and transactional-related costs such as legal and professional third-party fees. These charges are recorded as a component of “Selling, general and administrative expense" on the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss).
(2) | These charges are recorded as a component of "Costs of sales and services" on the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss).
(3) | See Note 10 for more information. These charges are recorded as a component of “Restructuring and other charges (income)” on the condensed consolidated statements of income (loss).

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