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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (AOCL) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Additional financial information disclosures [Abstract] |
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (AOCL) | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL")
Components of AOCL | 2019 |  | 2018
Defined benefit plan liabilities | $ | (115.9 | ) |  | $ | (107.3 | )
Unrealized gain (loss) on financial instruments | 2.3 |  |  | 2.5 |
Other comprehensive loss before income tax effect | (113.6 | ) |  | (104.8 | )
Income tax effect(1) | 3.8 |  |  | 6.1 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | $ | (109.8 | ) |  | $ | (98.7 | )
(1) | The allocation of the income tax effect to the components of other comprehensive loss is as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018
Defined benefit plan liabilities | $ | 4.3 |  |  | $ | 6.6 |
Unrealized loss on financial instruments | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.5 | )
The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of AOCL:
| Defined benefit plan and other postretirement liabilities |  | Unrealized gain (loss) on financial instruments |  | Total, net of tax
Balance, December 31, 2016 | $ | (116.2 | ) |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | (113.9 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) before reclassifications | 20.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 20.3 |
Net amount reclassified to net income (loss) | 2.1 |  |  | (0.2 | ) |  | 1.9 |
Balance, December 31, 2017 | (93.8 | ) |  | 2.1 |  |  | (91.7 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications | (7.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (7.3 | )
Net amount reclassified to net income (loss) | 0.4 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 0.3 |
Balance, December 31, 2018 | (100.7 | ) |  | 2.0 |  |  | (98.7 | )
Impact of ASU 2018-02* | (1.3 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1.3 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications | (12.7 | ) |  | — |  |  | (12.7 | )
Net amount reclassified to net income (loss) | 3.0 |  |  | (0.1) |  | 2.9 |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | (111.7 | ) |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  | $ | (109.8 | )
*ASU 2018-02. See Note 14. Income Taxes for further information regarding our adoption of ASU 2018-02. Reclassifications out of AOCL were included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:
AOCL Components |  | Location |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Defined benefit plan and other postretirement liabilities |  | Cost of goods sold |  | $ | (3.2 | ) |  | $ | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 3.1 |
|  | Selling, general and administrative expenses |  | (4.4 | ) |  | (1.9 | ) |  | (0.4 | )
|  | Other operating expense, net |  | (1.0 | ) |  | 1.2 |  |  | 1.0 |
|  | Income tax expense |  | (1.1 | ) |  | (1.6 | ) |  | (1.6 | )
|  | Net of tax |  | $ | (9.7 | ) |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 2.1 |
Gain (loss) on financial instruments |  | Cost of goods sold |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | )
|  | Income tax benefit |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.0 |  |  | 0.0 |
|  | Net of tax |  | $ | (0.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.2 | )

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