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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
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Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | The following tables display the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCI”) by component net of tax for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (in millions):
|  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment |  |  | Pension and Postretirement Costs |  |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  | AOCI |
Balance at December 31, 2016 |  | $ | (607.9 | ) |  | $ | (400.0 | ) |  | $ | (36.9 | ) |  | $ | (1,044.8 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications |  |  | 49.9 |  |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  |  | (10.9 | ) |  |  | 36.9 |
Amounts reclassified to earnings |  |  | 56.1 |  |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 59.2 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 106.0 |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  |  | (10.7 | ) |  |  | 96.1 |
Balance at March 31, 2017 |  | $ | (501.9 | ) |  | $ | (399.2 | ) |  | $ | (47.6 | ) |  | $ | (948.7 | )
Schedule of Income Tax Allocated to Components of OCI | The income tax (provision) benefit allocated to the components of OCI are as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | $ | (1.8 | ) |  | $ | — |
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  |  | 1.1 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | 4.4 |  |  |  | 34.9 |
Income tax (provision) benefit related to OCI |  | $ | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 36.0 |

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