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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following tables display the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) by component net of tax for the nine months ended September 30, 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 |  |  | 216.9 |  |  |  | (10.2 | ) |  |  | (29.7 | ) |  |  | 177.0 |
Amounts reclassified to earnings |  |  | 87.4 |  |  |  | 8.7 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 96.2 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 304.3 |  |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  |  | (29.6 | ) |  |  | 273.2 |
Balance at September 30, 2017 |  | $ | (303.6 | ) |  | $ | (401.5 | ) |  | $ | (66.5 | ) |  | $ | (771.6 | )
Schedule of Income Tax Allocated to Components of Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The income tax provision (benefit) allocated to the components of other comprehensive income (loss) (“OCI”) for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | — |
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | (7.7 | ) |  |  | (28.6 | )
Income tax provision (benefit) related to OCI |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |  |  | $ | (2.7 | ) |  | $ | (25.1 | )

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