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Restructuring Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Restructuring Costs Incurred by Reportable Business Segment | Restructuring costs by segment for all restructuring activities in continuing operations for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Live |  | $ | 14.0 |  |  | $ | 18.8 |  |  | $ | 3.6 |
Learn |  |  | 10.1 |  |  |  | 14.0 |  |  |  | 9.3 |
Work |  |  | 11.6 |  |  |  | 6.4 |  |  |  | 7.7 |
Play |  |  | 14.3 |  |  |  | 6.7 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
Other |  |  | 6.1 |  |  |  | 8.1 |  |  |  | 2.9 |
Corporate |  |  | 55.8 |  |  |  | 20.9 |  |  |  | 53.4 |
|  | $111.9 |  |  | $74.9 |  |  | $77.2 |
Project Renewal [Member] |
Schedule of Accrued Restructuring Costs Activity | Accrued restructuring cost activity for Project Renewal for 2017 and 2016 is as follows (in millions):
|  | Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  | Restructuring Costs |  |  | Payments, Foreign Currency and Other |  |  | Balance at December, 31 2017 |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs |  | $ | 15.8 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | (7.1 | ) |  | $ | 11.0 |
Exited contractual commitments and other |  |  | 17.4 |  |  |  | 17.1 |  |  |  | (9.5 | ) |  |  | 25.0 |
|  | $ | 33.2 |  |  | $ | 19.4 |  |  | $ | (16.6 | ) |  | $ | 36.0 |
|  | Balance at December 31, 2015 |  |  | Restructuring Costs |  |  | Payments, Foreign Currency and Other |  |  | Balance at December, 31 2016 |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs |  | $ | 49.3 |  |  | $ | (9.1 | ) |  | $ | (24.4 | ) |  | $ | 15.8 |
Exited contractual commitments and other |  |  | 17.3 |  |  |  | 19.0 |  |  |  | (18.9 | ) |  |  | 17.4 |
|  | $ | 66.6 |  |  | $ | 9.9 |  |  | $ | (43.3 | ) |  | $ | 33.2 |
Jarden Integration [Member] |
Schedule of Accrued Restructuring Costs Activity | Accrued restructuring cost activity for the Jarden Integration and other restructuring for 2017 and 2016 is as follows (in millions):
|  | Balance at December 31, 2016 |  |  | Restructuring Costs |  |  | Payments, Foreign Currency and Other |  |  | Balance at December 31, 2017 |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs |  | $ | 38.2 |  |  | $ | 83.9 |  |  | $ | (70.3 | ) |  | $ | 51.8 |
Exited contractual commitments and other |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 8.6 |  |  |  | (3.1 | ) |  |  | 6.0 |
|  | $ | 38.7 |  |  | $ | 92.5 |  |  | $ | (73.4 | ) |  | $ | 57.8 |
|  | Balance at December 31, 2015 |  |  | Restructuring Costs |  |  | Payments, Foreign Currency and Other |  |  | Balance at December 31, 2016 |
Employee severance, termination benefits and relocation costs |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 56.2 |  |  | $ | (18.8 | ) |  | $ | 38.2 |
Exited contractual commitments and other |  |  | — |  |  |  | 8.8 |  |  |  | (8.3 | ) |  |  | 0.5 |
|  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 65.0 |  |  | $ | (27.1 | ) |  | $ | 38.7 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's restructuring reserve that occurred during the period associated with the exit from or disposal of business activities or restructurings for each major type of cost. This element may also include a description of any reversal and other adjustment made during the period to the amount of an accrued liability for restructuring activities. This element may be used to encapsulate the roll forward presentations of an entity's restructuring reserve by type of cost and in total, and explanation of changes that occurred in the period. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394359&loc=d3e17939-110869 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 420 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.P.4(b)(2)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011515&loc=d3e140904-122747 + Details
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