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Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Equity [Abstract]

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following tables display the components of AOCI as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):

		Cumulative Translation Adjustment				Pension and Postretirement Costs				Derivative Financial Instruments				AOCI
Balance at December 31, 2015		$	(411.7	)		$	(422.3	)		$	0.2			$	(833.8	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications			(198.0	)			10.0				(48.0	)			(236.0	)
Amounts reclassified to earnings			1.8				12.3				10.9				25.0
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)			(196.2	)			22.3				(37.1	)			(211.0	)
Balance at December 31, 2016		$	(607.9	)		$	(400.0	)		$	(36.9	)		$	(1,044.8	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications			201.7				6.6				(27.8	)			180.5
Amounts reclassified to earnings			87.4				7.9				5.9				101.2
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)			289.1				14.5				(21.9	)			281.7
Balance at December 31, 2017		$	(318.8	)		$	(385.5	)		$	(58.8	)		$	(763.1	)

Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI

The income tax provision (benefit) allocated to the components of OCI are as follows (in millions):

		2017				2016				2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments		$	0.5			$	—			$	10.3
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs			12.3				19.6				41.1
Derivative hedging (loss) gain			(8.7	)			(20.7	)			0.6
Income tax provision (benefit) related to OCI		$	4.1			$	(1.1	)		$	52.0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14A
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84228862&loc=SL7669686-108580

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