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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
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Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | The following tables display the changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) by component net of tax for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (in millions):
|  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment |  |  | Pension and Postretirement Costs |  |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  |  | AOCL |
Balance at December 31, 2018 |  | $ | (492.6 | ) |  | $ | (398.1 | ) |  | $ | (22.1 | ) |  | $ | (912.8 | )
Other comprehensive loss income before reclassifications |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  |  | (14.8 | ) |  |  | (5.1 | ) |  |  | (22.0 | )
Amounts reclassified to earnings |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.6 |  |  |  | (3.3 | ) |  |  | (1.7 | )
Net current period other comprehensive loss |  |  | (2.1 | ) |  |  | (13.2 | ) |  |  | (8.4 | ) |  |  | (23.7 | )
Balance at March 31, 2019 |  | $ | (494.7 | ) |  | $ | (411.3 | ) |  | $ | (30.5 | ) |  | $ | (936.5 | )
Schedule of Income Tax (Provision) Benefit Allocated to Components of OCI | The income tax (expense) benefit allocated to the components of AOCL for the periods indicated are as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended March, 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | 7.9 |
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs |  |  | 3.8 |  |  |  | 4.0 |
Derivative financial instruments |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  | (0.2 | )
Income tax benefit related to AOCL |  | $ | 5.9 |  |  | $ | 11.7 |

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