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Stockholders’ Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Federal Home Loan Banks [Abstract] |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following tables display the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCL”) as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (in millions):
| Cumulative Translation Adjustment |  | Pension and Postretirement Costs |  | Derivative Financial Instruments |  | AOCL
Balance at December 31, 2017 | $ | (318.8 | ) |  | $ | (385.5 | ) |  | $ | (58.8 | ) |  | $ | (763.1 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (203.0 | ) |  | 29.1 |  |  | 14.6 |  |  | (159.3 | )
Amounts reclassified to earnings | 29.2 |  |  | 12.8 |  |  | 30.2 |  |  | 72.2 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | (173.8 | ) |  | 41.9 |  |  | 44.8 |  |  | (87.1 | )
Reclassification to retained earnings (1) | — |  |  | (54.5 | ) |  | (8.1 | ) |  | (62.6 | )
Balance at December 31, 2018 | $ | (492.6 | ) |  | $ | (398.1 | ) |  | $ | (22.1 | ) |  | $ | (912.8 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 4.4 |  |  | (8.0 | ) |  | (14.1 | ) |  | (17.7 | )
Amounts reclassified to earnings | 9.7 |  |  | 7.1 |  |  | (6.2 | ) |  | 10.6 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) | 14.1 |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  | (20.3 | ) |  | (7.1 | )
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | (478.5 | ) |  | $ | (399.0 | ) |  | $ | (42.4 | ) |  | $ | (919.9 | )
(1) Reclassification is due to the adoption of ASU 2018-2.
Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) Allocated to Components of OCI | The income tax provision (benefit) allocated to the components of OCI for the years ended December 31, are as follows (in millions):
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Foreign currency translation adjustments | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |
Unrecognized pension and postretirement costs | (0.2 | ) |  | 11.3 |  |  | 12.3 |
Derivative financial instruments | (2.8 | ) |  | 18.6 |  |  | (8.7 | )
Income tax related to AOCL | $ | (2.8 | ) |  | $ | 33.6 |  |  | $ | 4.1 |

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