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Plant Closure Provisions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Plant Closure Provisions

NOTE 10 – PLANT CLOSURE PROVISIONS

The liability for estimated closure costs of Innospec’s manufacturing facilities includes costs for decontamination and environmental remediation activities (“remediation”). The principal site giving rise to remediation liabilities is the manufacturing site at Ellesmere Port in the United Kingdom. There are also remediation liabilities on a smaller scale in respect of our other manufacturing sites in the U.S. and the rest of Europe.

Movements in the provisions are summarized as follows:

		Three Months Ended March 31
(in millions)		2019				2018
Total at January 1		$	49.5			$	46.1
Charge for the period			1.0				1.6
Utilized in the period			(0.7	)			(0.9	)
Exchange effect			(0.1	)			0.1
Total at March 31			49.7				46.9
Due within one year			(5.3	)			(4.2	)
Due after one year		$	44.4			$	42.7

Amounts due within one year refer to provisions where expenditure is expected to arise within one year of the balance sheet date.

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The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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