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Employee Benefit Obligations Employee Benefit Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations | The following tables provide additional information on the Company’s pension plans as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, which principally relate to Spectrum Brands:
|  | U.S. Plans |  | Non U.S. Plans
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Change in benefit obligation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation, beginning of year |  | $ | 98.7 |  |  | $ | 93.2 |  |  | $ | 210.6 |  |  | $ | 184.4 |
Service cost |  | 0.8 |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 3.4 |  |  | 2.6 |
Interest cost |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 5.7 |
Actuarial (gain) loss |  | (4.4 | ) |  | 6.8 |  |  | (22.4 | ) |  | 36.0 |
Curtailments |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | — |
Benefits paid |  | (7.1 | ) |  | (5.6 | ) |  | (8.6 | ) |  | (6.1 | )
Foreign currency exchange rate changes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | (12.0 | )
Projected benefit obligation, end of year |  | $ | 91.3 |  |  | $ | 98.7 |  |  | $ | 195.9 |  |  | $ | 210.6 |
Change in plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 77.7 |  |  | $ | 72.6 |  |  | $ | 115.0 |  |  | $ | 116.9 |
Actual return on plan assets |  | 7.9 |  |  | 6.5 |  |  | (1.4 | ) |  | 8.9 |
Employer contributions |  | 2.0 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 8.8 |  |  | 6.6 |
Benefits paid |  | (7.1 | ) |  | (5.6 | ) |  | (8.6 | ) |  | (6.1 | )
Foreign currency exchange rate changes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4.6 |  |  | (11.3 | )
Fair value of plan assets, end of year |  | $ | 80.5 |  |  | $ | 77.7 |  |  | $ | 118.4 |  |  | $ | 115.0 |
Accrued Benefit Cost / Funded Status |  | $ | (10.8 | ) |  | $ | (21.0 | ) |  | $ | (77.5 | ) |  | $ | (95.6 | )
Weighted average assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 3.1% to 3.7% |  | 2.8% to 3.5% |  | 1.1% to 13.4% |  | 1.0% to 13.5%
Expected return on plan assets |  | 7.0% |  | 7.0% |  | 1.1% to 4.1% |  | 1.0% to 3.7%
Rate of compensation increase |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 1.4% to 7.0% |  | 2.3% to 7.0%
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The following benefit payments were expected to be paid as of September 30, 2017:
Fiscal Year |  | U.S. Plans |  | Non U.S. Plans
2018 |  | $ | 5.3 |  |  | $ | 5.8 |
2019 |  | 5.4 |  |  | 6.5 |
2020 |  | 5.4 |  |  | 7.0 |
2021 |  | 5.5 |  |  | 7.3 |
2022 |  | 5.3 |  |  | 7.5 |
2023 to 2027 |  | 26.7 |  |  | 44.6 |
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets | Below is a summary allocation of all pension plan assets as of September 30, 2017 and 2016:
|  | U.S. Plans |  | Non U.S. Plans
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Asset Type |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities |  | 58 | % |  | 61 | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Fixed income securities |  | 39 | % |  | 36 | % |  | 19 | % |  | 23 | %
Other |  | 3 | % |  | 3 | % |  | 81 | % |  | 77 | %
Total |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
The fair value of pension plan assets by asset category as of September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
|  | September 30, 2017
|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Defined Benefit Plan Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. equity securities |  | $ | 24.1 |  |  | $ | 9.1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 33.2 |
Foreign equity securities |  | 11.3 |  |  | 1.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 12.7 |
Fixed income securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. fixed income securities |  | 21.0 |  |  | 8.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 29.1 |
Foreign fixed income securities |  | 2.1 |  |  | 21.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 23.7 |
Real estate |  | 1.8 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.8 |
Life insurance contracts |  | — |  |  | 40.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 40.2 |
Other |  | — |  |  | 49.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 49.2 |
Foreign cash & cash equivalents |  | 9.0 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9.0 |
Total defined benefit plan assets |  | $ | 69.3 |  |  | $ | 129.6 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 198.9 |
|  | September 30, 2016
|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Defined Benefit Plan Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. equity securities |  | $ | 22.2 |  |  | $ | 11.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 34.0 |
Foreign equity securities |  | 10.4 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | — |  |  | 12.7 |
Fixed income securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. fixed income securities |  | 19.6 |  |  | 7.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 26.7 |
Foreign fixed income securities |  | 1.9 |  |  | 24.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 26.0 |
Real estate |  | 1.7 |  |  | 5.8 |  |  | — |  |  | 7.5 |
Life insurance contracts |  | — |  |  | 37.0 |  |  | — |  |  | 37.0 |
Other |  | — |  |  | 35.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 35.1 |
Foreign cash & cash equivalents |  | 13.7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 13.7 |
Total defined benefit plan assets |  | $ | 69.5 |  |  | $ | 123.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 192.7 |
Components of Consolidated Net Periodic Benefit and Deferred Compensation Benefit Costs and Contributions Made |
|  | U.S. Plans |  | Non U.S. Plans
|  | Fiscal |  | Fiscal
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Components of net periodic cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | 3.4 |  |  | $ | 2.6 |  |  | $ | 2.6 |
Interest cost |  | 3.3 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 4.4 |  |  | 5.7 |  |  | 6.2 |
Expected return on assets |  | (5.2 | ) |  | (5.2 | ) |  | (5.6 | ) |  | (4.2 | ) |  | (4.2 | ) |  | (5.2 | )
Curtailment gain |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.7 |
Recognized net actuarial loss |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 1.3 |
Net periodic cost |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | (0.2 | ) |  | $ | (0.9 | ) |  | $ | 7.8 |  |  | $ | 5.0 |  |  | $ | 5.6 |
Weighted average assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 2.8% to 4.0% |  | 3.4% to 4.3% |  | 3.5% to 4.2% |  | 1.0% to 13.5% |  | 1.8% to 13.8% |  | 2.0% to 13.5%
Expected return on plan assets |  | 7.0% |  | 7.0% to 7.3% |  | 7.3% to 7.5% |  | 1.0% to 3.7% |  | 1.8% to 4.5% |  | 2.0% to 5.3%
Rate of compensation increase |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 2.3% to 7.0% |  | 2.3% to 5.5% |  | 2.3% to 5.5%

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