Losses and Other Expenses, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Losses and other expenses, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (in millions):



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2016			2015		2014
Realized losses on settled futures contracts	$	1.1		$	1.9	$	0.8
Foreign currency exchange losses	2.2			3.6		1.6
Losses (gains) on disposal of fixed assets	0.5			0.6		(0.3		)
Net change in unrealized losses (gains) on unsettled futures contracts	(3.6		)	0.6		0.6
Asbestos-related litigation	6.3			3.0		0.9
Acquisition expenses	0.4			1.0		—
Special legal contingency charges	1.9			7.4		0.9
Environmental liabilities	1.9			1.0		2.0
Contractor tax payments	0.6			2.6		—
Other items, net	—			—		0.3
Losses and other expenses, net	$	11.3		$	21.7	$	6.8

Below is information about expenses included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations (in millions):



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2016		2015		2014
Research and development	$	64.6	$	62.3	$	60.7
Advertising, promotions and marketing ⁽¹⁾	41.0		42.5		41.9
Cooperative advertising expenditures ⁽²⁾	14.7		13.7		13.1
Rent expense	57.9		53.5		50.5

⁽¹⁾ Cooperative advertising expenditures were not included in these amounts.

⁽²⁾ Cooperative advertising expenditures were included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.