Losses and Other Expenses, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017			2016			2015
Realized (gains) losses on settled futures contracts	$	(1.7	)	$	1.1		$	1.9
Foreign currency exchange (gains) losses	(1.8		)	2.2			3.6
Losses on disposal of fixed assets	0.2			0.5			0.6
Net change in unrealized losses (gains) on unsettled futures contracts	0.9			(3.6		)	0.6
Asbestos-related litigation	3.5			6.3			3.0
Acquisition/disposition expenses	1.1			0.4			1.0
Special legal contingency charges	3.7			1.9			7.4
Environmental liabilities	2.2			1.9			1.0
Contractor tax payments	0.1			0.6			2.6
Losses and other expenses, net	$	8.2		$	11.3		$	21.7

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



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Research and development	$	73.6	$	64.6	$	62.3
Advertising, promotions and marketing ⁽¹⁾	45.0		41.0		42.5
Cooperative advertising expenditures ⁽²⁾	18.6		14.7		13.7
Rent expense	57.7		57.9		53.5

⁽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.