Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Components of total other comprehensive income (loss)

The components of total comprehensive income (loss) are as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2012		2011			2012		2011
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Bemis Company, Inc.	$	67.3	$	(109.4	)	$	106.5	$	67.6
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	—		0.3			—		5.3
Total comprehensive income (loss)	$	67.3	$	(109.1	)	$	106.5	$	72.9

Components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows as of:



	September 30,			December 31,
(in millions)	2012			2011
Foreign currency translation	$	86.0		$	128.8
Pension and other postretirement liability adjustment, net of tax effect of $121.1 and $130.1	(203.9		)	(219.6		)
Unrecognized gain on derivative	—			0.1
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(117.9	)	$	(90.7	)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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