Special Charges, net

The Company's Technology Products segment incurred special charges of approximately $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2014. These charges, estimates of which were previously disclosed, included approximately $1.8 million in workforce reductions related to the restructuring of our European operations, $0.1 million in continued recruitment costs to staff the European shared services center, $0.1 million of additional legal and professional fees related to the previously disclosed investigation and settlement with former officers and employees and $0.4 million benefit related to favorable outcomes in the negotiation of a buyout of two retail store leases that were exited in 2013 prior to lease expiration (Other Exit Costs). For the nine months period ended September 30, 2014, the Company's Technology Products segment incurred $10.0 million in special charges. These charges, estimates of which were previously disclosed, included approximately $8.3 million in estimated workforce reductions related to the restructuring of our European operations, $0.5 million in continued recruitment costs to staff the European shared services center, $0.1 million for changes in the estimate of lease valuation accruals and the buyout of the two retail store leases mentioned above (Other Exit Costs), $0.2 million in other costs related to the retail stores that were closed in 2013, $0.2 million in charges related to the final sale of the facility which had been used in connection with our previously exited PC manufacturing business and $0.7 million of additional legal and professional fees related to the previously disclosed investigation and settlement with former officers and employees.

The balance of the workforce reductions and retail store closing liabilities are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet within accrued expenses and other current liabilities and other liabilities.

The following table details the associated liabilities related to the Technology Products segments special charges (in millions):

	Workforce reductions and Personnel Costs			Other Exit Costs			Total
Balance January 1, 2014	$	7.0		$	5.1		$	12.1
Charged to expense		8.3			0.1			8.4
Paid or otherwise settled		(10.7	)		(1.4	)		(12.1	)
Balance September 30, 2014	$	4.6		$	3.8		$	8.4

Corporate and other segment incurred $0.1 million of special charges related to severance costs in the quarter and nine months period ended September 30, 2014.