OTHER BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

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Additional Details Related to Certain Balance Sheet Captions

		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Other current assets:
	Prepaid taxes	$	55.5	$	94.9
	Prepaid expenses		95.7		91.7
	Capitalized costs to obtain and fulfill sales contracts (1)		39.2		15.9
	Other		43.2		47.6
	Total other current assets	$	233.6	$	250.1
		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Other assets:
	Investments in joint ventures	$	100.4	$	99.1
	Deposits for real-estate leases		12.2		12.3
	Indemnification assets related to acquisitions		16.8		17.0
	Mutual funds and fixed deposits		44.3		22.1
	Costs to obtain sales contracts (1)		69.3		-
	Other		15.0		9.4
	Total other assets	$	258.0	$	159.9
(1) The 2018 amount reflects capitalized costs to obtain sales contracts (sales commissions) pursuant to the adoption of the New Revenue Accounting Standard, which are amortized over an average 7 year period as well as costs incurred and capitalized for in process ratings (current assets only).
		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
	Salaries and benefits	$	136.6	$	129.6
	Incentive compensation		51.0		246.7
	Customer credits, advanced payments and advanced billings		27.4		22.2
	Self-insurance reserves		9.9		8.1
	Dividends		4.8		6.2
	Professional service fees		49.9		47.1
	Interest accrued on debt		30.2		73.9
	Accounts payable		32.0		21.8
	Income taxes		86.7		79.2
	Pension and other retirement employee benefits (see Note 14)		5.9		5.9
	Accrued royalties		19.6		26.4
	Other		78.6		83.2
	Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	532.6	$	750.3
		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Other liabilities:
	Pension and other retirement employee benefits (see Note 14)	$	256.0	$	244.5
	Deferred rent - non-current portion		101.7		103.1
	Interest accrued on UTPs		52.8		54.7
	Other tax matters		1.3		1.3
	Income tax liability - non-current (2)		108.0		232.2
	Other		34.4		28.2
Total other liabilities		$	554.2	$	664.0
(2) Primarily reflects the transition tax pursuant to the Tax Act, which was enacted into law in December 2017.

Self Insurance Reserves

		Three Months Ended		Year Ended
		March 31,		December 31,
		2018		2017
Balance January 1,		$	8.1	$	11.1
	Accruals (reversals), net		2.4		9.6
	Payments		(0.6)		(12.6)
Balance		$	9.9	$	8.1

Other Non-Operating

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
FX loss	$	(5.9)	$	(9.6)
Net periodic pension costs - other component (1)		2.3		1.7
Joint venture income		1.3		1.0
Other		3.3		(0.8)
Total	$	1.0	$	(7.7)
(1) The Company adopted ASU No. 2017-07 in the first quarter of 2018, whereby all components of pension expense except for the service cost component are required to be presented in other non-operating income. The service cost component continues to be reported as an operating expense.