Losses and Other Expenses, net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

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



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018			2017			2016
Realized (gains) losses on settled futures contracts	$	(0.4	)	$	(1.7	)	$	1.1
Foreign currency exchange losses (gains)	1.7			(1.8		)	2.2
Losses on disposal of fixed assets	0.7			0.2			0.5
Net change in unrealized losses (gains) on unsettled futures contracts	1.5			0.9			(3.6		)
Asbestos-related litigation	4.0			3.5			6.3
Special legal contingency charges	1.9			3.7			1.9
Environmental liabilities	2.2			2.2			1.9
Contractor tax payments	—			0.1			0.6
Other items, net	1.8			—			0.4
Losses (gains) and other expenses, net	$	13.4		$	7.1		$	11.3

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



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Research and development	$	72.2	$	73.6	$	64.6
Advertising, promotions and marketing ⁽¹⁾	42.5		45.0		41.0
Cooperative advertising expenditures ⁽²⁾	16.8		18.6		14.7
Rent expense	58.5		57.7		57.9

⁽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.