Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss), including the amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings, was as follows:

	Amounts Arising During the Current Period					Amounts Reclassified to Net Income (Loss)
(In millions)	Pretax			Income Tax		Pretax		Income Tax		Total Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three months ended March 31, 2019
Amounts attributable to Brink's:
Benefit plan adjustments	$	(1.3	)	0.2		11.3		(2.7	)	7.5
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.3			—		—		—		0.3
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges	(5.3		)	1.1		(2.6	)	0.9		(5.9	)
	(6.3		)	1.3		8.7		(1.8	)	1.9
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.3			—		—		—		0.3
	0.3			—		—		—		0.3
Total
Benefit plan adjustments(a)	(1.3		)	0.2		11.3		(2.7	)	7.5
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.6			—		—		—		0.6
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges(b)	(5.3		)	1.1		(2.6	)	0.9		(5.9	)
	$	(6.0	)	1.3		8.7		(1.8	)	2.2
Three months ended March 31, 2018
Amounts attributable to Brink's:
Benefit plan adjustments	$	(1.0	)	0.3		14.8		(3.4	)	10.7
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.1			—		—		—		0.1
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges	0.4			(0.1	)	—		—		0.3
	(0.5		)	0.2		14.8		(3.4	)	11.1
Amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Benefit plan adjustments	—			—		0.2		—		0.2
Foreign currency translation adjustments	0.9			—		—		—		0.9
	0.9			—		0.2		—		1.1
Total
Benefit plan adjustments(a)	(1.0		)	0.3		15.0		(3.4	)	10.9
Foreign currency translation adjustments	1.0			—		—		—		1.0
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges(b)	0.4			(0.1	)	—		—		0.3
	$	0.4		0.2		15.0		(3.4	)	12.2

(a) The amortization of actuarial losses and prior service cost is part of total net periodic retirement benefit cost when reclassified to net income.  Net periodic retirement benefit cost also includes service cost, interest cost, expected return on assets, and settlement losses.  Total service cost is allocated between cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses on a plan-by-plan basis and the remaining net periodic retirement benefit cost items are allocated to interest and other nonoperating income (expense):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)	2019		2018
Total net periodic retirement benefit cost included in:
Cost of revenues	$	1.9	2.4
Selling, general and administrative expenses	0.6		0.6
Interest and other nonoperating income (expense)	9.7		11.7

(b) Pretax gains and losses on cash flow hedges are classified in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as:

• other operating income (expense) ($3.8 million gain in the three months ended March 31, 2019 and no gains or losses in the three months ended March 31, 2018)

• interest expense ($1.2 million of expense in the three months ended March 31, 2019).

Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to Brink’s are as follows:

(In millions)	Benefit Plan Adjustments			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	(572.1	)	(382.0	)	0.8		(953.3	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(1.1		)	0.3		(4.2	)	(5.0	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income (loss)	8.6			—		(1.7	)	6.9
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Brink's	7.5			0.3		(5.9	)	1.9
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle(a)	(28.8		)	—		—		(28.8	)
Balance as of March 31, 2019	$	(593.4	)	(381.7	)	(5.1	)	(980.2	)

(a) We adopted ASU 2018-02 (see Note 1) effective January 1, 2019 and recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings.