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CONTINGENCIES
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
CONTINGENCIES CONTINGENCIES
One of the Company's subsidiaries that it acquired in 2007 is subject to numerous claims filed in various jurisdictions relating to certain sub-fractional motors that were primarily manufactured through 2004 and that were included as components of residential and commercial ventilation units manufactured and sold in high volumes by a third party. These ventilation units are subject to product safety requirements and other potential regulation of their performance by government agencies such as the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”). The claims generally allege that the ventilation units were the cause of fires. The Company has recorded an estimated liability for incurred claims. Based on the current facts, the Company cannot assure that these claims, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on its subsidiary's financial condition. The Company's subsidiary cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these claims, the nature or extent of any CPSC or other remedial actions, if any, that the Company's subsidiary may need to undertake with respect to motors that remain in the field, or the costs that may be incurred, some of which could be significant.
The Company is, from time to time, party to litigation and other legal or regulatory proceedings that arise in the normal course of its business operations and the outcomes of which are subject to significant uncertainty, including product warranty and liability claims, contract disputes and environmental, asbestos, intellectual property, employment and other litigation matters. The Company's products are used in a variety of industrial, commercial and residential applications that subject the Company to claims that the use of its products is alleged to have resulted in injury or other damage. Many of these matters will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. Management conducts regular reviews, including updates from legal counsel, to assess the need for accounting recognition or disclosure of these contingencies, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise in judgment. The Company accrues for exposures in amounts that it believes are adequate, and the Company does not believe that the outcome of any such lawsuit individually or collectively will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, its results of operations or its cash flows.
The Company recognizes the cost associated with its standard warranty on its products at the time of sale. The amount recognized is based on historical experience. The following table presents a reconciliation of the changes in accrued warranty costs for the three and six months ended June 29, 2019 and June 30, 2018 (in millions):
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 29,
2019
 
June 30,
2018
 
June 29,
2019
 
June 30,
2018
Beginning Balance
$
16.0

 
$
15.6

 
$
14.8

 
$
16.0

Less: Payments
(1.0
)
 
(4.9
)
 
(4.7
)
 
(10.0
)
Provisions
1.4

 
6.1

 
6.7

 
10.8

Acquisitions
—

 
0.3

 
—

 
0.3

Held for Sale
—

 
—

 
(0.4
)
 
—

Translation Adjustments
—

 
(0.1
)
 
—

 
(0.1
)
Ending Balance
$
16.4

 
$
17.0

 
$
16.4

 
$
17.0


These liabilities are included in Other Accrued Expenses and Other Noncurrent Liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.