Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

WhiteWave— We separated The WhiteWave Foods Company ("WhiteWave") from the Company in a series of three transactions: an initial public offering for 13.3% of the WhiteWave common stock in the fourth quarter of 2012 (the "WhiteWave IPO"); a tax-free spin-off of 66.8% of the WhiteWave common stock in the second quarter of 2013; and a tax-free debt-for-equity exchange of 19.9% of the WhiteWave common stock in the third quarter of 2013. Refer to Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information about the WhiteWave separation. While we were a party to certain commercial agreements with WhiteWave, we have determined that the continuing cash flows generated by these agreements, which ended in June 2015, did not constitute significant continuing involvement in the operations of WhiteWave and are not reflected in results from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014.

Other Discontinued Operations — During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we recognized a $0.1 million charge, net of tax, for activity related to prior discontinued operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, we recognized net losses from discontinued operations of $0.8 million, and net gains from discontinued operations of $0.3 million, respectively, from the finalization of certain pre-separation tax items related to WhiteWave and favorable taxing authority settlements related to Morningstar and other discontinued operations.