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OTHER
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]  
OTHER OTHER
Other general expense (income) - net
Included in Other general expense (income) - net were the following:
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2024202320242023
Provisions for environmental matters - net$2.8 $39.4 $(7.7)$52.7 
Gain on divestiture of business (see Note 3)— — — (20.1)
(Gains) losses on sale or disposition of assets(2.0)12.7 (25.2)(8.1)
Other(0.1)9.8 2.0 15.4 
Other general expense (income) - net$0.7 $61.9 $(30.9)$39.9 
Provisions for environmental matters - net represent initial provisions for site-specific estimated costs of environmental investigation or remediation and increases or decreases to environmental-related accruals as information becomes available upon which more accurate costs can be reasonably estimated and as additional accounting guidelines are issued. Provisions for environmental matters - net for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 included an immaterial amount of insurance proceeds related to environmental cleanup at a current manufacturing site. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, additional provisions were recorded based on new information which impacted the estimate of required remediation at certain Major Sites and other Company locations. See Note 8 for further details on the Company’s environmental-related activities.
(Gains) losses on sale or disposition of assets represents (gains) losses with the sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets previously used in the conduct of the primary business of the Company.
There were no items within the Other caption that were individually significant.
Other expense (income) - net
Included in Other expense (income) - net were the following:
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 2024202320242023
Net investment gains$(1.9)$(0.5)$(10.8)$(19.2)
Net expense from banking activities3.6 3.1 11.3 10.9 
Foreign currency transaction related losses - net6.8 1.1 9.8 24.7 
Miscellaneous periodic benefit income(4.9)(5.2)(14.7)(15.4)
Other income(17.5)(10.5)(51.7)(40.9)
Other expense23.4 4.0 25.9 22.9 
Other expense (income) - net$9.5 $(8.0)$(30.2)$(17.0)
Net investment gains primarily relate to the change in market value of the investments held in the deferred compensation plan and realized change in market value of bonds issued by a foreign government. See Note 13 for further details on the fair value of these investments.
Foreign currency transaction related losses - net include the impact from foreign currency transactions, including from highly inflationary economies such as Argentina, and net realized (gains) losses from foreign currency option and forward contracts. See Note 12 for further details regarding these foreign currency contracts.
Miscellaneous periodic benefit income consists of the non-service components of pension and other postretirement benefit net periodic benefit cost (credit). See Note 7 for further details.
Other income and other expense include items of revenue, gains, expenses and losses that were unrelated to the primary business purpose of the Company. There were no items within the other income or other expense caption that were individually significant.