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Amount of cost to be recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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Per share or unit weighted-average fair value of nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for equity-based awards excluding options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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	Feb. 20, 2024	Mar. 15, 2023	Feb. 14, 2023	Feb. 15, 2022	Feb. 29, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares
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Granted (in shares)									226,000
Non-vested, end of period (in shares)							264,000		264,000
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Granted (in dollars per share)									2.28
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Weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted (in dollars per share)					$ 2.28	$ 3.71
Percentage of performance target cap of award	100.00%	100.00%
Percentage of year-over-year annual revenue growth rate			2.70%
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Percentage of targeted financial performance									150.00%
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Performance Shares \| Minimum \| Scenario Performance Financial Metric Greater Than 200%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Maximum \| Scenario Performance Financial Metric is Between 50% to 200%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Executive Officer
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Executive Officer \| Scenario Performance Minimum Financial Metric
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Executive Officer \| Scenario Performance Financial Metric is Between 50% to 200%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Executive Officer \| Scenario Performance Financial Metric Greater Than 200%
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Financial Officer
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Performance Shares \| Chief Financial Officer \| Scenario Performance Minimum Financial Metric
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
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