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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expected Achievement Percentage

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Employees Granted with Awards

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Publisher FASB
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Shareholders’ Equity - 1995 Stock Option Plan (Details) shares in Millions	1 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016 employee	Jan. 28, 2017 shares	Jan. 31, 2015
Performance-based Equity Awards \| Executive Officers
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees who later joined the Company who were granted with equity awards \| employee		4
Performance RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected achievement percentage of performance awards			100.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares reserved for issuance, authorized			383.4
Equity awards, expiration period			10 years
Number of shares available for future issuance			98.6
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Incentive Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, expiration period			5 years
Percentage of ownership in outstanding stock (greater than)			10.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Incentive Stock Option \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock option, purchase price as percentage of fair market value			110.00%
Equity awards, vesting period			2 years
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Incentive Stock Option \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting period			5 years
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Performance RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting period	2 years
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Performance RSUs \| Vesting on April 1, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage	50.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Performance RSUs \| Vesting on April 1, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage	50.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Financial Performance RSU \| First Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage				50.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Financial Performance RSU \| Second Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage				50.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Strategic Performance Award \| First Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage				50.00%
Employee Stock Option Plan, 1995 Plan \| Strategic Performance Award \| Second Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity awards, vesting percentage				50.00%