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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Event (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended
	Aug. 08, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	Aug. 07, 2016
North American Customer Communications [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price		$ 410.0
Quarterly Dividend Declared [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Increase in dividends payable (per share)	$ 0.03
Dividends payable (per share)	0.33
Annual Dividend Declared [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends payable (per share)	$ 1.32		$ 1.2