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In connection with the Separation and Distribution Agreement and Tax Sharing Agreement, this is the percentage share for which the Company's former affiliate is responsible for certain contingent liabilities relating to certain guarantee commitments and indemnifications and unresolved pre-Separation tax matters of the Company's former parent.

No definition available.

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In connection with the Separation and Distribution Agreement and Tax Sharing Agreement, this is the percentage share for which the Company's former parent is responsible for certain contingent liabilities relating to certain guarantee commitments and indemnifications and unresolved pre-Separation tax matters of the Company's former parent.

No definition available.

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The effect of the Tax Sharing Agreement is to indemnify the entity for this percentage of certain liabilities settled by the entity with respect to unresolved pre-Separation tax matters.

No definition available.

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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.

No definition available.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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Amount as of the balance sheet date of the aggregate standard product warranty liability. Does not include the balance for the extended product warranty liability.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph (c)(1),(c)(5)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249