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After-tax separation costs related to planned strategic repositioning costs per share

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Estimated Capitalized Costs Including Debt Issuance Costs, Pension Funding and the Separation of Information Technology Systems

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Estimated Income Taxes, Investment Banking, Legal, Consulting and Other Costs Related to Reorganizing the Ownership Structures

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Income Tax Expense Related to Planned Spinoff of Network Power

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Separation Costs Related to Planned Portfolio Repositioning Actions

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Total separation costs, comprised of income tax expense and other costs related to planned strategic repositioning actions

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Gain (loss) from sale or disposal of an organization or integrated set of activities (for example, but not limited to, a partnership or corporation) engaged in providing a product or service in a commercial, industrial, or professional environment.

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This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the economic entity which may also be defined as revenue less expenses from ongoing operations, after income or loss from equity method investments, but before income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Approximate sales	$ 4,928	$ 5,400	$ 9,641	$ 10,987
Approximate pretax earnings	608	1,604	1,111	2,369
Approximate cash flows			1,206	929
Total after-tax separation costs	$ 56		$ 78
Total after-tax separation costs per share	$ 0.09		$ 0.12
Income tax expense related to planned strategic repositioning actions	$ 28		$ 28
Pretax separation costs	31	0	55	0
After-tax separation costs	28		50
Proceeds from divestiture of business			0	1,391
Gain on divestiture of business	$ 0	$ 932	0	932
Gain on divestiture of business, after tax			$ 0	528
Planned Spinoff of Network Power and Potential Sales of Motors and Drives, Power Generation and Storage Business [Member]
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Approximate sales						$ 6,400
Approximate pretax earnings						400
Approximate cash flows						$ 500
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Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Estimated capitalized costs, including debt issuance costs and the separation of information technology systems					$ 50
Planned Spinoff of Network Power and Potential Sales of Motors and Drives, Power Generation and Storage Business [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Estimated income taxes related to reorganizing the ownership structures and investment banking, legal consulting and other costs					250
Planned Spinoff of Network Power and Potential Sales of Motors and Drives, Power Generation and Storage Business [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Estimated income taxes related to reorganizing the ownership structures and investment banking, legal consulting and other costs					$ 300
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Proceeds from divestiture of business				1,400
Gain on divestiture of business				932
Gain on divestiture of business, after tax				$ 528
Gain on divestiture impact on diluted earnings per share				$ 0.77