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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Note 2 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) € in Thousands, ¥ in Thousands	Jul. 11, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 11, 2023 EUR (€)	May 01, 2023 USD ($)	May 01, 2023 GBP (£)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 16, 2022 EUR (€)	Oct. 24, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)	Jan. 26, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2022 GBP (£)	Jan. 11, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 11, 2022 EUR (€)	Jun. 03, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)
Goodwill															$ 1,441,414,000	$ 1,392,627,000
Construction Adhesives [Member]
Goodwill															427,301,000	425,755,000
Beardow Adams [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 99,426	£ 79,570
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| £				£ 8,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			40,485
Goodwill			$ 42,585
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets						$ 16,356
Aspen Research Corporation [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 9,850,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount					$ 500,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															7,777
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															2,073
Lemtapes [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross						8,552	€ 8,048
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Holdback Amount \| €							€ 850
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill						6,535
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets						$ 2,017
GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total								$ 7,701,000
Business Acquisition, Holdback Amount, Paid on 12 Month								$ 1,050,000
GSSI Sealants, Inc. [Member] \| Construction Adhesives [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																4,523,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																3,178,000
ZKLT Polymer Co., Ltd [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill															5,183,000
Goodwill															3,902,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets															$ 10,085,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total									$ 15,183,000	¥ 102,812
Business Combination, Required Payments Each 12 and 18 month									3,987,000	¥ 27,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High									$ 4,430,000								¥ 30,000
Apollo [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross											$ 205,592,000	£ 152,714,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																76,198,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets																10,036,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount											$ 0
Apollo [Member] \| UNITED KINGDOM \| Trademarks and Trade Names [Member]
Goodwill																119,358,000
Fourny NV [Member] \| BELGIUM
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross													$ 14,627,000	€ 12,867
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill																10,117,000
Goodwill																6,455,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount																0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents																$ 1,391,000
Fourny NV [Member] \| BELGIUM \| Forecast [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 3,524,000	€ 3,100