Amount of Credit Facilities Expired

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- Definition

Length of Credit Facility

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- Definition

Maximum contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
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- Definition

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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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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- Definition

Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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- Definition

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Line-of-Credit Arrangement
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Carrying amount at the balance sheet date of borrowings from a bank, not elsewhere enumerated in the taxonomy, with a maturity within one year (or within one operating cycle if longer) from the date of borrowing.

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Debt and Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Detail) € in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€)
7.7% due 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount					$ 125
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					7.70%
150 million USD floating rate term loan maturing in September 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term					7 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable					$ 150
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount				$ 150
$35M revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, expired			$ 35
Credit facility			35
Credit facility, amount drawn			0
$100M revolving credit facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, expired			100
Credit facility	$ 100		100
Credit facility, amount drawn			0
Length of Credit Facility	9 months	9 months
37 Million Euro Revolving Credit Facility [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, expired \| €		€ 37
100 Million Euro Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility \| €								€ 100
Length of Credit Facility	9 months	9 months
200 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in October 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Length of Credit Facility	10 months	10 months
100 million USD Floating Rate Term Loan Maturing in October 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 200
125 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in October 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 125
Length of Credit Facility	10 months	10 months
$500M floating rate term loan, maturing Sep 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term						9 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable						$ 500
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount				500
$100M floating rate term loan, maturing Sep 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term						9 months
Short-term Bank Loans and Notes Payable						$ 100
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount				$ 100
$125 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in September 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility			$ 125
Length of Credit Facility			9 months
$200 Million USD floating rate term loan maturing in September 2016 [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility			$ 200
Length of Credit Facility			9 months
90 million USD revolving credit facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 90				$ 90
Debt Instrument, Term					1 year
Credit facility, amount drawn	$ 90
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount							$ 90
Length of Credit Facility	1 year	1 year
5.5% due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	$ 800
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.50%	5.50%
Contingent on consumation of Tyco merger [Domain] \| 2.0 billion USD revolving credit facility [Member] [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 2,000