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Long-term Debt, Purchase Accounting Adjustments

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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The amount of indemnification assets (amounts to be reimbursed if and when certain assumed liabilities are paid) recognized at the acquisition date of a business combination.

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For indemnification assets recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the indemnification benefit which may be realized.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount due from customers or clients for goods or services, including trade receivables, that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, and amounts due from others, including related parties expected to be converted to cash, sold or exchanged within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities incurred for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business and related party payables, assumed at the acquisition date.

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The amount of inventory recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jul. 22, 2020	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Acquisitions
Goodwill		$ 1,640.2	$ 1,640.2	$ 1,641.7
Motion Tech Automation, LLC
Acquisitions
Percentage of ownership interest acquired	100.00%
Consideration paid	$ 33.3
Cash acquired	0.3
Goodwill	16.4
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes	16.4
Motion Tech Automation, LLC \| Technologies
Acquisitions
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 2.3
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets	9 years
Motion Tech Automation, LLC \| Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 1.0
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets	9 years
Motion Tech Automation, LLC \| Trade names
Acquisitions
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	$ 1.0
Useful life of finite lived intangible assets	5 years
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
Acquisitions
Goodwill		835.7	835.7	835.6
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies \| Motion Tech Automation, LLC
Acquisitions
Goodwill	$ 2.8
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired	4.3
Inventory	4.9
Accounts receivable	2.7
Accounts payable	1.3
Maximum indemnification	1.6
Indemnification asset	1.5
Pre-acquisition debt relieved			1.4
Indemnification asset relieved		1.4
Carlisle Construction Materials
Acquisitions
Goodwill		612.1	612.1	613.0
Carlisle Construction Materials \| Motion Tech Automation, LLC
Acquisitions
Goodwill	11.0
Carlisle Fluid Technologies
Acquisitions
Goodwill		$ 192.4	$ 192.4	$ 193.1
Carlisle Fluid Technologies \| Motion Tech Automation, LLC
Acquisitions
Goodwill	$ 2.6