Effect of exchange rate on contingent consideration

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Fair Value Disclosures Unobservable Inputs [Abstract]

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Fair value input, Project Years of Payment

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Payments for Contingent Consideration

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the value of a contingent consideration liability, including, but not limited to, differences arising upon settlement.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 30
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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Weighted average expected volatility of stock price.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair Value Measurements Unobservable Input (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Feb. 10, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures Unobservable Inputs [Abstract]
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate	1.00%	1.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Weighted Average Volatility Rate	25.00%	25.00%
Fair value input, Project Years of Payment	3 years	3 years
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs, Liability Beginning Balance				$ 7.3	$ 5.2
Additions of contingent consideration from acquisition				4.5	9.9
Change in fair value of contingent consideration			$ 8.2	8.7	(7.4)
Effect of changes in exchange rates used for translation				(1.2)	(0.4)
Payment of contingent consideration				9.9	0.0	$ 0.0
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs, Liability Ending Balance	$ 5.2		$ 7.3	$ 5.2	$ 7.3	$ 5.2