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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Performance Period Two

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Target Percentage

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
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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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