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The pro forma general and administrative expense for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma gross profit for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma income before income taxes for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The amount of pro forma net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma income from operations for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma impairment loss of goodwill for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma impairment loss on long-lived assets for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma other income (expense), net for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma provision for (benefit from) income taxes for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The pro forma income attributable to non-controlling interests for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

No definition available.

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The amount of pro forma net income (loss) for the period available to each share of common stock or common unit outstanding during the reporting period and to each share or unit that would have been outstanding assuming the issuance of common shares or units for all dilutive potential common shares or units outstanding during the reporting period.

No definition available.

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Business acquisition pro forma average number of shares or units issued and outstanding that are used in calculating diluted EPS or earnings per unit (EPU), determined based on the timing of issuance of shares or units in the period.

No definition available.

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Business acquisition pro forma number of [basic] shares or units, after adjustment for contingently issuable shares or units and other shares or units not deemed outstanding, determined by relating the portion of time within a reporting period that common shares or units have been outstanding to the total time in that period.

No definition available.

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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.

No definition available.

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Amount after tax of pro forma income from continuing operations as if the business combination had been completed at the beginning of a period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (h)(2)-(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65885119&loc=d3e1392-128463

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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.