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Proposed Business Acquisition, Termination Costs and Expenses Reimbursements

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Proposed Business Acquisition, Termination Fee

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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-Publisher FASB
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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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-Topic 225
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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 17, 2017	Sep. 14, 2017	Jul. 29, 2017
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Potential termination fee	$ 7.0
Termination costs and expenses reimbursements	0.5
Reverse termination fee	9.0
AG Florida
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Revenues			$ 650.0
AG Florida \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses	$ 180.0
Joliet, Illinois \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Payments to acquire productive assets		$ 61.0