The fair value per share of a company at the time of a merger that was determined by a court during the period.

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The amount per share that was determined to be paid to affected clients during the period which was intended to make them whole for the voting discrepancy that resulted in the denial of their appraisal rights.

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Price Offered, Per Share

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The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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Amount of insurance proceeds for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64828382&loc=d3e15138-107781

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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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Amount, before deduction of insurance proceeds, of loss recognized in the income statement for an event or transaction that is unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, or both.

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DELL APPRAISAL RIGHTS MATTER. (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017
Dell appraisal rights matter [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Nonrecurring charge related to Dell appraisal rights matter				$ 166.2	$ 166.2
Court determined fair value per share at time of Dell merger (in dollars per share)				$ 17.62
Price offered per share in Dell merger (in dollars per share)				13.75
Payment per share for any shareholder perfecting appraisal rights (in dollars per share)				$ 17.62
Insurance proceeds	$ 100.0	$ 50.0	$ 100.0
Dell appraisal rights matter [Member]
Unusual or Infrequent Item, or Both [Line Items]
Unrecorded gain contingency						$ 15.2