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Cash Dividends	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018
Cash Dividends
Cash Dividends	7. Cash Dividends On June 6, 2018, a cash dividend of $0.71 per share was declared for shareholders of record on August 17, 2018, payable August 31, 2018. The dividend payable is included in accounts payable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.    The $0.70 per share cash dividends declared March 7, 2018 and December 5, 2017,  were paid June 1, 2018 and March 1, 2018, respectively.

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