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Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Changes in Goodwill (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015		Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross			$ 856.1	$ 778.4
Additions	$ 124.0		70.1
Foreign currency translation and other	(9.6)	[1]	7.6
Accumulated impairment losses	0.0		0.0
Goodwill	970.5		856.1
Investor Communication Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross			583.1	513.0
Additions	98.5		70.1
Foreign currency translation and other	(0.2)	[1]	0.0
Accumulated impairment losses	0.0		0.0
Goodwill	681.4		583.1
Goodwill transferred	10.6
Global Technology And Operations [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, gross			273.0	$ 265.4
Additions	25.5		0.0
Foreign currency translation and other	(9.4)	[1]	7.6
Accumulated impairment losses	0.0		0.0
Goodwill	289.1		$ 273.0
Goodwill transferred	$ (10.6)
[1] Includes $10.6 million of Goodwill transferred from Global Technology and Operations to Investor Communication Solutions during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 related to the organizational change discussed further in Note 17, “Financial Data by Segment”.

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