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Intangible Assets, net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Intangible Assets, net |
Summarizes the Company's intangible assets, net |
|  | September 30, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010 |
|  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |
|  | (in millions) |
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Covenants not to compete |  | $ | 7.4 |  | $ | (6.9 | ) | $ | 7.1 |  | $ | (6.7 | )
Loan fees |  | 31.2 |  | (17.4 | ) | 23.9 |  | (14.1 | )
Customer lists/relationships |  | 470.5 |  | (104.9 | ) | 379.3 |  | (83.7 | )
Software — internal use |  | 8.1 |  | (4.5 | ) | 8.1 |  | (3.8 | )
Other |  | 4.9 |  | (2.0 | ) | 4.9 |  | (1.7 | )
|  | 522.1 |  | (135.7 | ) | 423.3 |  | (110.0 | )
Intangible assets not subject to amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade names |  | 523.4 |  | — |  | 442.5 |  | — |
|  | $ | 1,045.5 |  | $ | (135.7 | ) | $ | 865.8 |  | $ | (110.0 | )
Summary of estimated aggregated amortization expense |
2011 |  | $ | 9.9 |
2012 |  | 39.5 |
2013 |  | 39.4 |
2014 |  | 37.4 |
2015 |  | 35.8 |
2016 |  | 34.2 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the estimated aggregate amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization for each of the five succeeding fiscal years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph (a) -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 2 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6905858&loc=d3e16323-109275 + Details
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