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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of dividends paid | The following is a summary of dividends paid to the Company's stockholders, including IEP, for the respective quarters to which the distributions relate:
| December 31, 2015 |  | March 31, 2016 |  | Total Dividends Paid in 2016
| (in millions, except per share data)
Amount paid to IEP | $ | 35.6 |  |  | $ | 35.6 |  |  | $ | 71.2 |
Amounts paid to public stockholders | 7.8 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | 15.6 |
Total amount paid | $ | 43.4 |  |  | $ | 43.4 |  |  | $ | 86.8 |
Per common share | $ | 0.50 |  |  | $ | 0.50 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |
Shares outstanding | 86.8 |  |  | 86.8 |  |  |

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