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Description of Business: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Description of Business: |
Schedule of breakdown of separation cash outflows |
|  | Separation Cash Outflows |
Capital distribution to A&B(A) |  | $ | 155.7 |
Separation costs |  | 8.6 |
Capitalized debt financing costs |  | 1.9 |
Total cash outflow related to the Separation |  | $ | 166.2 |
(A) Includes a net distribution of $4.3 million, of which $3.6 million was paid out during the third quarter of 2012 related to the settlement of certain liabilities of the Former Parent Company. The remaining $0.7 million is expected to be paid in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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