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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Long-term Debt, Other Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Debt Disclosure Text Block | The following is a summary of outstanding debt as of December 31, (in millions):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Medium-term notes | $ | 2,692.6 |  |  | $ | 2,089.5 |
Commercial paper | — |  |  | 28.0 |
Receivables facility | 350.0 |  |  | 350.0 |
Other debt | 33.8 |  |  | 14.4 |
Total debt | 3,076.4 |  |  | 2,481.9 |
Short-term debt | (382.9 | ) |  | (390.7 | )
Current portion of long-term debt | (5.9 | ) |  | (6.7 | )
Long-term debt | $ | 2,687.6 |  |  | $ | 2,084.5 |
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block] | Medium-term Notes The Company’s outstanding medium-term notes consisted of the following principal amounts and interest rate swap values as of December 31, (in millions):
| 2015 |  | 2014
2.05% senior notes due 2017 | $ | 350.0 |  |  | $ | 350.0 |
6.25% senior notes due 2018 | 250.0 |  |  | 250.0 |
2.15% senior notes due 2018 | 300.0 |  |  | — |
2.875% senior notes due 2019 | 350.0 |  |  | 350.0 |
4.70% senior notes due 2020 | 381.3 |  |  | 381.3 |
4.00% senior notes due 2022 | 250.0 |  |  | 250.0 |
4.00% senior notes due 2024 | 500.0 |  |  | 500.0 |
3.90% senior notes due 2025 | 300.0 |  |  | — |
6.11% senior notes due 2028 | 1.5 |  |  | 1.5 |
Interest rate swaps | (3.1 | ) |  | (11.8 | )
Gain on settled interest rate swap | 12.9 |  |  | 18.5 |
Total medium-term notes | $ | 2,692.6 |  |  | $ | 2,089.5 |
Average stated interest rate of all medium-term notes outstanding as of December 31, 2015 was 3.69%.
Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block] | The aggregate maturities of debt outstanding, based on the earliest date the obligation may become due, are as follows as of December 31, 2015 (in millions):
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Thereafter | Total
$ | 388.8 |  | $ | 355.9 |  | $ | 551.9 |  | $ | 350.1 |  | $ | 376.0 |  | $ | 1,053.7 |  | $ | 3,076.4 |

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