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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation [Abstract] |
2013 Stock Plan [Table Text Block] | The following table depicts the number of shares authorized for issuance and available under the 2013 Plan (shares in millions):
| 2013 Plan
Authorized for issuance | 62.5 |
Effects of: |
Restricted stock units and Stock-Price Based RSUs (3½ times the number of awards) | 0.6 |
Performance-Based RSUs (7 times the number of awards) | 9.1 |
Shares available for issuance | 52.8 |
Share-based Compensation Expense Recognized [Table Text Block] | The table below summarizes the expense related to share-based payments for the years ended December 31, (in millions):
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Stock options | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |
Restricted stock units | 29.2 |  |  | 29.2 |  |  | 36.1 |
Stock-based compensation | $ | 29.2 |  |  | $ | 29.9 |  |  | $ | 37.2 |
Stock-based compensation, net of income tax benefit of $12.9 million, $11.5 million and $13.3 million in 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively | $ | 16.3 |  |  | $ | 18.4 |  |  | $ | 23.9 |
Summary Of Changes In Stock Options | The following table summarizes the changes in the number of shares of common stock under option for 2015 (shares and aggregate intrinsic value in millions):
| Shares | Weighted-Average Exercise Price | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 2.6 |  | $ | 19 |  |  |
Exercised | (1.4 | ) | $ | 18 |  |  |
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | 1.2 |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 28.1 |
Exercisable at December 31, 2015 | 1.2 |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 28.1 |
Summary Of Changes Of Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock Units | The following table summarizes the changes in the number of outstanding restricted stock units for 2015 (shares in millions):
| Shares |  | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Granted | 1.1 |  |  | $ | 41 |
Vested | (1.5 | ) |  | $ | 21 |
Forfeited | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 30 |
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 | 2.9 |  |  | $ | 34 |
Expected to vest at December 31, 2015 | 2.8 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Schedule of Unrecognized Compensation Cost, Nonvested Awards [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the Company’s total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock-based compensation as of December 31, 2015 (in millions):
| Unrecognized Compensation Cost |  | Weighted-Average Period of Expense Recognition (in years)
Restricted stock units | $ | 44.8 |  |  | 2

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