Temporary Equity Accretion of Discount upon Issuance

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Temporary Equity, Bifurcation of Embedded Derivative Upon Issuance

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Temporary Equity, Carrying Amount, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests, excluding Temporary Equity Class B Common Stock Shares Issued Under the EXCO/HGI JV Incentive Plan

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Temporary Equity Cummulative Accretion Paid in Kind Dividends

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Temporary Equity Issuance Costs

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Temporary Equity Conversions During Period

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable preferred stock (or preferred stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable preferred shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

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Value of accretion of temporary equity to its redemption value during the period.

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Carrying amount, attributable to parent and noncontrolling interests, of an entity's issued and outstanding stock which is not included within permanent equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. Includes stock with a put option held by an ESOP and stock redeemable by a holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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The aggregate amount to be paid by the entity upon redemption of the security that is classified as temporary equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. If convertible, the issuer does not control the actions or events necessary to issue the maximum number of shares that could be required to be delivered under the conversion option if the holder exercises the option to convert the stock to another class of equity. If the security is a warrant or a rights issue, the warrant or rights issue is considered to be temporary equity if the issuer cannot demonstrate that it would be able to deliver upon the exercise of the option by the holder in all cases. Includes stock with put option held by ESOP and stock redeemable by holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

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-Paragraph 1

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Temporary Equity - Schedule of Temporary Equity (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Aug. 05, 2011	Sep. 30, 2013 Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2011 Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	May 13, 2011 Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2013 Series A-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Series A-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2011 Series A-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock	Aug. 05, 2011 Series A-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
Temporary Equity [Line Items]
Initial issuance price in Fiscal 2011				$ 400.0				$ 280.0				$ 120.0
Principal accretion	0	12.3	5.0		0	8.6	4.3		0	3.7	0.7
Cumulative principal accretion	17.3				12.9				4.4
Redemption value of preferred stock converted into common stock upon election of holder	(5.9)				0				(5.9)
Redemption value as of September 30, 2013	411.4				292.9				118.5
Bifurcation of embedded conversion feature at issuance				(103.3)				(85.7)				(17.6)
Issuance costs				(14.1)				(11.1)				(3.0)
Accretion:	16.1	14.5	4.7		12.4	11.7	4.2		3.7	2.8	0.5
Carrying value of Preferred Stock	329.4	319.2		282.6	224.4				104.9
Temporary Equity, Carrying Amount, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests, excluding Temporary Equity Class B Common Stock Shares Issued Under the EXCO/HGI JV Incentive Plan	$ 329.3