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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

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Jun. 30, 2017

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The carrying amount, estimated fair value and the level of the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s financial instrument assets and liabilities which are not measured at fair value in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are summarized as follows:

	June 30, 2017
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Fair Value				Carrying Amount
Assets (a)
Asset-based loans, included in other assets	$	—			$	—			$	1.7			$	1.7			$	1.7
Liabilities (a)
Total debt (b)	—				6,191.3				—				6,191.3				6,032.5

	September 30, 2016
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Fair Value				Carrying Amount
Assets (a)
Asset-based loans, included in other assets	$	—			$	—			$	33.3			$	33.3			$	33.3
Liabilities (a)
Total debt (b)	—				5,700.1				29.9				5,730.0				5,525.8

(a) The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, accounts payable and accrued investment income approximate fair value due to their short duration and, accordingly, they are not presented in the tables above.

(b) The fair value of debt set forth above is generally based on quoted or observed market prices.

Assets and Liabilities Carrying at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The Company’s consolidated assets and liabilities measured at fair value are summarized according to the hierarchy previously described as follows:

	June 30, 2017																September 30, 2016
	Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Fair Value				Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Fair Value
Derivative Assets	$	—			$	2.9			$	—			$	2.9			$	—			$	8.7			$	—			$	8.7
Derivative Liabilities	—				10.8				—				10.8				—				3.2				—				3.2

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Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19190-110258

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