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Shareholders' Equity (Fair Value Assumptions) (Details)

0 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

Sep. 13, 2012

Restricted Share Units [Member] | April 30, 2014 [Member]

Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]

Expected dividend yield

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Termination rate

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$15.28 [Member]

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Average risk-free interest rate

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Expected dividend yield

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Average expected volatility

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Termination rate

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Suboptimal rate

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[1]	Risk-free interest rate represents risk free US$ zero-coupon US Government Bonds at time of grant.
[2]	Expected average volatility represents a weighted average standard deviation rate for the price of the Company's ordinary shares on the NASDAQ National Market.
[3]	Suboptimal rate represents the multiple of the increase in the market share price on the day of grant of the option which, should it come to pass, will lead to exercise of the option by the employee. It is the average suboptimal rate of the Company and similar companies.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Weighted average expected volatility rate of share-based compensation awards.

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