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Period which the right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Minimum performance against financial key performance indicators (KPIs) for awards to vest in a share-based payment arrangement.

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The number of key performance factor multipliers that are used to determine the number of awards in share-based arrangement.

No definition available.

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The percentage of number of awards that can vest to the initial allocation of the award year in share-based payment arrangement.

No definition available.

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