Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141R

-Paragraph 68

-Subparagraph f(1)

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Net Earnings Per Common Share (Details Textual) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Jul. 19, 2009 Convertible Senior Notes due June 2033 [Member]	Oct. 31, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Diversey Holdings Inc [Member]
Net Earnings Per Common Share (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Cash payment received by Diversey stockholders						$ 2,098.7
Number of common stock received by Diversey stockholders					31.7
Debt interest rate				3.00%
Net Earnings Per Common Share (Textual) [Abstract]
Effect of assumed issuance of Settlement agreement shares	18.0	18.0	18.0