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- Definition

Stock appreciation rights income expense.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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Aggregate carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the liabilities for deferred compensation arrangements. Represents currently earned compensation under cash arrangements (such as a profit-sharing plan, rabbi trust, and employee contract--excluding equity-based arrangements) that is not actually paid until a later date.

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Aggregate cash paid by the entity during the period to settle equity instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (k)

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information 1 (Detail) - USD ($)					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 08, 2015	Jul. 09, 2015	May. 14, 2015	Feb. 17, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividends declared date		Jul. 09, 2015	May 14, 2015	Feb. 17, 2015
Dividends declared payable date		Sep. 18, 2015	Jun. 19, 2015	Mar. 20, 2015
Dividends declared date of record		Sep. 04, 2015	Jun. 06, 2015	Mar. 07, 2015
Dividends declared per common share		$ 0.13	$ 0.13	$ 0.13
Aggregate dividends declared		$ 26,000,000	$ 27,000,000	$ 27,000,000
Restructuring and other charges [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock appreciation rights expense					$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Diversey Employees [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock appreciation rights income (expense)					1,000,000	$ (1,000,000)	(4,000,000)	(3,000,000)
Stock Appreciation Rights Expense [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Liability for SARs					0		0
Stock Appreciation Rights Expense [Member] \| Diversey Employees [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Payment due to exercise SARs							20,000,000	$ 18,000,000
Stock Appreciation Rights Expense [Member] \| Diversey Employees [Member] \| Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Liability for SARs					$ 5,000,000		$ 5,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Dividends declared date	Oct. 08, 2015
Dividends declared payable date	Dec. 18, 2015
Dividends declared date of record	Dec. 04, 2015
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.13