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Termination fee acquirer would pay the acquiree if the pending merger is terminated under specified circumstances noted in the merger agreement prior to January 18, 2023.

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Termination fee acquirer would pay the acquiree if the pending merger is terminated under specified circumstances noted in the merger agreement any time after April 18, 2023.

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Termination fee acquirer would pay the acquiree if the pending merger is terminated under specified circumstances noted in the merger agreement after January 18, 2023 and prior to April 18, 2023.

No definition available.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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