Commercial Paper Program, Maximum Aggregate Capacity

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Equity Method Investment, Number Of Related Properties

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

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Subsequent Events (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($) property $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) property
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate capacity of commercial paper program			$ 1,000,000,000
Industrial Partnerships
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property			7
Forecast \| Industrial Partnerships
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of properties		$ 905,000,000
Forecast \| Industrial Partnerships
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds related to sale of equity interest		$ 120,000,000
Subsequent event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock dividend declared (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.2475
Maximum aggregate capacity of commercial paper program	$ 1,500,000,000
Subsequent event \| Commercial paper \| Euro Unsecured Commercial Paper Program
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Maximum aggregate capacity of commercial paper program	$ 1,500,000,000
Subsequent event \| Industrial Partnerships
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property	6
Number of Properties \| property	7