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Joint Venture Ownership Percentage

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Joint Venture Ownership Percentage By Partner

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Percentage Of Equity Interest Sold

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Period To Complete Sale

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Royalty Payments Period

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Write Off Of Investment

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The amount of the gain (loss) recognized by the parent and included in its attributable portion of net income for the period due to deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. The gain (loss) recognized and included in the net income attributable to the parent for the period is generally computed as the difference between: (a) the aggregate of: (1) the fair value of any consideration received; (2) the fair value of any retained noncontrolling investment in the former subsidiary at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated; and (3) the carrying amount of any noncontrolling interest in the former subsidiary (including any accumulated other comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest) at the date the subsidiary was deconsolidated and (b) the carrying amount of the former subsidiary's assets and liabilities.

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This item represents the amount of net sales proceeds received on disposal of an equity method investment.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The amount the entity has committed to make for future royalty guarantees.

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Investment In Joint Venture (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Feb. 28, 2011	Oct. 31, 2005	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2009 Year	Dec. 31, 2009
Percentage of equity interest in the joint venture			50.00%
Joint venture ownership percentage by partner						50.00%
Period to complete sale, in months						26
Aggregate purchase price for interest in joint venture						$ 20
Number of installment payments receivable						3
Installment payments due date, first						December 15, 2009
Current portion of joint venture sale received	4.0	6.0				10.0
Percentage of equity interest sold		15.00%				50.00%
Royalty guaranteed	4.0	6.0		4.0		29.0
Royalty payments period						3,000,000
Future royalty payments, payable						10
Investment							2.8
Remaining percentage of equity interest	10.00%	10.00%		10.00%	25.00%
Loss on deconsolidation					13.1
Write off of remaining investment				$ 2.1