Rate represents the “floor” for purposes of calculating the interest rate on LIBOR based loans.

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Incremental borrowing capacity (in excess of the current borrowing capacity) under the credit facility, without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility, subject to approval from new and / or existing lenders.

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Amount to which the aggregate commitments under the senior secured Credit Facility must be equal to or less than in order for applicable margins on base rate loans and LIBOR rate loans to be reduced.

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Minimum amount of credit facility borrowing capacity availability, stated as a percentage of credit facility borrowing base.

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Amount of prior borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any prior restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts previously outstanding under the facility.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Revolving Credit Facility (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2020	Jun. 28, 2019	Aug. 01, 2020	Feb. 01, 2020	Aug. 03, 2019
Revolving Credit Facility
Credit Facility borrowing capacity extension	$ 245,000,000.0
Amount of aggregate commitments under Credit Facility when applicable margin rates may be reduced	$ 1,600,000,000
Borrowings under Credit Facility			$ 0	$ 224,100,000	$ 441,500,000
Remaining borrowing capacity			$ 1,450,200,000	$ 1,359,800,000
Base rate
Revolving Credit Facility
Interest rate margin (as a percent)	0.375%
Base rate \| Minimum
Revolving Credit Facility
Interest rate margin (as a percent)		0.125%
Adjusted LIBOR rate
Revolving Credit Facility
Interest rate margin (as a percent)	1.375%
LIBOR floor rate (as a percent)	0.0075
Adjusted LIBOR rate \| Minimum
Revolving Credit Facility
Interest rate margin (as a percent)		1.125%
Revolving Credit Facility
Revolving Credit Facility
Credit Facility previous borrowing capacity		$ 1,600,000,000
Credit Facility borrowing capacity	$ 1,855,000,000
Credit Facility borrowing capacity extension	$ 245,000,000.0
Adjusted availability of borrowing base (as a percent)	7.50%
Letters of credit
Revolving Credit Facility
Letters of credit maximum	$ 150,000,000.0