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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Required Trading Days Since Notice Of Redemption

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which note price to conversion value of convertible debt instruments must not exceed threshold percentage for a specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that note price to conversion value of convertible debt instruments must not exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Maximum percentage of note price to conversion value of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price Triggered By Fundamental Change, Percentage

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage for a specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Minimum percentage of common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments to determine eligibility of conversion.

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Threshold number of specified trading days that common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instruments must exceed threshold percentage within a specified consecutive trading period to trigger conversion feature.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Amount, before accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The cash inflow from the issuance of a long-term debt instrument which can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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Convertible Senior Notes - Narrative - Convertible Senior Notes (Details) - Convertible Senior Notes	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) day $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial purchaser's discount	$ 23,000,000		$ 23,000,000
Debt issuance costs	500,000		$ 500,000
Net proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes	$ 896,500,000
Conversion price \| $ / shares	$ 60.76		$ 60.76
Threshold note trading days \| day	5
Threshold consecutive note trading days	5 days
Threshold percentage of note price trigger	98.00%
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Redemption price triggered by fundamental change, percentage	100.00%
Remaining discount and issuance cost, weighted average amortization period		5 years
Conversion ratio			0.0164572
Subsequent to September 30, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| day	20
Threshold consecutive trading days	30 days
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger	130.00%
Series A Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 460,000,000		$ 460,000,000
Interest rate	1.00%		1.00%
Series B Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount	$ 460,000,000		$ 460,000,000
Interest rate	1.625%		1.625%
Series B Notes \| On or after June 1, 2020 until June 1, 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Threshold trading days \| day	20
Threshold consecutive trading days	30 days
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger	130.00%
Series B Notes \| On or after June 1, 2020 until June 1, 2022 \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Required trading days since notice of redemption	3 days
Debt, Liability Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial purchaser's discount	$ 17,600,000		$ 17,600,000
Debt issuance costs	400,000		400,000
Debt, Equity Component
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Initial purchaser's discount	5,400,000		5,400,000
Debt issuance costs	$ 100,000		$ 100,000