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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Number of Common Shares Entitled to Receive

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Period

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that were forfeited during the reporting period.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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The number of equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that vested during the reporting period.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Weighted average expected volatility rate of share-based compensation awards.

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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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Net number of non-option equity instruments granted to participants.

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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under an established share-based compensation plan.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 718
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The number of shares into which fully or partially vested stock options outstanding as of the balance sheet date can be currently converted under the option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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The number of shares or units of entity securities issued in the transaction in which equity securities were issued to pay for goods or nonemployee services.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) that have been approved for issuance in the equity-based payment transaction.

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Amount of capitalized and expensed compensation cost from equity-based compensation arrangements.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Share-based Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 08, 2016	Nov. 30, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Treasury Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares associated with employee tax withholding for vesting of certain equity awards (in shares)						2,777		9,576
TPG
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted shares awarded by related party (in shares)									100,000
Forfeited shares (in shares)						11,673
TPG \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period						3 years
2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Effective period of plan	10 years
Number of shares available for grant	9,000,000
Shares available for issuance (in shares)						3,967,265
PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)						193,667
Shares authorized for issuance (up to) (in shares)						3,390,334
Weighted average remaining contractual term						1 year 4 months 24 days
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units			$ 6.5			$ 6.5
Forfeited shares (in shares)						22,500
Shares vested (in shares)						0
PSUs \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost			$ 1.1	$ 1.1		$ 2.3	$ 2.2
PSUs \| 2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)						193,667
PSU's granted (in shares)								212,000	1,557,500
Expected dividend yield						0.00%
PSUs \| 2016 LTIP \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Entitled percentage of common shares to recipient			0.00%			0.00%		0.00%
Expected life (in years)						2 years
Expected stock price volatility						35.00%
Risk-free interest rate						0.90%
PSUs \| 2016 LTIP \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Entitled percentage of common shares to recipient			200.00%			200.00%		200.00%
Performance period								3 years
Expected life (in years)						3 years
Expected stock price volatility						40.00%
Risk-free interest rate						1.30%
Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)						415,867
Weighted average remaining contractual term						2 years 3 months 18 days
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units			$ 2.7			$ 2.7
Forfeited shares (in shares)						24,008
Shares vested (in shares)						0
Restricted Stock \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost			0.4	0.1		$ 0.7	0.3
Restricted Stock \| TPG
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining contractual term						1 year 2 months 12 days
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units			0.4			$ 0.4
Shares vested (in shares)								33,333
Restricted Stock \| TPG \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost			0.1	0.1		$ 0.1	0.2
Restricted Stock \| 2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		415,867
Restricted Stock \| 2016 LTIP \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period								3 years
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining contractual term						9 years 7 months 6 days
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units			2.3			$ 2.3
Grants (in shares)						999,492
Outstanding options aggregate intrinsic value			$ 3.3			$ 3.3
Exercisable stock options			0			0
Employee Stock Option \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost			$ 0.3			$ 0.4
Employee Stock Option \| 2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grants (in shares)						999,492
Expected life (in years)						6 years
Expected stock price volatility						35.00%
Expected dividend yield						0.00%
Risk-free interest rate						2.10%
Employee Stock Option \| 2016 LTIP \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period						3 years
Phantom RSU \| 2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Forfeited shares (in shares)								3,500
Awards issued to certain non-U.S employees (in shares)					10,500
Phantom PSU \| 2016 LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Awards issued to certain non-U.S employees (in shares)					10,000
RSU
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)					28,000	0
Weighted average remaining contractual term						1 year 7 months 6 days
Unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units			0.1			$ 0.1
Forfeited shares (in shares)						0
Shares vested (in shares)						8,162
RSU \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance period					3 years
RSU \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation cost			$ 0.1	$ 0.1		$ 0.1	$ 0.1