Financial Instruments Subject To Mandatory Redemption, Initial Amount, Gross

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Financial Instruments Subject To Mandatory Redemption, Noncash Interest Expense Net Of Transaction Cost Amortization

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Financial Instruments Subject To Mandatory Redemption, Settlement Terms, Share Value, Amount, Noncurrent, Gross

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Financial Instruments Subject To Mandatory Redemption, Unamortized Transaction Costs

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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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The amount that is required to be paid, determined under the conditions specified in the contract, if as of the reporting date, the holder of the share has exercised the right to or the shares are mandatorily redeemable after one year from the reporting date or operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 480
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109262807&loc=d3e22047-110879

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Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares, net - Activity Within the Preferred Share Liability (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	5 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares
Net balance at period end	$ 99,268		$ 0
Series A Preferred Shares
Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares
Transaction date balance		$ 91,185
Non-cash interest expense recognized, net of transaction cost amortization	8,312
Gross balance at period end	99,497
Less: Unamortized transaction costs	(229)
Net balance at period end	$ 99,268