Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Interest Rate Percentage

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Interest Rate Percentage Due To Failure To Comply With Covenants

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Interest Rate Percentage, Payable In Cash

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Line Of Credit Facility, Increase In Interest Rate Percentage, Payable In Kind

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Consecutive Business Days In Cure Period

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Line Of Credit Facility, Percentage Of Aggregate Principal

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Line of Credit Facility, Extension of Maturity

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Number Of Debt Instruments

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt issuance costs.

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

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

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions 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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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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 fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Financing Arrangements - Additional Information (Details)			3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 06, 2019	Apr. 16, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) instrument	Apr. 17, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments \| instrument					2
Amortization of deferred financing costs			$ 1,304,000	$ 1,304,000
Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount					$ 1,045,000,000.0
Amount outstanding			831,900,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs			1,300,000	1,300,000
Unamortized deferred financing costs			10,200,000
Debt interest expense			16,700,000	$ 12,300,000
Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| JPM Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount outstanding			0
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 150,000,000.0
Remaining availability under credit facility			$ 135,000,000.0
Subsequent Event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| JPM Revolving Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, undrawn fee percentage		0.25%
Subsequent Event \| Line of Credit \| Revolving Credit Facility \| A&R Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 150,000,000.0
Line of credit facility, extension of maturity		90 days
Line of credit facility, undrawn fee percentage		0.05%
Subsequent Event \| Line of Credit \| Term Loan Facility \| Standstill Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee percentage	0.625%
Percentage of aggregate principal	1.75%
Increase in interest rate percentage	1.50%
Increase in interest rate percentage, payable in cash	0.75%
Increase in interest rate percentage, payable in kind	0.75%
Number of consecutive business days in cure period	5 days
Increase in interest rate percentage due to failure to comply with covenants	0.50%