Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount, Percentage of Principal Amount

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Long-term Debt, Current Maturities, Debt Discount

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Long-term Debt, Current Maturities, Gross

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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
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The amount of debt discount that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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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 of long-term debt, after unamortized discount or premium, scheduled to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer (current maturities). Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Fresh-Start Reporting - Secured Term Loan Facility (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 28, 2014	Dec. 31, 2012
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Current portion of term loan	$ 26,479	$ 4,088
Debt Discount of 1%	(7,117)
Current portion of term loan	(26,479)	(4,088)
Non-current portion of term loan	$ 3,452,544	$ 3,490,897
Term Loan Facility \| Exit Financing Facilities
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Issuance of term loan			$ 1,100,000
Debt Discount of 1%			$ (11,000)
Unamortized discount, percentage of principal amount			1.00%
Term Loan Facility \| Exit Financing Facilities \| Successor
Fresh-Start Adjustment [Line Items]
Portion due within one year			$ 8,250
Current portion of debt discount			(1,407)
Current portion of term loan			6,843
Issuance of term loan			1,100,000
Debt Discount of 1%			(11,000)
Current portion of term loan			(6,843)
Non-current portion of term loan			$ 1,082,157