Number of years until the $300M Revolver (Amended Facilty) entered into on July 12, 2016 will mature.

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Amended credit agreement covenant required EBITDA to fixed charges (including interest expense, capital expenses, scheduled principal debt payments and income taxes) ratio

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The Leverage Ratio Requirement for revolving line of credit.

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The revolving line of credit sublimit.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Description of the maturity date of the debt instrument including whether the debt matures serially and, if so, a brief description of the serial maturities.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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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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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the noncurrent portion 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
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-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361426&loc=d3e1314-112600

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Subsequent Event (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
Subsequent Event (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 12, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 26, 2016 USD ($)
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity		$ 250,000
Revolving credit sublimit	$ 25,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date, Description	The Amended Facility matures in five years
Amended facility maturity	5
Covenant terms, leverage ratio requirement		200.00%
Covenant Terms Fixed Charge Ratio Requirement	125.00%
Long-term Line of Credit, Noncurrent		$ 160,439	$ 160,439
Maximum [Member]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage		0.35%
Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate		0.25%
Maximum [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Line of credit facility, interest rate description		2.00%
Minimum [Member]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage		0.25%
Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate		0.00%
Minimum [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Line of credit facility, interest rate description		1.50%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member]
Line of credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 300,000
Covenant terms, leverage ratio requirement	300.00%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.30%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate	0.50%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate	2.00%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Line of credit facility, unused capacity, commitment fee percentage	0.20%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate	0.00%
Wells Fargo amended credit facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Basis spread on variable interest rate	1.25%